Chinese university students in the local context of Taiwan. The three students were asked to write four in-class essays throughout the term‚ in which their verb errors and individual-selected errors were corrected with the Code Correction System and the Individual Correction System respectively. At the end of the study‚ the students’ change of verb errors and individual errors from the first to the last in-class essays was calculated to examine the effectiveness of the two correction systems in this
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choice in the Rationale column. The boxes expand to accommodate your text. Item | Correct Answer(a or b) | Rationale | 1. | a | One activist is the subject and the singular verb is has. | 2. | B | Requires is right because the subject is a group of people | 3. | A | Are is right because vitamins is plural so the verb must be too | 4. | A | Became is past tense and this is not past tense | 5. | A | Took is past tense and the sentence is not | 6. | B | Laid is past tense | 7. | B | Am
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early? (yes) What time was her interview at? (3pm) Was it necessary to get up early? (no) Tell me about a time when you were too early for something and had to wait. Form: She+ needn’t have got up Subject +need not+ have +verb (past participle) Pronunciation: /niː.dənt/: needn’t (2 syllables with stress on the first) have (weak form) /əv/ ________________________________________ 2. I didn’t mean to break it. Meaning: I felt bad that I broke it but I
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"tails of the thin coat" represent the writer’s progress and the "flapping" is like a reminder for him to move on. In the second stanza‚ Collins talks about how gestures can symbolize words and talks about how gestures are described in literature as verbs. The words "hold"‚ "lift"‚ "toss" and "blazing" are examples
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Collocations | Tell me who you go with and I’ll tell you who you are. | What is a collocation? A familiar grouping of words‚ especially words that habitually appear together and thereby convey meaning by association. Collocational range refers to the set of items that typically accompany a word. The size of a collocational range is partially determined by a word’s level of specificity and number of meanings. A collocation is two or more words that often go together. These combinations just
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right of governing and controlling; sovereign authority * Consignment – 1.(adjective) of‚ pertaining to‚ or shipped as goods on consignment. 2. (verb) to hand over or deliver formally or officially; commit * Bristled – (noun) one of the short‚ stiff‚ coarse hairs of certain animals‚ especially hogs‚ used extensively in making brushes. 2. (verb) to stand or rise stiffly‚ like bristles * Revelation – (noun) the act of revealing or disclosing; disclosure * Antagonist – (noun) a person
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which get passives usually occur is “adversative” or problematic from the speaker‟s point of view and that the most common verbs used have negative connotations. It also illustrated that the X get + past participle type rarely takes an explicit agent specified in a by-phrase. 1. Introduction The position of elements in a clause usually follows the sequence “subject‚ verb‚ object‚ complement‚ adjunct”‚ but‚ they may vary in order to give special emphasis or connotation to the clause or part
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Infinitive or -ing? Sometimes we need to decide whether to use a verb in its: * -ing form (doing‚ singing) or * infinitive form (to do‚ to sing). For example‚ only one of the following sentences is correct. Which one? * I dislike working late. (???) * I dislike to work late. (???) When to use the infinitive The infinitive form is used after certain verbs: - forget*‚ remember*‚ help‚ learn‚ teach‚ train - choose‚ expect‚ hope‚ need‚ offer‚ want‚ would like - agree‚ encourage
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AMERICAN AND BRITISH ENGLISH Lexical and grammatical differences LEXICAL DIFFERENCES • Vocab – most noticeable differences • Differ in: – total meaning OR – in one particular sense of usage OR – totally unknown in some varieties REASONS FOR VOCABULARY DIFFERENCES i) New objects & experiences encountered in N. America - new names – adapt or neulogism (i.e. create new word‚ expression or usage) e.g. corn (US); maize (UK) robin small red-breasted (Eng.) large red-breasted (US)
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function of subject‚ object and predicative. [e.g. They say smoking leads to meditation. (Collins) (SUBJECT) I like making people happy. (Shaw) (OBJECT) The duty of all progressive mankind is fighting for peace.(PREDICATIVE)] | 1. *of transitive verbs can take a direct object.[e.g. I had now made a good progress in understanding and speaking their language. (Swift)] | 2.*can be preceded by a preposition. [e.g. I am very‚ very tired of rowing. (Hemingway)] | 2.* can be modified by an adverb. [e
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