Intransitive Verbs Verbs can be tricky things‚ and the difference between transitive and intransitive verbs often confounds even the best grammar students and writers. An intransitive verb is simple defined as a verb that does not take a direct object. There’s no word in the sentence that tells who or what received the action. While there may be a word or phrase following an intransitive verb‚ such words and phrases typically answer the question “how”. Most intransitive verbs are complete without
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ACADEMIC LEARNING AND LANGUAGE LEARNING GUIDE Reporting Verbs In academic writing‚ you will often need to refer to the research of others‚ also called secondary sources. A reporting verb is a word which is used to talk about or report on other people ’s work. Reporting verbs can be used to great effect‚ but the difficulty with using them is that there are many‚ and each of them has a slightly different and often subtle meaning. Introduction In academic writing‚ it is important to present
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Phonetics: In order to produce sound humans use various body parts including the lips‚ tongue‚ teeth‚ pharynx and lungs. Phonetics is the term for the description and classification of speech sounds‚ particularly how sounds are produced‚ transmitted and received. A phoneme is the smallest unit in the sound system of a language; for example‚ the t sound in the word top. Various phonetic alphabets have been developed to represent the speech sounds in writing through the use of symbols. Some of these
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English Grammar Modal Auxiliary Verbs Modal Auxiliary Verbs Modal auxiliary verbs are used with a main verb to show‚ mood and ideas such as ability‚ possibility and permission. Modal Auxiliary Verbs can will must shall may could would ought to should might Modal Auxiliary Verbs Can: Can is used 1) to express ability: Ryan can speak French but he cannot speak German. Superman can do things that ordinary people can’t. 2) to express request: Can you help Sue? Can I offer you something
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Modes of verb Mode is the manner in which the action‚ the being‚ or the state is asserted. Mode does not show the manner of the action or state‚ but the manner of its assertion. The action or state may be asserted: • as something that may‚ can‚ or must take place. • as something imagined or supposed which is placed under a condition. • as something desired. In written English‚ the mode or manner of the action or state is expressed by means of limiting words. For example The soldier fought
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Phrasal Verbs QuizPhrasal Verbs ListPhrasal verbs are usually two-word phrases consisting of verb + adverb or verb + preposition. Think of them as you would any other English vocabulary. Study them as you come across them‚ rather than trying to memorize many at once. Use the list below as a reference guide when you find an expression that you don’t recognize. The examples will help you understand the meanings. If you think of each phrasal verb as a separate verb with a specific meaning‚ you will
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by the communication. There are many language in the world. One of that is English as international language. English is the one of international language because of almost the people in the world know English as a second language after their mother language. English have rules to make communication better in usage. Better in oral and writing. We can say the rules as the grammar. Grammar is the rules in the English. Gerund is one of part in grammar. 1.2 Scope of the Study This study describes
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PATHOLOGY REPORT Patient Name: Ursula Emma Wagner Patient ID: 004654 DOB: 6/4/---- Age: 65 Sex: Female Pathology Report No.: s-10-30178 Date of Surgery: 12/14/---- Admitting Physcian: Bernard Kester‚ MD‚ General Surgery. Preoperative Diagnoses: Right Breast Mass. Postoperative Diagnoses: Right Breast Mass. Specimen Submitted: Needle biopsy right breast mass. GROSS DESCRIPTION: Received fresh spec board with acompany radiograph with a fibrofatty piece
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INTRODUCTION TO PHONETICS Communication is possible only with use of language. A language can be used in two ways for the purpose of communication .The two purpose of communication is spoken and written. Speech is more important medium than the medium of writing. USES OF SPEECH: *Speech comes first in history. *Speech comes first in the history of any individual. *Speech is used much more than writing as a medium‚ *Written language is an attempt to represent the sands used in spoken language
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Phrasal Verbs The following text contains twenty phrasal verbs. As you read the document‚ find the verbs and use the context to guess their meaning. Loïc Le Bihan opened his eyes and tried to figure out why it was daylight. His house robot‚ Jeeves‚ sensed that his master was now awake and informed him in his deep‚ reassuring voice that it was 9.30 a.m. on Friday 12th January 2057 and that the temperature in Brest was 17°‚ which was well below the average temperature for this time of year
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