have brown hair. It was an interesting book. Placed after a link verb: This cake is delicious. The snow feels cold. | VerbsWords that express the actions of a person or thing.run‚ breathe‚ grow‚ have‚ be ‘Doing’ words | Using verbs to describe… Actions: She is laughing. Events: It rained for days. Situations: We had a lovely time. Change: Children grow up quickly. | AdverbsGives information about a verb‚ adjective or another adverb.clearly‚ soon‚ hopefully‚ there‚ really
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Feeling and Intellect Since Feeling is First by e.e. cummings and When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer by Walt Whitman are two poems whose main ideas contrast very much from each other. They both reflect the basic most form of human experiences‚ that being feeling and intellect since they often come hand in hand. When one is emotional‚ they often only consider emotion in a given situation rather than facts. In contrast‚ when one is intellectual‚ they generally focus on logic rather than sentiments
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subject + verb in present simple tense + preposition + time marker Anticipated learner problems Students may add –ing to the verb as they may get confused by the fact that even though the verb is present simple‚ we are referring to a future event. Concept check questions Is he going today or is he going tomorrow? Is this about the present or the future? (Future) 2. If I had a lot of money‚ I’d buy a boat The second conditional If + subject + past simple + noun‚ + modal verb (would)
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insurance policy offbeat spicy food taste (verb) taste buds 3. Focus on Vocabulary adventurous be careful dangerous get started help other people high-paying indoors low-paying lucky quit safe (adjective) the right job for someone tiring usual work outdoors working alone UNIT 2: A Piece of Country in the City 1C. Vocabulary for Comprehension community garden drugs empty lot garbage grow nature plant (verb) remove the country yard 3. Focus on
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Otto Jespersen’s view on logic of the English language No language is logical in every respect‚ and we must not expect usage to be guided always by strictly logical principles. It was a frequent error with the older- grammarians that whenever the actual grammar of a language did not seem conformable to the rules of abstract logic they blamed the language and wanted to correct it. Without falling into that error we may‚ nevertheless‚ compare different languages and judge them by the standard
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Subjective case pronouns act as subjects--that is‚ they perform the verbs in sentences. If there is a pronoun before a verb‚ the pronoun should be in the subjective case. Ask yourself who or what is performing the verb; the answer will be the subject. Objective case pronouns act as objects--that is‚ they receive action or act as objects of prepositions (the last word in a prepositional phrase). They will never perform verbs. Possessive case pronouns show possession or ownership. Common Problems
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work ’ on the board. Concept checking questions could include – ’Do they still drive to work? ’ ’Did s/he drive to work in the past? ’. D. S/he – subject pronoun‚ used to – modal verb‚ to drive – infinitive‚ to work – infinitive E. /ʃi:/ju:st/tʊ/draɪv/tu:/wək/ F. ’Ss may confuse used to with use as a main verb. ’(Scrivener‚ 2010: 262) .With negative ’didn ’t use to ’ ss may add an additional d ’ (Scrivener‚ 2010: 262) making it ’she didn ’t used to ’. ss may not grasp that the positive
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ASSIGNMENTS B.Com General – 1st Semester Subject Name: Language – Functional English Subject code: BCC 101 Summer Drive 2012 4 credits (60 marks) (BKID: B1294) Set 1 1. What is the difference between the theories of language evolution? 1.2.3 Language evolution and memes It is possible to imagine numerous potential scenarios by which language might have evolved as a purely biological adaptation. However‚ Susan Blackmore‚ reveals a different theory of language evolution in her book The
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idea. Person girl boy teacher Place school home store Thing pencil jacket dog Idea courage love boredom Verb A pronoun is used in place of a noun in a sentence. It may take the place of a person‚ place‚ thing or idea. I it you we Adjective she they he me A verb can tell the action someone or something is doing. A verb can also express state of being. Action run jump sit ask think talk Article State of Being am is are was were
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hours ago I was waiting for two hours I am still waiting here now 2. Form I (subject pronoun) + have/has ( present simple to have)+ been (past participle of to be) + waiting (base verb+ing ) or subject + present perfect of “to be” + present participle of verb 3 Pronunciation Contraction of I and have /aiv /‚ been has a short i /i/‚ stress on /wei/ ‚ g is almost mute /ƞ/ 4 Eliciting Show picture 1 of a happy man holding a bunch of flowers sitting on a
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