Conditionals * Conjunctions * Determiners * Gender * Idiom * Interjections * Inversion * Nouns * Pronouns * Phrases * Plurals * Possessives * Prepositions * Verbs * Auxiliaries‚ contractions * Irregular verbs * Modal verbs * Passive voice * Phrasal verbs * Subjunctive * Verb usage * Grammar disputes | This box: * view * talk * edit | The passive voice is a grammatical construction (specifically‚ a "voice"). The noun or noun phrase that
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Blackbird Pond Auspiciously- (adverb) 1. promising success; propitious; opportune; favorable 2. favored by fortune- prosperous; fortunate Synonym: fortunately Antonym: unfavorably Cowed- (verb) to frighten with threats‚ violence‚ etc.; intimidate; overawe Synonym: abash Antonym: encourage disheartening- (verb) to depress the hope‚ courage‚ or spirits of; discourage Synonym: dampen Antonym: encourage fulsome- (adjective) 1.offensive to good taste‚ esp. as being excessive; overdone or gross 2.disgusting;
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fluency. Language skills: Listening/speaking/ writing. Language systems: Past Simple ‘Yes/No’ questions; Past Simple ‘Wh’ questions Target language: Did + subject + base form of the main verb (e.g. Did you go shopping last week?) Question word (What/When/Where/Why) + did + subject + base form of the main verb (e.g. What did you eat for breakfast?) Was/Were + subject (e.g. Was the store closed last night? / Were you sick last week?) Question word (What/When/Where/Why) + was/were + subject (e
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How Nouns Function in a Sentence There are eight (8) different noun functions. 1. Noun Functions as Subject Subject tells "who" or "what" about the verb. Jonathan ran to school because he was late. Fiji is a great place to visit in your holidays. 2. Noun Functions as Direct Object Direct object answers "whom" or "what" after an action verb. Rebekah loved Jacob with all her heart. David threw the ball to Jonathan. 3. Noun Functions as Indirect Object Indirect object tells "to whom"
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time to sleep.’ =’She has no time to sleep.’ ’have’ and ’has’ verb tenses ’have/has’’ is an important verb in making the ’perfect tense’: Present Perfect ’She has lived here for a long time.’ ’We have seen this TV show before.’ ’I have cut my finger.’ Past Perfect ’I had already decided not to go before he asked me.’ ’They had finished the race before it started raining.’ ’She had already left when he arrived’ modal verbs: ’have to’ ’have to’ is used to mean that something is necessary
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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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