1 2 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING UNIVERSITY OF DANANG ----------------- This thesis has been completed at the University of Danang ĐẶNG THỊ BÍCH HƯỜNG Supervisor: NGUYỄN THỊ QUỲNH HOA‚ Ph.D. AN INVESTIGATION INTO ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE IDIOMS CONTAINING WORDS DENOTING WEATHER Examiner 1: Assoc. Prof. Dr. TRẦN VĂN PHƯỚC Examiner 2: NGŨ THIỆN HÙNG‚ Ph.D. Field: THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE Code: 60.22.15 This thesis will be defended at the Examination Council for the M.A. Time: 16/1/2011 Venue:
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article or an attributive adjective. Verbs and adjectives can’t. In the following‚ an asterisk (*) in front of an example means that this example is ungrammatical. 1. the name (name is a noun: can co-occur with a definite article the.) 2. *the baptise (baptise is a verb: cannot co-occur with a definite article.) 3. constant circulation (circulation is a noun: can co-occur with the attributive adjective constant.) 4. *constant circulate (circulate is a verb: cannot co-occur with the attributive
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ESSAY - NARRATIVE ESSAY (Ending) 2011 : Write a story that ends with: "...They looked at each other and smiled meaningfully." ( This is an actual SPM question for the year 2011 - If you are asked to end with certain phrase / sentence then do end your Ending with the given phrase / sentence.) * In the question above‚ the key word which you need to understand is’MEANINGFULLY’ which means ’full of meaning / purpose / value etc’. Therefore‚ before you write your essay‚ make sure your draft has a theme which
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A Put in the verbs in brackets in the correct tenses. Example: The sun ______________ now. (to shine) Answer: The sun is shining now. 1) We TV when it started to rain. (to watch) 2) I to visit you yesterday‚ but you not at home. (to want) (to be) 3) Look! It ‚ so we can’t to the beach. (to rain) (to go) 4) There are a lot of clouds! It soon. (to rain) 5) The sun in the East. (to rise) 6) Since 2003 they their son every year. (to visit) 7) While the doctor Mr Jones‚ his son outside this
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: -the reasons that make to interest about the tense and aspect such as explain to definition and types in a tense and aspect in English and Arabic and structure the verb phrase in sentences in English and Arabic . The research will be includes: * Verb phrase in English . *tense and aspect in English . * Verb phrase in Arabic . *tense and aspect in Arabic . *conclusion . * bibliography. statement of the problem : tense and aspect in English and Arabic and some suggestion to
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Chapter 4 TEST OF GRAMMAR AND USAGE Most common types of objective tests 1. Multiple choice items 2. error – recognition 3. rearrangement items 4. completion items 5. transformation items 6. items involving the changing of words 7. ‘ broken sentence’ items 8. pairing and matching items 9. combination items 10. additional items The goal: testing ability to recognize and produce the correct forms of language ( rather than the ability to use L in actual and purposeful tasks of communication)
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too many words that will later require cutting back 2. Replace phrases with single words. There are always opportunities to say more with less. For example: Phrasal verbs‚ such as "ask for" or "put up with"‚ can often be replaced with single verbs‚ such as "request‚" "tolerate". Replace "at the same time" with "simultaneously" and "by the same token" with "similarly." The adverb "immediately" can be used in lieu of phrases such as "right now" and "as soon as." Replace full clauses such as
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or should not be used rather than describing the ways in which a language is actually used. 6. Structural grammar is a means of analyzing written and spoken language. It is concerned with how elements of a sentence such as morphemes‚ phonemes‚ phrases‚ clauses and parts of speech are put together. 7. Analytical language is a language that conveys grammatical relationships without using inflectional affixes 8. Syntactical language is a language intended for the study of a formal language while
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what people KNOW when they know a language we know what people know by what they DO sometimes what people DO does not indicate what they KNOW **much of a language is IMPLICIT‚ we are not conscious of what we know communication transferring thoughts from one mind to another indirect means (can’t directly transfer mind-to-mind) speaker: information source‚ transmitter‚ signal listener: receiver & destination knowledge of a language formulate thought find correct words put correct
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betterenglish LEARNING BETTER SPEAKING A GUIDE TO IMPROVING YOUR SPOKEN ENGLISH Welcome Welcome to Better Speaking. This booklet is designed to help you overcome some of the most common problems which people face when they are learning to speak English. Using extracts from the BBC World Service radio series‚ Better Speaking‚ we look at how you can become a more fluent speaker of English‚ and at some of the skills you need for effective communication.The topics we look at include…
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