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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VERB TENSE CHART SIMPLE PAST Portrays an action or state of being that took place before the time when the sentence is written. I WAS I RAN I ATE HE SMILED PAST PERFECT Shows that the verb’s action was completed at some time before another past event. It consists of the word had plus the past participle of the verb. I HAD BEEN I HAD RUN I HAD EATEN HE HAD SMILED SIMPLE PAST PROGRESSIVE The past progressive is used to talk about an activity that was in progress at a specific point of time in the
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SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT The subject and the verb must agree in number: both must be singular or both must be plural. Students have problems with subject verb agreement when the verb is a form of be or have‚ or when the verb is in present tense. Rules for subject verb agreement 1. When words like the following are used as subjects‚ they take singular verb. Everybody | Anybody | Somebody | Nobody | Each | Everyone | Anyone | Someone | No one | Either | Everything | Anything | 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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“Subject and Verb Agreement” 1. The subject and verb must agree in number. Dennis drives carefully along the highway. Mary men today drive their own cars. 2. Compound subjects take plural verbs. Rose and Lina are the bestfriends in school. 3. A compound subject to a single person takes a singular verb. Ny confidant and adviser is my mother. 4. Compound subjects that modified by each and every is singular. Every father and mother carries out the assigned roles. 5. The verb agrees with its subject
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Ever get "subject/verb agreement" as an error on a paper? This handout will help you understand this common grammar problem. Making Subjects and Verbs Agree 1. When the subject of a sentence is composed of two or more nouns or pronouns connected by and‚ use a plural verb. She and her friends are at the fair. 2. When two or more singular nouns or pronouns are connected by or or nor‚ use a singular verb. The book or the pen is in the drawer. 3. When a compound subject contains both a singular
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which the subjects and verbs have been correctly identified and in which the subjects and verbs agree. The subjects are in bold and the verbs are underlined. Correct Answer: C At the end of the story‚ they were living happily ever after. (or were) Explanation: Use a plural verb with a plural subject. 2. Choose the sentence in which the subjects and verbs have been correctly identified and in which the subjects and verbs agree. The subjects are in bold and the verbs are underlined. Correct
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style VERBS 9/7/13 Verbs are a necessary component of all sentences. Verbs have two important functions: Some verbs put stalled subjects into motion while other verbs help to clarify . the subjects in meaningful ways 9/7/13 Examples My grumpy old English teacher smiled at the .plate of cold meatloaf My grumpy old English teacher = stalled .subject; smiled = verb The daredevil cockroach splashed into Sara’s .soup The daredevil cockroach = stalled .subject; splashed = verb Theo’s
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Subject and Verb Agreement 1. Collective Nouns * Consider a collective noun singular when it refers to a group as a whole. The orchestra rises. My family loves to travel. * Consider it plural when it refers to each member of a group individually. The orchestra are voting for their new conductor. My family take turns choosing places to go. 2. Special Nouns * Nouns plural in form (ending in S) but singular in meaning take singular verbs. Acoustics‚ economics‚ linguistics‚ mathematics
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TEACHING ACTION VERBS THROUGH COLLOCATION PRACTICE AT THE 7TH GRADE OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Dian Sri Hermayani1‚ Don Narius2 Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris FBS Universitas Negeri Padang Email: diansrihermayani@yahoo.com Abstrak Artikel ini menjelaskan tentang pengajaran Action Verbs melalui teknik Collocation Practice yang diperuntukkan bagi siswa tingkat pertama Sekolah Menengah Pertama (SMP). Collocation Practice merupakann sebuah teknik pengajaran yang menggabungkan potongan- potongan
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