... quiet.Our dinner is ready. The verb be is by far the most common linking verb. The predicate adjective in linking verb sentences is used to give information about the subject. In the three ... (food)chicken (count): There were a dozen chickens in the yard. (living animals)Exercise 1.5All of the underlined nouns in the following sentences are in the plural. Some plurals are cor-rectly used ... adjectives in the broad sense because they both modify nouns. For example, they modify the noun cars in the fol-lowing sentences:Slow cars should stay in the right lane.The cars in the left...
... reporter in China broke the story about the peace talks. 5. The door in the dining room really needs a new coat of paint. 6. They had a big victory despite all the odds. 7. A new painting by the English ... don’t think you have met before. 7. We need to replace the window (the window’s) glass was broken in the storm.(i-viiiB,001-328B) whl bk.indd 53 3/16/09 12:34:00 PM 52 Noun Phrases 17. Berlin, ... clauses in the following sentences have been underlined. Replace the word(s) in parentheses with the appropriate relative pronoun. whomThe actor (the actor) I met last year is now starring in a...
... about where she had left her/hers in the classroom. We need to be careful when we use the masculine and feminine singular pronouns he and she. There is no problem using he to refer to males and ... were called to a special meeting. 4. My brother intends to continue to run the farm that we inherited from our parents. 5. The screenwriter for that movie has been nominated for an Academy Award. ... The pronominal forms (mine, ours, yours, his, hers, its, theirs) act as true pronouns in the sense that they can play the standard noun roles of subject, object, and complement of linking verbs....
... believing. One of the hardest things about identifying gerunds is telling apart a verb in a progressive tense from a gerund that follows a linking verb. For example, compare the following sentences:Progressive ... working as an intern for six months. itBefore doing anything, you have to strip all the old paint off the wall. itWe fi nally quit around seven after finishing the proposal. itMy main concern ... do everything. 10. We barely avoided sliding into the ditch. 11. Arriving at the airport a couple of hours early turned out to be a really good thing. 12. We all voted for ordering in pizza....
... stative verbs incorrectly used in the present progressive:X I am hating spinach.X They are doubting the truth of what you say.X He was having a laptop at the time.X We were liking your proposal.X ... or period in time. For example:By 9 a.m. I was working at my desk.At noon we were fi xing lunch.During the afternoon, we were having drinks on the terrace.(i-viiiB,001-328B) whl bk.indd 145 ... in any of the progressive tenses. Here is an example in the present tense:Action verb: John is driving a car.Stative verb: X John is owning a car.The meanings of stative verbs make them incompatible...
... yes-no questions and negatives in modern English. ) This intermediate sentence now contains an auxiliary verb that can be inverted in the nor-mal way to produce an ordinary yes-no question:John ... it. Did he return it?It rained. It did rain. Did it rain?I care. I do care. Do I care?Exercise 13.3Turn the following statements into yes-no questions using the do insertion rule to form an ... they be home late?You are leaving tonight. Are you leaving tonight?He has lost his mind. Has he lost his mind? Only a handful of verbs can be used in forming inverted yes-no questions. The...
... are.…they earn. in front of other people. at a bus stop, in a shop, etc.…walking along the street.…for an informal party.…when they have invited you for drinks, dinner,etc.…without asking them ... Searle.She's in maternity.Nurse: tigisinV ruhos are from nine in the morning until six in the evening, but if you can't makethose times, we can arrange something for you.11. Ms ... Are you committing an offence if you are driving a vehicle and are involved in a hit-and-run?11. If you are involved in an accident (even a minor one) with another vehicle, what information shouldyou...
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... you think about these things? Write a sentence about each one. Begin with In myopinion /I think /I don’t think /I don’t agree with /I’m against /I’m in favour of 1 (terrorism) 2 (smoking) 3 ... train. (prefer) 5 It’s a pity I didn’t see the film. (like) UNIT 57: INFINITIVE or -ING (Động từ nguyên mẫu hay -ING) (2) với begin, start, intend,continue, remember, try57.1 Here is some information ... about yourself. Use -ing.1 This evening I feel like 2 I’m looking forward to 3 I’m thinking of 4 I would never dream of UNIT 61: EXPRESSIONS + -ING (Thành ngữ + -ing)61.1 Join two sentences...
... stopped doing some things and started doing other things: He stopped studying hard/going to bed early/running three miles e3very morning He started smoking/going out in the evening/spending a lot ... covered in paint. She has been painting the ceiling. Has been Painting is the present perfect We are interested in the activity. It does not matter whether something has been finished or not. In ... I/he/she/it was playing/doing/working etc. we/you/they were playing/doing/working etc. B. We use the past continuous to say that somebody was in the middle of doing something at a certain time.The...
... you think about these things? Write a sentence about each one. Begin with In my opinion /I think /I don’t think /I don’t agree with /I’m against /I’m in favour of 1 (terrorism) 2 (smoking) ... sentence.1 I’m playing tennis tomorrow unless/providing it’s raining.2 We’re going to start painting the house tomorrow unless/provided it’s not raining.3 You can’t smoke in here unless/as long ... Spain in our holidays ans swam in Mediterranean. Ton has visited most countries in western Europe. A friend of mine used to work as a reporter in Middle East. Next year we are going skiing in...