COMPOUND PERSONAL PRONOUNS: NOTES: 1. Reflexive pronouns act as the object of the verb‚ but they reflect the action back to the subject. These pronouns will always be the same person or thing as the subject. Ex. She blamed herself for the mishap. He hurt himself yesterday. 2. Intensive pronouns simply add force or emphasis to a noun or pronoun that is already in the sentence. Ex. You yourself wrote those words. I prepared the meal myself. EXERCISES: Tell whether the underlined
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cat out of the bag and told Kim about the party. 5. I don’t care if she was crying‚ they were probably only crocodile tears. 6. Henry is comfortable in every situation. He never seesm to feel like a fish out of water. Unit 4: Phrasal Verbs come down with: fall ill with I think I’m coming down with flu come by: find‚ obtain Jobs are hard to come by these days die out: become less common and eventually disappear completely This species has nearly died out because its
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Change the following sentences into untrue conditional statements. In order to do this exercise correctly‚ you must 1. Decide if the sentence is about situation B or C‚ 2. Use the appropriate conditional verb forms for the if and result clauses (look at the chart in Lesson 2 on conditional verb forms). 3. Total 25 points Example 1: Maria feels tired all the time because she goes to bed so late. RESULT CONDITION (B) But if Maria didn’t
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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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construction (20% of jobs‚ manufacturing (19% of jobs)‚ and services (19% of jobs). Module 16: Changing Verbs from Passive to Active Identify the passive verbs in the following sentences and convert them to active verbs. In some cases‚ you may need to add information to do so. You may use different words as long as you retain the basic meaning of the sentence. Remember that imperative verbs are active too. 1. The Marketing team wrote the Problem Solving Report. 2. You must take personal leave
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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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Irregular warfare is an integral part of the spectrum of war. It has long been used in combination with other forms of warfare such as traditional or conventional warfare. In recent years however irregular warfare has become increasingly prevalent and dangerous amongst radical enemies with the rise of global communications used to rapidly recruit‚ train and execute operations against U.S Forces. Leaders must develop the skills and traits necessary to effectively operate against irregular threats
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SUBJECT AND VERB AGREEMENT Compound Subjects joined by Neither Nor …. Either Or …. Which of the two sentences are correct ? Either the dog or the kids were making a racket downstairs. Either the dog or the kids was making a racket downstairs. What is Compound Subject/s When a sentence ?has two or more subjects‚ that’s called a “compound subject.” The individual subjects in a compound subject are joined by a coordinating conjunction (and‚ or‚ neither‚ nor‚ Example: Neither the cake nor the
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MOSX/AMOS MORPHOSYNTAX Name: Eliška Židová CREDIT ESSAY (2): Categories and Verbs 1. CATEGORIES In every language‚ words can be divided into several groups with its own labels. These labels are generally called parts of speech or word categories. Words in each category share a number of properties according to various criteria. These criteria include semantic (or notional)‚ morphological‚ syntactic and phonetic ones. Providing relevant examples demonstrating similarities or
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