subject in number. Singular subjects take singular verbs: The car stays in the garage. The flower smells good. There is an old saying: “Opposites attract.” The rule for singular and plural verbs is just the opposite of the rule for singular and plural nouns. Remember this when you match subjects and verbs. You might guess that stays and smells are plural verbs because they end in s. They aren’t. Both stays and smells are singular verbs. RULE 2 – The number of the subject (singular or plural) is not changed
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HOMEWORK FOR REVIEW SESSION 1 (Check answers before class!) – SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT page 1 of 8 5202 GRAMMAR (Übung; ECTS 3) Winter Semester 2003-04 Tuesdays 16-18 in A3, Wednesdays 8-10 in C29 Sara B. Young sara.b.young@anglistik.uni-giessen.de www.uni-giessen.de/~ga1047 Subject and Verb Agreement: The Basics A subject must agree with its verb in number. Ann always tells the truth. The twins always tell the truth. A phrase or clause that comes between a subject and the verb does not
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------------------------------------------------- CLASS 2: GAP, TOP ------------------------------------------------- Date: April 28, 2013 ------------------------------------------------- • Nouns ------------------------------------------------- ✚ Review: Clause Elements ------------------------------------------------- (S) : Performer, topic ------------------------------------------------- (O) : Recipient ------------------------------------------------- : Direct object (DO) and
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FC502-3T Practice Group Discussion Spring 2016 Date: Week 3 lesson 2/3 Task: prepare notes for and participate in a group discussion on the question below. Number of students: 3-5; duration of discussion: 10-20 minutes depending on group size (to be confirmed by your tutor). What are the main reasons for the gender gap in pay and what are the best ways of narrowing the gap? In your discussion you should • demonstrate an understanding of the gender gap and its consequences;
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totally different is totally different in Britain in 1976. in Britain in 1976. 2 The table shows number Ot people working Test 7 38 The table shows the number or people working We use the 22 23 24 Adjectives and adverbs Noun or adjective? 41 40 • with countries or places where the name refers to a group of islands or states: the United States, the Middle East, the United Arab Emirates, the UK 42 • • • • • 45 Verb confusion 1 - courses and study Test 8 43
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Articles The 3 articles in English are a, an and the. The learner has to decide noun-by-noun which one of the articles to use*. In fact, there are 4 choices to make, because sometimes no article is necessary. Native-speakers, of course, use the articles correctly without thinking. English learners, on the other hand, need to have some guidelines for making the right choice - particularly those learners whose own language does not have articles, such as Japanese or Korean. The guidelines that follow
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distinguishes between count nouns and noncount nouns. Both of these nouns can be modified by partitive constructions which denote a part of a whole (Celce-Murcia, Larsen-Freeman, 2008). A partitive is a phrase consisting of a count noun followed by of that precedes another noun. (det) noun of _____________ a bar of soap a deck of cards a litter of Look at this list containing units of measure used to describe specific quantities of non count nouns. Use them in sentences
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defining relative clauses. Trickier relative pronouns Four relative pronouns often seem to confuse people, but they're easy to use too. WHICH This can be used to refer to the whole part of the sentence that went before. Usually a pronoun refers to a noun, but this refers to more. For example: I've broken my leg, which means I can't walk. I've still got some money left, which is surprising. WHOM This is hardly ever used in spoken English, and not often in written English. It sounds very formal to most
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This text is a conversation between two workmates aged 19. Linda starts the conversation with an incomplete construction “went to see stereophonics on…” the lack of an opener/greeting and the incomplete construction shows the informality between the two speakers. Linda starting the conversation and initiating the topic suggests that she is in power of the conversation and it supports the theory that women initiate more topics of conversation, in conversations analysed by fisherman- 62% of topics
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totally different is totally different in Britain in 1976. in Britain in 1976. 2 The table shows number Ot people working Test 7 38 The table shows the number or people working We use the 22 23 24 Adjectives and adverbs Noun or adjective? 41 40 • with countries or places where the name refers to a group of islands or states: the United States, the Middle East, the United Arab Emirates, the UK 42 • • • • • 45 Verb confusion 1 - courses and study Test 8 43
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