Instead of bludgeoning our erring comrades, we should help them with criticism 4. Vehemently [ˈviəməntlɪ] Adverb 1. in a vehement manner; 1. He argued with his wife so vehemently that he talked himself hoarse. 5. insulate [ˈɪnsəˌlet, ˈɪnsjə-] Verb 1. protect from heat, cold, noise, etc. by surrounding with insulating material; 1. Asbestos can be used to insulate a cooking stove. 6. mollified [ˈmɔləˌfaɪd] 1. Hagen knew he was being mollified. "Maybe I can help," he said. 7. offender
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Present Tense Singular,I and Plural with Be verb 1. Negative a. Nobita is cry everyday because he always been bully by Sunio and Giant. 1. Affirmative b. Nobita is laugh everyday because he always plays with Sizuka. 1. Question c. Is Nobita cry and laugh everyday? 2. Affirmative a. I am in love now. 2. Negative b. I am not in love now 2. Question c. Am I in love now? 3. Affirmative a. We are so brave 3. Negative b. We are not brave enough. 3. Question
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Second edition Practice Grammar with answers John Eastwood Oxford Oxford University Press Oxford University Press Great Clarendon Street, Oxford OX2 6DP Oxford New York Auckland Bangkok Buenos Aires Cape Town Chennai Dar es Salaam Delhi Hong Kong Istanbul Karachi Kolkata Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Mumbai Nairobi Sao Paulo Shanghai Singapore Taipei Tokyo Toronto with an associated company in Berlin Oxford and Oxford English are trade marks of Oxford University Press.
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Possessive determiners 3 Personal and impersonal pronouns 3.1 Subject pronouns 3.2 Object pronouns 3.3 Stressed pronouns 3.4 Demonstrative pronouns 3.5 Possessive pronouns 4 Adjectives 4.1 Adjectives modifying the noun 4.2 Adjectives which follow verbs or verbal expressions 4.3 Adjectives with complements 4.4 Indefinite and negative noun phrases with adjective complements 4.5 Adjectives used as nouns 4.6 Adjectives used as adverbs 4.7 Masculine and feminine forms of adjectives 4.8 Plural forms of
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Nouns Nouns - are simply the names we give to everything around us, whether it be a person, an event, a place or an object, etc. Every particular name used to define something is a noun. Examples are account, babies, cabbage, dad, ear, car, parents, cat, John and house. 1. The babies are so cute. 2. My ears are too small. Collective Noun - The names given to a group of noun to identify them as a whole. Examples are class of students, army of soldiers, choir of singers, crew of sailors
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(the basic part of the word containing its meaning) and its INFLECTIONS (the endings added to indicate such things as that a noun is PLURAL or a verb is in the past tense). Examples: Stem: Inflections: PARTS OF A SENTENCE SUBJECT The subject is the person, thing or topic which the sentence deals with. To discover the subject, ask who or what before the verb, e.g. in the sentence The house stands on the hill, what stands on the hill? Answer: the house. Examples: The house stands on the hill. It overlooks
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usually imagine and the cockroach is elevated to a higher status. This idea is sustained when the cockroach is given an pronoun “he.” A cockroach is usually called an “it” whereas Halligan presents him at a higher level. The verbs “jog” and “climb” also help to mirror actions of a human fortifying that the cockroach was supposed to represent a human. At the end of the poem it is proven to us that the cockroach represents him shown by the quote “I thought I recognized myself.” This leads us to a new
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______ 1. A verb is a word that expresses action, state of being, or the fact that something exists in a given time and which is always found in the predicate of a sentence. ---------- 2. An action verb tells what a subject of the sentence does which may either be visible (physical) or mental. ______ 3. ’Remember’, ‘honor’, ‘prefer’, ‘excel’ and ‘regarded’ are examples of visible (physical) actions verbs. ______ 4. An action verb is intransitive if it directs action toward someone or
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* Indicates continuing action, something going on noun. * Present Progressive Tense is formed by a "be" - verb (is, are, was, were) + base form of the verb + - ing. Ex. I am working in the garden Form of the Present Progressive Tense The progressive is formed with the present of "be + the -ing form". * We can add -ing to most verbs without changing the spelling of their base forms. Ex. beat-beating enjoy-enjoying drink- drinking * If a verb
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HOW TO WRITE GREAT ESSAYS HOW TO WRITE GREAT ESSAYS Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 vii Organization 1 Clarity 11 Word Choice 21 Mechanics 39 Revising, Editing, and Proofreading 55 Untimed Essay Writing Strategies 67 Timed Essay Writing Strategies 85 Sample Essay Prompts and Essays 97 Resources 111 CONTENTS HOW TO WRITE GREAT ESSAYS v Introduction n your preparations for college, you may find
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