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Titulo de la obra completa: Natural English

Título de la obra: Finding Out About Grammar
ISBN de la obra completa: 978-958-59162-7-2
ISBN del volumen: 978-958-59770-4-4

Derechos patrimoniales: Jesús M. Oviedo Pérez

Autores: Jesús M. Oviedo Pérez
Lenny Casas
Directora de proyecto-colección: Zoraida Mohamed B.
Editora: PASSCO S.A.S
Diseño y diagramación: Carlos Daniel Rodríguez Mayorga
Colaboración: Leonor Colmenares

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Quinta edición: 66.000 Ejemplares
Pre impresión: Noviembre de 2.017
Fecha de edición: Junio de 2.017
 contents
introduction 11
Unit 1
glaNcing at nouns 15
1.1 the meaning of nouns 15
1.1.1 how to make a noun plural 15
1.2 Different types of nouns 17
1.2.1 countable nouns 17
1.2.2 non-countable nouns 17
1.2.3 the use of unit expressions 21
1.2.4 the use of quantity expressions 21

Unit 2
looking over pronouns 24
2.1 do you know what a pronoun is? 24
2.2 Noun as a subject and as an object 24
2.3 Types of pronouns 26
2.3.1 subject pronouns 26
2.3.2 object pronouns 26
2.3.3 reflexive pronouns 28
2.3.4 Non-specific object pronouns 29

Unit 3
looking over verbs and verb tenses 32
3.1 what is a verb? 32
3.2 verb tenses 32
3.2.1 simple tenses 32
3.3 regular vs. irregular verbs 34
3.3.1 regular verbs 34
3.3.2 irregular verbs 40
3.3.3 progressive tenses 45
3.4 The difference between Progressive Verbs and Non-Progressive Verbs 46
3.4.1 Progressive Verbs 46
3.4.2 Non Progressive Verbs 46
3.5 Spelling Rules for Verbs 50
3.5.1 One Syllable Verbs that End in -e 50
3.5.2 One Syllable Verbs that End in Consonant–Vowel–Consonant 50
3.5.3 One Syllable Verbs that End with a Consonant–Vowel and Consonant y , w and z 50
3.5.4 Two Syllable Verbs that End with Consonant–Vowel–Consonant (Two Cases) 51
3.5.5 Verbs that End with Vowel–Vowel–Consonant 51
3.5.6 Verbs that End in Consonant-Consonant 51
3.5.7 Verbs that End in -y (Two Cases) 52
3.5.8 Verbs that End in -ie 52

Unit 4
checking out adjectives 55
4.1 what is an adjective? 55
4.2 adjective classification 55
4.2.1 Possessive Adjectives 55
4.2.2 Ordinal Numbers 56
4.2.3 Descriptive Adjectives 56
4.2.4 Physical States and Emotions 57
4.3 Comparative and Superlative Adjectives 58
4.3.1 Irregular Comparatives and Superlatives 59
4.3.2 Comparative Degree of Equality 59
4.3.3 Comparative Degree of Inferiority 60
4.4 Demonstrative Adjectives 61
4.5 -ing, -ed Adjectives 61
4.5.1 Colors 62
4.6 The Order of Adjectives 62
4.7 Tricky Possessives 64
4.7.1 Possessive Pronouns 64
4.7.2 Possessive Adjectives 64

Unit 5
running into adverbs 66
5.1 What Is an Adverb? 66
5.2 Types of Adverbs 66
 5.2.2 Adverbs of time 67
5.2.3 Adverbs of Frequency 69
5.2.4 Adverbs of Place 72
5.2.5 Adverbs of Degree 73
5.2.6 Adverbs of Purpose 73
5.3 Indefinite Pronouns and Adverbs 74

Unit 6
passing by articles 77
6.1 What Is an Article? 77
6.1.1 Basic Article Usage 77
6.2 General Guidelines for Article Usage 78
6.2.1 The use of “The” 78
6.2.2 A and An 79

Unit 7
going through conjunctions 81
7.1 What Is a Conjunction? 81
7.1.1 Auxiliary Verbs after "But" and "And" 82
7.1.2 Connecting Ideas with Even Though, Although and Because 87

Unit 8
dropping by prepositions 89
8.1 What Is a Preposition? 89
8.1.1 List of Prepositions 89
8.2 Different Uses for Prepositions 91
8.2.1 Prepositions of Time (at, on, in) 91
8.2.2 Prepositions of Place (at, on, in) 91
8.2.3 Prepositions of Location (at, on, in) and “no preposition” 92
8.2.4 Other Uses of at, on, in 92
8.2.5 Prepositions of Movement “to”and “no preposition” 93
8.2.6 Prepositions of Time "for" and "since” 93
8.3 Phrasal Verbs 94
appendix 1 (answer key) 122
Unit 9
Coming Across Modal Auxiliary Verbs 135
9.1 What Is a Modal Auxiliary Verb? 135
9.1.1 May – Might 135
9.1.2 Shall 136
9.1.3 Should 136
9.1.4 Must 136
9.1.5 Can 137
9.1.6 Will 137
9.1.7 Would 137
9.1.8 Ought To 138
9.1.9 Have to 138
9.1.10 Going to 138
9.1.11 Used to 139

Unit 10
back to adjectives 141
10.1 Adjectives Followed by Infinitives 141
10.2 Adjective Clauses 141
10.2.1 Using Subject Pronouns (who, which and that) 142
10.2.2 Using Object Pronouns (Who(m), Which and That) 144
10.2.3 Pronouns Used as the Object of Prepositions 145
10.2.4 Using "where" 146
10.2.5 Using "when" 148

Unit 11
reviewing conjunctions 151
11.1 Paired Conjunctions 151
Unit 12
looking into verbs and verb tenses 153
12.1 Perfect Tenses 153
12.2 Perfect Progressive Tenses 156
12.3 Other Uses for Verb Tenses (Will Vs. Going to) 159

Unit 13
figuring out passive voice 161
13.1 What Is Passive Voice? 161
13.1.1 Using Passive Voice in Different Tenses 161
13.2 Using the Passive Voice 164
13.3 The Passive Voice of Modals and Different Expressions 165

Unit 14
getting across conditionals 167
14.1 What Is a Conditional? 167
14.1.1 "If" Clauses 167
14.2 Real Conditional Vs. Unreal Conditional 168
14.2.1 Whether or Not 170
14.2.2 Even If 171
14.2.3 Compare 171
14.2.4 In Case That – In the Event That 172
14.2.5 Unless 172
14.2.6 Only if / Providing/Provided that 173

Unit 15
bumping into quoted and reported speech 174
15.1 What Is Quoted Speech? 174
15.1.1 Quoting a Sentence 174
15.1.2 Quoting a Question or an Exclamation 174
15.2 What Is Reported Speech 175
15.2.1 General Guidelines of Tense Usage 175
15.2.2 Reporting "Wh" Questions 176
Unit 16
showing of how to write an opinion letter 179
16.1 How to Write a Letter? 179
16.1.1 Friendly and Personal Letters 179
16.1.2 Business Letters 180
16.1.3 Abbreviations 180
16.1.4 Sample of a Letter 181
16.1.5 Phrases to Start a Friendly Letter 182
16.1.6 Phrases to Start a Business Letter 182

Unit 17
speaking up 185
appendix 2 (answer key) 187
 Introduction
Welcome to Finding Out about Grammar. In this course you will take a look at grammar in an easy way.
Now that you have a good comprehension level, it will be "A piece of cake" to go through grammar.

You must take in mind the following points:

1. If you have decided to take this course you must have presented unit 16.

2. You must sign up for one of the grammar courses in the branch that you are attending, in the
schedule that the branch offers that is most comfortable to you.
3. Like any other follow up session, before attending to these grammar sessions you must prepare
the units specified for each day. You will know which topics the session will be about because in
your grammar book says what you will review each session from day 1 to day 13.

Important Note: This grammar course has been designed to be taken after finishing unit 16 from the
book Moving on and it will end when you reach unit 28 from the book Moving on.

The grammar course is divided like this:

Unidad del libro

Número Moving on que el
Día Programación
de horas usuario debe haber
presentado

0 1 hora Introducción a gramática Unit 16

Finding Out About Grammar 1

Unit 1 Looking Over Pronouns

1 2 horas Unit 17
Unit 2 Glancing at Nouns

Unit 3 Looking into Verbs and Verb Tenses

2 2 horas Unit 18

Unit 4 Checking Out Adjectives

3 2 horas Unit 19
Unit 5 Running into Adverbs

Unit 6 Passing by articles

4 2 horas Unit 20
Unit 7 Going through Conjunctions

5 2 horas Unit 8 Dropping by Prepositions Unit 21

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 Unidad del libro
Número Moving on que el
Día Programación
de horas usuario debe
haber presentado

6 2 horas Unit 9 Coming Across Modal Auxiliary Verbs Unit 22

7 2 horas Unit 10 Back to Adjectives Unit 23

Unit 11 Reviewing Conjunctions

Finding Out About Grammar 2

8 2 horas Unit 24
Unit 12 Looking into Verb Tenses

9 2 horas Unit 13 Figuring Out Passive Voice Unit 25

10 2 horas Unit 14 Getting Across Conditionals Unit 26

Unit 15 Bumping into Quoted and Reported

11 2 horas Unit 27
Speech

Unit 16 Showing Off How to write an Opinion

12 2 horas Unit 28
Letter

13 2 horas Entrevista Unit 29

If you follow this time table, you will have no problem during this course because as you can
see to enter from Finding Out about grammar 1 to Finding Out about Grammar 2 you must
have presented Unit 21 and to enter to the interview you must have presented Unit 28.

This is an important part of the process, not only to present the units, but to prepare them
correctly. Once more, we remind you that the most important part of this program is
following the 5 steps at home!

We invite you to follow the process …We are happy to guide you!

*The grammar course is an optional course, if you decide not to take it, you can use the book as
reference for any doubt.

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 glaNcing at nouns Unit 1
1.1 The Meaning of Nouns
A Noun is a person, a place, a thing or an idea.

Person: mother, Thomas, etc.

Place: house, Charlie's Restaurant etc.
Thing: box, book, car, etc.
Idea: I think we should go out tonight. (idea)
Do you like the idea?
Yes, I love it! (It refers to the whole idea of going out tonight)

1.1.1 How to Make a Noun Plural

The plural forms of Nouns can be created in the following ways:

1. Add an s to form the plural of most words.

elephant - elephants
stereo - stereos

2. For words that end in s, z, x, ch, sh, add an es to form the plural.
box - boxes.
church - churches.

3. If the word ends in a vowel plus y (ay, ey, iy, oy, uy), add an s to the word.
tray - trays
key - keys

4. If the word ends in a consonant plus y, change the y into ie and add an s to form the plural.
enemy - enemies
baby - babies

5. For words that end in -is, change the -is to -es to make the plural form.
synopsis - synopses
thesis - theses

6. Some words that end in -f or -fe have plurals that end in ves.
knife - knives
self - selves

7. The plurals of words ending in -o are formed by either adding -s or by adding -es. To determine whether a
particular word ends in -s or -es (or if the word can be spelled either way). Check your dictionary or the list
below. There are two helpful rules:

a. All words that end in a vowel plus -o (ao, eo, io, oo, uo) have plurals that end in just -s:

Stereo Stereos Studio Studios Duo Duos

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b. All musical terms ending in -o have plurals ending in just -s.

Piano Pianos Cello Cellos Solo Solos

Plural forms of words ending in -o:

-os -oes -os or -oes

albinos echoes avocados/oes

armadillos embargoes buffaloes/os
autos heroes cargoes/os
bravos potatoes dominoes/os
broncos tomatoes ghettos/oes
casinos torpedoes mosquitoes/os
combos palmettos/oes
kimonos tornadoes/os
logos volcanoes/os
ponchos zeros/oes
sombreros
tacos
torsos
tobaccos
typos

Other forms:

cactus - cacti
Ending -in Change -us to -i nucleus - nuclei
focus - foci

analysis - analyses
Ending in -is Change -is to -es
crisis - crises
thesis - theses

phenomenon - phenomena
Ending in -on Change -on to -a
criterion - criteria

man - men
foot - feet
Irregular Change the word child - children
person - people
tooth - teeth
mouse - mice

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Exercise 1

Now it's your turn. Change the following nouns into their plural form.

1. Box: ______________________ 16. Analysis: ______________________

2. Shelf: ______________________ 17. Buffalo: ______________________
3. Enemy: ______________________ 18. Child: ______________________
4. Key: ______________________ 19. Woman: ______________________
5: Day: ______________________ 20. Deer: ______________________
6. City: ______________________ 21. Phenomenon: _____________________
7. Church: ______________________ 22. Stimulus: ______________________
8. Show: ______________________ 23: Bus: ______________________
9. Fly: ______________________ 24: Calf: ______________________
10. Book ______________________ 25. Thesis: ______________________
11. Arch: ______________________ 26. Foot: ______________________
12. Fire: ______________________ 27. Wolf: ______________________
13. Clock: ______________________ 28. Echo: ______________________
14. Burger: ______________________ 29. Fish: ______________________
15. Thief: ______________________ 30. Octopus: ______________________

1.2 Different Types of Nouns

We are going over two different types of nouns: Countable and Non-countable. As a first example, we are going to use
"money". Do you think it is countable or non-countable? If you said countable you are very…WRONG!

The word money is a non-countable noun because it is a word that refers to many different nouns, like "coins", "bills",
"checks" or even "credit cards". These are countable. Tricky right? Let's see each type of noun separately.

1.2.1 Countable Nouns

Countable Nouns are items that can be counted. These nouns may be preceded by an/a in the singular and they need a
final -s or -es for the plural.

Examples:
I bought a chair. Sam bought three chairs.
Singular Plural

1.2.2 Non-countable Nouns

Non-countable Nouns refer to a "whole" that is made up of different parts. They are not immediately preceded by a/an
and have no plural form. They do not need a final -s or -es.

Examples:
I like to buy modern furniture.
I put some sugar in my coffee.
I wish you luck.
Sunshine is warm and cheerful.

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In the first example, furniture represents whole groups of things that are made up of similar but separate items. In the
second example sugar and coffee represent whole masses made up of individual particles or elements. In the third
example luck is an abstract concept, an abstract "whole". It has no physical f orm; you cannot touch it. In the fourth
example phenomena of nature, such as sunshine, are frequently used as Non-countable Nouns.

Some Common Non–countable Nouns: The following are typical of nouns that are commonly used as non-countable
Nouns. Many others nouns can be used as Non–Countable Nouns. This list serves only as a sample.

1. Whole groups made up of similar items: Baggage, clothing, equipment, food, fruit, furniture, garbage,
hardware, jewelry, junk, luggage, machinery, mail, make up, money, cash, change, postage, scenery, traffic.

2. Fluids: Water, coffee, tea, milk, oil, soup, gasoline, blood, etc.

3. Solids: Ice, bread, butter, cheese, meat, gold, iron, silver, glass, paper, wood, cotton, wool, etc.

4. Gases: Steam, air, oxygen, nitrogen, smoke, smog, pollution, etc.

5. Particles: Rice, chalk, corn, dirt, dust, flour, glass, hair, pepper, salt, sand, sugar, wheat, etc.

6. Abstractions: Beauty, confidence, courage, education, enjoyment, fun, happiness, health, help, honesty,
hospitality, importance, intelligence, justice, sleep, knowledge, laughter, truth, luck, music, patience, peace,
pride, progress, recreation, significance, violence, wealth, advice, information, news, evidence, proof, time,
space, energy, homework, work, grammar, slang, vocabulary, etc.

7. Languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, etc.

8. Fields of study: Chemistry, Engineering, History, Literature, Mathematics, Psychology, etc.

9. Recreation: Baseball, soccer, tennis, chess, bridge, poker, etc.

10. General activities: Driving, studying, swimming, traveling, walking and other gerunds.

11. Natural phenomena: Weather, dew, fog, hail, humidity, heat, lightning rain, sleet, snow, thunder, wind,
darkness, light, sunshine, electricity, fire, gravity.

Exercise 2

Look at the italicized nouns in the following sentences. Mark with C the Countable Nouns and with NC the
Non–countable Nouns. Piece of cake!

Example

I bought some chairs, tables and desks. In other words, I bought some furniture.
C C C NC

1. I have some pennies, nickels, and dimes in my pocket. In other words, I have
some money in my pocket.

2. Ann likes to wear jewelry. Today she is wearing four rings, six bracelets, and a necklace.

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3. We saw beautiful mountains, fields, and lakes on our trip. In other words, we saw beautiful scenery.

4. Would you like some food? How about a sandwich and an apple?

5. We had meat, rice, bread, butter, cheese, fruit, vegetables, and tea for dinner.

6. Gold and iron are metals.

7. I used an iron to press my shirt because it was wrinkled.

8. I wish you happiness, health, and luck in your life.

9. Tom is studying Chemistry, History, and English.

10. In the United States, baseball is called the national pastime. To play it, you need a baseball and a bat.

11. My hometown has rain, thunder, fog, and snow in the winter months. In other words, it has bad weather.

12. Tom has black hair and brown eyes.

Exercise 3

Complete the sentences with the given nouns. Add final -s or -es if necessary. Use each noun once.

change advice city

garbage hardware homework
information junk luggage / baggage
music progress river
screwdriver stuff thunder
traffic traveling trip

Example

I have some coins in my pocket. In other words, I have some change in my pocket.

1. The Mississippi, the Amazon, and the Nile are well known _______________in the world.

2. I like to listen to operas, symphonies and folk songs. I enjoy _______________.

3. Since I came to the United States, I have visited Chicago, New York and Miami. I want to visit other ___________
before I return to my country.

4. The street is full of cars, trucks and busses. This street always has heavy __________, especially during rush hour.

5. In the last couple of years, I've gone to France, India, and the Soviet Union. I like to take _______________. In
other words _______________is one of my favorite activities.

6. I put some banana peels, rotten food, and broken bottles in the waste can. The can is full of _____________.

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7. They have a rusty car without an engine, broken chairs and an old refrigerator in their front yard. Their yard is full
of _______________.

8. Paul has books, pens, papers, notebooks, a clock, scissors, a tape recorder and some other things on his desk. He
has a lot of _______________on his desk.

9. The children got scared when they heard _______________during the storm.

10. Tools that are used to fasten screws into wood are called _______________.

11. I went to the store to get some nails, hammers, and screws. In other words, I bought some _______________.

12. Tonight I have to read 20 pages in my history book, do 30 algebra problems, and write a composition for my
English teacher. In other words, I have a lot of _______________to do tonight.

13. Ann took three suitcases, a shoulder bag, and a cosmetic case. In other words, she took a lot of
_______________on her trip.

14. Toronto is 356 ft./109m above sea level. The average annual precipitation in Toronto is 32 in./81 cm. The
population of the metropolitan area is over 3.000.000. I found (this, these) _______________in the
encyclopedia.

15. I didn't feel good. Ann said, "you should see a doctor". Tom said, "you should go home and go to bed". Martha
said, "you should drink fruit juice and rest". I got _______________from three people.

16. My English is slowly getting better. My vocabulary is increasing. It's getting easier from me to write and I make
fewer mistakes. I can often understand people even when they talk fast. I'm satisfied with the _______________
I have made in learning English.

Exercise 4

Add final -s or -es to the nouns in italics if necessary. Do not add or change any other words.

Example

a) Mary always has fresh egg available because she raises chicken in her yard.
eggs chickens

b) I had chicken and rice for dinner last night.

(It does not change)

1. Outside my window, I can see a lot of tree, bush, grass, dirt, and flower.

2. Tom gave me some advice. Millie also gave me some good suggestion.

3. Yoko learned several new word today. She increased her vocabulary today.

4. I drank two glass of water.

5. Window are made of glass.

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6. Jack wears glass because he has poor eyesight.
Unit 1
Many nouns can be used as either Non-Countable or Countable Nouns, but the meaning is different. Look at these
examples.

Hair:
-Non-countable: Ann has brown hair.
Here we are talking about hair in general.

-Countable: Tom has a hair on his jacket.

Here we are talking about one hair that fell off his head and landed on his jacket.

Light:
-Non–countable: I opened the curtains to let in some light.
We are talking about light in general, the one that shines.

-Countable: Do not forget to turn off the lights before you go to bed.

Here we are talking about the light bulbs in the house.

1.2.3 The Use of Unit Expressions

Unit expressions are words that come before a noun to specify an amount.

Examples:

A spoonful of sugar A bag of flour

A cup of coffee A pound of meat
A quart of milk A piece of furniture
A loaf of bread A sheet of paper
A grain of rice A piece of jewelry
A bowl of soup

1.2.4 The Use of Quantity Expressions

An expression of quantity may precede a noun. Some expressions of quantity are used only with Countable Nouns,
some only with Non-countable Nouns; some with both, Countable and Non-countable Nouns. Take a look at this
chart.
Used with Countable Nouns Used with Non Countable Nouns Used with both

one a little not any

each much no
every a great deal of some
two a lot of
both lots of
a couple of plenty of
three, etc. most
a few all
several
many
a number of
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Examples:
glancing at nouns

Correct: I have several pens.

Incorrect: I have a great deal of pens.

Correct: I have much rice in my cupboard.

Incorrect: I have many rice in my cupboard.

You could also use a unit expression in the last case.

I have many bags of rice in my cupboard.

The quantity expression many refers to bags which is a countable noun. The unit expression bags of refers to rice,
which is non-countable.

Exercise 5

Check yourself. Draw a line through the expressions that can't be used to complete the sentence correctly.

Example: I bought ____________ furniture.

some
a couple of
several
too much
too many
four

1. Isabel has _______ 2. Jake has ___________ 3. Sue is wearing _______ 4. Sue is wearing _______
assignments. homework. jewelry. rings.
three some three three
several three several several
some several some some
a lot of a lot of a lot of a lot of
too many too much too much too much
too much too many too many too many
a few a few a few a few
a little a little a little a little
hardly any a number of hardly any hardly any
no a great deal of no no
hardly any
no

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Exercise 6

Change the plural form of the following nouns and use much or many with these words.

furniture desk equipment

machinery machine branch
woman piece mouse
advice prize goose
music progress tooth
race knowledge marriage
information luck hypothesis
mail office slang
human being roof shelf
thief white

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2.1 Do you know what a pronoun is?
Pronouns are words that replace nouns. A nouns is a person, a place, an animal, a thing or an idea, as simple as that.
Look at this example.

Example

I read the book. It was good. (The pronoun it refers to book.)

Mary said, "I drink tea". (The pronoun I refers to the speaker, whose name is Mary.)

The words that were replaced are book and Mary. They also have a name, they are called Antecedent.

Exercise 1

Let's see if you got it. Identify the pronoun and the antecedent.

Example

Jack has a part-time job. He works at a fast-food restaurant.

Pronoun = He
Antecedent = Jack

1. Many monkeys don't like water, but they can swim well when they have to.
Pronoun: _______________________________
Antecedent: _______________________________

2. The teacher graded the students' papers last night. She returned them during class the next day.
Pronoun: _______________________________
Antecedent: _______________________________

3. The cormorant is a diving bird. It can stay under water for a long time.
Pronoun: _______________________________
Antecedent: _______________________________

4. Tom took an apple with him to school. He ate it at lunch time.

Pronoun: _______________________________
Antecedent: _______________________________

2.2 Noun as a Subject and as an Object

We could have two nouns in one sentence, playing different roles like subject or object. Almost all English sentences
contain a Subject (S) and a Verb (V). The verb may or not may be followed by an Object (O). Look at these examples.

Birds fly. Noun = birds = Subject Verb = fly

In this case, there is no Object but it is a complete sentence.

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Noun = baby = Subject Verb = cried
Unit 2
In this case, there is no Object but it is a complete sentence.

The student needs a pen. Noun = student = Subject Verb = needs Noun = pen = Object

In this case, there is a Subject and an Object.

My friends enjoyed the party. Noun = friends = Subject Verb = enjoyed Noun = party = Object

In this case, there is a Subject and an Object. The subjects and objects of verbs are nouns or pronouns.

Exercise 2

Find the Subject and Object.

1. The politician supported new taxes. ( _________ )=S (_________)=O

2. The mechanic repaired the engine. ( _________ )=S (_________)=O

3. Those boxes contained old photographs. ( _________ )=S (_________)=O

Exercise 3

Find the Subject and the Object of the following sentences. Then make a question using the correct structure.
(Yes–No questions).

Example

I love you. Jack put the letter.

(I) is the Subject. (You) is the Object (Jack) is the Subject. (Letter) is the Object
Do I love you? Did Jack put the letter?

1. The receptionist answered the phone.

( _________ )=S (_________)=O
_____________________________________________________________________?
2. The doctor examined the patient.
( _________ ) = S ( _________ ) = O
_____________________________________________________________________?

3. Leidy bought a present.

( _________ ) = S ( _________ ) = O
_____________________________________________________________________?

4. The dog ate the bone.

( _________ ) = S ( _________ ) = O
_____________________________________________________________________?

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5. The children wanted to eat cookies.
looking over pronouns

( _________ ) = S ( _________ ) = O
_____________________________________________________________________.

6. The students like to do their homework.

( _________ ) = S ( _________ ) = O
_____________________________________________________________________.

7. Clark and Patricia will have a baby.

( _________ ) = S ( _________ ) = O
_____________________________________________________________________.

8. The playground will be remodeled.

( _________ ) = S ( _________ ) = O
_____________________________________________________________________.

9. The neighbor made a big party.

( _________ ) = S ( _________ ) = O
_____________________________________________________________________.

10. The waiter is serving dinner.

( _________ ) = S ( _________ ) = O
_____________________________________________________________________.

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2.3 Types of pronouns

There are many types of pronouns. Let's start with subject pronouns.

2.3.1 Subject Pronouns

A Subject Pronoun indicates that the pronoun is acting as the subject of the sentence. The subject pronouns are:

I you He She It We You They

Subject Pronouns replace the subject of the sentence, like in this example:

Mary likes to swim. = She likes to swim.

The noun Mary was replaced by she (Subject pronoun).

2.3.2 Object Pronouns

An Object Pronoun indicates that the pronoun is acting as an object. These are:

Me You Him Her It Us You Them

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Exercise 4

Practice a little to get the idea. Replace the nouns using Subject and Object Pronouns.

Example:

1. Mary loves Tom. 6. My mother cooks vegetables.

She loves him. _________cooks _________.

2. Susana bathes the baby. 7. Tina has the pencil.

_________bathes ________. _________has __________.

3. Silvia calls my brother. 8. The dog eats the bone.

_________calls _________. __________eats _________.

4. The boy pays the girl. 9. You and I do the homework.

__________pays _________. ________do________.

5. Paul writes a letter. 10. The police officer works all day with his partner.
_______writes ________. ________works all day with ________.

Exercise 5

Try doing this exercise. Correct the following sentences and identify the pronoun that must be used.

Example

Them go to school everyday.

Them =incorrect.
They = Subject Pronoun is correct.

1. Them go to the park on Sundays. 6. Her eats Chinese food with she.
___________________________________ ___________________________________

2. Him and her have 5 children. 7. She and Tom buy many things.
___________________________________ ___________________________________

3. They walk with she. 8. Us drink milk for breakfast.

___________________________________ ___________________________________

4. Us have a big office. 9. Them study English with us.

___________________________________ ___________________________________

5. We want to bathe the dog. 10. Him feeds the dog.

___________________________________ ___________________________________

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2.3.3 Reflexive Pronouns

These pronouns are very easy to understand. You can use a Reflexive Pronoun to refer back to the subject of a
sentence. The reflexive pronouns are:

Myself Yourself Himself Herself

Itself Ourselves Yourselves Themselves

Example
a. He looked at in the mirror.
b. He himself answered the phone, not his secretary.
c. He answered the phone himself.
d. She lives by herself.

A Reflexive Pronoun usually refers to the subject in a sentence; in (a) he and himself refer to the same person.
Sometimes, Reflexive Pronouns are used for emphasis, as in (b) and ©. In the expression by + Reflexive Pronoun
usually means "alone".

Exercise 6

See for yourself how easy Reflexive Pronouns are. Complete the following sentences by using the appropriate
Reflexive Pronoun.

1. Jane did not join the rest of us. She sat in the back of the room by ____________.
2. You may think Stan is telling the truth, but I ________________don't believe him.
3. It is important for all of us to be honest with ________________.
4. Now that their children are grown, Mr. and Mrs. Grayson live by ______________.
5. You yourself have to make that decision, Ann. No one can make it for you.
6. I don't know what to tell you, Sue and Jack. You will have to take care or that problem by________________.
7. When everybody else forgot his birthday, Ralph decided to give _____________ a birthday present. He bought a
new shirt for ________________.

Exercise 7

Agreement of pronouns. Complete the sentences with pronouns. In some of the blanks there is more than one
possibility. Use the pronoun that sounds best to you.

Example

1. Students should always hand in their work on time.

2. Teachers determine __________ student's course of study.
3. Each student is expected to learn __________ lesson on time.
4. If anyone calls, please ask __________to leave a message.
5. Somebody left __________ raincoat in the classroom.
6. The people in the flight on our long plane trip were very attentive. _________efforts to make us feel comfortable
were greatly appreciated.

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7. My family is wonderful. __________have always helped __________in anyway __________could.
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8. The crowd enjoyed the game. __________ got excited whenever the home team scored.
9. The people at the last concert were very happy with the presentation. __________were singing along with the
rock band.
10. The children ate breakfast this morning. __________never do, but this time they were very hungry.

2.3.4 Non-specific Object Pronouns

A Non-specific Object Pronoun is a word that replaces nouns when they are placed as the object of a sentence. Look at
these cases and pay attention because each one is a different case.

First of all, you must know that there are two types of nouns that we are going to see in these cases. These are Countable
Nouns and Non-countable Nouns. Countable Nouns are items that can be counted. Non-countable Nouns are items that
can't be counted. They are words that express a whole made up of different parts. Got it? You will see these in detail in the
next unit.

Another important thing that you must know is when a noun is specific or non-specific. A noun is specific when it is
preceded by a word that defines it. The words that make nouns specific are the, my, your, his, her, our, their, that,
these, this, or those.

The words that show that a noun is nonspecific are a, an, many, some, any, one, a lot of and many others, that give a
general idea of what the person is talking about.

The last important point to understand these rules is to know when a sentences is affirmative or negative.

Example
Affirmative: I like pizza.
Negative: I don't like pizza.

Fantastic! Now let's go through the rules.

The use of Non-specific Object Pronouns with:

Non-specific Plural Countable Noun: When we replace Non-specific Plural Countable Nouns, we use some for
affirmative sentences and any for negative sentences. Like in these examples.

I need some blank tapes.

Some: Nonspecific blank tapes = Plural Countable Noun.
Negative: I don't have any.
Affirmative: Jack has some.

Specific Plural Countable Noun: When we replace Specific Plural Countable Nouns, we use them for affirmative and
negative sentences. Look at these examples.

Where are the blank tapes that were here?

The: Specific; blank tapes = Plural Countable Noun.
Affirmative: I have them.
Negative: I don't have them.

Nonspecific Singular Countable Nouns: When we replace Nonspecific Singular Countable Nouns, we use one for
affirmative and negative sentences. Look at these examples.
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A: Nonspecific blank tape = Singular Countable Noun

Negative: I can't because I don't have one.
Affirmative: Sarah has one.

Specific Singular Countable Nouns: When we replace specific Singular Countable Nouns, we use it, them, him, her for
affirmative and negative sentences, depending on the object of the sentence. Look at these examples.

Did you see the tape that I left on the table?

The: Nonspecific; tape = Singular Countable Noun
Negative: No, I didn't see it.
Affirmative: Yes, I took it.

If we are speaking about a woman, we use her, and if we are talking about a man, we use him.

Non-specific Non–countable Nouns: When we replace Non-specific Non- Countable Nouns, we use some for
affirmative sentences and questions, and any for negative sentences. Like in these examples.

Would you like some coffee?

Some: Nonspecific coffee = Non-countable Noun
Negative: No thanks, I don't want any.
Affirmative: Sure, I'll have some.

Specific Non-countable Nouns: When we replace Specific Non-countable Nouns, we use it for affirmative and
negative sentences. Like in these examples.

Your cup is empty. What happened to your coffee?

Your: Specific; coffee = Non-Countable Noun.
Affirmative: I drank it.
Negative: I didn't drink it yet…I don't know.

Exercise 8

Your turn! Answer the following questions using the correct Non-specific Object Pronoun. Look at the example.

Example:

Did the neighbor ask for permission to use our hose? (Specific Countable Noun)
Affirmative: Yes, he asked me if he could use it.
Negative: No, he didn't ask to use it!

1. Have you seen my books? ____________________

Negative: No, I haven't seen __________
Affirmative: Oh yes, I took __________

2. Where is your sister? ____________________

Negative: I don't know. I haven't seen __________in a week.
Affirmative: I saw __________in the cafeteria.

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3. Does John have a car? ____________________.
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Affirmative: I think he has __________.
Negative: No, he doesn't have enough money to buy __________.

4. Where did she put the flour that I bought for the cake? ____________________
Affirmative: She put __________in the cupboard.
Negative: I don't know where she put __________.

5. I think I lost my keys! ____________________.

Affirmative: Don't you remember where you left __________.
Negative: I think that I saw __________in the front desk.

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3.1 What is a verb?
A Verb expresses an action, occurrence, or state of being. Here are some examples:

Run, speak, become, be, etc.

3.2 Verb Tenses

We are going to take a look at the simple tenses and progressive tenses.

3.2.1 Simple Tenses

The simple tenses are: Simple Present, Simple Past and Simple Future.

Simple Present Tense:

Subject + verb in the present + complement.

The Simple Present Tense expresses events or situations that exist always, presently, usually, habitually; you must
remember to use add an -s to the verb when the subject of the sentence is a third person (she, he, it):

Examples:
It snows in Alaska.
I watch television everyday.

The Simple Present Tense is used for general statements of fact:

Examples:
Water consists of hydrogen and oxygen.
Most animals kill for food.
The world is round.

The Simple Present Tense is also used to express habitual or everyday activities:

Examples:
I study for two hours every night. Mammals are warm blooded.
My class begins at nine o'clock. I go to the park every morning.
He always eats a sandwich for lunch. The student understands the lesson.
.

Exercise 1

Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the Simple Present Verb.

1. Lisa _________ (study) English in United States.

2. The Seamstress _________ (sew) dresses.
3. Firefighters _________ (extinguish) fires.
4. The ozone layer _________ (have) a hole.

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5. Koalas _________ (eat) eucalyptus leaves.
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6. We _________ (celebrate) Christmas in December.
7. Internet _________ (Be) very useful nowadays.
8. The car _________ (need) gasoline to move.
9. Receptionists _________ (give) information.
10. People _________ (decorate) Christmas trees with many ornaments.

Exercise 2

Now that you have finished Exercise 1, you must write the question form of the sentences using the correct auxiliary
verb and structure. Remember to remove the -s from the verb when using does.

Example

1. Lisa studies English in New York

Does Lisa study English in New York?
2. ______________________________________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________________________________
4. ______________________________________________________________________
5. ______________________________________________________________________
6. ______________________________________________________________________
7. ______________________________________________________________________
8. ______________________________________________________________________
9. ______________________________________________________________________
10.______________________________________________________________________

Simple Past Tense

Subject + verb in the past +complement

In general, the Simple Past Tense expresses events or situations that happened at one particular time in the past. It
began and ended in the past. Look at these examples.

Example
It snowed yesterday.
I watched television last night.

These situations started and finished in the past.

Using When: If the sentence contains when and has the Simple Past Tenses in both parts of the sentence, the action in
the when clause happened first. (A cause is a group of words that contain a subject and a verb).

Example

a) She got up to investigate when she heard the noise. = First she heard the noise, then she got up.
b) The coffee spilled on my lap when I dropped my cup. = First he dropped the cup, then the coffee spilled.

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3.3 Regular Vs. Irregular Verbs

English verbs have four principal parts:

Regular Verb Irregular Verb

Simple Form work fly

Simple Past worked flew
Past Participle worked flown
Present Participle working flying

3.3.1 Regular Verbs

As the name indicates, they have a regular form. To form the Simple Past and the Past Participle, these verbs must
end in -ed. Look at the chart.

Simple Form Simple Past Past Participle Present Participle

Hope Hoped Hoped Hoping

Stop Stopped Stopped Stopping
Listen Listened Listened Listening
Study Studied Studied Studying
Start Started Started Starting

Pronounce Regular Verbs Correctly

The sound of Regular Verbs may vary when they are in past form. The three cases are shown in the following charts,
take a look at them and practice the pronunciation.

Group A: Final -ed is pronounced /t/ after: k, p, gh (/f/), sh, ch, s, ss, x.

-ed = /t/ Looked

Asked
Helped
Laughed
Pushed
Watched
Dressed
Group B: Final -ed is pronounced /ed/ after d and t. Group C: Final -ed is pronounced /d/ after the rest of
the consonants in the alphabet:
-ed = /ed/ Needed
Waited -ed = /d/ Sobbed
Defended Roamed
Rested Believed
Added Called
Counted Filled
Loaded Enjoyed
Halted Poured
Dried
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A short list that will help you: The following is a list in Simple Present Tense of many Regular Verbs. To form the Past
Tense, you just add -ed or -d.

a
accept add admire admit advise
afford agree alert allow amuse
analyze announce annoy answer apologize
appear applaud appreciate approve argue
arrange arrest arrive ask attach
attack attempt attend attract avoid

b
back bake balance ban bang
bare bat bathe battle beam
beg behave belong bleach bless
blind blink blot blush boast
boil bolt bomb book bore
borrow bounce bow box brake
brake branch breathe bruise brush
bubble bump burn bury buzz

c
calculate call camp care carry
carve cause challenge change charge
chase cheat check cheer chew
choke chop claim clap clean
clear clip close coach coil
collect color comb command communicate
compare compete complain complete concentrate
concern confess confuse connect consider
consist contain continue copy correct
cough count cover crack crash
crawl cross crush cry cure
curl curve cycle

d
dam damage dance dare decay
deceive decide decorate delay delight
deliver depend describe desert deserve
destroy detect develop disagree disappear
disapprove disarm discover dislike divide
double doubt drag drain dream
dress drip drop drown drum
dry dust

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e
earn educate embarrass employ empty
encourage end enjoy enter entertain
escape examine excite excuse exercise
exist expand expect explain explode
extend

f
face fade fail fancy fasten
fax fear fence fetch file
fill film fire fit fix
flap flash float flood flow
flower fold follow fool force
form found frame frighten fry

g
gather gaze glow glue grab
grate grease greet grin grip
groan guarantee guard guess guide

h
hammer hand handle hang happen
harass harm hate haunt head
heal heap heat help hook
hop hope hover hug hum
hunt hurry

i
identify ignore imagine impress improve
include increase influence inform inject
injure instruct intend interest interfere
interrupt introduce invent invite irritate
itch

j
jail jam jog join joke
judge juggle jump

k
kick kill kiss kneel knit
knock knot

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l
label land last laugh launch
learn level license lick lie
lighten like list listen live
load lock long look love

m
man manage march mark marry
match mate matter measure meddle
melt memorize mend mess milk
mine miss mix moan moor
mourn move muddle mug multiply
murder

n
nail name need nest nod
note notice number

o
obey object observe obtain occur
offend offer open order overflow
owe own

p
pack paddle paint park part
pass paste pat pause peck
pedal peel peep perform permit
phone pick pinch pine place
plan plant play please plug
point poke polish pop possess
post pour practice pray preach
precede prefer prepare present preserve
press pretend prevent prick print
produce program promise protect provide
pull pump punch puncture punish
push

q
question queue

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r
race radiate rain raise reach
realize receive recognize record reduce
reflect refuse regret reign reject
rejoice relax release rely remain
remember remind remove repair repeat
replace reply report reproduce request
rescue retire return rhyme rinse
risk rob rock roll rot
rub ruin rule rush

s
sack sail satisfy save saw
scare scatter scold scorch scrape
scratch scream screw scribble scrub
seal search separate serve settle
shade share shave shelter shiver
shock shop shrug sigh sign
signal sin sip ski skip
slap slip slow smash smell
smile smoke snatch sneeze sniff
snore snow soak soothe sound
spare spark sparkle spell spill
spoil spot spray sprout squash
squeak squeal squeeze stain stamp
stare start stay steer step
stir stitch stop store strap
strengthen stretch strip stroke stuff
subtract succeed suck suffer suggest
suit supply support suppose surprise
surround suspect suspend switch

t
talk tame tap taste tease
telephone tempt terrify test thank
thaw tick tickle tie time
tip tire touch tour tow
trace trade train transport trap
travel treat tremble trick trip
trot trouble trust try tug
tumble turn twist type

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u
undress unfasten unite unlock unpack
untidy use

v
vanish visit

w
wail wait walk wander want
warm warn wash waste watch
water wave weigh welcome whine
whip whirl whisper whistle wink
wipe wish wobble wonder work
worry wrap wreck wrestle wriggle

x
x–ray

y
yawn yell

z
zip zoom

Exercise 3

Use the list above as reference. Choose 10 verbs, change them to Past Form and put them in the correct group
depending on their pronunciation. Then, read them using the correct pronunciation.

/t/ Sound /d/ Sound /ed/ Sound

1. ____________ 1. ____________ 1. ____________

2. ____________ 2. ____________ 2. ____________
3. ____________ 3. ____________ 3. ____________
4. ____________ 4. ____________ 4. ____________
5. ____________ 5. ____________ 5. ____________
6. ____________ 6. ____________ 6. ____________
7. ____________ 7. ____________ 7. ____________
8. ____________ 8. ____________ 8. ____________
9. ____________ 9. ____________ 9. ____________
10. ____________ 10. ____________ 10. ____________

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3.3.2 Irregular Verbs

As the name indicates, these verbs have irregular Past and Past Participles forms, (They do not end in -ed or -d). Here
are some examples:

Simple Form Simple Past Past Participle Present Participle

break broke broken breaking
come came come coming
find found found finding
hit hit hit hitting
swim swam swum swimming

Simple Form Simple Past Past Participle Translation

a
arise arose arisen levantarse, surgir
b
be (am, is, are) was, were been ser o estar
bear bear borne soportar
beat beat beaten vencer/derrotar
become became become llegar a ser/ hacerse
begin began begun empezar
behold beheld beheld contemplar
bend bent bent inclinar/torcer
bet bet bet apostar
c
bid bade bidden mandar/ordenar
bind bound bound atar/liar
bite bit bitten morder
bleed bled bled sangrar/desangrar
blow blew blown soplar
break broke broken romper
breed bred bred criar (animales)
bring brought brought traer
build built built edificar, construir
burn burnt burnt quemar
burst burst burst reventar, romper
buy bought bought comprar
d
cast cast cast echar, arrojar
catch caught caught coger, atrapar
choose chose chosen elegir, seleccionar
cling clung clung agarrarse a
come came come venir
cost cost cost costar
creep crept crept trepar, arrastrase
cut cut cut cortar
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Simple Form Simple Past Past Participle Translation

e
eat ate eaten comer
f
fall fell fallen caer
feed fed fed alimentar
feel felt felt sentir
fight fought fought pelear, reñir, luchar
find found found encontrar, hallar
fit fitted fitted ajustar, encajar
flee fled fled abandonar, huir de
fling flung flung arrojar
fly flew flown volar
forbid forbade forbidden prohibir
foretell foretold foretold preceder, pronosticar
forget forgot forgotten olvidar
forgive forgave forgiven perdonar
forsake forsook forsaken abandonar, renunciar
freeze froze frozen congelar, helar

g
get got gotten conseguir
give gave given dar, conceder
go went gone ir, andar
grind ground ground moler
grow grew grown cultivar, crecer
h
hang hung hung colgar, suspender
have/has had had tener, haber
hear heard heard escuchar, oir
hide hid hidden esconder, ocultar
hit hit hit golpear
hold held held sujetar, sostener
hurt hurt hurt hacer daño, lastimar
keep kept kept mantenerse, guardar
kneel knelt knelt arrodillarse
knit knit knit tejer
know knew known conocer, saber
l
lay laid laid poner, colocar
lead led led llevar, dirigir
lean lent lent apoyar algo
leap leapt leapt saltar
learn learnt learnt aprender

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Simple Form Simple Past Past Participle Translation
leave left left salir
lend lent lent prestar
let let let dejar, permitir
lie lay lain reposar
light lit lit encender, prender
lose lost lost perder

m
make made made hacer, fabricar
mean meant meant significar, querer decir
meet met met reunir
mislead misled misled engañar
mistake mistook mistaken errar
mow mowed mown cortar
o
outdo outdid outdone superar
overhear overhear overhear oir por casualidad
overtake overtook overtaken sobrepasar
p
pay paid paid pagar
prove prove proven comprobar
put put put poner
q
quit quit quit renunciar, desistir
r
read read read leer
rend rent rent rasgar
ride rode ridden montar, pasear
ring rang rung sonar, tocar
rise rose risen levantarse, subir
run ran run correr
s
saw sawed sawn aserrar
say said said decir
see saw seen ver
seek sought sought buscar, solicitar
sell sold sold vender
send sent sent enviar
set set set poner, colocar
shake shook shaken sacudir, agitar, batir
shed shed shed mudar (de piel)
shine shone shone brillar

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Simple Form Simple Past Past Participle Translation
shoot shot shot disparar
shred shred shred hacer trizas
shrink shrank shrunk encogerse, reducirse
shut shut shut cerrar
sing sang sung cantar
sink sank sunk hundir
sit sat sat sentarse
slay slew slain matar
sleep slept slept dormir
slide slid slid resbalar, deslizar
slit slit slit rajar, cortar
smell smell smell oler
speak spoke spoken hablar
speed sped sped acelerarse
spell spelt spelt deletrear
spend spent spent gastar, pasar tiempo
spill spilt spilt derramar
spin spun spun girar, dar vueltas
spit spat spit escupir
split split split dividir, separar
spread spread spread esparcir, propagar
spring sprang sprung saltar, brincar
stand stood stood estar de pie
steal stole stolen robar
stick stuck stuck pegarse, meter, poner
sting stung stung picar (de insecto)
stink stank stunk apestar
stride strode stridden dar zancadas
strike struck struck golpear, pegar
string strung strung ensartar
strive strove striven luchar por hacer algo
swear swore sworn jurar
sweat sweat sweat sudar
sweep swept swept barrer
swell swelled swollen inflamarse
swim swam swum nadar
swing swung swung mecer, columpiar
t
take took taken tomar, llevar
teach taught taught enseñar
tear tore torn rasgar, romper
tell told told decir, narrar
think thought thought pensar
thrive throve thriven prosperar
throw threw thrown lanzar, tirar, arrojar

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Simple Form Simple Past Past Participle Translation

u
understand understood understood entender
undertake undertook undertaken emprender
uphold upheld upheld sostener

w
wake woke woken despertar
wear wore worn usar
weave wove woven tejer
wed wed wed casarse
weep wept wept llorar
wet wet wet mojar
win won won ganar
wind wound wound dar cuerda, olvidar
withdraw withdrew withdrawn retirar, sacar
wring wrung wrung exprimir, torcer
write wrote written escribir

Exercise 4

Fill in the blanks with the past form of the verbs and write what happened first.

1. When the phone ________ (ring), I ________ (answer) it.

_____________________________________________________________________
2. I ________ (answer) the phone when it ________ (ring)
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3. She ________ (cry) when she ________ (find) out that her daughter was getting married.
_____________________________________________________________________
4. The veterinarian ________ (clap) when he ________ (see) how well the puppy was doing.
_____________________________________________________________________
5. The astronaut ________ (get) excited when he heard that they ________ (choose) him to go into space.
_____________________________________________________________________

Exercise 5

Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the Simple Past Verb and make the questions.

1. Lisa ________ (study) English in Australia last year.

_____________________________________________________________________
2. The Seamstress ________ (sew) many dresses for the wedding last Friday.
_____________________________________________________________________
3. The Firefighters extinguished (extinguish) the fire in the hotel.
_____________________________________________________________________
4. The ozone layer ________ (have) a smaller hole 10 years ago.
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5. The Koalas ________ (eat) all of the eucalyptus leaves that we gave them.
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6. We ________ (celebrate) Christmas in my grandmother's house last year.
_____________________________________________________________________
7. Internet was (be) very useful to us when we made our final project.
____________________________________________________________________
8. The car ________ (need) more gasoline.
_____________________________________________________________________
9. The Receptionists ________ (give) information to that man.
_____________________________________________________________________
10. People ________ (decorate) Christmas trees with many ornaments in New York last time that I went.
_____________________________________________________________________

Simple Future Tense:

Subject + will +verb + complement.

The Simple Future Tense expresses that at one particular time in the future the action will happen.

Examples:

It will snow tomorrow.

I will watch television tonight.

When using the Future Tense, will is the auxiliary verb that expresses future. Will must be followed by the verb in the
Simple Form.

Incorrect: She will goes to my house.

Correct: She will go to my house.

To make a question the auxiliary verb is will also.

Example:

Will she go to your house tomorrow?

3.3.3 Progressive Tenses

The Progressive Tenses give the idea that an action is in progress during a particular time.

Present Progressive/Continuous Tense:

Subject + to be in the present + verb + ing + complement.

The Present Progressive Tense expresses an activity that is in progress at the moment of speaking. It began in the
recent past, is continuing at present, and will probably end at some point in the future.

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I need an umbrella because it is raining.

John and Mary are talking on the phone.

Often the activity is of a general nature; something generally in progress this week, this month or this year.

Examples:

I am taking five courses this semester.

John is trying to improve his work habits. (In general)
She is writing another book this year.

Writing a book is the general activity she is engaged in, but it does not mean that at the moment of speaking she is
sitting and writing with pen in hand.

3.4 The difference between Progressive Verbs and Non-Progressive Verbs

3.4.1 Progressive Verbs

These verbs are making reference to an activity in progress. For these cases we need to use the verb to be.

Examples:

Kim is reading about this grammar. (is reading = activity in progress).

Marie is running in the park. (is running = activity in progress).

The verb being + an adjective is used in the progressive to describe a temporary characteristic. Very few adjectives are
used with be in the progressive; some examples of adjectives are careful, rude, polite, nice, selfish.

Examples:

Bob is foolish. (Foolishness is one of Bob's usual characteristics.)

Bob is being foolish. (Right now, at the moment of speaking, Bob is doing something that the speaker
considers foolish.)

3.4.2 Non Progressive Verbs

The name says it all. They are not used in any of the progressive tenses. These verbs describe states and conditions
that exist. They do not describe activities that are in progress.

Example
Ali knows grammar. (In this sentence, know describes a mental state that exists.)

Here are more sentences for you to analyze.

Know I know how to speak English.

Realize Now, I realize the consequences.

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Recognize Do you recognize that woman?
Believe We believe in her.

Feel I feel really happy.

Suppose I suppose that what you say is true.
Think I think that he is right.
Want The child wants to eat candy.
Need We need someone to take care of our pet.
Prefer I prefer the blue coat.
Mean We don't mean wrong.

Mental State

Imagine I imagine that he will come tonight.

Doubt I really doubt that he will pay you back.
Seem You seem a little tired.
Look You look a little tired.
Appear You appear a little tired.
Cost This house costs too much.
Owe He owes you a lot of money.
Weigh This box weighs too much.

The following sentences are examples of common Non–progressive Verbs which are sometimes commonly used as
Progressive Verbs also. Observe how the meaning changes.

Non–Progressive = (Existing State).

Progressive = (Activity in Progress).

Think: Progressive. I am thinking about this grammar.

Non–Progressive. I think he is a kind man.
Have: Non–Progressive. He has a car.
Progressive. I am having trouble.
Taste: Non–Progressive. This food tastes good.
Progressive. The chef is tasting the sauce.
Smell: Non–Progressive. These flowers smell good.
Progressive. Don is smelling the roses.
See: Non–Progressive. I see a butterfly. Do you see it?
Progressive. The doctor is seeing a patient.
Feel: Non–Progressive. The cat's fur feels soft.
Progressive. Sue is feeling the cat's fur.
Look: Non–Progressive. She looks cold. I'll lend her my coat.
Progressive. I'm looking out the window.
Appear: Non–Progressive. He appears to be asleep.
Progressive. The actor is appearing on the stage.
Weigh: Non–Progressive. A piano is heavy. It weighs a lot.
Progressive. The grocer is weighing the bananas.
Be: Non–Progressive. I am hungry.
Progressive. Tom is being foolish.

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Exercise 6

Use either the simple present or the present progressive of the verbs in parentheses.

1. Look! It (begin) _________ to rain. Unfortunately, I (have, not) _________ my umbrella with me. Tom is lucky. He
(wear) _________ a rain coat.

2. I (own, not) _________ an umbrella. I (wear) _________ a waterproof hat on rainy days.

3. Right now I (look) _________ around the classroom. Yoko (write) _________ in her book. Carlos (bite) _________
his pencil. Andrew (scratch) _________ his head. John (stare) ________ out the window. He (seem) _________ to
be daydreaming.

4. There's a book on my desk, but it (belong, not) _________ to me.

5. Dennis (fix) _________ the roof of his house today, and he (need) _________ some help. Can you help him?

6. This box (weigh) _________ a lot. It's too heavy for me to lift.

7. I (do) _________ this practice at the moment. It (consist) _________ of some Mathematics problems.

8. Mrs. Edward's is at the market. Right now. She (look) _________ at the apples. They (look) _________ fresh.

9. My sister (sing) ________ at the church chorus. She (go) ________ on Saturdays.

Exercise 7

Write the correct form of To Be in the following exercises and then make the questions using the correct structure.

1. I ________ learning English.

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2. They ________ playing with the new game.
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3. We ________ working hard to buy a new house.
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4. The babysitter ________ watching after the children right now.
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5. We ________ driving to the country.
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6. The boy ________ helping his mother to clean the house.
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7. They ________ learning how to raise a child.
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8. Martha and Carolina ________ dancing in the discotheque.
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Subject + to be in the past +verb + ing + complement.

The Past Progressive Tense refers to two situations that occur in the past. It describes a situation that was in progress
when another situation started.

Example:

He was sleeping when I arrived.

I was reading a book when they came in.
We were eating breakfast when he called.

In example 1, his sleep began before and was in progress at a particular time in the past. It probably continued.

The Past Progressive Tense also makes reference to projects or plans that were not done.

Examples:

I was trying to get in touch with you, but I couldn't.

We were planning to leave earlier, but there was a lot of work to do.

Exercise 8

Write the correct forms of to be in the blank spaces then make the questions.

1. When they arrived I ________ making a phone call.

Was I making a phone call when they arrived?
2. When the phone rang I ________ taking a shower.
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3. They ________ jumping on the bed when I arrived.
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4. The girls ________ gossiping about Tomas when he went into the room.
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5. The doctor ________ talking on the phone when the receptionist picked up the intercom.
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6. The old lady ________ choosing the fruit when they announced that they were going to close the supermarket.
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7. Carlos ________ ridding the horse when he received the phone call.
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8. Peter and Pamela ________ trying to speak when the phone line died.
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Future Progressive/Continuous Tense

Subject + will be +verb + ing + complement.

The Future Progressive Tense gives the idea that an action will begin at a particular time, and continue to be in
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He will be sleeping when we arrive.

We will be finishing our homework by the time you come.

3.5 Spelling Rules for Verbs

There are some spelling rules that have to be taken into account when using the -ing (progressive form) and the -ed
(past of regular forms). These will help you a lot!

3.5.1 One Syllable Verbs that End in -e

Verb Progressive Past

hope hoping hoped

date dating dated

injure injuring injured

Rule: -ing form: If the word ends in -e, cancel the -e and add -ing.
-ed form: If the word ends in -e, just add -d.

3.5.2 One Syllable Verbs that End in Consonant–Vowel–Consonant

Verb Progressive Past

stop stopping stopped

rob robbing robbed

beg begging begged

Rule: -ing form: Double the last consonant and add -ing.
-ed form: Double the last consonant and add -ed.

3.5.3 One Syllable Verbs that End with a Consonant–Vowel and Consonant y, w and z

Verb Progressive Past

play playing played

show showing showed

mix mixing mixed

Rule: -ing form: Do not double the last consonant and add -ing.
-ed form: Do not double the last consonant and add -ed.

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Verb Progressive Past

listen listening listened

offer offering offered

open opening opened

Verb Progressive Past

begin beginning began (irregular)

prefer preferring preferred

control controlling controlled

Rule: When the stress is in the first syllable, only add -ed or -ing.
When the stress is in the second syllable, double the last consonant and add -ed or -ing.

3.5.5 Verbs that End with Vowel–Vowel–Consonant

Verb Progressive Past

rain raining rained

fool fooling fooled

dream dreaming dreamed

Rule: -ing form: add -ing.

-ed form: add -ed.

3.5.6 Verbs that End in Consonant-Consonant

Verb Progressive Past

start starting started

fold folding folded

demand demanding demanded

Rule: -ing form: add -ing.

-ed form: add -ed.

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3.5.7 Verbs that End in -y (Two Cases)

Verb Progressive Past

enjoy enjoying enjoyed

pray praying prayed

buy buying bought (irregular)

Verb Progressive Past

study studying studied

try trying tried

reply replying replied

Rule: -ing form: If the -y is preceded by a vowel and a consonant, keep the -y and add -ing.
-ed form: If the -y is proceeded by a consonant, change the -y into -i and add -ed (1st case), if not keep
the -y and add -ed (2nd case).

3.5.8 Verbs that End in -ie

Verb Progressive Past

die dying died

lie lying lied

tie tying tied

Rule: -ing form: If the word ends in -ie, change the -ie into -y and add -ing.
-ed form: only add -d.

Exercise 9

Identify the tenses of the following sentences.

1. I worked in an office last year. _______________

2. I will play golf tomorrow at 10:00. _______________
3. I sing sad songs. _______________
4. I'm studying for my test. _______________
5. I was sitting in an armchair when you came in. _______________
6. I will be practicing the guitar tomorrow at four. _______________
7. She was listening to music when you called. _______________
8. They were playing in the back yard when we heard that loud noise.___________
9. Tom was writing a letter when you dropped the tray. _______________
10. Sheila and Sharon were sleeping when the phone rang. _______________

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13. We are writing a story for school. _______________
14. We play cards. _______________
15. We played cards. _______________
16. We will play cards. _______________
17. We are playing cards. _______________
18. We were playing cards when John came in. ______________
19. We will be playing cards when you call. _______________
20. Paul is writing a letter. _______________
21. He was drinking coffee when they called. _______________
22. They will be playing soccer while you eat . _______________
23. When the glass fell I was opening the refrigerator. _______________
24. It is snowing. _______________
25. We were reading a book when you called. _______________
26. I ate on apple. _______________
27. I was eating pizza yesterday. _______________
28. She drank beer. _______________
29. We are planning a party. _______________
30. They walk fast. _______________
31. They walked fast. _______________
32. They will walk fast. _______________
33. They are walking fast. _______________
34. They were walking fast when I yelled. _______________
35. They will be walking fast when I yell. _______________
36. He went to John's party. _______________
37. He goes to John's parties. _______________
38. He will go to John's party. _______________
39. He is going to John's party. _______________
40. He was going to John's party, but his man got sick. _______________
41. He will be going to John's party at seven when you get here. _______________

Exercise 10

Use the Simple Present, Simple Future or Future Continuous.

1. We _________ (take) yoga lessons every morning. When the nanny _________ (come) early she can't _________
(get) in, so tomorrow we _________ (leave) a key under the mat for her not to _________ (wait) outside.
2. The guests _________ (hide) when Tina _________ (arrive) to her house tomorrow. When she _________ (open)
the door. We _________ (scream) "Happy birthday Tina"
3. When my best friend _________ (get) off the train, I _________ (wait) at the entrance of the terminal.
4. Next Saturday after class, I _________ (go) to the beach.
5. Right now the students are studying English. The day after tomorrow at this same time they _________ (study)
English too.

Exercise 11

Fill in the blank with the Simple Present Tense or the Present Progressive Tense of the verb in parenthesis.

1. Diane can not come to the phone because she (wash)_________ her hair.

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2. Diana (wash) _________ her hair every other day.
3. Please be quiet. I (try) _________ to concentrate.
4. Every morning, the sun (shine) _________ through my bedroom window and (wake) ______ ___ me up.
5. After three days of rain, I'm glad that the sun (shine) _________ again today.

Exercise 12

Fill in the blank with the Simple Past Tense or the Past Progressive Tense.

1. What (happen) _________ in your house when I (call) _________ last night?
2. The two men (drink) _________ together when the fight (start) _________.
3. What _________ you (do) _________ last night when the light (go) _________ out?
4. When the police (arrive) _________ the situation (get) _________ worse.
5. When they (arrive) _________ my wife (make) _________ tea.
6. Someone (talk) _________ in the room next to mine a few minutes ago.
7. They (play) _________ chess all day yesterday.
8. I (write) _________ my report while they (watch) _________ a movie.
9. When I (leave) _________ home this morning, my brother was still (sleep) _________.

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4.1 What Is an Adjective?
Adjectives describe nouns. In grammar we say that adjectives "modify" nouns. The words modify means "change a
little". Adjectives give a little different meaning to a noun.

Examples:

Intelligent student.
Lazy student.
Good student.

An Adjective is neither singular nor plural. A final -s is not added to an Adjective.

Examples:

Correct: I saw some beautiful pictures.

Incorrect: I saw some beautifuls pictures.

They don't have gender.

Examples:

The tall boy is my brother.

The tall girl is my sister.

Adjectives go before the noun or after the verb To Be.

Examples:

The tall boy plays basketball. The boy is tall.

Adj + Noun To Be + Adj

4.2 Adjective Classification

4.2.1 Possessive Adjectives

My Your His Her Its Our Your Their

Examples:

My farm is far away from the city.

Their hobby is ping pong.

Exercise 1

Fill in the blank with the correct Possessive Adjective.

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1. I lost _________ book last night in the bus.
2. The old man will buy _________ daughter a new house.
3. Mary says that _________ puppy only eats balanced food.
4. George says that _________ mother is the most stubborn person that he knows.
5. John and Ann say that English is _________ favorite language.

4.2.2 Ordinal Numbers

Ordinal Numbers and Cardinal Numbers are different. The cardinal are normal numbers (one, two, three, etc) are not
considered adjectives.

The Ordinal Numbers are considered adjectives because they describe the order of something.

First (1st)
Second (2nd)
Third (3rd)
Fourth (4th)
Twenty–first (21st)
Thirty second (32nd)
Forty third (43rd)
Fifty fourth (54th)

Examples

The first (1st) round was really boring.

This is the fourth (4th) time that I go to that restaurant.

Exercise 2

Fill in the blank with the correct Ordinal Number.

1. The _________ time that I went to a circus, I was amazed.

2. I have bought my children four school uniforms in 1 year. I have to buy another one, it will be the _________
uniform.
3. The _________ color of the Colombian flag is Red.
4. The _________ month of the year is April.
5. The _________ day of the week is Saturday, my favorite!

4.2.3 Descriptive Adjectives

Descriptive Adjectives are words that state the different characteristic that a noun can have.

Examples

The London Bridge is a wide bridge.

The dress you bought is ugly.

shinny dull smooth rough tall

short long rich big small
high low fat skinny heavy

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light loose tight fast slow
straight crooked poor curly wide
narrow thick thin dark open
new old young sharp quiet
noisy hot cold soft hard
easy difficult neat messy clean
dirty bad good married single
handsome ugly pretty empty closed
wet dry full expensive cheap
fancy plain

Exercise 3

Fill in the blank with the correct Descriptive Adjective.

good loose fast bad ugly

1. The kid is _________. He behaves and listens to his parents.

2. Her husband is very _________.He stays out until late on weekends and arrives home drunk.
3. The witch is _________.
4. The _________ thief escaped the cops.
5. Most nurses wear a _________ uniform to work more comfortably.

4.2.4 Physical States and Emotions

These adjectives describe the way a person feels physically or emotionally. Look at these examples.

tired sleepy exhausted hot cold

hungry thirsty full sick happy
sad miserable upset frustrated angry
furious disgusted surprised shocked nervous
worried scared bored proud embarrassed
ashamed
Examples:

The baby is hungry. The parrot yells when it is excited.

Exercise 4

Fill in the blank with the correct adjective.

exhausted proud worried nervous happy

1. I am _________ because I learnt English.

2. The woman feels _________. She hasn't slept in 2 days.
3. The teacher is very _________ to see the results of the students.
4. Many artists are _________ when they have to perform in public.
5. He is _________ because his son has not arrived since yesterday.

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4.3 Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

Case Positive Comparative Superlative

With adjectives of one or two old Older than The oldest

syllables, add er to the adjective fast Faster than The fastest
followed by than clever Cleverer than The cleverest

With one syllable adjective ending

in a vowel followed by a thin Thinner than The thinnest
consonant, double the consonant big Bigger than The biggest
and add er (comparative) or est hot Hotter than The hottest
(superlative)

With two syllable adjectives that

easy Easier than The easiest
end in y, change the y to i and add
funny Funnier than The funniest
er (Comparative) and est
tasty Tastier than The tastiest
(Superlative)

With adjectives of two or more famous More famous than The most famous
syllables, add more (Comparative) childish More childish than The most childish
and most (Superlative) serious More serious than The most serious

Exercise 5

Fill in the blanks using the correct form of the adjective (Comparative or Superlative). You can use your lists of
adjectives as reference.

1. Mary has three children John is __________than Mike and Karen is the _________
2. Shakira is a __________singer but Madonna is __________
3. That dress __________than the blue one, but the green one is __________.
4. You are __________but He is __________.
5. This book is __________than the other one.
6. She is a __________girl but he is __________than her.
7. The detective is __________but the thief is __________.
8. The cake tastes good but the pie tastes _________John likes the cheese rolls __________
9. Your grandfather is __________but that old man is __________.
10. I will be __________this week but next week I'll be __________.
11. My job is __________than the movie but my family is the __________thing in the world for me.
12. "Be __________when you use fire but be __________around children.
13. The __________of all my students is Paul.
14. The __________member in my family is 95 years old.
15. The most __________jewelry in that store costs $ 25. 000 dollars.
16. Mr. Todd is very __________but his mother is __________.
17. My mother is the __________person that I have ever seen.
18. Your brother is very ________but your sister is the __________ person I know.
19. The most __________movie I have ever been to is...
20. The most __________book I have read is "Dracula"
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22. Batman is __________but superman is the __________of all action heroes.
23. Paul is a __________man but Tony is the __________man I have met.
24. The tree is very high but the ladder is __________.
25. Sarah is __________but Tom is __________than her.
26. Out of all of the Vegetables on earth I like broccoli the __________.
27. This ice cream is __________than yours.
28. Some Oranges are __________but lemons are __________.
29. Mrs. Sharkey is a __________person but her sister is __________than her.

4.3.1 Irregular Comparatives and Superlatives

An Irregular Comparative and Superlative does not need er or more for the comparative form or est or the most for
the superlative form. As the name indicates these are irregular and change completely.

Positive Comparative Superlative

Good Better than The best

Bad Worse than The worst

Little Less than The least

Far (distance) Farther than The farthest

Far (distance/additional) Further than The furthest

Both farther and further are used to compare physical distances; I walked farther / further than my friend did. Further
(but not farther) can also mean "additional"; I need further information.

Exercise 6

Use the words from your chart to complete the sentences.

1. I think that Arnold Swartznegger is a __________actor __________John Claude Van Damme.

2. You are putting too much baking powder in that cake recipe. Use ________ than that.
3. My house is __________than your house but Mario's house is the __________of all three.
4. The doctor said that the __________case would be a very bad infection if we didn't treat the wound well.
5. My __________friend is Cary. She is always there when I need her!

4.3.2 Comparative Degree of Equality

To compare two things equally, use the adverb "as" before and after the adjective.

Example:

The blue dress is as attractive as the brown one.

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Exercise 7

Use the adjectives in the box to compare equally in positive and negative form.

Nice - big - straight - high - good looking - difficult - interesting - comfortable

1. My hair is ___________ yours.

2. My hair isn't _________ yours. Mine is a little wavy.
3. Sarah's husband isn't ____________________mine. My husband is taller and more handsome.
4. -Hey, Patty! My husband ____________________yours!
-Of course silly! They are identical twins!
5. The building across the street ____________________my apartment building. They both have 12 floors.
6. Thank God that the building that they are building across the street ____________________ my apartment
building because otherwise it would cover all of the sunlight.
7. Our neighbors from the left side ____________________the ones from the right side. They are always
complaining about something!
8. Our next door neighbors are ____________________we are. We get along very well.
9. This Final exam ____________________last semester's final. It is easier.
10. This final exam ____________________last semester's final. I hope I get a good grade.
11. My baby ____________________yours and mine is younger!
12. My baby ____________________yours because he is younger.
13. This book ____________________the one I read last Month! I love it!
14. This book ____________________the one I read last month, the other one was better.
15. My new shoes ____________________ my old shoes…I prefer the old ones!
16. It is a good thing that I could find shoes that ____________________my old shoes!

4.3.3 Comparative Degree of Inferiority

With adjectives of three or more syllables, use less and than to show a comparative degree of inferiority.

Example:

Money is less important than good health.

Canada is less populated than China.

Exercise 8

Rephrase the following sentences. Give two options.

Example:
1. Her mother is less dedicated than yours. Means: Your mother is more dedicated than hers. Could mean: Her
mother isn't as dedicated as yours. Or: Your mother isn't as distracted as hers.

2. This pediatrician is less careful than the one I had before.

__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________.
3. My kid is less independent than most kids his age.
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__________________________________________________________________________.
5. Personally I think that your idea of going camping is less appealing than going to the hotel to spend the holidays.
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________.

4.4 Demonstrative Adjectives

These adjectives come before nouns to specify which noun or nouns the person is talking about.

This –These
That–Those

Examples

That house is falling apart.

Those computers are updated.

Exercise 9

Fill in the blank with the correct Demonstrative Adjective.

1. _________ woman is staring at me.

2. _________ women are staring at me.
3. I have _________ same shirt.
4. _________ English institute is the best!
5. I want to get _________ shoes. They are cheap and comfortable.

4.5 -ing, -ed Adjectives

These adjectives end in -ing or -ed. Be careful with these adjectives because you can confuse them with verbs.

The adjectives that end in -ing describe the cause of a feeling, while the adjectives that end in -ed describe the receiver
of the feeling. Look at these examples.

Examples

The situation is embarrassing.

I am embarrassed because of the situation.

Cause of Feeling Receiver of Feeling

alarming frustrating alarmed frustrated
amusing interesting amused interested
boring overwhelming bored overwhelmed
concerning pleasing concerned pleased
confusing relaxing confused relaxed

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Cause of Feeling Receiver of Feeling

embarrassing satisfying embarrassed satisfied

encouraging shocking encouraged shocked
entertaining surprising entertained surprised
exciting terrifying excited terrified
exhausting tiring exhausted tired
frightening frightened

Exercise 10

Use the following words to complete the sentences.

relaxed frustrating exciting boring

relaxing frustrated excited bored

1. Mr. Smith's class is very _________.

2. That math problem is _________.
3. The boy was _________ to ride in the roller coaster.
4. Going to that spa is a _________ experience.
5. The child thought that the roller coaster ride was _________.
6. She was _________ when she went to the spa.
7. That man felt _________ after trying to do the math problem and not getting the correct answer.
8. We are _________ in Mr. Smith's class.

4.5.1 Colors
white
black
yellow
green
blue
red
orange
pink
gray

4.6 The Order of Adjectives

Sometimes we can use many adjectives to describe one noun. Here we are going to take a look at the order in which
you use the adjectives.

Opinion: What you think about something.

Examples: Ugly, pretty, easy, difficult, etc.

Size: It tells how big or small is something.

Examples: Giant, small, tiny, little, huge, etc.

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Examples: Ancient, recent, young, old, new, elderly, etc.

Shape: It describes the shape of something.

Examples: Round, square, oval, flat, rectangular, etc.

Color: It describes the color of something.

Examples: Reddish, blue green, orange etc.

Origin: It describes where something comes from.

Examples: Colombian, American, Chinese, eastern, northern etc.

Material: It describes what the object is made of.

Examples: Wooden, metal, plastic, cotton, wool, glass, etc.

Purpose: It describes what something is used for. (These adjectives often end in -ing).

Examples:Sleeping bag, roasting tin, sewing machine etc.

Example of adjective order in sentences:

Opinion Size Age Shape Color Origin Material / Purpose Noun

cute tall american boy

small red car

square wooden hairbrush

Normally you will not have all the types of adjectives in the same sentence. Let's say, you have size (big) and material
(plastic) in the sentence, the order would be: The big plastic jar = big goes before plastic because that is the order.
Now it is your turn.

Exercise 11

Check the correct sentence.

1. The beautiful ivory box. The ivory beautiful box.

2. The rectangular huge wooden closet. The huge rectangular wooden closet.
3. The pretty round black marbles. The black pretty round marbles.
4. The small 2 year old French poodle. The 2–year–old French small poodle.
5. The brown fat cat. The fat brown cat.

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Exercise 12

Write the sentences using the adjectives in the following order. Use the chart as a reference.

Opinion Size Age Shape Color Origin Material / Purpose Noun

Example

1. Opinion, Color, Material: The pretty, black, silk dress

2. Shape, Origin, Purpose: _______________________________________________________
3. Size, Age, Shape: _______________________________________________________
4. Shape, Origin, Material: _______________________________________________________
5. Opinion, Size, Origin: _______________________________________________________
6. Material, Purpose _______________________________________________________
7. Age, Color, Origin: _______________________________________________________
8. Opinion, Material: _______________________________________________________

4.7 Tricky Possessives

Pay attention to these "Tricky Possessives", you might confuse them.

4.7.1 Possessive Pronouns

A Possessive Pronoun indicates that the pronoun is acting as a marker of possession and defines who owns a particular
object or person. Note that Possessive Personal Pronouns are very similar to Possessive Adjectives like my, her, and
their.

These possessives are not followed immediately by a noun; they stand alone.

The Possessive Pronouns are:

Mine Yours His Hers Its Ours Yours Theirs

Example:
That book is mine. Those over there are yours.

4.7.2 Possessive Adjectives

Possessive Adjectives are followed immediately by a noun; they do not stand alone. These are:

My Your His Her Its Our Your Their

Example:

My book is here. Your books are over there.

Possessive Nouns require apostrophes.

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That book is Mary's or That is Mary's book.

Possessive Pronouns or Possessive Adjectives do not take apostrophes.

Example:

Correct: That book is hers, or that is her book.

Incorrect: That book is her's or that is her's book.

Exercise 13

Replace the following Possessive Nouns with Possessive Adjectives or Possessive Pronouns.

Examples

He writes in Mary's book and she writes in Pedro's.

He writes in her book and she writes in his.

Example

I have Tom's pencil and he has Patricia's.

I have his pencil and he has hers.

1. We ate with Marco's sister and Tina's Daughter.

_________________________________________________________________________.
2. Mario washed the dog's collar.
_________________________________________________________________________.
3. Patricia's brother will go with Tammy.
_________________________________________________________________________.
4. Tina's husband said "Good Morning".
_________________________________________________________________________.
5. The man's children scream all day.
_________________________________________________________________________.
6. We invited the neighbor's friends.
_________________________________________________________________________.

Exercise 14

Choose the correct word in parentheses.

1. This is (my, mine) umbrella. (Your, Yours) umbrella is over there.

2. This umbrella is (my, mine). The other one is (your, yours).
3. Mary and Bob have (theirs, their) book. In other words, Mary has (her, hers) and Bob has his.
4. A honeybee has two wings on each side of (its, it's) body.
5. (its, it's) true that a homing pigeon will find (its, it's) way home even though it begins (its, it's) trip in unfamiliar
territory.
6. I have a pet. (Its, It's) name is Squeak. (Its, It's) a turtle.

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5.1 What Is an Adverb?
Adverbs are words that modify verbs. They often answer how.

Examples:

How did he run? How did she open the door?

He ran quickly. She opened the door quietly.

Adverbs are often formed by adding -ly to an adjective, look.

Adjective: Quick
Adverb: Quickly

Adverbs are also used to modify adjectives, to give information about adjectives.

Example:

How do you feel?

I feel extremely happy.

How sad was she?

She was terribly sad.

Exercise 1

Underline the correct word, either the adjective or adverb fit in the sentences.

1. George is a (careless/carelessly) writer. He writes (careless/carelessly).

2. Frank asked me an (easy/easily) question. I answered it (easy/easily).
3. Sally speaks (soft/softly). She has a (soft/softly) voice.
4. I entered the classroom (quiet/quietly) because I was late.
5. Alice speaks English very (good/well). She has a very (good/well) pronunciation.

The word well can be either an adverb or an adjective.

Examples:

Donald writes well. (Adverb, means in a good manner).

Mary was sick but now she is well. (Adjective, means healthy, not sick).

5.2 Types of Adverbs

5.2.1 Adverbs of Manner

They tell us how something happens. Adverbs of manner modify or give more information about verbs by indicating in
what manner an action is done.

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quickly fast loudly
angrily slowly beautifully
happily sharply

Example:

They walked slowly and talked quietly because the baby was sleeping.

5.2.2 Adverbs of time

They tell us when an action happened.

yesterday now last

night currently next
tomorrow today morning
recently tonight

Examples:

My uncle is currently working.

It's starting to rain now.
The children finished their homework this morning.
My grandparents will come to visit us tomorrow.

Exercise 2

1. I have to go to the supermarket _________.

2. _________I have a meeting.
3. I am _________working on my project.
4. _________I went to the dentist then I arrived home at 12:00 to prepare lunch.
5. I will watch that movie _________.

Some more Adverbs of Time are ago, already, anymore, just, yet, still. These adverbs give additional information
about when something happens or happened. Let's check them out.

Ago: means in the past.

Examples:

I started to work in this company 5 years ago.

She had her baby 5 months ago.

Already: is used when something happens before it is expected.

Examples:
The man is only 25, but he is already tired of life.
Did you do your exercises? Yes, I already finished them.
I already graduated from school and I am only 14 years old.

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Anymore: is used when something is different from what it was before.

Examples

I bought this computer last month but I don't like it anymore because it
is too slow. (It was fast before but not now)
I lived in Texas but I don't anymore.
I don't love my husband anymore. (I loved him before but not now.)

Just: is used for something that happened very recently.

Examples

I just ran into Joshua.

They just arrived from school.

You can also use just about for something that will happen very soon.

Examples

-Did you finish the essay that the teacher asked you to make?
-No, but I'm just about to finish.
I have been calling you all morning. Sorry, I just walked in.

Still: is used when something happens for longer than expected.

Examples:

You haven't graduated! No, I am still in school.

The mail was supposed to arrive this morning but I am still waiting!

Still is also used to confirm that an activity or situation is continuing and that nothing has changed.

Example

Are you still living in your mother's house?

Yes, I am still there.

Still in negative sentences and questions often shows impatience or that something is unexpected.

Yet: is used when something that is expected hasn't happened. It is used in negative sentences and questions.

Examples:

Have you graduated? No, I haven't graduated yet.

Has Thomas arrived yet? No, He is not here yet.

Still can be used with a similar meaning as yet.

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My husband hasn't arrived yet.
My husband still hasn't arrived.

Notice that yet is usually at the end of the sentence and still comes before the negative form.

Exercise 3

Use ago, already, anymore, just, yet, still:

1. I am _________in the hair saloon. I have been here since 10:00.

2. I haven't left the hair saloon _________.
3. I arrived at the hair saloon 3 hours _________.
4. I _________arrived to the hair saloon. I think that I will be here for about 3 hours.
5. I _________spoke to George and told him that I just arrived to the saloon.
6. I don't want to be here _________I am bored!

5.2.3 Adverbs of Frequency

They indicate approximately how many times something happens. Adverbs of frequency modify or give more
information about verbs by informing the times an action happens.

Frequently Ever Always

Seldom Generally Not ever
Rarely Usually Sometimes
Hardly Finally Often
Never Probably

Examples

She takes the boat to the mainland every day.

She often goes by herself.

Some adverbs may occur in the middle of a sentence. Mid-sentence adverbs as they are called, have usual positions.
Adverbs come in front of simple present and simple past verbs (except be).

Example

Ann always arrives on time.

Adverbs follow (or are after) the verb to be (simple present and simple past).

Examples

Ann is always on time.

Ann was always on time before.

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In a question, a mid-sentence adverb comes directly after the subject.

Examples

Does she always come on time?

Do they usually eat dinner late?

These adverbs can go at the end of the sentence or clause.

Ever: The basic meaning of ever is "at any time". It is used in questions or negative statements. It is often used with the
present perfect with this meaning and with imaginary statements about the future.

Examples:

Have you ever been to Canada?

I don't think he has ever been to Canada.
Nobody ever visits that lady.
I hardly ever go out with my friends.
I don't want to ever see you again.

But it is not used in affirmative statements:

Incorrect: I have been there ever.

Before “Since”: She has been like that ever since her boyfriend left her.

In affirmative clauses with superlatives or expressions like “the only”, or “the first”, ever is used (especially followed by
to + infinitive verb) to emphasize the uniqueness of something or someone:

Examples:

Neil Armstrong was the first man ever to walk on the moon.
This is the best joke I've ever heard

Use Example
Present question Do you ever eat?
Future I wonder if he will ever change.
Negative I don't want to speak to you ever again.
(I never want to speak to you) Negative + ever=never.
Question Have you ever seen snow?
Before since I have known him ever since I remember.
With to infinitive Yuri Gagarin was the first man ever to travel in space.

Ever means “at any time” and never means “at no time.”

Example

Have you ever (at any time) seen a sloth?

No, I have never (at no time/not at any time) seen a sloth.

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Exercise 4

Use ever in each case you have above.

Present question: _______________________________________________________.

Future: _______________________________________________________.
Negative: _______________________________________________________.
Question: _______________________________________________________.
Before since: _______________________________________________________.
With to+infinitive: _______________________________________________________.

Exercise 5

Use an Adverb of Frequency to complete the following sentences.

1. I _________brush my teeth.
2. We _________arrive early to grammar class.
3. Tina _________drinks a beer before sleeping.
4. She _________calls me on my birthday.
5. I _________visit my grandmother.
6. We _________follow the teacher's instructions.
7. The receptionist is _________nice.
8. I think that children should _________play with fire.
9. Students _________ask questions about their doubts.
10. It _________hails in April.

Exercise 6

Write something you do next to the adverbs.

Example:

Frequently: I frequently help clean the house.

Seldom: ____________________________________________________________.
Just: ___________________________________________________________.
Always: ____________________________________________________________.
Generally: ____________________________________________________________.
Rarely: ____________________________________________________________.
Already: ____________________________________________________________.
Usually: ____________________________________________________________.
Sometimes: ____________________________________________________________.
Finally: ____________________________________________________________.
Often: ____________________________________________________________.
Occasionally: ____________________________________________________________.
Never: ____________________________________________________________.
Probably: ____________________________________________________________.

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Exercise 7

Write an adverb on the blank spaces.

1. We _________ go hunting on Saturdays at 2:45.

2. They _________ take a shower on Fridays at 6.40.
3. He _________ watches television every day at 3:10.
4. We _________ do our homework from 4:50 to 5:30.
5. The doctor _________ goes to work at 1:15.
6. The children _________ have breakfast at 6:20.
7. Our parents _________ arrive home at 7:55.
8. Their dog _________ eats at 1:25.
9. My mother _________ goes to the supermarket on Saturdays at 12:05.
10. We _________ go swimming on Sundays at 9:35.

5.2.4 Adverbs of Place

Adverbs of Place tell us where an incident happens or takes place. They are usually placed after the main verb or after
the object.
southwards anywhere northwards
downstairs nowhere home
there here elsewhere
upstairs

Adverbs of Place can also be placed at the beginning, middle, and at the final position of a clause.

Examples

You get off the bus and walk southwards.

The nanny is upstairs.
They could be anywhere!
Everywhere I look. I see you.

Most common Adverbs of Place also function as prepositions:

across over under

up off in
next by behind
around about along
aside beside through
up

Exercise 8

Use the adverb that sounds best to you.

Southwards anywhere northwards downstairs nowhere

home there here elsewhere upstairs

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1. Go _________to play that game. You are bothering me.
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2. Turn like going _________before the entrance of the bridge.
3. My mother is not downstairs. She is _________.
4. I don't want to go _________,you come _________.
5. I don't want to go _________.

5.2.5 Adverbs of Degree

Adverbs of Degree tell us about the intensity or the degree of a quality (adjectives), or even an adverb itself, normally
adverbs of manner.

very quite almost

spectacularly so just
enough too extremely
really

Unlike other adverbs, Adverbs of Degree are usually placed before the adjective or the adverb they are modifying,
after the auxiliary verb, before the main verb or between the auxiliary verb and the main verb.

Examples:

My son is a really good boy. (before the adjective)

They almost crashed. (before main verb)
He doesn't really care. (between auxiliary verb and main verb)
She is just a little too excited about the trip. (after the auxiliary verb)

Enough as an adverb of degree (which means to the necessary degree) comes after adjectives or adverbs.

Examples:

She is tall enough to be a fashion model. (after adjectives)

They didn't run hard enough to win the race. (after adverb)

Exercise 9

Use the adverb that sounds best to you:

very quite almost spectacularly so

just enough too extremely really

1. That pie tastes _________ good that I will buy a whole one.
2. I am _________ happy to see you.
3. That gold ring is ________ expensive, I can't afford it.
4. I have had _________ of your misbehavior! Go to your room!
5. I don't _________ mind if you come late but make sure you have a key.

5.2.6 Adverbs of Purpose

They give more information about the why the action is done.

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She drives her boat slowly to avoid hitting the rocks.

She shops in several stores to get the best buys.

Exercise 10

Complete the following sentences using these incomplete sentences:

Buy the vegetables fresh.

Watch his favorite program on TV.
Catch the first bus and arrive early to work.
Keep in healthy shape.
Be the best students in class.

1. They sleep 8 hours, eat a lot of fruit and exercise _________________________.

2. He gets up early _________________________.
3. They study everyday _________________________
4. He arrives early from work _________________________.
5. The vegetables arrive to the market on Fridays. The woman always goes to the market on Fridays to
_________________________.

5.3 Indefinite Pronouns and Adverbs

People Things Places

someone
some- something somewhere
somebody

anyone
any- anyhing anywhere
anybody

no one
no- nothing nowhere
nobody

everyone
every- everything everywhere
everybody

The compounds of some and any behave in the same way as some and any, that is to say, some in affirmative
sentences and any in negatives and questions, although we use some in the interrogative to offer something. In that
case it is used as a quantity expression as seen before.

Example:

Would you like some coffee?

Do you have some change?

When using these words that start in any or no you must keep in mind that you must not have a negative auxiliary
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Examples

I didn't meet anybody there. (Negative+aux–use any).

I met nobody there. (No+affirmative verb).

I don't want anything.

I want nothing.

I don't have anywhere to go

I have nowhere to go.

Somebody took my towel.

Nobody came to session today.
Was anybody in the car?
She wants to buy something.
Please say something… anything!
That teenager cares about nothing.
Do you want something to write with?
Is there anything in the box?
I want to go somewhere tonight
She didn't go anywhere last night.

Exercise 11

Fill in the gaps with somebody, anybody, nobody, something, anything, nothing, somewhere, anywhere or nowhere.

1. She told me _____________about that incident but I don't really remember now.
2. How could _____________live here. It is a junkyard!
3. I don't know where we are going. It is _____________near the Thomson Avenue.
4. I am sorry there is _____________I can do about it.
5. Do _____________about it. Don't just stand there and do _____________. At least say _______ ______Give your
opinion or we will go _____________with this conversation.
6. Let's go _____________else. This place is scary. If _____________had told me this was like this. I swear that I
would have stayed home!
7. _____________please help!
8. I want to eat _____________good for dinner tonight.
9. _____________you do will make your grandfather angry. So you better behave.
10. We all need _____________to love.

Exercise 12

Complete the following story. Using the indefinite pronoun or adverb that sounds best to you.

I had already eaten lunch when my sister arrived from the gym. She generally arrives after 2:30 but that day she
came home early.

Rita: Tony, did you see my pink scarf, I can't find it _____________

Tony: I have not seen _____________that belongs to you today.

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Rita: Your friends came last night. ____________ must know about it. Please call _____________and ask if they
took it.

Tony: Rita, Did you look for it ____________ because ____________ knows that you frequently leave your things
around"

Rita: Yes, I told you that I looked for it _____________and it is _____________in this house. You must help me.
Please, do _____________about it because I need it to dance tonight at the theater. I have a presentation!

Tony: OK. I will try to do _____________about it but you should ask somebody else to help you, not only me. Ask
mother and father, they usually know where _____________is in this house when we don't know.

It was 5:00 and the scarf wasn't _____________Rita was angry with her brother because even though she asked
him to help her, he didn't. He was watching television and had not called _____________to see if they had taken it.
She was also angry with her family because _____________had helped her.

Rita: _____________in this family is selfish. You always think about yourselves and never help _____________ if it
will not benefit you. Can't you see that I have to leave in an hour to my presentation and that I can’t find my
scarf _____________! You are so mean Tony, you seldom want to help me, I usually help you when you need
help in _____________!

Time passed and it was time for her to leave. She had decided to forget about the scarf and do her dance
presentation without the scarf.

Ding –dong!!

She was already ready when the doorbell rang. It was her friend who had gone to pick her up.

Rita: Hi Tina.

Tina: Hi Rita, Look you left this in my house today when you went to practice.

Rita: Oh thank you, I thought that _____________ had taken it.

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6.1 What Is an Article?
An Article is a word that comes before a noun or and adjective. An Article makes the noun definite or indefinite. Pay
attention to the following.

6.1.1 Basic Article Usage

Generic Nouns
A speaker uses Generic Nouns to make generalizations. A Generic Noun represents a whole class of things; it is not a
specific, real concrete thing but rather a symbol of a whole group.

Examples

Singular Countable Noun: A banana is yellow.

Plural Countable Noun: Bananas are yellow.

In these two examples, the speaker is talking about any banana, all bananas, and bananas in general.

Example

Non Countable Noun: Coffee contains caffeine.

The speaker is talking about all coffee, coffee in general.

Notice that no article is used to make generalizations with Plural Countable Nouns and Non Countable Nouns.

Indefinite Nouns
Indefinite Nouns are actual things (not symbols), but they are not specifically identified.

Examples

Singular Countable Noun: I ate a banana.

The speaker is not referring to "this banana" or "that banana" or "that banana you gave me"; the speaker is simply
saying that he/she ate one banana. The listener doesn't know or need to know which banana was eaten; it was simply
one/a banana out of the whole group of things called bananas.

Example

Plural Countable Noun: I ate some bananas.

Non Countable Noun: I drank some coffee.

In these two examples, we see that some is often used with Indefinite Plural Countable Nouns and Indefinite Non-
countable Nouns. In addition to some, a speaker might use two, a few, several, a lot of, etc. with Non-countable
Nouns.

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A noun is definite when both, the speaker and the listener are thinking about the same specific thing.

Examples

Singular Countable Noun: Thank you for the banana.

In this example, the speaker uses the because the listener knows which specific banana the speaker is talking about;
the particular banana that the listener gave to the speaker.

Examples

Plural Countable Noun: Thank you for the bananas.

Non Countable Noun: Thank you for the coffee.

Notice that the is used with both Singular and Plural Countable Nouns and with Non-countable Nouns.

6.2 General Guidelines for Article Usage

6.2.1 The use of “The”

Use The when you know or assume that your listener is familiar with the noun and is thinking about the same specific
thing or person you are talking about.

Examples

The sun is bright today.

Please give this book to the teacher.
Please open the door.
Jack is in the kitchen.

Use The in the second mention of an Indefinite Noun.

Examples

Yesterday, I saw some dogs. The dogs were chasing a cat. The cat was chasing a mouse. The mouse ran into a
hole. The hole was very small.

First Mention: some dogs, a cat, a mouse, a hole.

Second Mention: the dogs, the cat, the mouse, the hole.

The is not used for the second mention of a Generic Noun.

Examples:

Generic Noun:
What color is a banana? A banana (Generic Noun) is yellow.

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Tom offered me a banana (Indefinite Noun) or an apple.

Definite Noun:
I chose the banana (Definite Noun).

Do not use the with a Plural Countable Noun (for axample: apples) or a Non-countable Noun (for example: gold) when
you are making a generalization.

Example:
Correct: Apples are my favorite fruit.
Incorrect: The apples are my favorite fruit.

Correct: Gold is yellow.

Incorrect: The gold is yellow.

Do not use a Singular Countable Noun (for example: car) without; an article, a, an, the or this, that or a Possessive
Pronoun.

Examples
Incorrect: I drove car.
Correct: I drove a car.
I drove the car.
I drove that car.
I drove her car.

6.2.2 A and An

Use A with nouns starting with a consonant (letters that are not vowels).

Examples: a boy
a car
a mouse

Use An with nouns starting with a vowel (a, e, i, o, u)

Examples: An apple
An orange
An opera

Exceptions:

An before a mute h: A before u and e when they sound like you:

An hour A European
An honor A university
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Exercise 1

In the following sentences, try to decide whether the speaker would probably use A, An or The.

1. Did you have fun at _____________picnic yesterday?

2. You'd better have _____________good reason for being late!
3. Did you think _____________reason Jack gave for being late was believable?
4. Your blue shirt is on _____________washing machine. You will have to wear _____________ different shirt.
5. I wish we had _____________washing machine.
6. What happened to your bicycle? _____________front wheel is bent.
7. I ran into _____________parked car.
8. I wrote _____________apology letter for Mary.
9. _____________radiator has _____________leak, and one of _____________car's windshield wipers doesn't
work.
10. Can you show me where _____________leak is?
11. Beef is _____________kind of meat.

Exercise 2

Complete the story using the correct article.

Yesterday I went to ______friends house. My friend loves animals so she has many pets. She even has _____snake.
We went to her room to see ______snake. She keeps ______snake in ______ glass box. ______snake looked
friendly so, she said that I could touch it. I grabbed ______snake by the head and pressed gently. Suddenly
_____________ dog started to bark. ______dog was protecting ______snake. ______dog probably thought that I
was going to hurt it. I got very nervous and so did ______snake. It bit me!

My friend took me to ______hospital to get a check up. Fortunately ______hospital was not very far. There we
explained what had happened to ______nurse. ______nurse was very nice. The only thing that I didn't like about
______hospital was that it wasn't very hygienic. ______walls looked dirty, ______floor hadn't been swept. I was
grossed out!

Finally ______doctor arrived and saw the bite. ______doctor told me that it wasn't serious because ______ snake
was not poisonous. I was relieved and so was my friend. Of course that she knew that ______snake wasn't
poisonous but you never know what infection one might get. ______funny thing about ______story is that the
snake died one week after it had bitten me!

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7.1 What Is a Conjunction?
One use of a conjunction is to connect words or phrases that have the same grammatical structure in a sentence. This
use of conjunctions is called Parallel Structure. The conjunctions used in this pattern are and, but, or, nor (more
specifically called Coordinating Conjunctions).

Examples

Noun + and + Noun

Steve and his friend are coming to dinner.

Verb + and + Verb

Susan raised her hand and snapped her fingers.
He is waving his arms and (is) shouting at us.

In this case, the second auxiliary may be omitted if it is the same as the first.

Adjective + but + Adjective

These shoes are old but comfortable.

Infinitive + or + Infinitive
He wants to watch TV or (to) listen to some music.

In this case the second to may be omitted.

A parallel structure may contain more than two parts. In this case, commas are used to separate each unit. The final
comma that precedes the conjunction is optional but is customarily used. No commas are used if there are only two
parts to a parallel structure.

Examples

Steve, Joe, and Alice are coming to dinner.

Susan raised her hand, snapped her fingers and asked a question.
The colors in that fabric are red, gold, black and green.

Parallel structures make repeating the same words unnecessary.

Exercise 1

Combine the given sentences into one concise sentence that contains a parallel structure.

Examples

Mary opened the door. Mary greeted her guests.

Mary opened the door and greeted her guests.

1. Mary is opening the door. Mary is greeting her guests.

_________________________________________________________________________
2. Mary will open the door. Mary will greet her guests.
_________________________________________________________________________

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3. Alice is kind. Alice is generous. Alice is trustworthy.
_________________________________________________________________________
4. Please try to speak more loudly. Please try to speak more clearly.
_________________________________________________________________________
5. He gave her flowers on Sunday. He gave her candles on Monday. He gave her a ring on Tuesday.
_________________________________________________________________________
6. While we were in NY, we attended an opera; while we were in NY we ate at marvelous restaurants. While we
were in NY we visited some friends.
_________________________________________________________________________
7. He decided to quit school. He decided to go to California. He decided to find a job.
_________________________________________________________________________
8. I am looking forward to going to Italy. I am looking forward to eating wonderful spaghetti everyday.
_________________________________________________________________________
9. I should have finished my homework. I should have cleaned up my room.
_________________________________________________________________________
10. The boy was old enough to work. The boy was old enough to earn some money.
_________________________________________________________________________
11. He preferred to play baseball. He preferred to spend his time on the streets with other boys instead of
studying.
_________________________________________________________________________
12. I like coffee. I do not like tea.
_________________________________________________________________________
13. I have met his mother. I have not met his father.
_________________________________________________________________________
14. Jake would like to live in Puerto Rico. He would not like to live in Iceland.
_________________________________________________________________________

7.1.1 Auxiliary Verbs after "But" and "And"

When you use But or And you must follow some rules. Take a look at the different cases and remember the difference
between affirmative and negative sentences.

Cases: When you join two affirmative sentences follow this rule.

(+) He likes coffee. (+) She likes coffee.

Use and to join + the subject + auxiliary verb depending on the tense + too at the end. Like this:

He likes coffee and she does too.

Another option is: and + so + auxiliary verb depending on the tense + subject. Like this:

He likes coffee and so does she.

When you join two negative sentences follow this rule.

(–)He doesn't like coffee. (–) She doesn't like coffee.

Use and + the auxiliary verb in negative, depending on the tense + subject + either at the end. Like this:

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Another option is: and + neither + auxiliary verb in affirmative, depending on the tense + subject. Like this:

He doesn't like coffee and neither does she.

When you join an affirmative sentence and a negative sentence follow this rule.

(+) He likes coffee. (–) She doesn't like coffee.

Use but + the auxiliary verb in negative, depending on the tense + subject. Like this:

He likes coffee but she doesn't.

When you join an affirmative sentence and a negative sentence follow this rule.

(–) He doesn't like coffee. (+) She likes coffee.

Use but + subject + the auxiliary verb in affirmative, depending on the tense. Like this:

He doesn't like coffee but she does.

You can not contract a subject and an auxiliary verb at the end of a sentence. Only in the negative form.

Examples

Correct: He isn't here, but she is.

Incorrect: He isn't here, but she's.

Exercise 2

Rephrase the following sentences. Watch out for the different tenses in each.

1. He takes his daughter to school everyday; Tina takes her daughter to school everyday.

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2. They watched that program. We watched that program.

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3. He is driving a racecar. Tomas is driving a racecar.

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4. Her cousin was choosing a dress when her boyfriend called. Mary was choosing a dress when her boyfriend
called.

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5. My classmates will go to the country. I will go to the country.

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6. The lady will be cleaning the house tomorrow all afternoon. My aunt will be cleaning the house tomorrow all
afternoon.

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7. I have gone to the theatre. They have gone to the theatre.

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Exercise 3

There are 5 people. Describe what each will eat using and, but.

What will they eat?

Sarah will eat soup but Tom won't, he prefers a hamburger, Tina will eat one too. Jason doesn't want a sandwich and
Frank doesn't either. They will eat spaghetti.

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What did they buy?

Sara: apple
Tom: banana
Tina: banana
Jason: apple
Frank: strawberry

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What do they do every Friday?

Sarah: goes shopping

Tom: plays golf
Tina: watches TV
Jason: plays golf
Frank: bakes cookies

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What are their styles like?

Sarah: is modern
Tom: is modern
Tina: is old fashion
Jason: is wild
Frank: old fashion

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What can they do?

Sarah: fly a plane
Tom: jump high
Tina: fly a plane
Jason: jog fast
Frank: fly a plane

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Exercise 4

Complete the sentences using the correct structures of auxiliary verbs after but and and. Use the word in parenthesis.

Example:

(Brian) Alex doesn't have a mustache and neither does Brian.

Alex doesn't have a mustache and Brian doesn't either.

1. (I) Sara was at home last night, ______________________________.

Sara was at home last night and ______________________________.

2. (Oregon) California is on the West Coast, and __________________________.

California is on the West coast, and ______________________________.

3. (Jean) I went to a movie yesterday, and so ______________________________.

I went to a movie yesterday and ______________________________.

4. (Jason) I didn't study last night, and neither ______________________________.

I didn't study last night, and ______________________________.

5. (Dick) Jim can't speak Arabic, and neither ______________________________.

Jim can't speak Arabic, and ______________________________either.

6. (Laura) I like to go to science fiction movies, and _________________________.

I like to go to science fiction movies, and ____________________________too.

7. (Alice) I don't like horror movies, and ______________________________Alice.

I don't like horror movies, and ______________________________either.

8. (Porpoises) Whales are mammals, and ______________________________.

Whales are mammals, and ______________________________too.

7.1.2 Connecting Ideas with Even Though, Although and Because

Even Though, Although express an unexpected or opposite result. (The two words mean exactly the same).

Examples

Even though I was hungry, I did not eat.

I did not eat even though I was hungry.
Although I was hungry, I did not eat.
I did not eat although I was hungry.

Because expresses an expected result.

Examples

Because I was hungry, I ate.

I ate because I was hungry.
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Exercise 5

Combine each pair of sentences in two different orders. Use Because.

1. The children were hungry. There was no food in the house.

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2. The bridge is closed. We can't drive to the other side of the river.

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3. My car did not start. The battery was dead.

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4. Debbie woke up in the morning with a soar throat. She had cheered loudly at the basketball game.

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Exercise 6

Use the correct connector.

Example:

Even though the weather is cold, Rick isn't sick.

1. ________________________ the weather is cold, Ben is wearing a coat.

2. ________________________ Tim is fairly tall, he can't reach the ceiling.
3. ________________________ Matt is very tall, he can reach the ceiling.
4. ________________________ Dan isn't as tall as Matt, he can't reach the ceiling.
5. ________________________ Nick isn't tall, he can reach the ceiling using a chair.

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8.1 What Is a Preposition?
A preposition links nouns, pronouns, and phrases to other words in a sentence.

Prepositions are nearly always combined with other words in structures called prepositional phrases. Prepositional
phrases can be made up of a million different words, but they tend to be built the same.

A preposition usually indicates the temporal, spatial, or logical relationship of its object to the rest of the sentence.

Examples

The book is on the table.

The book is beneath the table.
The book is leaning against the table.
The book is beside the table.
She held the book over the table.
She read the book during class.

In each of the preceding sentences, a preposition locates the noun book in space or in time.

8.1.1 List of Prepositions

There are more than 100 prepositions in English. Many of these prepositions have more than one meaning. Please
refer to a dictionary for precise meaning and usage.

Aboard It’s our first time aboard this ship.

About She will be here about six.
Above He thinks he is above everybody else
Across The Theater is across the street.
After She called after you left.
Against Don't lean against that wall, it has just been painted!
Along They used to walk along the seashore during sunset.
Amid It was the only white cow amid the others.
Among He felt weird being the only man among twenty women.
Around Stop walking around the table!
As She is as tall as her father.
At Everybody is sitting at the table, hurry up!
Before Do you think you will finish before midnight?
Behind Have you looked for the remote behind the sofa?
Below The temperature is below zero degrees.
Beneath Could you give me the book beneath those papers?
Beside I parked my car beside yours.
Besides Do you eat anything besides hamburgers?
Between I had to choose between the blue and the white car.
Beyond His theory is beyond my understanding.
By This book was written by Garcia Marquez
Concerning Did you read the article concerning the debate?
Considering I thought he was guilty, considering the evidence.
Despite How can he smile despite the circumstances?
Down Could you please bring the volume down a little?
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I saw you sleeping during Mr. Smith's lecture.
Except I will take all the items except those two.
Excepting I will take all the items excepting those two.
Excluding I will write a note excluding you from this class!
Following Did you listen to the concert following the speech?
For Is that gift for me?
From Could you pick the sofa from the store, please?
In Check if my watch is in the drawer.
Inside Put the milk back inside the refrigerator!
Into I saw my sister running into her room, what's wrong?
Like I think he rather looks more like his father.
Near The cinema is near the stadium.
Of Have you ever heard of that actor?
Off Don't you take your jacket off, it's very cold.
On I saw a pen like that on the boss' desk.
Onto He jumped onto the train.
Opposite His speech is clearly opposite to my ideas.
Outside I'll wait for you outside the store.
Over Did you see that plane that just flew over us?
Past It is two blocks past that park.
Per How much did you pay per kilo?
Regarding She is alright, regarding what happened.
Round He is saving money to go round the world
Save I liked the movie, save that last scene.
Since I have been living in California since 1984.
Than He is taller than his brother.
Through That man is crazy, he just jumped through the window!
To I am traveling to Hawaii this vacation.
Toward The girl is walking toward me.
Towards The girl is walking towards me.
Under Is the cat still under the car?
Underneath Some people put the fallen teeth underneath the pillow.
Unlike His behavior is strange; it is unlike him to do that.
Until Can you please wait until I come out?
Up Could you please come up here?
Upon I depend upon by my parents for money.
Versus The fight tonight is Tyson versus Foreman
With Did you go to the movies with your boyfriend?
Within I can help you if the solution is within my capability.
Without Don't cross a street without looking at both sides.

A prepositional phrase is made up of the preposition, its object and any associated adjectives or adverbs. A
prepositional phrase can function as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb. Take a look.

Example:

The children climbed the mountain without fear.

In this sentence, the preposition without introduces the noun fear. The prepositional phrase without fear functions as
an adverb describing how the children climbed.

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There was rejoicing throughout the land when the government was defeated.

Here, the preposition throughout introduces the noun phrase the land. The prepositional phrase acts as an adverb
describing the location of the rejoicing.

Example:

The spider crawled slowly along the banister.

The preposition along introduces the noun phrase the banister and the prepositional phrase along the banister acts as
an adverb, describing where the spider crawled.

Example:

The dog is hiding under the porch because it knows it will be punished for chewing up a new pair of shoes.

Here the preposition under introduces the prepositional phrase under the porch, which acts as an adverb modifying
the compound verb is hiding.

Example:

The screenwriter searched for the manuscript. He was certain was somewhere in his office.

Similarly in this sentence, the preposition in introduces a prepositional phrase in his office, which acts as an adverb
describing the location of the missing papers.

8.2 Different Uses for Prepositions

8.2.1 Prepositions of Time (at, on, in)

At: We use at to designate specific times.

Example: The train is due at 12:15 p.m.

On:We use on to designate days and dates.

Examples: My brother is coming on Monday.

We're having a party on the Fourth of July.

In: We use in for nonspecific times during a day, a month, a season, or a year.

Examples: She likes to jog in the morning. He started the job in 1971.
It's too cold in winter to run outside. He's going to quit in August.

8.2.2 Prepositions of Place (at, on, in)

At: We use at for specific addresses, areas, intersections or target.

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Examples: Mrs. Harriet lives at 55 Boretz Road in Durham. Look at John.

Meet me at the corner. Meet me at the theater. Throw the ball at the wall.

On: We use on to designate names of streets, avenues, etc, or when something is in contact with something or can
be found along a said reference.

Examples: Her house is on Boretz Road.

I live on this street.
The boat is floating on the river.
The fly is on the wall.

In: Is used for the names of land–areas (towns, counties, states, countries, and continents), and when the object of the
preposition is enclosed in some place.

Examples:

The man is in the room.

She lives in Durham.
Durham is in Windham County.
Windham County is in Connecticut.

8.2.3 Prepositions of Location (at, on, in) and “no preposition”

in at on no preposition
(The) bed Class The bed Downstairs
The bedroom Home The ceiling Downtown
The car The library The floor Inside
(The) class The office The horse Outside
The library School The plane Upstairs
School Work The train Uptown

You may sometimes use different prepositions for these locations.

8.2.4 Other Uses of at, on, in

There are some other uses for these prepositions.

On: We use on when we refer to information or communications.

Examples

My sister is talking on the phone.

I bought a book on American history.
I heard the news on TV.

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That book was originally written in Spanish.

At: is used when you talk about an area of expertise or temperature degrees.

Examples:
She is very good at dancing.
Water boils at 100 degrees.

8.2.5 Prepositions of Movement “to”and “no preposition”

We use to in order to express movement toward a place.

Examples
They were driving to work together.
She's going to the dentist's office this morning.

Toward and Towards are also helpful prepositions to express movement. These are simply variant spellings of the
same word; use whichever sounds better to you.

Examples:
We're moving toward the light.
This is a big step towards the project's completion.

With the words home, downtown, uptown, inside, outside, downstairs, upstairs, we use no preposition.

Examples:
Grandma went upstairs
Grandpa went home.
They both went outside.

8.2.6 Prepositions of Time "for" and "since"

We use for when we measure time (seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, years).

Examples:
He held his breath for seven minutes.
She's lived there for seven years.
The British and Irish have been quarreling for seven centuries.

We use since with a specific date or time.

Examples:
He's worked here since 1970.
She's been sitting in the waiting room since 2:30.

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8.3 Phrasal Verbs

A combination of verb and preposition is called a Phrasal Verb. The word that is joined to the verb is then called a
particle. Some of these phrasal verbs can be separated so that a noun or a pronoun can be inserted, and others have to
be used together.

Act up (no object): Misbehave (for people); not work properly (for machines).

Examples:
The baby–sitter had a difficult time. The children acted up all evening.
I guess I'd better take my car to the garage. It's been acting up lately.

Act like (inseparable): Behave in a way that's like. Note: This phrasal verb is very informal.

Examples:
What's wrong with Bob? He's acting like an idiot.

Add up (1. no object): logically fit together. Note: This phrasal verb is often negative.

Examples:
His theory is hard to believe, but his research adds up.
His theory seems, at first, to be plausible, but the facts in his research don't add up.

Add up (2. separable): find the total.

Example:
What's the total of those bills? Could you add them up and see?

Add up to (inseparable): to total.

Example:
The bills add up to $734.96. That's more than I expected!

Ask out (separable): ask for a date.

Example:
Nancy has a new boy friend. Joe asked her out last night.

Back down (no object): not follow a threat.

Example:
Tom was going to call the police when I told him I'd wrecked his car, but he backed down when I said I'd pay
for the damages.

Back off (no object): not follow a threat.

Example:
Tom was ready to call the police when I told him I'd wrecked his car, but he backed off when I said I'd pay for
the damages.

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Back up (1. no object): move backward; move in reverse.

Examples:
You missed the lines in the parking space. You'll have to back up and try again.
The people waiting in line are too close to the door. We won't be able to open it unless they back
up.

Back up (2. separable): drive a vehicle backwards (in reverse).

Examples:
You're too close! Back your car up so I can open the garage door.
My computer crashed, I lost many of my files. It's a good thing I backed them up.

Beg off (no object): decline an invitation; ask to be excused from doing something.

Example:
At first Lily said she would be at the party. Later she begged off.

Blow up (1. separable): inflate.

Example:
We need lots of balloons for the party. Will you blow them up?

Blow up (2. separable): explode; destroy by exploding.

Example:
A: That old building really came down quickly!
B: That's because the construction company used dynamite to blow it up.

Blow up (3. no object): suddenly become very angry.

Example:
When I told Jerry that I'd had an accident with his car, he blew up.

Bone up on (inseparable): review or study thoroughly for a short time.

Example:
If you're going to travel to Peru, you'd better bone up on your Spanish.

Break down (1. separable): separate something into component parts.

Example:
We spent a lot of money at the supermarket. When we broke the total cost down, we spent more
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Break down (2. no object): stop working / functioning.

Example:
Sharon will be late for work today. Her car broke down on the freeway.

Break in (1. often no object; with an object, break into-inseparable): enter by using force (and breaking a lock,
window, etc.)

Example:
Jane's apartment was burglarized last night. Someone broke in while Jane was at the movies.
Somebody broke into Jane's apartment while she was at the movies.

Break in (2. separable): wear something new until it's / they're comfortable.

Example:
These are nice shoes, but they're too stiff. I hope it doesn't take too long to break them in.

Break in (3. separable): train; get someone / something accustomed to a new routine.

Example:
I hope I can learn my new job quickly. The manager hasn't scheduled much time for breaking me in.

Break up (1. no object): disperse; scatter.

Example:
What time did the party break up last night?

Break up (2. usually no object; with an object, break up with (inseparable)): end a personal relationship.

Example:
Tim and Julie aren't going steady any more. They got really angry with each other and broke up.
Have you heard the news? Julie broke up with Tim!
I'm sorry to hear that their marriage broke up. I'm sure the divorce will be difficult for the children.

Bring / take back (separable): return something.

Example:
Yes, you can borrow my pen; don't forget to bring it back to me when you're finished.
This book is due tomorrow. I guess I should take it back to the library.

Bring off (separable): accomplish something difficult; accomplish something people had considered impossible or
unlikely.

Example:
No one thought Chuck could get an A in that course, but he brought it off.

Bring out (separable): Publish or emphasize on a certain matter or subject.

Example:
She brought the matter out to the president.
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Example:
We planned to discuss overtime pay in the meeting. Why didn't someone bring that topic up?

Bring up (2. separable): raise; rear.

Example: Lucy's parents died when she was a baby. Her grandparents brought her up.

Brush up on (inseparable): review / study thoroughly for a short time.

Example:
If you're going to travel to Peru, you'd better brush up on your Spanish.

Burn down (no object): become destroyed / consumed by fire. Note: For upright things—trees, buildings, etc.—only.

Example:
Lightning struck Mr. Kennedy's barn last night. It burned down before the fire fighters arrived.

Burn up (1. no object): become destroyed / consumed by fire. Note: For people and non–upright things only.

Example:
All of Mr. Kennedy's hay burned up when his barn burned down.

Burn up (2. separable): cause someone to become very angry.

Example:
Did you hear how rudely Fred talked to me? That really burned me up!

Butt in (no object): impolitely interrupt (a conversation, an action).

Example:
Hey, you! Don't butt in! Wait for your turn!

Butter up (separable): praise someone excessively with the hope of getting some benefit.

Example:
I guess Marty really wants to be promoted. He's been buttering his boss up all week.

Call off (separable): cancel something that has been scheduled.

Example:
We don't have school. The mayor called classes off because of the snow.

Call on (inseparable): ask someone for an answer in class.

Example:
I don't know why the teacher never calls on you. You always know the answer.

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Calm down (with or without an object; with an object, separable): become calm, less agitated or upset; help
someone become calm, less agitated or upset.

Example:
Why are you so upset? Suzie didn't intend to spill orange juice on you. Calm down!
I know Ralph is upset, but can you calm him down? He's making so much noise that he's irritating
everyone in the office.

(Not) care for (1. inseparable): like; want. Note: This phrasal verb is usually negative, though it may be used
affirmatively in questions.

Example:
A: Would you care for something to drink? We have coffee, tea, or orange juice.
B: Could I have water, please? I don't care for coffee, tea, or juice.

Care for (2. inseparable): take care of; supply care to; attend / watch.

Example:
Amy's father got out of the hospital last week. The family is caring for him at home.

Catch on (no object): develop understanding or knowledge of something.

Example:
Bill had never used a computer until he took this class, but he caught on very quickly and is now one of the
best students.

Catch up (with) (often without an object; with an object, inseparable): stop being behind.

Example:
Terry stopped to rest for a few minutes. He'll catch up / catch up with us later.

Check in (to) (inseparable): register for / at a hotel, conference, etc.; let someone know officially that you have
arrived.

Example:
My plane will arrive around 5:00 PM. I should be able to check into the hotel by 6:00 or 6:30.
When you arrive at the hotel, be sure to check in at the registration desk.

Check off (separable): make a mark to indicate that something on a list has been completed.

Example:
Here are the things you need to do. Please check each one off when you've finished it.

Check out (of) (1. inseparable): follow procedures for leaving (a hotel, etc.)

Example:
Don't forget to take your key to the front desk when you check out.

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We're going to buy a birthday cake for our boss and I'm collecting donations. Do you want to chip in?

Clam up (inseparable): suddenly become quiet / refuse to talk about something.

Example:
Lila wouldn't talk about the accident. When I asked her what happened, she clammed up.

Come across (inseparable): find (unexpectedly).

Example:
I've lost my extra car keys. If you come across them while you're cleaning the room, please put them in a
safe place.

Come down with (inseparable): become ill with.

Example:
George won't be at the office today. He came down with the flu over the weekend.

Come to (1. inseparable): total.

Example:
Your charges come to $124.38. Will you pay by check, in cash, or with a credit card?

Come to (2. no object): regain consciousness.

Example:
When I told Gina that she'd won a million dollars, she fainted. When she came to, I told her it was a joke
and she almost hit me!

Count on (inseparable): depend on; trust that something will happen or that someone will do as expected.

Example:
I'm counting on you to wake me up tomorrow. I know I won't hear the alarm.

Cross out (separable): show that something written is wrong or unnecessary by making an X across it.

Example:
We can't afford to buy everything on your shopping list, so I've crossed all the unnecessary things out.

Cut back (on) (often without an object; with an object, cut back on [inseparable]): use less of something.

Example:
You drink too much coffee. You should cut back.
You should cut back on the amount of coffee that you drink.

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Do in (1. separable): cause to become very tired.

Example:
Those three games of tennis yesterday afternoon really did me in. I slept for ten hours after I got home.

Do in (2. separable): to kill; to murder.

Example:
The said that the murdered man was done in between 10 and 11 o'clock last night.

Do over (separable): do something again.

Example:
Oh, no! I forgot to save my report before I turned the computer off! Now I'll have to do it over!

Drag on (no object): last much longer than expected or is necessary.

Example:
I thought the meeting would be a short one, but it dragged on for more than three hours.

Draw up (separable): create a formal document.

Example:
The Ajax and Tip–Top Banks have decided to merge. Their lawyers will draw all the official documents up
sometime this month.

Drop off (separable): deliver something; deliver someone (by giving someone a ride).

Example:
Yes, I can take those letters to the post office. I'll drop them off as I go home from work.
You don't have to take a taxi. You live fairly close to me, so I'll be happy to drop you off.

Drop in (on) (inseparable): visit informally (and usually without scheduling a specific time).

Example:
If you're in town next month, we'd love to see you. Please try to drop in.

Drop by (inseparable): visit informally (usually without scheduling a specific time).

Example:
If you're in town next month, we'd love to see you. Please try to drop by the house.

Drop out (of) (inseparable): stop attending / leave school or an organization.

Example:
No, Paul isn't at the university. He dropped out.
He dropped out of school.

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Draw out (separable): prolong something (usually far beyond the normal limits).
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Example:
I thought that speech would never end. The speaker could have said
everything important in about five minutes, but he drew the speech out for over an hour!

Eat out (no object): have a meal in a restaurant.

Example:
I'm too tired to cook tonight. Why don't we eat out?

Egg on (separable): urge / encourage greatly toward doing something (usually something negative).

Example:
At first Bob and Chuck were just having a mild argument, but Bob's friends egged them on until they started
fighting.

End up (1. no object): finally arrive at; arrive at an unexpected place.

Example:
We got lost last night and ended up in the next town.

End up (2. no object): arrive somewhere as a result or consequence.

Example:
You're working too hard. If you don't take it easy, you'll end up in the hospital!

Face up to (inseparable): admit to; take responsibility for.

Example:
You can't pretend that you're doing OK in this course, Joe. Sooner or later, you'll have to face up to the fact
that you're failing it.

Fall through (no object): not happen. (Note: describes something that was planned but didn't happen).

Example:
We had originally intended to go to Mexico for our vacation, but our trip fell through when I got sick.

Feel up to (inseparable): feel strong enough or comfortable enough to do something.

Example:
I know the accident was a terrible shock. Do you feel up to talking about it?

Figure out (1. separable): logically find the answer to a problem; solve a problem by thinking about it carefully.

Example:
For a long time I couldn't understand the last problem, but I finally figured it out.

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Figure out (2. separable): understand why someone behaves the way she/he does.

Example:
I can't figure Margie out. Sometimes she's very warm and friendly and sometimes she acts as if she doesn't
know me.

Fill in (1. separable): add information to a form.

Example:
The office needs to know your home address and phone number. Could you fill them in on this form?

Fill in (on) (2. separable): supply information that someone doesn't know.

Example:
I wasn't able to attend the meeting yesterday, but I understand that it was important. Could you fill me in?
Could you fill me in on what was discussed?

Fill in for (inseparable): temporarily do someone else's work; temporarily substitute for another person.

Example:
Professor Newton is in the hospital and won't be able to teach for the rest of the term. Do you know who's
going to fill in for her?

Fill out (1. separable): complete a form by adding required information.

Example:
Of course I completed my application! I filled it out and mailed it over three weeks ago!

Fill out (2. no object): become less thin; gain weight.

Example:
Jerry used to be really skinny, but in the last year he's begun to fill out.

Find out (about) (inseparable): learn / get information (about).

Example:
I'm sorry that you didn't know the meeting had been canceled. I didn't find out (find out about it) myself
until just a few minutes ago.

Get across (separable): make something understood; communicate something understandably.

Example:
Alan is really intelligent but sometimes he has problems getting his ideas across.

Get along (with) (inseparable): have a friendly relationship (with); be friendly.

Example:
Why can't you and your sister get along? Everyone else gets along with her just fine!

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Get around (1. inseparable): avoid having to do something.
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Example:
Teresa got around the required math classes by doing well on a math proficiency test.

Get around (2. no object): move from place to place.

Example:
She doesn't have a car. She gets around by bicycle, bus, or taxi.

Get around to (inseparable): do something eventually.

Example:
I really should wash the dishes, but I don't feel like it. Maybe I'll get around to them tomorrow morning.

Get by (no object): survive, financially, in a difficult situation.

Example:
It's going to be hard to pay the rent now that you've lost your job, but somehow we'll get by.

Get in (1. inseparable): enter a small, closed vehicle.

Example:
I don't know where Carole was going. She just got in her car and drove away.

Get in (2. no object): arrive.

Example:
Do you know what time Fred's plane gets in?

Get on (inseparable): enter a large, closed vehicle.

Example:
I'm sorry, but you're too late to say good–bye to Angela. She got on the plane about 20 minutes ago.

Get off (1. inseparable): leave a large, closed vehicle.

Example:
When you get off the bus, cross the street, turn right on Oak Street, and keep going until you're at the corner
of Oak and Lincoln Boulevard.

Get off (2. separable): be excused (for a period of time) from work, class, or other regularly scheduled activities.

Example:
Some schools got President's Day off but ours didn't. We had classes as usual.

Get off (3. separable): make it possible for someone to avoid punishment.

Example:
Everyone knew he was guilty, but his lawyer was clever and got him off.

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Get out of (1. inseparable): leave a small, closed vehicle.

Example:
There's something wrong with the garage door opener. You'll have to get out of the car and open it by hand.

Get out of (2. inseparable): escape having to do something.

Example:
Lisa had a terrible headache and got out of giving her speech today.

Get over (1. no object): finish.

Note: for individual activities, not ones that happen again and again.

Example:
What time do your classes get over?

Get over (2. inseparable): recover from an illness or painful experience.

Example:
Katy was really upset when she failed the test. She thought she would never get over feeling so stupid.

Get rid of (1. inseparable): dispose of; give away or throw away.

Example:
That shirt is really ugly. Why don't you get rid of it?

Get rid of (2. inseparable): dismiss someone; fire someone from a job; cause someone to leave.

Example:
The treasurer of the XYZ Company was spending too much money so the company president got rid of him.

Get up (usually no object; with an object, separable): leave bed after sleeping and begin your daily activities.

Example:
You'll have to get up much earlier than usual tomorrow. We have to leave by no later than 6:00 AM.
I know I won't hear the alarm tomorrow. Can you get me up at 6:00 AM?

Give up (1. separable): stop doing something (usually a habit).

Example:
He knows smoking isn't good for his health, but he can't give it up.

Go out with (inseparable): have a date with.

Example:
You went out with Sharon last night, didn't you?

Go with (1. no object): look pleasing together. (Note: for clothes, furniture, etc.).

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You should buy that shirt. It will go well with your dark brown suit.

Go with (2. no object): date regularly and steadily.

Example:
Is Gina going with Jim? I see them together all the time.

Goof off (no object): be lazy; do nothing in particular.

Example:
A: Do you have any special plans for your vacation?
B: No, I'm just going to stay home and goof off.

Grow up (1. no object): spend the years between being a child and an adult.

Example:
Did you know that Frank grew up in Malaysia?

Grow up (2. no object): behave responsibly; behave as an adult, not a child.

Example:
A: Lee really irritates me sometimes. He's really silly and childish.
B: I agree. I wish he would grow up.

Hand in (separable): submit homework, an assignment, etc.

Example:
You'd better get started on your report. You know that you have to hand it in at 8:30 tomorrow morning!

Hand out (separable): distribute.

Example:
Why don't you have a course description and list of assignments? The teacher handed them out on the first
day of class.

Hang up (no object): end a phone conversation by replacing the receiver.

Example:
I'd like to talk longer, but I'd better hang up. My sister needs the phone.

Have to do with (inseparable): be about.

Example:
This class has to do with the behavior of people in groups.

Hold up (1. separable): raise; lift to a higher–than–normal position.

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The winner of the race proudly held his trophy up for all to see.

Hold up (2. separable): delay.

Example:
I'm sorry I'm late. There was an accident on the freeway and traffic held me up.

Hold up (3. separable): rob; threaten someone with harm unless he/she gives her/his money or other valuable
things.

Example:
Sarah is very upset. When she was walking home last night, two men held her up and took her purse and
jewelry.

Iron out (separable): mutually reach an agreement; mutually resolve difficulties.

Example:
I know we disagree on lots of things, Susan, but we can iron them out.

Jack up (1. separable): raise / life by using a jack.

Example:
We'll have to jack the back of the car up before we can change the tire.

Jack up (2. separable): raise (used for prices).

Example:
The car dealer bought my old Ford for $750 and jacked the price up to $1,500 when they sold it.

Jump all over (inseparable): severely scold someone; berate someone.

Example:
Arthur is really upset. His boss jumped all over him because he's been late for work three times this week.

Keep on (1. inseparable—followed by an –ing verb): continue.

Example:
I'm not ready to stop yet. I think I'll keep on working for a while.

Keep on (someone) (2. inseparable): continue to remind someone to do something until he/she does it (even if this
irritates her/him).

Example:
Bill's very forgetful. You'll have to keep on him or he'll never do all the things you want him to do.

Kick out (separable): expel; force someone to leave because of his/her poor performance or unacceptable
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Jim was kicked out because he didn't pay his dues or come to meetings.

Knock out (separable): make unconscious.

Example:
The boxing match ended when one boxer knocked the other one out.
That medicine really knocked me out. I slept for 14 hours straight!

Knock oneself out (separable): work much harder than normal or than what is expected.

Example:
We completed the project on time because of Chuck. He knocked himself out to be sure we didn't miss the
deadline.

Lay off (separable): dismiss someone from a job because of lack of work or money (not because of poor
performance).

Example:
I feel really sorry Sally's family. Her father was laid off yesterday.

Leave out (separable): forget; omit.

Example:
Oh, no! When I made the list of those who attended the meeting, I left your name out!

Let down (separable): disappoint.

Example:
I know I let you down when I didn't do what I promised. I'm really sorry.

Let up (no object): become less intense or slower.

Example:
It's been raining hard for a long time. Will it ever let up?

Look back on (inseparable): remember; reflect on / consider something in the past.

Example:
When they looked back on their many years together, they realized that their marriage had been a very
happy one.

Look down on (inseparable): hold in contempt; regard as inferior.

Example:
It's not surprising that Fred has few friends. He seems to look down on anyone who doesn't like the same
things that he does.

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Look forward to (inseparable): anticipate pleasantly; think about a pleasant thing before it happens.

Example:
I'm really looking forward to vacation. I can't wait for it to begin!

Look in on (inseparable): visit in order to check something's / someone's condition.

Example:
My father just came home from the hospital. I plan to look in on him today after I finish work.

Look into (inseparable): investigate / get more details about something.

Example:
Someone said there was a meeting at 9:30 but I haven't heard anything about it. Shall I look into it?

Look like (inseparable): resemble (in appearance).

Example:
Does he look like his father or his mother?

Look over (separable): check; review.

Example:
I think I may have some typos in this report. Could you look it over?

Look up (1. separable): find something in a reference work.

Example:
I'm sorry, but I don't know what that word means. I'll have to look it up.

Look up (2. separable): find where someone lives or works and visit him/her.

Example:
Thanks for giving me your brother's address. When I'm in Chicago next month, I'll be sure to look him up.

Look up to (inseparable): respect.

Example:
Everyone looks up to Joyce because she always makes time to help others.

Luck out (no object): be unexpectedly lucky.

Example:
Gloria was worried because she wasn't prepared to give a report at the meeting, but she lucked out because
the meeting was postponed.

Make fun of (inseparable): make jokes about (usually unkindly).

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I agree that Bob looks ridiculous since he shaved his head, but don't make fun of him. You'll hurt his
feelings.

Make up (1. separable): invent / create (imaginary) information.

Example:
Judy's story is hard to believe. I'm sure she made it up.

Make up (2. separable): compensate for something missed or not done by doing extra or equivalent work.

Example:
I'm sorry I missed the test. May I make it up?

Make up (with) (3. inseparable): reestablish a friendly relationship by admitting guilt.

Example:
Jack and his girlfriend were very angry with each other, but last night they finally made up.
Jack and his girlfriend were very angry with each other, but last night they finally made up with each other.

Make out (separable): see / hear something well enough to understand what it means. Note: often negative.

Example:
Ruth's writing is very small. I almost need a magnifying glass to make it out.
What were the last two examples he gave? I couldn't make them out.

Make for (1. inseparable): go to or toward.

Example:
Her teenaged children are always hungry. As soon as they arrive home from school, they make for the
refrigerator.

Make for (2. inseparable): result in; cause.

Example:
Many hands make for light work. (If many people work together, there's less work for everyone).

Mark up (separable): increase the price (for resale).

Example:
Mrs. White's import shop is profitable because she buys things inexpensively and then marks them up.

Mark down (separable): reduce the price (as an incentive to buy).

Example:
These shoes were a bargain! The store marked them down by 40%!

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Mix up (separable): cause to become confused.

Example:
I didn't complete the assignment because I didn't know how. The directions mixed me up.

Nod off (no object): fall sleep (usually unintentionally).

Example:
The speech was so boring that several people in the audience nodded off before it was finished.

Pan out (no object): succeed; happen as expected (for plans). Note: almost always negative when in statements.

Example:
I'll be here next week after all. My trip to Chicago didn't pan out.

Pass away (no object): die.

Example:
I was very sorry to hear that your grandfather passed away.

Pass out (1. no object): faint; lose consciousness.

Example:
When Ella heard that she'd won a million dollars, she was so shocked that she passed out.

Pass out (2. separable): distribute.

Example:
Everyone in the room needs one of these information sheets. Who will help me pass them out?

Pick out (separable): choose; select.

Example:
Billy's grandmother especially liked her birthday card because Billy had picked it out himself.

Pick up (1. separable): lift; take up.

Example:
Those books don't belong on the floor. Will you help me pick them up?

Pick up (2. separable): arrange to meet someone and give her/him a ride.

Example:
Of course we can go there together. What time should I pick you up?

Pick up (3. separable): get; buy.

Example:
The children just drank the last of the milk. Could you pick some more up on your way home this evening?

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Pick up (4. separable): refresh; revitalize.
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Example:
He was feeling a little tired, so he drank a glass of orange juice. It picked him up enough to finish his work.

Pick on (inseparable): bully; intentionally try to make someone upset.

Example:
You should be ashamed of teasing your little brother, Bob! Pick on someone your own size!

Pitch in (no object): help; join together to accomplish something.

Example:
We'll be finished soon if everyone pitches in.

Pull over (no object): drive a vehicle to the side of the rode.

Example:
When the policeman indicated that I should pull over, I knew he was going to give me a ticket.

Put away (separable): return something to the proper place.

Example:
I just took these clothes out of the dryer. Will you help me put them away?

Put off (1. separable): postpone; delay; avoid.

Example:
I can't put this work off any longer. If I don't do it soon, it'll be impossible to finish it in time.
When will Mr. Smith agree to a meeting? I keep asking for an appointment, but he keeps putting me off.

Put on (1. separable): begin to wear.

Example:
It's a little bit chilly outside. You'd better put a sweater on.

Put on (2. separable): try to make someone believe something that is ridiculous or untrue.

Example:
Don't believe a word of what Jim was saying. He was just putting us on.

Put up (2. separable): provide someone with a place to sleep.

Example:
There's no need for you to check into a hotel. I'll be happy to put you up.

Put up with (inseparable): tolerate.

Example:
It's really important to come to work on time. The boss won't put up with tardiness.

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Put back (separable): return something to the proper place.

Example:
I've finished with these books. Do you want me to put them back on the shelves?

Rip off (separable): cheat; take advantage of; charge too much.

Example:
Don't even think about buying a car there. They'll rip you off.

Round off (separable): change from a fraction to the nearest whole number.

Example:
Round all prices off to the closest whole–dollar amounts. For example, round $33.73 off to $34.00.

Run into (inseparable): meet by chance.

Example:
Yesterday at the supermarket, Jan ran into her former roommate. Before yesterday, they hadn't seen each
other for nearly five years.

Run out of (inseparable): use the last of.

Example:
On the way home from work, Art ran out of gas.

Set up (separable): make arrangements for something.

Example:
You'll see Mr. Thomas tomorrow. I've set a meeting up for 9:30 AM.

Set back (1. separable): cause a delay in scheduling.

Example:
We've had some problems with the project that have set us back at least two days . We'll give you a
progress report tomorrow.

Set back (2. separable): cost.

Example:
I wonder how much Bill's new car set him back?

Slip up (no object): make a mistake.

Example:
You slipped up here. The amount should be $135.28, not $132.58.

Stand out (no object): be noticeably better than other similar people or things.

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Good job, Ann! Your work really stands out!

Stand up (1. no object): rise to a standing position.

Example:
When the Chairperson entered the room, everyone stood up.

Stand up (2. separable): make a date but not keep it.

Example:
Angela was supposed to go to the dance with Fred, but she stood him up and went with Chuck instead.

Show up (1. no object): arrive; appear.

Example:
The boss was upset because you didn't show up. What happened?

Show up (2. separable): do a noticeably better job than someone else.

Example:
Everyone thought Marsha would win, but Jean did. Actually, Jean really showed Marsha up.

Stand for (1. no object): represent.

Example:
These letters seem to be an abbreviation. Do you know what they stand for?

Stand for (2. inseparable): tolerate; permit (usually negative).

Example:
I'm not surprised that Mrs. Johnson rejected your report. She won't stand for shoddy work.

Take after (inseparable): resemble; favor (in Appearance). Note: used for people.

Example:
Both my sister and I take after our father.

Take / bring back (separable): return.

Example:
This book is due tomorrow. I guess I should take it back to the library.
Yes, you can borrow my pen, but don't forget to bring it back to me when you're finished.

Take care of (1. inseparable): provide care for; watch one's health.

Example:
Lois has been taking care of her father since he returned home from the hospital.

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Take care of (2. inseparable): make arrangements (for something to happen); take responsibility for.

Example:
Will you take care of making reservations for our flight to Boston?

Take off (1. separable): remove (something you're wearing).

Example:
Please take your hat off when you go inside a building.

Take off (2. no object): leave; depart (often suddenly or quickly).

Example:
Was something wrong with Jill? She took off without saying good–bye.
When does your plane take off?

Take off (3. separable): make arrangements to be absent from work.

Example:
Susan isn't here today. She's taking today and tomorrow off.

Take up (separable): begin (a hobby or leisure–time activity).

Example:
A: Do you like to ski?
B: I've never been skiing, but I think I'd like to take it up.

Tell (someone) off (separable): speak to someone bluntly and negatively, saying exactly what she/he did wrong.

Example:
Julie was really angry at Bob; she told him off in front of all of us.

Tick off (1. separable): irritate someone; make someone upset or angry.

Example:
It really ticks her off when someone is late for an appointment.

Tick off (2. separable): show that something has been completed by putting a tick (check) beside it.

Example:
Here are the things you need to do. Tick each one off when you finish it.

Throw away (separable): discard; put in the garbage.

Example:
You shouldn't throw those newspapers away; they're recyclable.

Throw out (1. separable): discard; put in the garbage.

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This food smells bad. You'd better throw it out.

Throw out (2. separable): forcibly make someone leave (usually because of bad behavior).

Example:
Those people are drunk and making everyone uncomfortable. The manager should throw them out.

Throw up (usually no object; with an object, Separable): vomit.

Example:
Paul was so nervous about his job interview that he threw up just before he left for it.

Try on (separable): wear something briefly to check its fit, how it looks, etc.

Example:
I'm not sure that jacket is large enough. May I try it on?

Try out (separable): use a machine briefly to determine how well it works.

Example:
I really like the way this car looks. May I try it out?

Try out (for) (inseparable): try to win a place on a team or other organization.

Example:
I know you want to be on the football team. Are you going to try out?
If you like to sing, you should try out for the choir.

Turn around (1. usually no object): move so that you are facing the opposite direction.

Example:
Everyone turned around and stared when I entered the meeting late.

Turn around (2. separable): move so that someone / something is facing the opposite direction.

Example:
I don't want this chair facing the window. Will you help me turn it around?

Turn around (3. separable): make changes so that something that was unprofitable is profitable.

Example:
The company was doing poorly until it hired a new president. He turned it around in about six months and
now it's doing quite well.

Turn down (1. separable): decrease the volume.

Example:
Your music is giving me a headache! Please turn it down or use your headphones!

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Example:
I thought I could borrow some money from Joe, but when I asked, he turned me down.

Turn in (1. separable): give / deliver / submit to someone.

Example:
I've written my report, but I haven't turned it in.

Turn in (2. no object): go to bed.

Example:
I'm pretty tired. I guess I'll turn in.

Turn in (3. separable): report or deliver wrongdoers to the authorities.

Example:
Two days after the robbery, the thieves turned themselves in.

Turn off (1. separable): stop by turning a handle or switch.

Example:
I'm cold. Do you mind if I turn the air conditioner off?

Turn off (2. separable): bore; repel (very informal).

Example:
That music turns me off. Please play something else!

Turn on (1. separable): start by turning a handle or switch.

Example:
It's cold in here. I'm going to turn the heater on.

Turn on (2. separable): interest very much; excite (very informal).

Example:
What kind of music turns you on?

Turn up (1. separable): increase the volume.

Example:
I can barely hear the TV. Can you turn it up a little?

Turn up (2. no object): appear unexpectedly.

Example:
We were all surprised when Pam turned up at the party. We didn't even know she was in town.

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Wait on (1. inseparable): serve (usually customers in a restaurant, shop, etc.).
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Example:
I want to make a complaint. The person who just waited on me was very impolite.

Wait for (inseparable): wait until someone / something arrives or is finished with something else.

Example:
When will Kenny be finished with work? I've been waiting for him for almost an hour!
I'm tired of waiting for the bus. I guess I'll take a taxi instead.

Wake up (1. no object): stop sleeping.

Example:
I usually wake up around 5:00 AM each day.

Wake up (2. separable): rouse someone; cause someone to stop sleeping.

Example:
I have an important meeting tomorrow and I'm afraid I won't hear my alarm. Will you wake me up at 6:00
AM?

Watch out for (inseparable): be careful of; beware of.

Example:
There's a school at the end of this block. Watch out for children crossing the street.
If you take that road, watch out for ice during the winter.

Wear out (1. separable): wear something / use something until it can no longer be worn / be used.

Example:
I need a new pencil sharpener. I wore this one out.

Wear out (2. separable): cause to become exhausted; cause to become very tired.

Example:
I had four different meetings today. They wore me out.

Work out (1. no object): exercise (usually in a Gym, etc.) to build muscles, body tone, etc.

Example:
Instead of eating lunch on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, Sheila goes to the recreation center to work
out.

Work out (2. separable): solve a problem / resolve a difficult situation (usually by working together).

Example:
I know we disagree on many points, but I believe we can work things out.

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Wrap up (1. no object): wear enough clothes to keep warm.

Example:
It's really cold today. Be sure you wrap up when you leave the house.

Wrap up (2. separable): finish something; bring something to a conclusion.

Example:
We've been talking about the problem for nearly three hours.
I hope we'll be able to wrap the discussion up soon.

Write down (separable): record something in writing.

Example:
Could you tell me your e–mail address again? I want to write it down.

Write up (separable): record; report in writing.

Example:
You'll need to make a report on your business meetings. Be sure you
write them up as soon as possible after you return from your trip.

Zonk out (no object): fall asleep quickly because of exhaustion.

Example:
I intended to go shopping after work, but I was so tired that I zonked out as soon as I got home.

Exercise 1

Fill in the blank with the correct preposition.

1. That man reminds me __________my grandfather.

2. I really respect that man __________his honesty.
3. Fred worries __________his brother a great deal.
4. Sometimes I wonder __________that very much.
5. We'll advise them __________our change of plans.
6. I'm going to apply __________a scholarship there.
7. She will profit __________her work in this class.
8. I'd better warn my friend __________that soon.
9. You can inquire __________that at the front desk.
10. Can you account __________all the money you have spent since you arrive?
11. You think that we'll have ________eliminate some names ________those lists.
12. Since it's important, would you attend __________that matter right away?
13. I really don't see why you object __________our suggestion so strongly?
14. Why don't you plan __________meeting us here shortly after five o'clock?
15. Unfortunately, I couldn't think __________anything to suggest at that time.
16. You should think __________this matter carefully __________making a decision.
17. George is a dependable person. You can rely __________him for help–
18. When you read the newspapers, you should watch __________that article.

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19. Father says it's hard sometimes to distinguish on brand of car________another.
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20. I don't think that they'll approve __________getting the money _____ that way.
21. Lucy has changed __________a poor student __________a good one.
22. Some people seem to enjoy gossiping __________other people's affairs.
23. You should be able to interest those people __________your new invention.
24. Please don't lean __________that wall. There's fresh paint __________it.
25. Frankly, I don't care to argue __________you __________that particular subject.
26. A thick layer of paint will protect the wood __________the rain and snow.
27. Be sure to thank your host and hostess __________having you in their house.

Exercise 2

Complete the following sentences. Use each word once with a preposition.

rely listen look live laugh glance paid happen.

Example:

Where's the newspaper? I want to look at the television guide.

1. I haven't seen Susan for ages. I wonder what's __________ her.

2. You must __________this CD. You'll love it.
3. I __________the newspaper to see if there was anything interesting in it.
4. When you went to the theater with Paul, who __________the tickets?
5. The bus service isn't very good, you can't __________it.
6. What are you __________? I don't understand what is so funny!
7. It's a very inexpensive country. You can __________very little money there.

Exercise 3

Complete the sentence with a preposition (if a preposition is needed).

Example

She smiled at me as she passed me in the street.

1. Don't listen __________what he says. He is stupid.

2. What happened __________the picture that used to be on that wall?
3. You wouldn't dream __________it.
4. I dreamt __________Ann last night. We were dancing together at a party.
5. The accident was my fault, so I had to pay __________the damages.
6. I didn't have enough money to pay __________the bill.
7. You know that you can always rely __________me if you need any help.
8. The man sitting __________the opposite side __________me on the train kept staring __________me.
9. She doesn't eat very much. She lives __________bread and water.
10. When are you going to meet __________ your professor to discuss your paper?

Exercise 4

Place the appropriate preposition after hear/heard.

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1. Did you hear __________the accident last night?
2. Jill used to write to me fairly often, but I haven't heard __________her in a long time.
3. Q. Have you read any books by James Hudson? James Hudson? No, I've never heard __________him.
4. Thank you for the letter. It was nice to hear __________you again.
5. Do you want to hear __________our vacation?
6. The town I come from is very small. You've probably never heard __________it.

Exercise 5

Place the appropriate preposition after look.

1. When I looked __________my watch, I couldn't believe that it was so late.

2. The police are still looking ____________ the seven-year-old boy who disappeared.
3. When we go out on evenings, a neighbor looks __________the children.
4. I'm looking __________Tom. Have you seen him?

Exercise 6

Complete the following sentences. Use each word once with a preposition;

belong apply apologize die concentrate believe crash depend

Example

When I realized that I had the wrong umbrella, I apologized for the mistake.

1. I was driving along when the car in front of me suddenly stopped. Unfortunately, I couldn't stop on time and I
__________the back of the car.
2. Does this bag __________you?
3. Don't try and do two things at once. __________one thing at a time.
4. Jane is still unemployed. She has __________several jobs but hasn't had any luck yet.
5. Are you playing tennis tomorrow? I hope so, but it __________the weather.
6. If you smoke, there is a greater chance that you will __________lung cancer.
7. I don't __________ghosts. I think people only imagine that they see them.

Exercise 7

Complete these sentences with a preposition (if a preposition is needed).

Example:
There was an accident this morning. A bus collided against a car.

1. He loves to complain. He complains __________everything.

2. Our neighbors complained __________us __________the noise we made last night.
3. She doesn't have a job. She depends __________her parents for money.
4. You were very rude __________Tom. Don't you think you should apologize __________him?
5. Are you going to apologize __________what you did?
6. Jill and I run __________the park every morning.
7. He decided to give up sports in order to concentrate __________his studies.

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8. I believe __________hard working. It's worth it.
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9. A soccer team consists __________eleven players.
10. It is terrible that some people are dying __________hunger while others eat too much.

*Extra Activity 7

Now that you have completed the Finding Out about Grammar Step by Step 1 and presented Unit 21, you are ready
for Finding Out About Grammar Step By Step 2.

Congratulations, you have completed the first step!!

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Unit 1 Glancing at Nouns
Exercise 1

1. boxes. 2. shelves. 3. enemies. 4. keys. 5. days. 6. cities. 7. churches. 8. shows. 9. flies. 10. books. 11. arches. 12.
fires. 13. clocks. 14. burgers. 15. thieves. 16. analyses. 17. buffaloes. 18. children 19. women. 20. deer. 21. phenomena.
22. stimuli. 23. buses. 24. calves 25. theses. 26. feet. 27. wolves. 28. ehoes. 29. fish. 30. octopuses.

Exercise 2

1. Countable: pennies, nickels and dimes – Non countable: money

2. Countable: rings, bracelets, necklace – Non countable: jewelry.
3. Countable: mountains, fields, and lakes – Non countable: scenery.
4. Countable: sandwich apple – Non countable: food sandwich apple
5. Countable: vegetables – Non countable: meat, rice, bread, butter, cheese, fruit, tea
6. Countable: Gold and iron – Non countable: metals.
7. Countable: shirt – Non countable: iron.
8. Countable: N/A – Non countable: happiness, health luck.
9. Countable: N/A – Non countable: Chemistry, History, English.
10. Countable: baseball, bat –Non countable: baseball.
11. Countable: N/A – Non countable: rain, thunder, fog, sleet and snow, weather.
12. Countable: eyes – Non countable: hair.

Exercise 3

1. Rivers. 2. Music. 3. Cities. 4. Traffic. 5. Trips – traveling. 6. Garbage. 7. Junk. 8. Stuff. 9. Thunder. 10. Screwdrivers.
11. Hardware. 12. Homework. 13. Luggage. 14. Information. 15. advice. 16. progress.

Exercise 4

1. Trees, bushes, grass, dirt, flowers. 2. Suggestions. 3. Words. 4. Glasses. 5. Windows. 6. Glasses.

Exercise 5

1. Three, some, too many, a few, a little, hardly any. 3. Some, too much, a little, hardly, any, no.
2. Some, a lot of, too much, a little, a great deal of, hardly any. 4. Three, some a lot of, too many, hardly any, no.

Exercise 6

furniture (much) desk (many desks) equipment (much)

machinery (much) machine (many machines) branch (many branches)
woman (many women) piece (many pieces) mouse (many mice)
advice (much) prize (many prizes) goose (many geese)
music (much) progress (much) tooth (many teeth)
race (many races) knowledge (much) marriage (many marriages)
information (much) luck (much) hypothesis (many hypotheses)
mail (much) office (many offices) slang (much)
human being (many human beings) roof (many roofs) shelf (many shelves)
thief (many thieves) white (much)

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Unit 2 Looking over Pronouns
Exercise 1

1. P: they A: monkeys. 2. P: teacher - papers. A: she - them. 3. P: cormorant - fishermen. A: it - them. 4. P: Tom - apple.
A: he - it.

Exercise 2

1. S = politician O = taxes.
2. S = mechanic O = engine.
3. S = boxes O = photographs.

Exercise 3

1. Receptionist = S phone = O – Did the receptionist answer the phone?

2. Doctor = S patient = O – Did the doctor examine the patient?
3. Leidy = S present=O – Did Leidy buy a present?
4. Dog=S bone=O – Did the dog eat the bone?
5. children=S cookies=O – Did the children want to eat cookies?
6. students=S homework=O – Do the students like to do their homework?
7. Clark and Patricia=S baby=O – Will Clark and Patricia have a baby?
8. playground=S Will the playground be remodeled?
9. neighbor=S party=O – Did the neighbor make a big party?
10. waiter=S dinner=O – Is the waiter serving dinner?

Exercise 4

1. She loves it. 2. She bathes her. 3. She calls him. 4. He pays her. 5. She writes it. 6. She cooks them. 7. She has it. 8. It
eats it. 9. We do it. 10. He works all day with him.

Exercise 5

1. They go to the park everyday. 2. They have. 5 children. 3. They walk with her. 4. We have a big office. 5. We want to
bathe the dog. 6. She eats Chinese food with her. 7. They buy many things. 8. We drink milk for breakfast. 9. They
study English with us. 10. He feeds the dog.

Exercise 6

1. Herself 2. Myself 3. Ourselves 4. Themselves 5. Yourself 6. Yourselves 7. Himself - himself

Exercise 7

1. Their 2. Their 3. His or her 4. Him or her 5. His or her 6. Their 7. They me they 8. It. 9. They 10. They

Exercise 6

1. Specific plural countable noun – them – them 2. Specific singular countable noun – her – her 3. Nonspecific singular
countable noun– one – one 4. Specific non countable noun – it – it 5. Specific plural countable noun – them – them

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Unit 3 Looking into Verbs and Verb Tenses

Exercise 1

1. Studies 2. Sews 3. Extinguish 4. Has 5. Eat 6. Celebrate 7. Is 8. Needs 9. give 10. Decorate.

Exercise 2

Answers will vary.

Exercise 3

Answers will vary.

Exercise 4

1. Rang – answered – First the phone rang then I answered it.

2. Answered – rang – First the phone rang then I answered it.
3. Cried – found – First she found out that her daughter was getting married.
4. Clapped – saw – First the puppy was doing well then the vet clapped.
5. Got – chose – First they chose him to go into space then they chose him.

Exercise 5

1. Studied – Did Lisa study in NLC last year?

2. Sewed – Did the seamstress sew many dresses for the wedding last Friday?
3. Extinguished – Did the firefighters extinguish the fire in the hotel.
4. Had – Did the o zone layer have a smaller hole 10 years ago?
5. Ate – Did the koalas eat all of the eucalyptus leaves that we gave them?
6. Celebrated – Did we celebrate Christmas in my grandmother's house last year?
7. Was – Was the Internet very useful to us when we made our final project?
8. Needed – Did the car need more gasoline?
9. Gave – Did the receptionists give information to that man?
10. Decorated – Did people decorate Christmas trees with many ornaments in
New York last time you went?

Exercise 6

1. Beginning – don't have – wearing.

2. Don't own – wear.
3. Am looking – is writing – is biting – is scratching – is staring – seems.
4. Doesn't belong.
5. Is fixing – needs.
6. Weighs.
7. Am doing – consists.
8. Is looking – look.
9. Sings – goes.

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Exercise 7

1. Am – Are you learning English?

2. Are – Are they playing with the new game?
3. Are – Are we working hard to buy a new house?
4. Is – Is the babysitter watching after the children right now?
5. Are – Are we driving to the country?
6. Is – Is the boy helping his mother to clean the house?
7. Are – Are they learning how to raise a child?
8. Are – Are Martha and Carolina dancing in the discotheque?

Exercise 8

1. Was – Was I making a phone call when they arrived?

2. Was –Was I taking a phone call when the phone rang?
3. Were – Were they jumping on the bed when I arrived?
4. Were – Were the girls gossiping about Tomas when he went into the room?
5. Was – Was the doctor talking on the phone when the receptionist picked up the intercom?
6. Was – Was the old lady choosing the fruit when they announced that they were going to close the supermarket?
7. Was – Was Carlos ridding the horse when he received the phone call?
8. Were – Were peter and Pamela trying to speak when the phone line died?

Exercise 9

1. Simple Past. 2. Simple Future. 3. Simple Present. 4. Present Progressive. 5. Past Progressive. 6. Future Progressive.
7. Past Progressive. 8. Past Progressive. 9. Past Progressive. 10. Past Progressive. 11. Simple Past. 12. Simple Future.
13. Present Progressive. 14. Simple Present. 15. Simple Past .16. Simple Future. 17. Present Progressive. 18. Past
Progressive. 19. Future Progressive. 20. Present Progressive. 21. Past Progressive. 22. Future Progressive. 23. Past
Progressive. 24. Present Progressive. 25. Past Progressive. 26. Simple Past. 27. Past Progressive. 28. Simple Past. 29.
Present Progressive. 30. Simple Present. 31. Simple Past. 32. Simple Future. 33. Present Progressive .34. Past
Progressive. 35. Future Progressive. 36. Simple Past. 37. Simple Present. 38. Simple Future. 39. Present Progressive.
40. Past Progressive. 41. Future Progressive.

Exercise 10

1. Take – comes – get – will leave – wait 3. Gets – will be waiting

2. Will hide – arrives – opens – will scream 4. Will go
5. Will be studying

Exercise 11

1. is washing 2. washes 3. am trying 4. shines – wakes 5. is shining

Exercise 12

1. was happening – called. 2. were drinking – started. 3. were you doing – went. 4. arrived – was getting. 5. Arrived –
was making. 6. was talking. 7. Played.

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4. Checking Out Adjectives

Exercise 1

1. my. 2. his. 3. her. 4. his. 5. their.

Exercise 2

1. first 2. fifth 3. third 4. fourth 5. sixth.

Exercise 3

1. good. 2. bad. 3. ugly. 4. fast. 5. loose.

Exercise 4

1. happy. 2. exhausted. 3. proud. 4. nervous. 5. worried.

Exercise 5

(answers may vary)

1. younger – youngest 2. famous – more famous 3. is prettier – the prettiest 4. nice – nicer 5. more interesting 6. smart
–smarter 7. fast – faster 8. better – the best 9. wise – wiser 10. busy – busier 11. more important – most important 12.
careful – more careful 13. smartest 14. oldest 15. expensive 16. patient – more patient 17. nicest 18. tall – tallest 19.
boring 20. interesting 21. spicy – spicier 22. strong – strongest 23. kind –kindest 24. higher 25. polite – more polite 26.
best 27. creamier 28. sour – more sour 29. great – greater

Exercise 6

(answers may vary)

1. better actor than 2. less than 3. farther than - furthest. 4. worst 5. best

Exercise 7

1. is as straight as 2. isn't as straight as yours. 3. as good looking as 4. is as good looking as 5. is as high as 6. isn't as
high as 7. aren't as nice as 8. as nice as 9. wasn't as difficult as 10. was as difficult as 11. is as big as 12. isn't as big as 13.
is as interesting as 14. isn't as interesting as 15. aren't as comfortable as 16. are as comfortable as

Exercise 8

(answers will vary)

Exercise 9

(answers may vary)

1. that. 2. those. 3. that. 4. this. 5. those.

Exercise 10

1. boring 2. frustrating 3. excited 4. relaxing 5. exciting 6. relaxed 7. frustrated. 8. bored

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Exercise 7

1. The beautiful ivory box. 2. The huge rectangular wooden closet. 3. The pretty round black marble. 4. The small 2
year old French poodle. 5. The fat brown cat.

Exercise 8

(answers may vary)

Exercise 9

1. I have his pencil and he has hers. 2. We ate with his sister and her daughter. 3. Mario washed its collar. 4. Her brother
will go with Tammy. 5. Her husband said "Good Morning." 6. His children scream all day. 7. We invited his friends.

Exercise 10

1. my - your. 2. mine - yours. 3. their - hers 4. its. 5. it's - its - its 6. Its - It's.

Unit 5 Running into Adverbs

Exercise 1

1. careless–carelessly 2. easy–easily 3. softly–soft 4. quietly 5. good/well–good/well

Exercise 2

(answers may vary)

1. now. 2. tomorrow. 3. currently. 4. yesterday. 5. today.

Exercise 3

1. still. 2. yet. 3. ago. 4. just. 5. already. 6. anymore.

Exercise 4

(answers will vary)

Exercise 5

(answers may vary)

1. always. 2. usually. 3. never. 4. sometimes. 5. seldom. 6. always. 7. usually. 8. never. 9. sometimes 10. never.

Exercise 6

(answers will vary)

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Exercise 7

(Answers may vary)

1. always. 2. usually. 3. always. 4. never. 5. seldom. 6. usually. 7. sometimes. 8. frequently. 9. never. 10. rarely.

Exercise 8

(Answers may vary)

1. elsewhere. 2. southwards. 3. upstairs. 4. there - here. 5. anywhere.

Exercise 9

(Answers may vary)

1. really. 2. extremely. 3. quite. 4. enough. 5. really.

Exercise 10

1. to Keep in healthy shape. 2. to Catch the first bus and arrive early to work. 3. to Be the best students in class 4. to
Watch his favorite program on TV. 5. buy the vegetables fresh.

Exercise 11

(Answers may vary)

1. something. 2 anybody. 3. somewhere. 4. nothing. 5. something - nothing - something - nowhere. 6. somewhere -
someone. 7. Somebody. 8. something. 9. Anything. 10. Somebody.

Exercise 12

(Answers may vary)

Anywhere – anything – Somebody – somebody – everywhere – everybody – everywhere – nowhere – something –
something – everything – anywhere – anybody – nobody – Everyone – anybody – anywhere – anything – somebody

6. Passing by Articles
Exercise 1

1. the. 2. a. 3. the. 4. the – a. 5. a. 6. the. 7. a. 8. an. 9. The –a – the. 10. The. 11. a.

Exercise 2

a – a – the – a – the – the – the – the – the – the – the – a – the – a – the – the – the – the – the –the – the – the – the –
the

Unit 7 Going through Conjunctions

Exercise 1

1. Mary is opening the door and greeting her guests.

2. Mary will open the door and greet her guests.

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3. Alice is kind, generous and trustworthy.
4. Please try to speak more loudly and more clearly.
5. He gave her flowers on Sunday, candles on Monday and a ring on Tuesday.
6. While we were in NY, we attended an opera, ate at marvelous restaurants and visited some friends.
7. He decided to quit school, go to California and find a job.
8. I am looking forward to going to Italy and eating wonderful spaghetti everyday.
9. I should have finished my homework and cleaned up my room.
10. The boy was old enough to work and earn some money.
11. He preferred to play baseball and spend his time on the streets with other boys instead of studying.
12. I like coffee but not like tea.
13. I have met his mother but not his father.
14. Jake would like to live in Puerto Rico but not like in Iceland.

Exercise 2

1. (+) (+) He takes his daughter to school everyday and Tina does too.
(+) (+) He takes his daughter to school everyday and so does Tina.
(–) (–) He doesn't take his daughter to school everyday and Tina doesn't either.
(–) (–) He doesn't take his daughter to school everyday and neither does Tina.
(+) (–) He takes his daughter to school everyday but Tina doesn't.
(–) (+) He doesn't take his daughter to school everyday but Tina does.

2. (+) (+) They watched that program and we did too.

(+) (+) They watched that program and so did we.
(–) (–) They didn't watch that program and we didn't either.
(–) (–) They didn't watch that program and neither did we.
(+) (–) They watched that program but we didn't.
(–) (+) They didn't watch that program but we did.

3. (+) (+) He is driving a race car and Tomas is too.

(+) (+) He is driving a race car and so is Tomas.
(–) (–) He isn't driving a race car and Tomas isn't either.
(–) (–) He isn't driving a race car and neither is Tomas.
(+) (–) He is driving a race car but Tomas isn't
(–) (+) He isn't driving a race car but Tomas is .

4. (+) (+) Her cousin was choosing a dress when her boyfriend called and Mary was too.
(+) (+) Her cousin was choosing a dress when her boyfriend called and so was Mary.
(–) (–) Her cousin wasn't choosing a dress when her boyfriend called and Mary wasn't either.
(–) (–) Her cousin wasn't choosing a dress when her boyfriend called and neither was Mary
(+) (–) Her cousin was choosing a dress when her boyfriend called but Mary wasn't.
(+) (–) Her cousin wasn't choosing a dress when her boyfriend called but Mary was.

5. (+) (+) My classmates will go to the country and I will too.

(+) (+) My classmates will go to the country and so will I.
(–) (–) My classmates won't go to the country and I won't either.
(–) (–) My classmates won't go to the country and neither will I.
(+) (–) My classmates will go to the country but I won't.
(+) (–) My classmates won't go to the country but I will.

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6. (+) (+) The lady will be cleaning the house all afternoon and my aunt will too.
(+) (+) The lady will be cleaning the house all afternoon and so will my aunt.
(–) (–) The lady won't be cleaning the house all afternoon and my aunt won't
either.
(–) (–) The lady won't be cleaning the house all afternoon and neither will my
aunt.
(+)(–) The lady will be cleaning the house all afternoon but my aunt won't.
(–) (+) The lady won't be cleaning the house all afternoon but my aunt will.

7. (+) (+) I have gone to the theatre and they have too.
(+) (+) I have gone to the theatre and so have they.
(–) (–) I haven't gone to the theatre and they haven't either.
(–) (–) I haven't gone to the theatre and neither have they.
(+)(–) I have gone to the theatre but they haven't.
(–) (+) I haven't gone to the theatre but they have.

Exercise 3

(Answers will vary)

Exercise 4

1. neither does Brian. – Brian doesn't either. 2. and so was I. – I was too. 3. so is Oregon. – Oregon is too. 4. did Jean .–
Jean did too. 5. did Jason. – Jason didn't either. 6. can Dick. – Dick can't 7. so does Laura – Laura does 8 neither does –
Alice doesn't 9. so are porpoises – porpoises are.

Exercise 5

1. The children were hungry even though there was no food in the house.
Even though there was no food in the house, the children were hungry
2. We can't drive to the other side of the river because the bridge is closed.
Because the bridge is closed, we can't drive to the other side of the river.
3. My car did not start because the battery was dead.
Because the battery was dead, my car did not start.
4. Debbie woke up in the morning with a soar throat because she had cheered loudly at the basketball game.
Because she had cheered loudly at the basketball game, Debbie woke up in the morning with a soar throat

Exercise 6

1. Because 2. Even though 3. Because 4. Because 5. Even though.

Unit 8 Dropping by Prepositions

Exercise 1

1. of. 2. for. 3. about. 4. about. 5. of. 6. for. 7. from. 8. about. 9. about. 10. for. 11. to –from. 12. to. 13. on. 14. on. 15.
of. 16. about –before. 17. on. 18. for. 19. from. 20. on. 21. from – to. 22. about. 23. in. 24. on–against – on. 25. with –
about. 26. from. 27. for.

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Exercise 2

1. happened to. 2. listen to. 3. glanced at. 4. paid for. 5. rely on. 6. laughing at. 7. live with.

Exercise 3

1. to 2. to. 3. of. 4. about. 5. for. 6. for. 7. on. 8. on – from – at. 9. on. 10. with.

Exercise 4

1. about. 2. about. 3. of. 4. from. 5. about. 6. of .

Exercise 5

1. at. 2. for. 3. after. 4. for.

Exercise 6

1. crashed against. 2. belong to. 3. Concentrate in. 4. applied for. 5. depends on. 6. die from. 7. believe in.

Exercise 7

1. about. 2. about – for. 3. on. 4. to – to. 5. for. 6. around. 7. in. 8. in. 9. of. 10. from.

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9.1 What Is a Modal Auxiliary Verb?
Modal Auxiliaries generally express a speaker's attitude or mood. For example, modals can express that a speaker feels
something is necessary, advisable, possible or probable.

The Modal Auxiliaries in English are: can, could, may, might, ought to, shall, should, must, will and would. Modals
do not take a final -s, even when the subject is he, she or it.

Examples
Incorrect: He cans do it.
Correct: He can do it.
Incorrect: Mary musts do homework.
Correct: Mary must do homework.

Modals are followed immediately by the Simple Form of the Verb and never followed by the preposition to.

Examples:
Incorrect: He can does it.
Correct: He can do it.
Incorrect: I shall to do my homework.
Correct: I shall do my homework.

The only exceptions are ought and have, which are followed by an infinitive (to + the simple form of a verb); ought to,
have to.

Examples:
Incorrect: He ought behave better.
Correct: He ought to behave better.
Incorrect: Mary has do homework.
Correct: Mary has to do homework.

There are some similar expressions to these Modal Auxiliaries, and must be preceded by an infinitive (to + the simple
form of a verb) that is used in these similar expression.

Examples:
Be able to = can
Be going to = will

Other expressions:
Have to do =must
Used to do =could

9.1.1 May – Might

You can use this modal to express:

Polite request: May I borrow your pen?

Formal permission: You may leave the room.

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Possibility:
coming across with modal auxiliary verbs
Where is John?
He may be at the library

Less than 50% certain:

He might be at the library.

Past:
He might have been at the library.

9.1.2 Shall

You can use this modal to express:

Polite question to make a suggestion:

Shall I open the window?

Future with “I, we” as subject:

I shall arrive at nine.
(Will is more commonly used).

9.1.3 Should

You can use this modal to express:

Advisability:
I should study tonight.

Past:
I should have studied last night.

90% certain:
She should do well on the test. (Future only, not present)

Past:
She should have done well on the test.

9.1.4 Must

You can use this modal to express:

Strong necessity:
I must go to class today.
I had to go to class yesterday.

Prohibition (negative):
You must not open that door.

95% certain:
Mary isn't in class. She must be sick.

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Past:
Mary must have been sick yesterday.

9.1.5 Can

You can use this modal to express:

Ability:
I can run fast.

Past:
I could run fast when I was a child, but now I can not.

Informal Permission:
You can use my car tomorrow.

Informal Polite Request:

Can I borrow your pen?

Impossibility (Negative only):

That can not be true!

Less than 50% certain:

Where is John?
He could be at home.

Past:
He could have been at home.

9.1.6 Will

You can use this modal to express:

100% certain:
He will be here at six o'clock. (Future only)

Willingness:
The phone is ringing. I will get it.

Polite Request:
Will you please pass the salt?

9.1.7 Would

You can use this modal to express:

Polite Request:
Would you please pass the salt?
Would you mind if I leave early?

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Preference:
coming across with modal auxiliary verbs

I would rather go to the park than stay at home.

Past:
I would rather have gone to the park than stayed with you.

Repeated action in the past:

When I was a child, I would visit my grandparents every weekend.

9.1.8 Ought To

You can use this modal to express:

Advisability:
I ought to study tonight.

Past:
I ought to have studied last night.

90% certain:
She ought to do well on the test. (Future only, not present)

Past:
She ought to have done well on the test.

9.1.9 Have to

You can use this modal to express:

Necessity:
I have to go to class today.

Past:
I had to go to class.

Lack of Necessity (negative):

I don't have to go to class today.

Past:
I didn't have to go to class yesterday.

Obligation:
She has to hand in the report today, or she will be fired.

9.1.10 Going to

You can use this modal to express:

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He is going to be here at six o'clock. (Future only)

Definite Plan:
I am going to paint my bedroom.

Past:
I was going to paint my room but didn't have time.

9.1.11 Used to

You can use this modal to express:

Repeated action in the past:

I used to visit my grandparents every weekend.

Exercise 1

Use either should or could to complete the sentences.

1. Children __________not play with matches.

2. Matches __________cause a fire.
3. __________I ask a question?
4. Where is Frank? He __________be at home or at the library.
5. Where is Frank? He __________be at the library told him to go there.
6. I __________leave now. I have to be home at 8:00 o clock and it is already 7:30.
7. You __________call home your parents are worried.
8. I think she __________do well on the test. She studied all night last night.
9 .I am sorry but I __________not go to the party last Saturday was sick.
10. Mary __________stay home. She has a headache.
11. I __________not drive a car when I was 5 years old.

Exercise 2

Use either would or may to complete the sentences.

1. __________you mind if I opened the door?

2. Children, you _____ go out until 5:00.
3. __________I ask a question?
4. It __________rain tonight. It looks cloudy.
5. __________you rather go to the park or to the soccer match?
6. __________we go home please?
7. __________you like to go out with me?
8. Mary __________like to go to the park.
9. I __________buy a new house next year.
10. I __________buy a new car, but I can't because I don't have money!

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Exercise 3

Use can, can't, could or couldn't to complete the sentences.

1. I never learned how to skate, so I __________skate.

2. I __________speak Chinese, but maybe I will learn someday.
3. A cat __________climb trees.
4. Pigs __________climb trees.
5. When I was a child I __________not go not until late.
6. When I was a baby I __________sleep all day if I wanted
7. She __________buy that diamond ring and necklace because she just won the lottery.
8. They __________go in my car if they want.

Exercise 4

Use either may be or maybe to complete the sentences.

1. __________the game I ordered arrived here already. Let's go see!

2. Jack __________ a fireman but I am not sure.
3. Wait, ____________ Pablo is a fireman.
4. The TV said that __________it will snow.
5. Mary __________at the store right now.
6. I __________at school tomorrow.
7. __________they have seen that movie.
8. Tomorrow I __________late.
9. __________ my boss will get angry.

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10.1 Adjectives Followed by Infinitives
Certain adjectives can be immediately followed by infinitives. In general, these adjectives describe a person or people,
not a thing. Many of these adjectives describe a person's feelings or attitudes.

Glad to Happy to Pleased to Delighted to Content to

Relieved to Fortunate to Sorry to Sad to Upset to
Disappointed to Proud to Ashamed to Ready to Prepared to
Anxious to Eager to Willing to Motivated to Careful to
Hesitant to Reluctant to Afraid to Determined to Lucky to
Surprised to Amazed to Astonished to Shocked to Stunned to

Example:

I am happy to see you in class.

I am willing to learn English.
She is glad to discover new things in science.
He is eager to find out about this new schedule.
They are surprised to hear the bad news.

Exercise 1

Complete the sentences with Infinitive Verbs that make sense with the sentence.

Examples:

I was glad to get a letter from you.

I was relieved to find out that I had passed the exam.

1. Sue is lucky __________ alive after the accident.

2. The soldiers were prepared __________
3. The children are anxious __________to the circus.
4. Dick didn't feel like going anywhere. He was content __________at home and read a book.
5. The teacher is always willing __________us.
6. The students are motivated __________English.
7. Be careful not __________on the icy sidewalks.
8. Tom was hesitant __________home alone in the dark street.
9. Sally is afraid __________home alone.
10. Ann is proud __________the top student in her class.
11. I was surprised __________Mr. Yamamoto at the meeting.
12. We were sorry __________the bad news.

10.2 Adjective Clauses

First we are going to identify some specific terms we need to understand:

Clause: A clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb.

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Independent Clause: An independent clause is a complete sentence that contains the main subject and verb. The
independent clause is also called the main clause.

Dependent Clause: A Dependent Clause is an incomplete sentence that must be connected to an independent clause.

Adjective Clause: An Adjective Clause is a dependent clause that modifies a noun. It describes, identifies or gives
further information about a noun. This clause is also called a Relative Clause.

Example

I thanked the woman who helped me.

Independent Clause Adjective Clause
(Dependent Clause)

We will use the terms Independent Clause and Adjective Clause. When we have an adjective clause, we have two
clauses joined by a pronoun as an object or subject. Lets find out!

10.2.1 Using Subject Pronouns (who, which and that)

These are the connectors that you can use in this case.

who: Used for people.

which: Used for things.
that: Used for both people and things.

You will understand with these examples.

We want to join these two sentences. These are both independent clauses because they are complete sentences that
stand alone.

Example:
I thanked the woman.
She helped me.

She is not used when connecting. The connector takes its place.

1st option

I thanked the woman who helped me.

Independent Clause
Connector
Adjective Clause

Now that we have joined them the first sentence is the Independent Clause and the second sentence becomes the
Adjective Clause because who helped me is not a complete sentence.

We used who as the connector because we are talking about a woman. Which woman?

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The woman who helped me. The who helped me adjective clause is referring to the woman, the subject of the
sentence. Notice that the subject of the second sentence has been replaced by who.

2nd option

I thanked the woman that helped me.

Independent Clause
Connector
Adjective Clause

This is the same explanation. The only thing that has changed is the connector that. I thanked the woman
(independent clause), who (that) helped me (adjective clause). The adjective clause modifies the noun woman.

This is another way to join.

Example:

The book is mine. (Independent)

It is on the table. (Independent)

It is not used when connecting. The connector takes its place.

The book which is on the table, is mine.

Connector
Adjective clause

The adjective clause “which is on the table” refers to the subject the book. You can also use that instead of which to
join these two clauses.

Exercise 2

Now it is your turn. Combine the two sentences using who, that or which.

1. The girl is happy. She won the race.

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2. The student is from China. He sits next to me.

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3. The students are from Norway. They sit in the front row.
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4. We are studying sentences. They are about structures.

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5. The taxi driver was friendly. He took me to the airport.

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10.2.2 Using Object Pronouns (Who(m), Which and That)

When we saw point 10.2.1, we were replacing the subject of the sentences, in this case we will be replacing the object.
These are the connectors that you can use in this case.

Who: Used for people

Whom: Used for people (means the same as who only that it is more formal.)
Which: Used for things
That: Used for both people and things
Omit: In any situation when replacing the object you can omit the connector.

Example:
The man was Mr. Jones.
I saw him.

The pronoun I is not used when connecting. The connector takes its place.

Who: The man who I saw, was Mr. Jones.

Adjective Clause

Whom: The man whom I saw, was Mr. Jones.

Adjective Clause

That: The man that I saw, was Mr. Jones.

Adjective Clause

Omit: The man I saw, was Mr. Jones.

Adjective Clause

Who is usually used instead of whom, especially in speaking who is generally used only in formal English. An Object
Pronoun is omitted from and Adjective Clause. (In this case a subject pronoun may not be omitted).

Exercise 3

Check for yourself. Combine the sentences using the second sentence as an Adjective Clause. Give all the possible
patterns.

1. The book was good. I read it.

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2. I like the woman. I met her at the party last night.

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3. I really enjoyed the composition. You wrote it.

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10.2.3 Pronouns Used as the Object of Prepositions

In formal English, the prepositions are at the beginning of the adjective clause. However, usually, in everyday usage,
the prepositions are after the subject and verb of the adjective clause.

If the prepositions are at the beginning of the adjective clause, only whom or which may be used. A preposition is
never immediately followed by that or who. These are the connectors that you can use in this case.

Whom + Preposition: Used for people

Preposition + whom: Used for people
Which + Preposition: Used for things
Preposition + which: Used for things
Who + Preposition: Used for people
That + Preposition: Used for both people and things
Omit + Preposition: In any situation when replacing the object you can
omit the connector but not the preposition.

Example:
She is the woman.
I told you about her.

Whom + Preposition: She is the woman whom I told you about.

Adjective Clause

Preposition + whom: She is the woman about whom I told you.

Adjective Clause

Which + Preposition: not in this case.

Preposition + which: not in this case.

Who + Preposition: She is the woman who I told you about.

Adjective Clause

That + Preposition: She is the woman that I told you about.

Adjective Clause

Omit + Preposition: She is the woman I told you about.

Adjective Clause

Exercise 4

Combine the sentences using the second sentence as an Adjective Clause. Give all the possible patterns.

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1. The meeting was interesting. I went to it.
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2. The man was very kind. I talked to him yesterday.

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3. I must thank the people. I got a present from them.

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4. The picture was beautiful. She was looking at it.

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5. The man is standing over there. I was telling you about him.
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10.2.4 Using "where"

Where is used in an adjective clause to modify a place (city, country, room, house, etc.). If where is used, a preposition
is not included in the adjective clause. If where is not used, a preposition must be included. These are the connectors
that you can use in this case.

Where:

Which + Preposition
Preposition + which
That + Preposition
Omit + Preposition

Example:
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Which + Preposition: The building, which he lives in, is very old.

Adjective Clause

Preposition + which: The building in which he lives, is very old.

Adjective clause

That + Preposition: The building that he lives in, is very old.

Adjective Clause

Omit + Preposition: The building he lives in, is very old.

Adjective Clause

Exercise 5

Combine the sentences using the second sentence as an adjective clause.

1. The city was beautiful. We spent our vacation there (in that city).
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2. That is the restaurant. We will meet you there (at the restaurant).
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3. The town is small. I grew up there (in that town).

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4. That is the drawer. I keep my jewelry there (in that drawer).

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10.2.5 Using "when"

When is used in an adjective clause to modify a noun of time (year, day, month, time, century, etc.). The use of a
preposition in an Adjective Clause that modifies a noun of time is somewhat different from that in other Adjective
Clauses. A preposition is used preceding which. Otherwise, the preposition is omitted (not used). These are the
connectors that you can use:

When:

Preposition + which
That
Omit

Examples:

I'll never forget the day.

I met you then. (on that day)

When: I'll never forget the day when I met you.

In everyday English this combination is the most commonly used.

Preposition + which: I'll never forget the day on which I met you.
That: I'll never forget the day that I met you.
Omit: I'll never forget the day I met you.

Exercise 6

Combine the sentences using the second sentence as an adjective clause. Write all the possible patterns.

1. Monday is the day. We will come then (on that day).

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2. 7:05 is the time. My plane arrives then (at that time).

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3. 1960 is the year. The revolution took place then (in that year).
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Exercise 7

Underline the adjective clauses in the following sentences.

Example:

Patty: Timmy who is John's tallest brother will work until late tonight because his boss who is a very strict person
wants him to finish the quarterly report for the month of May. If he doesn't stay, His boss might fire him.

1. Lindsey: Do you talk to the girl who is wearing the red skirt? I personally think that she is a nice person but she
should be more sociable.

Danny: I only see her talk to the tall boy who likes to wear the black leather jacket to school on Fridays.

2. Tommy: Why does your sister, who should arrive early, arrives after 12:00 on weekdays when the next morning
is a school day?

Tim: Your mother who is always complaining about her should do something about this situation.

3. Paul: The tall lady that has three children and is standing next to the door, can give you the hairdresser's phone
number and address.

4. Mary: Our big family will have a serious meeting where Tina's brother will explain about yesterday's incident
with the neighbors who complained about the party.

5. George: The boy who is drinking orange juice in front of the lady that has long hair comes to this restaurant
every Saturday to eat a donut and drink orange juice while he reads the book that his mother chooses for him.

6. Tim: The old man that lives next door says that we should hire a night watch man because he hears the
neighbor's dog bark every night.

7. Sarah: John's parents, who will travel this weekend will be back in a week, so Timmy, who is John's cousin, says
that we should plan a big party to celebrate Ann's arrival.

8. Timmy: I ate the hamburger which my mother bought for my brother, because I was hungry and I didn't know
that it was his so later when my brother arrived and asked about his dinner I told him that Sarah, who is my
oldest cousin, ate it.

9. Raul: My Grandmother's house, where we spend Saturday afternoons, is haunted. I saw something strange
going out of the main closet, which is made of very old wood, last time we went there.

10. George: Sundays are the days, when I prefer to rest quietly in my house, because every one goes out and
leaves me by myself.

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11. Tony: The 4th of July is the day when the declaration of independence was written.

12. Tina: That is the house where we grew up and we have many nice memories of our childhood, which was fun
because we were a very united family.

13. Harry: That is the hotel where we spent our honey moon in last year when we got married.

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11.1 Paired Conjunctions
The Paired Conjunctions are the following:

Both... and
Neither... nor
Either... or
Not only... but also

When two subjects are connected with both... and, always use a plural verb.

Example:
Both my mother and sister are at the store.

When two subjects are connected by not only... but also, either... or, or neither... nor. If there is a plural noun in any
part of the sentence use a plural verb, otherwise use a singular verb.

Examples:

Not only my mother but also my sister is here. (There isn't a plural noun.)
Neither my mother nor my sister is here. (There isn't a plural noun.)
Somebody is in the house. Either my mother or my sister is here. (There isn't a plural noun).
Not only my parents but also my sister are here. (There is a plural noun at the beginning.)
Neither my parents nor my sister are here. (There is a plural noun at the beginning.)
Somebody is in the house. Either my parents or my sister are here. (There is a plural noun).
Not only my sister but also my parents are here. (There is a plural noun at the end).
Neither my sister nor my parents are here. (There is a plural noun at the end).
Somebody is in the house. Either my sister or my parents are here. (There is a plural noun at the end).

Notice the parallel structure in the examples. The same grammatical form should follow each word of the pair.

Example:

Both + noun + and + noun

The research project will take both time and money.

Not only + verb + but also + verb

Yesterday it not only rained but also snowed.

Either + noun + or + noun

I will take either Chemistry or Physics this quarter.

Neither + Adjective + nor + Adjective

That book is neither interesting nor accurate.

Exercise 1

Supply the correct Present Tense form of the verb in parenthesis.

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1. (Agree) Neither the student nor the teacher ________in their opinions.
2. (Hear) Either the students or the teacher ________the answer.
3. (Play) Not only the girls but also the boy ________tennis.
4. (Watch) Both the carpenter and the man ________the game.
5. (Want) Neither Carol nor Alan ________to go skiing this weekend.
6. (Like) Both John and Ted ________to go skiing.
7. (Have) Either Jack or Alice ________the information you need.
8. (Agree) Neither my parents nor my brother ________with my decision.
9. (Be) Both intelligence and skill ________essential to teach well.
10. (Think) Not only Tony's wife but also his children ________they should all travel to Hawaii for next vacation.

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The verb tenses that we are going to see here are:

Present Perfect
Past Perfect
Future Perfect
Present Perfect Progressive
Past Perfect Progressive
Future Perfect Progressive

12.1 Perfect Tenses

The Perfect Tenses all give the idea that one thing happens before another time or event.

Present Perfect Tense

Subject + Have + Past Participle + Complement

The Present Perfect Tense expresses the idea that something happened (or never happened) before now, at an
unspecified time in the past. The exact time it happened is not important.

Example:

I have eaten.
Have you visited Mexico?
I have seen snow.

At some point in the past it happened.

The Present Perfect Tense also expresses the repetition of an activity before now. The exact time of each repetition is
not important.

Example:

We have had four tests so far this semester.

I have written my wife a letter every other day for the past last two weeks.
I have met many people since I came here in June.
I have flown on an airplane many times.

Exercise 1

Complete the sentences using the correct structure and the verb in Past Participle.

1. She ________________________ (travel) to Paris many times.

2. We ________________________ (eat) German food. Have you?
3. You ________________________ (ask) me that question already.
4. The boys ________________________ (go) to that school for 10 years.
5. He ________________________ (work) for many months.

The Present Perfect Tense is used with for and since, to express a situation that began in the past and continues in the
present.

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For = a duration of time.

Example:
I have been here since seven o'clock.
We have been here for two weeks.
I have had the same pair of shoes for three years.
I have liked cowboy movies ever since I was a child.
I have known him for many years.

Exercise 2

Complete the sentences using since or for. Then write the equivalent using the other word.

Examples:
I haven't seen your mother for eleven years.
Equivalent: I haven't seen your mother since 1998.

1. She has worked there...... May

Since: ___________________________________________________________________
For: ___________________________________________________________________

2. He has driven to Canada ... several years

Since: ___________________________________________________________________
For: ___________________________________________________________________

3. I haven't seen your dad... I was 10 years old.

Since: ___________________________________________________________________
For: ___________________________________________________________________

4. It's been a long time... I've had such a good time at a party.
Since: ___________________________________________________________________
For: ___________________________________________________________________

5. They've known about the incident ...... a long time

Since: ___________________________________________________________________
For: ___________________________________________________________________

6. She hasn't seen her..... many years

Since: ___________________________________________________________________
For: ___________________________________________________________________

7. He hasn't been so happy..... he was at school.

Since: ___________________________________________________________________
For: ___________________________________________________________________

8. He hasn't been stable ...... his divorce.

Since: ___________________________________________________________________
For: ___________________________________________________________________

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Past Perfect Tense

Subject + had + Past Participle + Complement

The Past Perfect Tense expresses an activity that was completed before another activity or time in the past.

Example:
I had already eaten when they arrived.
My parents had called five times by the time I got home.
Until yesterday, I had not heard about it.

Example:
I ate before the arrived. = I had eaten when they arrived. (The same idea)
After they ate, I got home. = I got home when they had eaten. (The same idea)

Exercise 3

Change the following sentences using Past Perfect Tenses.

1. We played soccer before they called.

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2. The baby ate before his nanny bathed him.
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3. We arrived to the party before he got drunk.
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4. He finished before they went to have lunch.
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Future Perfect Tense

Subject + will + Have + Past Participle + Complement.

The Future Perfect Tense expresses a future finished action and another time in the future.

Example:

I will have finished baking the cake when they arrive.

I will start to bake the cake tomorrow at 10:00; the total preparation time for the cake is 1 hour (until 11:00), they will
arrive at 12:30, when they arrive I will have finished baking the cake.

Exercise 4

Fill in the blanks using Future Perfect Tense.

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1. He _______________ (write) his autobiography by the time he is 90 years old.
2. The students _______________ (learn) English by September.
3. My grandmother will have cooked (cook) when we arrive for dinner.
4. The teachers _______________ (prepare) their lesson plans by next month.
5. The dog _______________ (be) with us for 10 years in two days.

12.2 Perfect Progressive Tenses

The Perfect Progressive Tense gives the idea that one event is in progress immediately before, up to, until another
time or event. The tenses are used to express the duration of the first event.

Present Perfect Progressive Tense

Subject + Have + Been + (verb + ing) +Compliment.

The event is in progress (studying). When? Before now, for two hours.

The Perfect Progressive Tense gives the idea that one event is in progress immediately before, up to, until another
time or event. The tenses are used to express the duration of the first event.

Example:
I have been studying for two hours.

I started to study in the past, I am still studying now, I will keep on studying more.

Exercise 5

Fill in the blanks using Present Perfect Progressive Tense.

1. I _______________ (study) for 2 hours.

2. We _______________ (play) poker since 9 o'clock. How long.
3. How long _______________ you _______________ (learn) English?
4. I have been ___________ (smoke).I am not lying mother!
5. It _______________ (rain) a lot this week.
6. _______________ your parents _______________ (get along) good?
7. Mary _______________ travel) to many places lately.
8. She is sick because she _______________ (take) her medicine.
9. My in laws _______________ (live) in Colombia since June.
10. The kids _______________ (yell) all day.

Past Perfect Progressive Tense

Subject + had + been + (verb + ing) + Complement

The event was in progress (studying). When? Before another event in the present, for two hours.

Example:

I had been studying for two hours. (I finished studying).

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Difference in Past Perfect Progressive and Present Perfect Progressive.
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For example, imagine that you meet Tomas at 11 am. Tomas says to you:
"I am angry. I have been waiting for two hours."
Later, you tell your friends:
"Tomas was angry when I arrived. He had been waiting for two hours."

Exercise 6

1. John was very tired. He _______________ (dance) all night long.

2. I could smell perfume. Somebody _______________ (use) my perfumes.
3. She _______________ (feel) bad lately that was a sign of infection.
4. _______________ the driver _______________ (drink) before the crash?
5. Our soccer match was interrupted. We _______________ (play) for about twenty minutes when it started to
snow.
6. The detective _______________ (look) for the suspect for three years.
7. He _______________ (try) to get into that school for 2 years and finally he got in.
8. The old lady _______________ (try) to cross the street since 2:00 but nobody would stop to help her.
9. The children _______________ (wait) for Santa Claus since July.
10. My boss _______________ (study) all morning until his wife called.

Future Perfect Progressive Tense

Subject +will+ have + been + (verb + ing) +Complement.

The event will be in progress (studying). When? Before another event in the future.

Example:
I will have been studying when they arrive.

Exercise 7

Fill in the following sentences using Future Perfect Progressive Tense.

1. She came to Bogotá in November, in March next year she _______________ (live) here 4 months.
2. The boy _______________ (wait) for his girlfriend for 2 hours in two minutes.
3. I _______________ (work) for ten years in the same company by September.
4. The neighbors _______________ (live) in this condo for 25 years next year.
5. My grandparents _______________ (live) together for 50 years next months my family will organize a big party
for them.
6. My cousin _______________ (study) English 8 months by the time she graduates.
7. It _______________ (rain) 10 days if it is still raining tomorrow.

Exercise 8

Practice all verb tenses. Identify each sentence.

1. She has been studying for 50 minutes. _______________

2. We have been playing golf all afternoon. _______________.
3. They had been hiding all the time until we found them. _______________.

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4. The neighbors _______________ (live) in this condo for 25 years next year.
5. My grandparents _______________ (live) together for 50 years next months my family will organize a big party
for them.
6. My cousin _______________ (study) English 8 months by the time she graduates.
7. It _______________ (rain) 10 days if it is still raining tomorrow.

Exercise 9

Practice all verb tenses. Identify each sentence.

1. She has been studying for 50 minutes. _______________

2. We have been playing golf all afternoon. _______________.
3. They had been hiding all the time until we found them. _______________.
4. You have been writing that book for over an hour. _______________.
5. I will have been working when you call from 10 to 12. _______________.
6. She had been studying yesterday. _______________.
7. I have eaten three apples _______________.
8. They had not heard about it until you bought it. _______________.
9. They have showed us their house. _______________.
10. I have gone Christmas shopping with my mother since I was 5 ______________.
11. The girls will have read that book when we call. _______________.
12. I will have eaten when they come home. _______________
13. They had already eaten when you arrived. _______________.
14. She will have been buying that book when you get. _______________. home.
15. Sarah will have raced her child alone by the time he cares. _______________.
16. They have been going to that club every night. _______________.
17. He has been talking about that all day long. _______________.
18. We had been looking at those ducks for two hours last . _____________ Friday.
19. Sarah will have finished at 5:00. _______________
20. You have written a letter. _______________.
21. You will have flown to New York by the time I go _______________ visit you
22. I will have been studying when you call. _______________.
23. They will have forgotten before tomorrow. _______________.
24. She had never eaten Chinese food before, today. _______________.
25. We had not worked until now. _______________.
26. We have worked all day. _______________.

Exercise 10

Use the Simple Past, Present Perfect and Past Perfect.

1. When John _______________ (arrive) home last night. He found (find) out that his children _______________
(prepare) a great cake to celebrate Father's Day.
2. When your sister _______________ (enter) the room I _______________ (recognize) her .It is incredible, 2 years
_______________ (pass) and she _______________ (change–not) a bit.
3. By the time she _______________ (arrive) to the Party, it _______________ (begin)
4. Last week I _______________ (meet) a very handsome man.
5. Yesterday I _______________ (go) to see the movie that you recommended, It _______________ (be) a fantastic
film. I _______________ (see) anything like that until yesterday.

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Exercise 11

Fill in the blanks using the correct tense.

Mary _______________ (be) babysitter of the kids in my family for over 20 years. My grandparents _______________
(know) her many years. When I ______________ (be) little, she _______________ (take) care of me. And now, she
_______________ (take) care of my children. It (be) _____________ great to have somebody you trust taking care of
your children.

Exercise 12

Use the Present Perfect Progressive in the following sentences.

1. The boys _______________ (play) soccer right now. They (play) _______________ for almost 2 hours.
2. Alex is talking on the phone. He (talk) _______________ on the phone for over half an hour. He should hang up
soon. Long distance is expensive.
3. I'm trying to study. I (try) _______________ to study for the last hour, but something always seems to interrupt
me.

Exercise 13

Use the Present Perfect or Simple Past in the following sentences.

1. He (be) ____________ a newspaper reporter before he (become)____________ a businessman.

2. I (feel) _______________ a little better after I (take) ____________ the medicine.
3. I was late. The teacher _______________ (give) given a quiz when I (get) _______________ to class.
4. The anthropologist (leave) _______________ the village when she (collect) _______________ enough data.
5. It was raining hard, but by the time the class (be) _______________ over, the rain _______________ (stop).

12.3 Other Uses for Verb Tenses (Will Vs. Going to)
Some of the verb tenses have other uses that express different intentions or meanings.

To Express a Prediction:
To express a prediction/statement about something that someone thinks will be true or will occur in the future (guess
or a prophecy) use either will or going to.

Examples:

According to the weather report, it will be cloudy tomorrow.

According to the weather report, it is going to be cloudy tomorrow.
Be careful! You will hurt yourself.
Watch out! You're going to hurt yourself

To Express a Prior Plan:

To express a prior/something the speaker intends (wants) to do in the Future because he/she made a plan/ decision in
the past to do it, use only going to.

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Q= Are you busy this evening?

A= Yes, I am going to meet Jack at the library at seven o'clock. We are going to study together.
Q= Are you busy tonight?
A= Well, I really haven't made any plans. I am going to eat dinner, and probably I'm going to watch TV.
Q= Why did you buy this paint?
A= I am going to paint my bedroom tomorrow.

Robert is tired of taking the bus to work. He is going to buy a car.

To Express Willingness:
To express willingness/intention (Volunteering to do something) use only Will.

Examples:

The telephone is ringing, I will answer it.

I do not understand this problem. Ask your teacher about it. She will help you with it.

Exercise 14

Fill in the blank with Will or Going to to express predictions.

1. Sue _______________ (graduate) in June. After that she _______________ (begin) work at an electronics firm.
2. Fred (be) _______________ at the meeting tomorrow. I think Jane (come) _______________ too.
3. The damage we do to our environment (affect) _______________ the quality of life of future generations.

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13.1 What Is Passive Voice?
The structure that you must use when using the Passive Voice is:

Structure Be + Past Participle

In the Passive Form, the Object of an Active Verb becomes the Subject of the Passive Verb.

Example:
Active Form: Mary helped the boy.
Subj
Act. Verb
Obj

Passive Form: The boy was helped by Mary.

Subj
To be
Pas. Verb
Obj

The boy (object) in the Active Form becomes the Subject of the Passive Form as shown in the second sentence.

Only Transitive Verbs (Verbs that are followed by an object) are used in the Passive Form. Intransitive Verbs don't have
an object.

It is not possible to use verbs as happen, asleep, come, and seem (Intransitive Verbs) and other verbs in the Passive
Form.

Examples:
Active Form: An accident happened.
Passive Form: NOT POSSIBLE.

Active Form: The baby fell asleep.

Passive Form: NOT POSSIBLE.

Active Form: Sorry, couldn't come.

Passive Form: NOT POSSIBLE.

13.1.1 Using Passive Voice in Different Tenses

We must be aware of the changes that may occur when using the passive voice in different tenses. Look at these
examples to understand.

Examples:
Simple Present: Active: Mary helps John.
Passive: John is helped by Mary.

Present Progressive: Active: Mary is helping John.

Passive: John is being helped by Mary.

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Active: Mary has helped John.
Passive: John has been helped by Mary.

Simple Past: Active: Mary helped John.

Passive: John was helped by Mary.

Past Progressive: Active: Mary was helping John.

Passive: John was being helped by Mary.

Past Perfect: Active: Mary had helped John.

Passive: John had been helped by Mary.

Simple Future: Active: Mary will help John.

Passive: John will be helped by Mary.

Going to: Active: Mary is going to help John.

Passive: John is going to be helped by Mary.

Future Perfect: Active: Mary will have helped John when you arrive.
Passive: John will have been helped by Mary.

The Progressive forms of the Present Perfect, Past Perfect, Future Tense and Future Perfect are not commonly used in
the Passive Form.

Exercise 1

Now, it's your turn! Change these sentences from the Active Form to the Passive Form by supplying the correct form
of To Be.

Example:
Tom opens the door.
The door is opened by Tom.

1. Tom is opening the door.

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2. Tom has opened the door.
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3. Tom opened the door.
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4. Tom was opening the door.
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5. Tom had opened the door.
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6. Tom will open the door.
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7. Tom is going to open the door.
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8. Tom will have opened the door.
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Exercise 2:

Change from the Active Form to the Passive Form.

Example:
Shakespeare wrote that play.
The play was written by Shakespeare.

1. Bill will invite Ann to the party.

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2. Alex is preparing that report.
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3. Waitresses and waiters serve costumers.
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4. The teachers are going to explain the lesson.
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5. Shirley had suggested a new idea.
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6. The horses were pulling the farmer's wagon.
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7. Kathy had returned the book to the library.
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8. His tricks won't fool me.
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Exercise 3

Change from the Active Form to the Passive Form, if possible. Some are Intransitive Verbs (happen, sleep, come and
seem) and can not be changed.

Examples:
Active: A strange thing happened yesterday.
Passive: (It does not change).

Active: Jackie scored the winning goal.

Passive: The winning goal was scored by Jackie.

1. My cat died.
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2. I agree with Dr. Freud's theory.
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3. Dr. Freud developed that theory.
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4. Timmy dropped the flour.
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5. The cup fell to the floor.
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6. The assistant manager interviewed me.
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7. It rained hard yesterday.

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8. A hurricane destroyed the small fishing village.
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9. Dinosaurs existed millions of years ago.
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13.2 Using the Passive Voice

The Passive Form is frequently used when it is not known or not important to know exactly who performs the action.

Example:
Rice is grown in India.
Our house was built in 1890.
The olive oil was imported from Spain.

In these sentences, who exactly performs the action is not known or is not important.

Example:
Rice is grown in India by people (by farmers, by someone).
Our house was built by people who built houses in 1890.
Olive oil was imported by other people in general.

If it is important to know who performs the action, by is included in the sentence.

Example:
“Life on the Mississippi” was written by Mark Twain.

The Active Form is used when the speaker or writer knows who performs the action.

Example:
My aunt made this rug.

The Passive Form may be used with by instead of the Active Form when the speaker or writer wants to focus attention
on the subject of the sentence.

Example:
This rug was made by my aunt, but that rug was made by my mother.

In these sentences, the focus or attention is on “two rugs.”

Exercise 4

What would be the Active equivalents of the Passive sentences?

1. The Washington Monument is visited by hundreds of people every day.

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3. The World Cup soccer games are being televised all over the world.
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4. Beethoven's Seventh Symphony was performed at the concert last night.
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13.3 The Passive Voice of Modals and Different Expressions

When we use the modals for a passive form, the generic structure is:

Structure Modal + be + past participle

Example:
Tom will be invited to the picnic.
The window can't be opened.
Children should be taught respect elders.
May I be excused from class?
This letter ought to be sent by June
Mary has to be told about the new plans.

These modals in past:

Passive Form:

Modal + have been + past participle

Example:
This letter should have been sent last week.
That house must have been built over 200 years ago.
John ought to have been invited to the party.

Exercise 5

Complete the sentences with the given words, active or passive.

Example:

James should be told the news as soon as possible. (Should + tell)

1. Someone _____________ James the news immediately. (Should + tell)

2. James _____________ the news long time ago. (Should + tell)
3. Meat _____________ in a refrigerator or it will be spoiled. (Must + keep)
4. You _____________ meat in a refrigerator or it will be spoiled. (Must + keep)
5. We tried, but the window __________________. It was painted shut. (Could + open)
6. I tried, but I could not open the window. (Could + open)
7. Good news! I _____________ a job soon. I had an interview yesterday. (May + offer)

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Exercise 6

Use the verb in parenthesis with any appropriate modal or similar expression. All of the sentences are passive. Use the
modal that sounds best to you.

1. The entire valley (see) _____________ from their mountain home.

2. He is wearing a gold band on his fourth finger. He (marry) _____________ .
3. According to our teacher, all of our compositions (write) _____________ by tomorrow.
4. I found this book on my desk when I came to class. It _____________ ( leave. )
5. Five committee members (be) _____________ unable to attend the next meeting. In my opinion, the meeting
(postpone) _____________.
6. Your daughter has a good voice. Her interest in singing (encourage) _____________
7. A child (give, not) _____________ everything he or she wants.
8. Try to speak slowly when you give your speech. If you don't, some of your words (misunderstand)
_____________.
9. Some UFO sightings (explain, not) _____________ easily.
10. She is very lazy. If you want her to do anything, she (push) _____________.

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14.1 What Is a Conditional?
Conditionals are used mainly to express a condition or decision taken over a certain situation. Here we will explain each
conditional.

14.1.1 "If" Clauses

If clauses present possible conditions. The main clause expresses the result of that condition. Like this:

Example:
If it rains, the streets get wet.

Possible condition: It rains.

Result: The streets get wet.

A present tense, not a future tense, is used in an if clause, even though the verb in the if clause may refer to a future
event or situation, as in:

Example:
If it rains tomorrow, I will take my umbrella.

The words that introduce clauses of condition; "If clauses" are the following:

If
In case (that)
Only if
Whether or not
In the event (that)
Providing (that)
Provided (that)
Even if
Unless

Exercise 1

From the given possibilities you should make two sentences using if. (answers will vary)

Example:

It may be cold tomorrow.

If it's cold tomorrow, I'm going to stay home.
If it's cold tomorrow, let's go skating.

1. Maybe it will be hot tomorrow.

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2. Robert will probably study for the test.
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14.2 Real Conditional Vs. Unreal Conditional

Present Real Conditional Present Unreal Conditional

If I have time, I visit my friends. If I had time, I would visit my friends.

(Sometimes I have time.) (I don't have time.)

Past Real Conditional Past Unreal Conditional

If I had time, I visited my friends. If I had had time, I would have visited my friends.
(Sometimes I had time.) (I didn't have time.)

Future Real Conditional Future Unreal Conditional

If I have time, I visit my friends. If I had time, I would visit my friends.

If I have time, I am going to visit my friends. (I won't have time.)
(I don't know if I will have time or not.)

Exercise 2

Apply the rules. Use the Present Unreal Conditional.

Ÿ Did you hear about the woman that lost her puppy last month? If I _____________ (lose) my puppy, I
____________________ (ask) all of my friends to help me look for it. I ____________________ (make) posters with
its picture and I ______________ (stop) until I _____________ (find) it. _________________ you
____________________(help) me if that ____________________ (happen) to me?
Ÿ Sure, I ____________________ (be) there for you! In ____________________ even ____________________ (call) my
uncle who is a reporter in channel 11, and ____________________ (tell) him to make a space for lost pets.
Ÿ Oh…You are such a wonderful friend! Thanks!

Exercise 3

Use either Present Real or Present Unreal Conditional to complete the following story.

Sarah: Gina, I have a problem. Can you advise me on something?

Gina: Yes. What's up?
Sarah: Well, you _____________ (know). Patrick my boyfriend, he _______________ (want) me to ______________
(live) with him. Yesterday, he (ask) ________ me if I loved him. And, of course that I told him that I ___________(do)
because I ___________ (do). He _____________ (want) me to move in with him. He _____________ (be) a great
person and every time I ______________ (have) a problem, he ____________ (help) me out. If I _______________
(have) homework from the university, he ______________ (do) whatever he can to help me. When I _____________
(need) money, if he ____________________ (have), he _________ (lend) me what he can. He ___________ (be)
honest, nice, a gentleman everything a woman __________ (want). The problem is that my parents _____________
never _____________ (let) me live with somebody if I ______________ (be, not) married.
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Gina: If I ____________________ (be) you, First, I ____________________ (analyze) what I really ______________
(want). Then, I ____________________ (ask) for my parents opinion. You have to ____________________
(see) what is of your convenience now. If I _______________ (tell) you now to move in with him. It
______________(be) too soon in my opinion because I really don't ____________ (know) what you want. But
as I tell you, I ____________________ (think) things with a cold head before making a decision, I
____________________ (ask) my mother for her opinion, and I ________________ (make) it clear that I
_____________ (be) old enough to make my own decisions.
Sarah: Another problem is that I always ____________________ (tell) my mother about my problems and she is
always against me. If I (tell) ________________ her something she _______________ (react) opposite to my
point of view. So that is why I _______________ (be) scared. I _____________ (want) to live with him but I
don't want to have problems with my parents! If I didn't have to depend upon them, I
____________________ (say) yes to Patrick.
Gina: Well my decision __________________ (not, depend) on others even if they __________________ (be) my
family because at the end it is my life not theirs. What ____________________ Patrick
____________________ (do ) If you say no?
Sarah: If I ____________________ (say) no he ____________________ (feel) very bad, but I ____________ (explain)
the situation and he ______________ (understand). Well, Thanks I have to go, Talk to you later!
Gina: No problem bye! Good luck.

Exercise 4

Use either Past Real or Past Unreal Conditional to complete the following story.

Mary: Hello, it has been so long since, we see each other, tell me, what have you been up to?
Pam: Well, a lot really, I ____________________ (have) three kids!
Mary: Wow, three!
Pam: Yes, and you?
Mary: I didn't have three but I ____________________ (have) one.
Pam: Great, and did he behave when growing up?
Mary: Oh yes, he ____________________ (behave) very well.
Pam: Good for you, mine didn't behave much until five years ago when they were 5 and we got into a program
where we got help from professionals!
Mary: That bad?
Pam: Oh yeah, for example, If my children ____________________ (throw) fits, I ____________________ (not
punish) them ,they ______________ (dominate) me in the past.
Mary: Very bad. If Raulito ____________________ (throw) a fit when he was 5, I ______________ totally
______________ (punish) him, thank God he never did!
Pam: Well, mine ___________ (do) whatever they ______________ (want) before. If we _____________ (go) to the
supermarket and they ________________ (ask) for something I ____________________ (buy) it for them.
That is why most of the time I ______________ (not have) money. I ____________________ (spoil) them too
much.
Mary: If I _______________ (be) there I _______________ (give) you advice. I _______________ (teach) you some
things that I ______________ (learn) from my mother! When I was younger, If I ______________ (not obey)
my parents they _________________ (ground) me for weeks! I remember that I ________________ (cry) so
much those days!
Pam: I ____________________ (let) everything pass, my children _________________ (own) me, not now, but
before.
Mary: I _______________ (not be) like that if I ________________ (be) in your shoes. I ______________ (be) more
strict like I _______________ (be) with Raulito when he was younger. If he _____________ (try) to dominate
me then, I _____________ (not gain) the control over him that I have now.

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Pam: Yes, congratulations looks like you are a great mother.
Mary: Thank you, but you _______________ (have) more experience in different situations than I have!
Pam: That is true. Now, I can say that I ______________ (learn) how to be with my children. If I ____________ (not
go) to that psychologist for families I ______________ (never forgive) myself for being such a bad, easygoing
mother and my children ____________________ (grow) up to be very bad people!

Exercise 5

Use either Present Real or Past Unreal Conditional to complete the following sentences.

1. Why do you ask me? If he _______________ (tell) me something, I _____________ (tell) you a long time ago.
2. If I ____________ (know) that she didn't want to go, I ___________ (not invite) her to my house last week.
3. This morning, I didn't hear the doorbell when you came. I ____________ (open) the door if I __________ (hear) it.
Please, don't think that I did it on purpose!
4. If I ____________ (know) that you were in town last week, I _______________ (visit) you!
5. She was very angry. If you __________ (call) her to apologize, she ____________ (forgive). Now it is too late!
6. When I was in the university, if _____________ (have) time to party, I __________ (do) it, but If I didn't I wouldn't.
7. If Margaret ___________ (study) more, she __________ (be) the best student in the class.
8. If Margaret ____________________ (study) last semester, she _______________ (be) the best student but since
she didn't, she got 2nd place.

Exercise 6

Use Future Real Conditional to complete the following story.

Next year, if my father sells the house, we ____________________ (travel) to Paris and try to start a new life there.
If I ____________________ (decide) to study there, he said that it is ok as long as I am not far from home.
I will ____________________ (get) a job and If I ____________________ (earn) enough money, I_______________
(live) alone in my apartment. Of course if the conditions ____________________ (allow) it. He says that he
____________________ (put) a restaurant of typical Colombian food.

If his friend, Anthony, _________ (help) him by renting him a place in his shopping center, he
____________________ (ask) Anthony to be his business partner. I ____________________ (work) there part time
and have another job. If this ____________________ (happen), I ____________________ (have) enough money not
only to pay for my apartment but also to take trips to come back and visit my friends!

Exercise 7

Write a sentence using the correct structures. Use reference chart for help.

1. Present Real Conditional: ___________________________________________.

2. Present Unreal Conditional: ___________________________________________.
3. Past Real Conditional: ___________________________________________.
4. Past Unreal Conditional: ___________________________________________.
5. Future Real Conditional: ___________________________________________.
6. Future Unreal Conditional: ___________________________________________.

14.2.1 Whether or Not

Whether or not expresses the idea that neither this condition nor that condition matters; the result will be the same.

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I'm going to go swimming tomorrow whether or not is cold. (Or whether is cold or not)

In this sentence, it is clear the condition that it doesn't matter if it is cold or not, I am going swimming anyway.

14.2.2 Even If

Sentences with even if, are close in meaning to those with whether or not. Even if gives the idea that a particular
condition does not matter. The result will not change.

Example:

Even if the weather is cold, I'm going swimming tomorrow.

14.2.3 Compare

If clauses are followed by an expected result.

Example:
If Ann studies hard, she will pass the exam.

Condition: Ann Studies.

Expected result: She passes the exam.

Even if clauses are followed by unexpected results.

Example:

Even if Mary studies hard, she won't pass the exam.

Condition: Mary studies.

Unexpected result: She does not pass the exam.

Exercise 8

Use the given information to complete the sentences.

1. Sam's uncle tells a lot of jokes. Sometimes they are funny, and sometimes they are not. It doesn't matter.
Sam laughs at the jokes whether _________________ or not.
Sam laughs at the jokes even if the _________________.

2. Maybe you are finished with the exam, and maybe not. It doesn't matter. The time is up.
You have to hand in your test whether _________________or not.
You have to hand in your test even if _________________

3. It might snow or it might not. We don't want to go camping in the snow, but it does not matter.
We're going camping in the mountains whether or not _________________.
We're going camping in the mountains even _________________.

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14.2.4 In Case That – In the Event That

In the case that and in the event that express the idea that something probably won't happen, but it might.

In case/ in the event that = if by chance this should happen.

Notes: In the event that is more formal than in case. The use of should in the clause emphasizes the speaker's
uncertainty that something will happen.

Example:

I'll be at my house in case you (should) need to reach me.

In the event that you (should) need to reach me, I'll be at my house.

Exercise 9

Use In case/in the event (that) in these sentences.

Example:

You probably won't need to get in touch with me, but maybe you will. If so, I'll give you my phone number.

I'll give you my phone number in case/in the event that you (should) need to get in touch with me.

1. Probably you won't need to see me, but maybe you will. If so, I'll be in my office tomorrow morning around ten.
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2. I don't think you need more information, but maybe you do. If so, ask Dr. Smith.
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3. Jack probably will not call, but maybe he will. If so, please tell him that I'm at the library.
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14.2.5 Unless

This conditional has the same meaning that implies If not.

Example:
I will go to the zoo if it isn't cold.
I will go to the zoo unless it is cold.

These two clauses have the same meaning.

Exercise 10

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2. You can't get a driver's license if you are not at least 16.
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3. If you don't get some film, I won't be able to take pictures when Ann and Rob get here.
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4. You'll get hungry during class if you don't eat breakfast.
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14.2.6 Only if / Providing/Provided that

Only if expresses the idea that there is only one condition that will cause a particular result.

Example:
The picnic will be canceled only if it rains.
If it is windy, we'll have the picnic.
If it is cold, we'll have the picnic.
If it is damp and foggy, we'll have the picnic.
If it is hot, we'll have the picnic.

When only if begins a sentence, the subject and verb of the main clause are inverted.

Example:
Only if it rains will the picnic be canceled.

Providing / provided that are equal to if or only if.

Example:

Providing / provided (that) no one has any further questions, the meeting will be adjourned.

Exercise 11

Use the given information to complete these sentences.

1. Jimmy's mother does not want him to chew gum, but sometimes he chews it anyway. Jimmy chews gum only if
he is sure his mother won't find out.
2. If you want to go to the movies, we'll go. If you don't want to go, we won't go. We ______________________only
if you want to go.
3. You have to have a ticket, and then you can get into the soccer stadium. Only if you have a ticket
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4. My parents make me finish my homework before I can watch TV in the evening. Only if my homework is finished
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15.1 What Is Quoted Speech?
Quoted Speech refers to reproducing words exactly as they were originally spoken. This is also called direct speech.

15.1.1 Quoting a Sentence

These are the rules that you must follow for quoting one sentence.

She said, "My brother is a student."

In this sentence, use a comma after –she said–. Capitalize the first word of the quoted sentence. Put the final
quotation marks outside the period at the end of the sentence.

"My brother is a student," she said.

In this sentence, use a comma, not a period, at the end of the quoted sentence when it proceeds –she said–.

"My brother," she said, "is a student."

If the quoted sentence is divided by –she said–, use a comma after the first part of the quote. Do not capitalize
the first word of the second half of the quoted sentence.

"My brother is a student. He is attending the University," she said.

Quoting marks are placed at the beginning and at the end of a complete quote. Notice that there are no
quotation marks after student.

15.1.2 Quoting a Question or an Exclamation

These are the rules that you must follow when quoting an exclamation or question.

She asked, "When will you be there?"

The question mark is place inside the quotation marks.

"When will you be there?" she asked.

If a question mark is used, no comma is used before she asked.

She said, "Watch out!"

The exclamation point is inside the quotation marks.

Exercise 1

Let's see if you got it! Add the necessary punctuation and capitalization to the following sentences.

1. Henry said there is a phone call for you.

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2. There is a phone call for you he said.
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3. There is a phone call it's for you sister said Henry.
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4. I asked him where is the phone.
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5. Where is the phone she asked.
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15.2 What Is Reported Speech
Reported Speech refers to repeating what someone has said. No quotation marks are used. Notice the changes in the
verb forms from quoted speech to reported speech in the following examples.

Examples:

Quoted Speech Reported Speech

She said, "I watch TV every day." She said (that) she watched TV every day.

She said, "I am watching TV." She said she was watching TV.

She said, "I have watched TV." She said she had watched TV

She said, "I watched TV." She said she had watched TV

She said, "I will watch TV." She said she would watch TV.

She said, "I am going to watch TV." She said she was going to watch TV.

She said, "I can watch TV." She said she could watch TV.

She said, "I may watch TV." She said she might watch TV.

She said "I might watch TV." She said she might watch TV.

She said, "I must watch TV." She said she must watch TV.

She said, "I have to watch TV." She said she had to watch TV.

She said, "I should watch TV." She said she should watch TV.

She said, "I ought to watch TV." She said she ought to watch TV.

She said, "Watch TV!" She told me to watch TV.

She asked, "Do you watch TV?" She asked (me) if I watched TV.

15.2.1 General Guidelines of Tense Usage

If the reporting verb (the main verb of the sentence) is in past, the verb in the reporting will usually also be in a past
form.

This formal sequence of tenses in reporting is used in both speaking and writing.

However, sometimes in spoken English, no change is made in the verb, especially if the speaker is reporting something
immediately or very soon after it was said.

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Immediate Reporting:
bumping into quoted and reported speech

Teacher: I want you to read Chapter six.

A: What did the teacher just say?
B: He said he wants us to read Chapter six.

Later Reporting:
A: I didn't go to class yesterday. Did Mr. Jones make any assignments?
B: Yes, he said he wanted us to read Chapter six.

Also, sometimes the present tense is retained even in formal English when the reported sentences deal with a general
truth.

Example:
A: The world is round.
B: She said that the world is round.

This because the world was round, is round and always will be round.

Exercise 2

Complete the sentences by reporting the speaker's words. Use formal sequence of tenses where appropriate.

1. Bob said, "I will help you."

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2. "Do you need a pen?" Annie asked.
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3. Jennifer asked "What do you want?"
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4. Sid asked, "Are you hungry?"
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5. "I want a sandwich," Jenny said.
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15.2.2 Reporting "Wh" Questions

When you want to report some question that starts with Wh, you must invert the subject and the auxiliary verb and
use the chart of tenses above as well as in this example

Example:

Wh + Aux + Subj. +Verb+ Comp.

Where is she staying tonight?
Reported: He asked me where she was staying tonight.

In this sentence, we have inverted the subject and auxiliary verb, and changed the auxiliary verb is to was.

Wh + Aux + Subj .+Verb + Comp.

When do they sleep?
Reported: He asked me when they slept.

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When the question has the auxiliaries do, does or did, you must put the verb directly in the tense that corresponds to
change when reporting.

Wh + Aux + Subj + Verb + Comp.

Why does he sleep?
Reported: He asked me why he slept.

In this sentence, we have inverted the subject and put the verb in past directly.

Wh + Aux + Subj +Verb+ Comp.

When will we arrive?
Reported: He asked me when we would arrive.

In this sentence, we have inverted the subject and auxiliary verb, changing will to would as corresponds.

Exercise 3

Report the following Wh questions. You can use “he asked me...” or “he wanted to know...”

1. Why do you work?

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2. When does he work?
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3. Where did they go?
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4. Why have you done that?
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5. Where can she put her things?
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6. When will you learn to behave?
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Exercise 4

Report the following conversation.

Teacher: Good morning George. How are you?

George: Not so well, I have been having trouble with these exercises. Can you help me?
Teacher: What are they about?
George: They are about reporting sentences.
Teacher: You have to follow the rules to get them right.
George: I know but It is difficult for me. Last night I spent three hours trying to figure them out!
Teacher: Ok. Show me an example.
George: What do you do?
Teacher: The answer to that is teach!
George: Oh you are so funny!

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16.1 How to Write a Letter?
There are two types of letters you can write: a friendly letter is informal and is written to someone you know for
example, your friends or family, or a business letter which is formal and is written to a company or a person you do not
have a personal friendship with.

16.1.1 Friendly and Personal Letters

Personal letters or friendly letters, have mainly five parts.

1. The Heading: This includes the address, line by line, with the last line being the date. If you use pre-
addressed stationery, just add the date.
2. The Greeting: The greeting always ends with a comma. The greeting may be formal, or informal.
Formal: Dear Aunt Anne, Dear Mr. Ramirez
Informal: Hi Erick, Greetings,
3. The body: It is also called the main text. This includes what you want to write. The purpose of your letter.
4. The closing: The closing is an expression. It is a few words on a single line. It ends in a comma.
5. The signature line: The signature line is where you write your name. The signature goes above your name
and under the closing. The signature should be written in blue or black ink. If the letter is very informal you
can just sign without writing your name.
6. Postscript: If your letter contains a postscript, you write P.S. and at the end of this message end it with your
initials. Skip one line after the signature line to begin the postscript.

Format for a friendly or personal letter

The following picture shows what a one–page friendly or personal letter should look like. This example doesn't have a
postscript.

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2
3

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5

Exercise 1

Your turn! Write the name of the parts of the letter depending on the description. Use these words: Greeting, Closing,
Signature, Body, Heading.

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1. This part of a personal letter is the main text. Here you put your ideas and what your purpose is.
______________________.
2. This part is where you write name of the person who you are writing the letter for._____________________.
3. This is your name written in ink that comes directly after the closing and before your typed name.
________________________.
4. This is a short phrase that goes at the end of the letter, after the body.
5. This is where you greet your letter receiver. ______________________.

16.1.2 Business Letters

A business letter is a formal letter that you write to a company or someone that you don't have a personal relationship
with. It should have a margin of at least one–inch on all four edges. It is always written on 8½"x11" unlined stationery.
This type of letter has six parts.

1. The Heading: This contains the return address (your address) with the date on the last line. It is not necessary
to type the return address if you are using stationery with the return address already imprinted. Always
include the date.
2. The Inside Address: This is the address of the company you are sending your letter to.
3. The Greeting: The greeting in a business letter is formal. It begins with the word "Dear" and includes the
person's last name. The greeting in a business letter always ends in a colon.
4. The Body: The body is written as text. A business letter is never hand written. You must skip a line between
paragraphs.
5. The Closing: The closing ends with a comma. It begins at the same column the heading does.
6. The Signature Line: Skip two lines and type your name to be signed. The signature line may include a second
line for a title, if appropriate. If you are not signing the letter and you want to authorize someone, the term
"By direction" in the second line means that a superior is authorizing the signer.

Use blue or black ink. Business letters should not contain postscripts.

Business Letter Styles: The following pictures show what a one–page business letter should look like.

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2 2 2
3
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4 4 4
5 5 5
6 6 6

16.1.3 Abbreviations

The following abbreviations are used in letters:

ASAP: as soon as possible

CC: carbon copy (when you send a copy of a letter to more than one person, you use this abbreviation to
let them know)

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PP: per procurationem (A Latin phrase meaning that you are signing the letter on somebody else's behalf;
if they are not there to sign it themselves, etc) (By direction)
PS: postscript (when you want to add something after you've finished and signed it)
PTO: (informal) please turn over (to make sure that the other person knows the letter continues on the other
side of the page)
RSVP: please reply

16.1.4 Sample of a Letter

Exercise 2

Read the letter. Write the correct part of the letter in the blank spaces.

789 Saint Peter Street Apt.56

Arlington, Virginia 22110_________________________.
January 15.2007

Mr. John Hill

Staff Manager
Marilyn's Cakes and Pies._________________________.
1650 Park Avenue
Fairfax, Virginia 22111

Dear Mr. John:_________________________.

You will probably remember me from the incident last Thursday, February 12, I got upset with one of your waiters
because he had not given me the correct change. I have been going to your elegant pastry shop for over a year now
and that had never happened to me. I was surprised by the reaction of your staff to handle this situation and felt very
pleased after they apologized and gave me back the money plus a very delicious apple pie to make up for it.

First I want to congratulate you for the well trained staff that provides a fantastic service and second I want to
apologize for the way I reacted because not only did I react in a very rude way but when, I arrived home I realized that
the waiter had given us the correct change. I counted the money in my wallet and I had more than what I should.

I would also like to mention that the waiter was doing a splendid job considering the "Rush Hour" of the Pastry
Shop. I enclose the money and a tip for the waiter.

I look forward to visiting you soon.

Sincerely, __________________________.

Frank Lane.________________________.

Exercise 3

Answer the following questions.

1. In, which letter style, was this letter written? ___________________.

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2. What was the purpose of this letter? _________________________.
3. What does the writer enclose? ________________________.

16.1.5 Phrases to Start a Friendly Letter

Ÿ Thank you for... Gracias por...

Ÿ Many thanks for... Muchísimas gracias por...
Ÿ I must thank you for... Debo agradecerte por...
Ÿ I am sorry to have to say that... Siento tener que decirte que...
Ÿ I am just writing to say... Te estoy escribiendo para decirte...
Ÿ It was very good of you to... Fue muy amable de tu parte...
Ÿ It has been so long since I last wrote... Ha pasado tanto tiempo desde que te escribí...
Ÿ It is so long since I heard from you... Cuanto tiempo ha pasado desde que sé de ti...
Ÿ How have you been... Cómo has estado?
Ÿ It has been a while since... Ha pasado tanto tiempo desde que...
Ÿ How is your family... Cómo está la familia?
Ÿ I have been very busy lately but... He estado muy ocupado últimamente pero...
Ÿ I can't tell you how happy I feel to... No puedo expresarte lo feliz que estoy de...
Ÿ What's up my friend... Que hay de nuevo amigo...?
Ÿ I wonder if you could... Me pregunto si pudieras...
Ÿ I am sure you will be sorry to hear that… Seguro que sentirás mucho saber que...
Ÿ I have just heard the wonderful Acabo de escuchar la maravillosa / triste
/ sad news from __________about... noticia de __________ acerca de...
Ÿ I have noticed lately that... Últimamente he observado que..
Ÿ I was about to write to you when Estaba apunto de escribirte cuando llegó
your letter arrived... tu carta...

16.1.6 Phrases to Start a Business Letter

Ÿ I am writing to enquire about... Por la presente quisiera saber...

Ÿ In reply to your letter of... En respuesta a su carta de...
Ÿ In accordance/compliance with Conforme a su petición...
your request...
Ÿ I regret to inform you that... Lamento comunicarle...
Ÿ We are pleased to announce... Nos complace anunciarle(s)...
Ÿ We are pleased to inform you... Nos es grato comunicarle(s)...
Ÿ We acknowledge receipt of your Acusamos recibo de su carta de...
letter of...
Ÿ We refer to your... (Letter/circular/ Referente a su... (carta / circular / boletín /
newsletter/order/statement) of... pedido / cuenta) de...
Ÿ We should like to remind you that... Le recordamos que...
Ÿ We have carefully considered your... Con sumo cuidado hemos considerado su...
Ÿ I enclose our order for... Adjunto nuestro pedido de...
Ÿ We have pleasure in acknowledging Nos complace confirmarle que hemos recibido su talón...
the receipt of your check...
Ÿ We thank you for your order for... Agradecemos su pedido de...
Ÿ I am very much obliged to you for... Le quedo muy agradecido por...
Ÿ Would you please quote for... Ruego nos comuniquen precios de...

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Ÿ I must protest most emphatically about... Quisiera protestar rotundamente acerca de...
Ÿ We have today dispatched to you... Hoy le hemos remitido...
Ÿ We should like to call your attention to... Tenemos él deber de comunicarle...
Ÿ In accordance with our agreement... Según lo convenido/acordado...
Ÿ Contrary to our agreement... Contrariamente a lo convenido/acordado...
Ÿ We are pleased to confirm... Nos es grato confirmar...
Ÿ It is with considerable pleasure/It Con sumo gusto... / Lamentamos...
is with considerable regret that...
Ÿ With reference to your letter of... Referente a su escrito...
Ÿ We find it necessary to inform you... Nos es necesario informarle(s)
Ÿ We greatly appreciate... Quisiera agradecerle(s)...
Ÿ Please accept our thanks for... Ruego acepte nuestro agradecimiento...
Ÿ I reply to your advertisement for... Contesto su anuncio acerca de...
Ÿ I should like to apply for the job of... Quisiera solicitar el puesto de...
Ÿ I saw your advertisement in today's Times and... Hoy he visto su anuncio en el Times y...
Ÿ Will you please note that... Ruego tome nota que...

Some helpful phrases when writting an opinion letter.

Ÿ To whom it may concern... A quien el corresponda...

Ÿ The natural method used by Natural English... Le metodologia natural usada or Natural English...
Ÿ Musictherapy has helped me in... La musicoterapia me ha ayudado en...
Ÿ I feel that the natural method Siento que el metodo natural comparado
Ÿ compared to the traditional method is... con el tradicional es...
Ÿ This program has helped me in... Este programa me ha ayudado en...
Ÿ It is very important to follow... Es muy importante seguir...
Ÿ When I arrived to Natural English... Cuando llegué a Natural English...
Ÿ I decided to study English because... Decidí estudiar Natural English porque...
Ÿ When doing this program it is very Para hacer este programa es muy
important to... importante...
Ÿ Thank you for... Gracias por...
Ÿ Many thanks for... Muchísimas gracias por...
Ÿ I am just writing to say... Te estoy escribiendo para decirte...
Ÿ I can't tell you how happy I feel to... No puedo expresarte lo feliz que estoy de...
Ÿ I am very much obliged to you for... Le quedo muy agradecido por...
Ÿ We are pleased to confirm... Nos es grato confirmar...
Ÿ This opinion letter has as a main purpose... Esta carta de opinión tiene como fin...
Ÿ Patience... Paciencia
Ÿ Respect... Respeto
Ÿ Caring... Preocupación
Ÿ English is an important tool... El inglés es una herramienta importante...
Ÿ This program consists most of all in... Este programa consiste más que todo en...

Exercise 4

Write an opinion letter to Natural English describing your experience in this institute, the method including the way
sessions are given and expressing your opinion. Use any of the formal business letter styles.

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Now that it is corrected, type it and give it to your monitor.

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Fantastic! Now that you have completed Finding Out About Grammar Step by Step 2 and presented unit 28, you must
present an interview with the coordinator! And show off your abilities!

Congratulations once again!

Here are some answers for some questions that you might have about your final interview.

What is the final interview?

The final interview is an interview where you will be evaluated for your ability to communicate in English.

When is the final interview?

At the end of your grammar course your monitor will program an interview on the last day of the grammar course.

Where is the interview?

The interview takes place in Natural English.

What do I have to take to the interview?

You must bring your opinion letter in stationary paper if you have access to it, and yourself!

What will they ask me in the interview?

Since it is an interview to see how your skills are, it will be about everyday topics. They will ask you about your
experience in Natural English, before you came to Natural English, the importance of English, the reason why you
decided to take the course, your personal life and many other things.

What is the purpose of the interview?

As mentioned before, the interview is to see if you have the level to get your final certificate. There you will get tips to
improve any skills that need to improve your speaking. You will use these tips during your last 8 units to improve your
fluency, structures or pronunciation.

Get ready to Speak Up!

Date of interview________________
Time____________________________

Skills that I must improve in order to finish the course satisfactorily:

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Unit 9 Coming Across Modal Auxiliary Verbs
Exercise 1

1. should 2. could 3. Could 4. could 5. should 6. should 7. should 8. should 9. could 10. should 11. could

Exercise 2

1. Would 2. may 3. May 4. may 5. Would 6. May 7. Would 8. would 9. may 10. I would

Exercise 3

1. can't. 2. can't 3. can 4. can't 5. could 6. could 7. can 8. could

Exercise 4

1. Maybe 2. may be 3. maybe 4. maybe 5. may be 6. may be 7. Maybe. 8. may be. 9. Maybe my boss will get angry

Unit 10 Back to Checking Out Adjectives

Exercise 1

(answers may vary)

1. to be 2. to fight 3. to go 4. to stay 5. to help. 6. to learn 7. to slip. 8. to walk 9. to be 10. to be 11. to see 12. to hear

Exercise 2

1. The girl who won the race, is happy. / The girl that won the race, is happy.
2. The student who sits next to me, is from China. / The student that sits next to me, is from China.
3. The students who sit in the front row, are from Norway. / The students that sit in the front row, are from Norway.
4. We are studying sentences which are about structures. / We are studying sentences that are about structures.
5. The taxi driver who took me to the airport, was friendly. / The taxi driver that took me to the airport, was friendly.

Exercise 3

1. The book which I read, was good. / The book that I read, was good. / The book I read, was good.
2. I like the woman who I met at the party last night. / I like the woman whom I met at the party last night. / I like
the woman that I met at the party last night. / I like the woman I met at the party last night.
3. I really enjoyed the composition which you wrote. / I really enjoyed the composition that you wrote. / I really
enjoyed the composition you wrote.
4. The people who we visited yesterday, were very nice. / The people whom we visited yesterday, were very nice. /
The people that we visited yesterday, were very nice. / The people we visited yesterday, were very nice.

Exercise 4

1. The meeting which I went to, was very interesting. / The meeting that I went to, was very interesting. / The
meeting to which I went, was very interesting. /The meeting I went to, was very interesting.

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2. The man whom I talked to yesterday, was very kind. / The man who I talked to yesterday, was very kind. / The
man that I talked to yesterday, was very kind. / The man to whom I talked yesterday, was very kind. / The man I
talked to yesterday, was very kind.

3. I must thank the people whom I got a present from yesterday. / I must thank the people who I got a present from
yesterday. / I must thank the people that I got a present from yesterday. / I must thank the people from whom I
got a present yesterday / I must thank the people I got a present from yesterday.

4. The picture, which she was looking at, was beautiful. / The picture that she was looking at, was beautiful / The
picture at which she was looking, was beautiful. / The picture she was looking at, was beautiful.

5. The man whom I was telling you about, is standing over there. / The man who I was telling you about, is standing
over there. / The man that I was telling you about, is standing over there. / The man about whom I was telling
you, is standing over there. / The man I was telling you about, is standing over there.

Exercise 5

1. The city where we spent our vacations, was beautiful. / The city in which we spent our vacations, was beautiful. –
The city, which we spent our vacations in, was beautiful. / The city that we spent our vacations in, was beautiful.
The city we spent our vacations in, was beautiful.

2. That is the restaurant where we will meet you. / That is the restaurant at which we will meet you. / That is the
restaurant which we will meet you at. / That is the restaurant that we will meet you at. / That is the restaurant we
will meet you at.

3. The town where I grew up, is small. / The town in which I grew up, is small. / The town which I grew up in, is small.
/ The town that I grew up in, is small. / The town I grew up in is small.

4. That is the drawer where I keep my jewelry. / That is the drawer which I keep my jewelry in. / That is the drawer in
which I keep my jewelry. / That is the drawer that I keep my jewelry in. / That is the drawer I keep my jewelry in.

Exercise 10

1. Monday is the day when we will come. / Monday is the day in which we will come. / Monday is the day that we
will come. / Monday is the day we will come.

2. 7:05 is the time when my plane arrives. / 7:05 is the time in which my plane arrives. / 7:05 is the time that my
plane arrives. / 7:05 is the time my plane arrives.

3. 1960 is the year when the revolution took place. / 1960 is the year in which the revolution took place. / 1960 is
the year that the revolution took place. 1960 is the year the revolution took place.

4. July is the month when the weather is the hottest. / July is the month in which the weather is the hottest. / July is
the month that the weather is the hottest. / July is the month the weather is the hottest.

Exercise 11

1. who is John's tallest brother – who is a very strict person?

2. who is wearing the red skirt – Who likes to wear the black leather jacket to school on Fridays.

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3. who should arrive early –who is always complaining about her
4. that has three children
5. where Tina's brother will explain about yesterday's incident with the neighbors who complained about the party
6. who is drinking orange juice – that has long hair
7. that lives next door
8. who will travel this weekend – who is John's cousin,
9. which my mother bought for my brother – who is my oldest cousin
10. where we spend Saturday afternoons – which is made of very old wood
11. when I prefer to rest quietly in my house
12. when the declaration of independence was written
13. where we grew up – which was fun
14. where we spent our honey moon in

Unit 11 Reviewing Conjunctions

Exercise 1

1. agrees 2. know 3. plays 4. watch 5. wants 6. like 7. has 8. agree. 9. are 10. think

Unit 12 Looking into Verbs and Verb Tenses

Exercise 1

1. has traveled 2. have eaten 3. have asked 4. have gone 5. has worked

Exercise 2

1. Since 2. For 3. Since 4. Since 5. For 6. Since 7. Since 8. Since 9. Since

Exercise 3

1. We had played soccer when they called. 2. The baby had eaten when his nanny bathed him. 3. We had arrived to
the party when he got drunk. 4. He had finished when they went to have lunch.

Exercise 4

1. will have written 2. will have learned 3. will have cooked 4. will have prepared 5. will have been

Exercise 5

1. have been studying 2. have been playing 3. have you been learning 4. have been smoking 5. has been raining 6.
Have your parents been getting 7. has been traveling 8. has been taking 9. have been living 10. have been yelling

Exercise 6

1. had been dancing 2. had been using. 3. had been feeling 4. Had the driver been drinking 5. had been playing 6.
had been looking 7. had been trying 8. had been trying 9. had been waiting 10. had been studying

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Exercise 7

1. will have been living 2. will have been waiting 3. will have been working 4. will have been living 5. will have been
living 6. will have been studying 7. will have been raining

Exercise 8

1. Present perfect progressive. 2. Present Perfect Progressive. 3. Past perfect progressive. 4. Present Perfect
Progressive. 5. Future Perfect Progressive. 6. Past Perfect Progressive 7. Present Perfect 8. Past Perfect
Progressive 9. Present Perfect progressive 10. Present Perfect 11. Future Perfect 12. Future Perfect 13. Past
Perfect 14. Future perfect progressive 15. Future Perfect 16. Present Perfect Progressive 17. Present Perfect
Progressive 18. Past Perfect Progressive 19. Future Perfect 20. Present Perfect 21. Future Perfect 22. Future
Perfect Progressive 23. Future Perfect 24. Past Perfect 25. Past Perfect 26. Present Perfect

Exercise 9

1. arrived – had prepared 2. entered – recognized – have passed – has not changed 3 arrived –had begun 4. met 5.
went –was – hadn't seen

Exercise 10

has been – have known – was – took – takes – is

Exercise 11

1. have not gone 2. went 3. arrived 4. has been 5. have already missed– missed

Exercise 12

1. are playing – have been playing 2. has been talking 3. have been trying

Exercise 13

1. was – became 2. felt – took 3. had already – got 4. left – had collected 5. was – had stopped

Exercise 14

1. is going – will 2. will be – will come 3. will affect

Unit 13 Figuring out Passive Voice

Exercise 1

1. The door is being opened by Tom. 2. The door has been opened by Tom. 3. The door was opened by Tom. 4. The
door was being opened by Tom. 5. The door had been opened by Tom. 6. The door will be opened by Tom. 7. The
door is going to be opened by Tom. 8. The door will have been opened by Tom.

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Exercise 2

1. Ann will be invited to the party by Bill. 2. That report is being prepared by Alex. 3. Costumers are served by
waitresses and waiters. 4. The lesson is going to be explained by the teachers. 5. A new idea had been suggested
by Shirley. 6. The farmer's wagon was being pulled by the horses. 7. The book had been returned to the library by
Kathy. 8. I won't be fooled by his tricks.

Exercise 3

1. No change 2. No change 3. That theory was developed by Dr. Freud 4. The flour was dropped by Timmy. 5. No
change 6. I was interviewed by the assistant manager 7. No change 8. The small fishing village was destroyed by
the hurricane 9. No change

Exercise 4

1. Hundreds of people visit the Washington Monument every day. 2. Chinese invented paper, the main writing
material today. 3. no 4. no

Exercise 5

1. should tell 2. should have been told 3. must be kept 4. must keep 5. could not be opened 6. could not open 7.
may be offered

Exercise 6

1. could be seen 2. might be. 3. must be written 4. must have been left 5. will be – should be postponed. 6. should
be encouraged. 7. should not be given 8. might be misunderstood. 9. can not be explained. 10. must be pushed.

Unit 14 Getting Across Conditionals

Exercise 1

1. If it is hot tomorrow, I will go to the beach. / If it is hot tomorrow, I will not go out all day.
2. If he studies for his test, he will pass the exam. / If he studies for his test he will do better than last time.
3. If the teacher is absent tomorrow there will be no class. / If the teacher is absent tomorrow, I will to go to the
library.

Exercise 2

lost – would ask – would make – I wouldn't stop – found – would you help – happened – would – would even call –
tell

Exercise 3

know – wants – live – asked – did – do – wants – is – have – helps – have – does – need – has – lends – is – wants –
would never let – am – were – would analyze – want – would ask – see – tell – is – know – would think – would ask –
would make – am – tell – tell – reacts – am – want –would say – does not – are –would Patrick do – said – would feel
– I would explain – would understand

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Exercise 8

had – had – behaved – threw – would not punish – dominated – had thrown – would have totally punished – did –
wanted – went – asked – didn't have – spoiled – I had been – would have given – would have taught – learnt – did
not obey – would ground – cried – let – owned –.would not have been – I had been – would have been – was – had
tried – would have not gained – have had – have learnt – had not gone – would have never forgiven – would have
grown

Exercise 9

1. had told – would have told 2. had known – I would have not invited 3. would have opened – had heard 4. had
known – would have visited 5. had called – would have forgiven (forgive). Now, it is too late!. 6. had – would do 7.
studied – would be 8. had studied – would have been

Exercise 10

will travel – decide – get – earn – will live – allow –will put – will ask – will work – happens – will have

15. Bumping into Quoted and Reported Speech

Exercise 1

1. Henry said," There is a phone call for you." 2. "There is a phone call for you," he said. 3. "There is a phone call. It's
for you sister," said Henry. 4. I asked him, "Where is the phone?" 5. "Where is the phone?" she asked.

Exercise 2

1. Bob said that he would help me. 2. Annie asked me if I had a pen. 3. Jennifer asked me what I wanted. 4. Sid
wanted to know if I was hungry. 5. Jenny said that she wanted a sandwich.

Exercise 3

1. He asked me why I worked. 2. He asked me when he worked. 3. He asked me where they went. 4. He asked me
why I had done that. 5. He asked me where she could put her things. 6. He asked me when I would learn to behave.

Exercise 4

(Answers may vary)

The teacher said good morning to George, She asked him how he was. George answered that not so well, he told
the teacher that he had been having trouble with those exercises and asked her if she could help him.

The teacher asked him what the exercises were about. And, he answered that they were about reporting
sentences. Then she told him that he had to follow the rules to get them right. George said that he knew but that it
was difficult for him. He also told her that he had spent three hours last night trying to figure them out.

The teacher then asked him to give her an example and he asked what she did and so she answered that she
taught. George told her that she was funny because the question was only an example not a direct question!

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Unit 16 Showing off How to Write a Letter
Exercise 1

1. Heading 2. Inside address 3. Greeting 4. Body 5. Closing

Exercise 2

1. Style block style 2. Apologize 3. Money

17. Speak Up
Interview

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