Grammar
Grammar
Grammar
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A.
1. Terry has decided (to) look for a new job.
2. Will you two please stop (arguing?) I’m trying to work.
3. Jill’s hair looks nice. Has she had it (cut)?
4. Did you leave the cooker on? I can smell something (burning).
5. It’s Tom’s birthday today. Did you remember (to) post his card?
6. Could you let me (know) what time the meeting starts?
7. What do you enjoy (doing) in your spare time?
8. The teacher told the students to (meet) at the station at 9 a.m.
B.
1. What time did Julie and Dave (set) off?
2. Where did you (grow) up?
3. Will you (look) up the doctor’s number in the phone book?
4. Don’t forget to (switch) the heating off when you go out.
5. We (ran) into Pete at the supermarket yesterday.
6. Millie’s parents (care) for her children while she’s at work.
7. I’m leaving – I can’t (put) up with this situation any longer.
8. Charlie still hasn’t (made) his mind up about which laptop to buy.
C.
1. My mother can’t w(out) how to use her new mobile phone.
2. Mark’s enrolled on a course to brush (up) on his German.
3. The actor walked (off) the stage and went back to his dressing room.
4. This information is important so make sure you write it (down).
5. My parents are always going (on) about my clothes and my friends.
6. This milk smells horrible, I think it’s gone (off.)
7. We’ll go (over) your ideas and get back to you next week.
8. He’s always borrowing money from me but he never pays it (back.)
D.
1. What is it about (moving) to somewhere new that worries you so much?
2. The manager won’t do anything so it’s pointless to (complaining) him.
3. I find it fascinating (hearing) his stories about his life in Peru.
4. It’s the thought of leaving her children (Leaving )home that upsets her.
5. It really isn’t any use (asking) Mary to help — she’ll just find an excuse not to.
6. We had a great evening. It was lovely (seeing) all our friends again.
7. Do you think it would be worth (getting) a new washing machine? This one is very old.
8. It was strange (being) alone in a big city, but I soon got used to it.
E.
1. b. Taught
2. a. Asks
3. c. is, will repeat
4. c. has been lying
5. b. visited
6. c. has recovered
7. a. will come
8. b. has been applying
9. b. appeared
10. b. is waiting
11. b. wrote
12. b. received
F.
1. Auxiliary Verbs:
- Definition: Auxiliary verbs, also known as helping verbs, are used alongside main verbs to
form grammatical constructions such as questions, negatives, and tenses. They provide additional
information about tense, mood, aspect, and voice.
- All those conditions or situations and its examples: Auxiliary verbs can be used to indicate
tense (e.g., present, past, future), mood (e.g., indicative, subjunctive), aspect (e.g., progressive,
perfect), and voice (e.g., active, passive).
- Example:
- Condition or Situation:Forming questions in the present tense.
- Example: “Do you like chocolate?”
- Error Correction Example: Incorrect: “You liking chocolate?” Correct: “Do you like
chocolate?”
2. Inflections:
- Definition: Inflections are changes in the form of a word to express grammatical categories
such as tense, mood, aspect, number, case, and gender.
- All those conditions or situations and its examples: Inflections can indicate tense (e.g., walk,
walked, walking), number (e.g., cat, cats), gender (e.g., actor, actress), and case (e.g., he, him).
- Example:
- Condition or Situation: Indicating past tense.
- Example:“She walked to the store.”
- Error Correction Example:Incorrect: “She walk to the store.” Correct: “She walked to the
store.”
3. Base Form:
- Definition: The base form of a verb is the form that typically appears in the dictionary and is
used in its simplest form without any inflections.
- All those conditions or situations and its examples: The base form is used in various
grammatical constructions such as infinitives, imperatives, and bare infinitives after modal verbs.
- Example:
- Condition or Situation: Using a verb as an infinitive.
- Example:“I want to eat.”
- Error Correction Example: Incorrect: “I wants to eat.” Correct: “I want to eat.”
4. Infinitive:
- Definition: The infinitive is the base form of a verb preceded by the word “to” (e.g., to walk,
to eat). It can function as a noun, adjective, or adverb.
- All those conditions or situations and its examples: The infinitive is used to express purposes,
intentions, desires, obligations, or actions that have not been completed.
- Example:
- Condition or Situation: Expressing purpose.
- Example:“She went to buy groceries.”
- Error Correction Example: Incorrect: “She went buy groceries.” Correct: “She went to buy
groceries.”
5. Subjunctive:
- Definition:The subjunctive mood is used to express hypothetical, unreal, or contrary-to-fact
situations. It often appears in clauses introduced by “if,” “whether,” “that,” or other conjunctions.
- All those conditions or situations and its examples: The subjunctive is used to express wishes,
suggestions, demands, or conditions that are contrary to reality.
- Example:
- Condition or Situation: Expressing a wish.
- Example:“I wish he were here.”
- Error Correction Example: Incorrect: “I wish he was here.” Correct: “I wish he were here.”
6. Passive auxiliary be:
- Definition: The passive auxiliary “be” is used in passive voice constructions to indicate the
tense of the passive verb.
- All those conditions or situations and its examples:Passive auxiliary “be” is used when
forming passive voice sentences to show that the action is done to the subject of the sentence.
- Example:
- Condition or Situation: Forming passive voice in the past tense.
- Example: “The cake was baked by Mary.”
- Error Correction Example: Incorrect: “Mary was baked the cake.” Correct: “The cake was
baked by Mary.”
8. Subordinate clauses:
- Definition: Subordinate clauses, also known as dependent clauses, are clauses that cannot
stand alone as complete sentences because they lack a subject and a predicate.
- All those conditions or situations and its examples: Subordinate clauses are used to provide
additional information within a sentence and are often introduced by subordinating conjunctions
such as “because,” “although,” “if,” “since,” etc.
- Example:
- Condition or Situation:Providing a reason.
- Example:“Because it was raining, we stayed indoors.”
- Error Correction Example: Incorrect: “It was raining, we stayed indoors.” Correct: “Because
it was raining, we stayed indoors.”
9. Regular verbs:
- Definition: Regular verbs are verbs that form their past tense and past participle by adding “-
ed” to the base form.
- All those conditions or situations and its examples: Regular verbs follow a consistent pattern
when conjugated in different tenses.
- Example:
- Condition or Situation: Forming past tense.
- Example: “He walked to school.”
- Error Correction Example: Incorrect: “He walk to school.” Correct: “He walked to school.”