www.manhattanreview.comc 1999 - 2008 Manhattan ReviewSentence Correction Guide iii2.3.7.2 Words Frequently Misused 472.4 What to Do If You Are Completely Stumped 482.5 Detailed List of Typical Errors . . . 492.5.1 Modifiers 492.5.2 Agreement 512.5.3 Verb Tense, Voice & Mood . 522.5.4 Paralle[r]
Eg: A number of students are playing.1.1 Nouns agree with VHere / there + be (S) + S Great quantities of + NLot of = a lot of None + of the No, half, any Almost of the, almost all, Most, all, some, majority+ (Of the) + N + V (N)All but→ tất cả, ngoại trừ…Of many things, → trong số Fractions /[r]
CHAPTER 3: DESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVES Adjectives describe nouns. Adjectives have only one form. Use the same adjective withsingular and plural nouns. (a friendly student, friendly students). An adjective can occur alone after BE (am, is, are). When two adjectives come after[r]
GRAMMAR 21 COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS 119 • Change of meaning Some words have different meanings in countable and uncountable forms. Countable: an iron (domestic appliance) a wood (small area of trees) a paper (newspaper) a chicken (the animal) Uncountable: some iron (a sub[r]
163Puzzling PluralsCHAPTER 7Puzzling Plurals163We do a good job using the correct singular and plural formsof most nouns, because the process isn’t tricky; you just add an“s” or an “es” or an “ies” to make the plural form. But a fewwords that come to us from Latin[r]
that Jake and Ben are too competitive. She hopes that the swim meet will not hurt her friendship with Susan. Anna enjoys going to the beach and baking brownies. JakeJake is Ben’s rival. He is 18 years old. All of the girls think he is cute. He dates Anna. Jake likes to show off and<[r]
Cách sỬ dỤng " other"A BIT ABOUT GRAMMAR LEARNING: CÁCH SỬ DỤNG " OTHER"OTHERThe use of the word other is often a cause of confusion for foreign students. Study the following formulas.WITH COUNT NOUNS an + other + singular noun (one more)another pencil = one more pencilthe other + s[r]
UNIT OBJECTIVES - MỤC TIÊU FOOD AND DRINK51Unit 3: Food and drinkAfter this unit, students will be able to:Sau bài học này sinh viên sẽ nắm được:• Use singular and plural nouns, countable and uncountable nouns, and expressions of quantit[r]
Exercise 3.8Fill in the blanks in the following paragraph with the appropriate article. Use л if no article is used because a plural count noun or noncount noun is being used to make a generalization. л travel by air has become everyone’s favorite topic to complain about. We all have heard st[r]
Nouns, adjectives and adverbs14 a, some, any> Exercise 6 for the difference between countable and uncountable nouns.• a is used with singular countable nouns:I'm waiting for a bus.• some is used in positive sentencesa) with plural countable [r]
Năm học 2009 – 2010 Giáo n Tiếng Anh 6UNIT : 3 AT HOME Period : 15 LESSON: B NUMBERS ( 3, 4, 5,6)Date of preparation : September 30th, 2009 Date of teaching : October 14th, 2009Classes : 6A3 , 6A4 , 6A5 I. Aims and objectives :* Language content : To teach them how to ask about quantity of th[r]
-Obtaining for students’knowledge is not equal. -Locating in the rural area, students have local sounds.Therefore, they have a lot of difficulties in English pronounciation. -Some students are in needed condition.3.Student’s learning capacity at the beginning of school year:Class TotalExcellent Goo[r]
We use A or AN with singular nouns.A is used when a noun starts with a consonant sound;e.g. a dog, a book, etc.AN is used when a noun starts with a vowel sound;e.g. an apple, an hour, etc.Some/Any/An/A1.We use SOME with countable nouns (oplural) and with uncountable no[r]
el/los ultim´atum ultimatum/ultimatumsel/los super´avit surplusMart´ınez (name) / los Mart´ınez Martinez / (the) Martinezel virus / los virus virus/virusesvii Final diphthongs ending in y require es for their plural:el rey / los reyes king/kingsel convoy / los convoyes convoy/convoys1.2 Angli[r]
adjectives. In chapter 2, I emphasized the similarity between the two withrespect to theta-role assignment: both must combine with a Pred head in or-der to theta-mark a subject. But there are differences as well. If my theoryis right, predicate nouns bear a referential index that predicate ad[r]
Formation of plural nounsThe plural noun is generally formed by adding -s to the singular.Cow (singular), cows (plural)Boy, boysGirl, girlsBook, booksTree, treesDog, dogsPen, pensNouns ending in -s, -sh, -ch or -x form the plural by adding -es to the sing[r]
Check in a dictionary to be sure that a noun is countable or uncountable. The meaning of a noun may change depending on whether it is used in a countable or uncountable sense. Note that some nouns ending in -5 take a singular verb: The news is bad today And that some nouns