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FlashCards por Mima Nigneel, atualizado more than 1 year ago
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Criado por Mima Nigneel
mais de 7 anos atrás
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| Should / shouldn´t subject+modal+infinitive I need to define these words - Ask your teacher, she should know. | commonly used to make suggestions, to tell that something suggested is true in the future, to give advices or opinions, and to talk about an obligation. |
| Was / were going to I was going to call you, but I lost your phone number. | is used to indicate that a planned action couldn´t take place because another event took place instead. |
| Gerund Phrases as Subjects and Objects Gerund + objects + modifiers Reading books in our free time is a good habit. | A phrase is a group of words that make sense, A gerund is a verb ending in –ing and is used as a verbal noun. Gerund phrases as subjects usually refer to the activities performed. Gerund phrases as objects express attitudes about activities performed. |
| Separable Phrasal Verbs verb + a preposition Please take off your shoes before you come inside. | phrasal verbs are a combination of a verb and a preposition 1) The object of a phrasal verb can go either between the verb and the preposition or after the preposition. 2) If the object of the sentence is a pronoun, it must go between the two parts of the phrasal verb. |
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Non-separable phrasal verbs
I´ll write my brother an e-mail; I´m looking forward to his answer
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an object is sometimes needed but in some other cases it may be absent in the sentence Phrasal verbs with no object. Some phrasal verbs with an object. Some phrasal verbs contain three words and an object. |
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Phrasal Verbs
set up = start business
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break down = fail to function get out = disembark (car, taxi) get up = rise from bed after sleeping bring about = cause to happen call up = reach by phone go over = inspect the details of something carry away = remove carry on = continue carry out = accomplish look for = seek look up = consult a reference book come after = follow turn down = reject turn off = switch off turn on = switch on turn over = bring the reverse side up |
| Relative pronouns This is the puppet that my daughter made. | Some sentences in English are two clauses linked together. These clauses are called main clause and relative clause Linking the ideas we may have only one sentence connected with a special pronoun called relative pronoun. |
| Object relative clauses I couldn´t see the eclipse which my cousin told me about. | describes the object of a verb Relative pronouns who which that where it is followed by a noun or a pronoun. |
| Subject Relative Clauses Noun + Relative Clause This is the total amount which is going to be used for the new mall. | Relative clauses usually help to connect two separate ideas in order to have only one sentence; there are two kinds of relative clauses: subject and object relative clauses. A subject relative clause describes the subject of a sentence. |
| It’s + adjective + infinitive A good translator is hard to find. | This expression emphasizes information by bringing it to the front of the clause. IT + linking verb + adjective + TO-infinitive Noun + linking verb + adjective + TO-infinitive IT + linking verb + adjective + noun + TO-infinitive IT + linking verb + adjective + FOR something/somebody + TO-infinitive IT + linking verb + adjective + OF somebody + TO-infinitive |
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Wish for regrets
I wish it were Saturday today.
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say that you would like things to be different from what they are, that we have regrets about the present situation In more formal English, we use the subjunctive form were and not was after wish. |
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Suffixes and prefixes
bi-two-bilingual
-dom-place or state of being-freedom
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are letters or groups of letters added at the end (Suffixes) or at the beginning (Prefixes) of a word to change its meaning. The most common Suffixes are the ones we use for creating some of the verbs tenses and adverbs: -ing -ed -s -es -ly The most common Prefixes are: dis- il- im- in- ir- re- un- |
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Gerunds vs. Infinitives
They decided to get married.
I like cooking.
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A gerund is a verb in its –ing form: a. As the subject of a sentence. b. After some verbs, such as: like, hate, enjoy c. After prepositions. The infinitive form of the verb is the original verb. It usually goes with ‘to’.: a. After some verbs, such as; agree, arrange, ask, promise b. To show the reason why you did something. c. After adjectives. |
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Time expressions
I'm going to France tomorrow
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These expressions are helpful to be more specific on describing when the actions are taking place Specifying the day, |
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Time expressions
last week my mom die
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These expressions are helpful to be more specific on describing when the actions are taking place Specifying the week, month, or year • this week • this month • this year • next week |
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Time expressions
now I want to sleep
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These expressions are helpful to be more specific on describing when the actions are taking place Other time expressions: • Now • Then • immediately or straight away • soon • earlier • later • five minutes ago • an hour ago |
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Time expressions
I have a party tonight
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Specifying the time of day • last night • tonight • tomorrow night • in the morning • in the afternoon • in the evening • yesterday morning |
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Time expressions
I never lie to my brother
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Frequency • never • rarely • occasionally • sometimes • often or frequently • usually or normally |
| Time expressions I lived in Canada for six months | Duration Duration in English is usually expressed using the word “for” as in the following examples: |
| Past perfect John went to the shop on the way home from work, so he got home late. | is a narrative tense; this means it is used when telling a story about the past A sentence with the events in the order they happened: both verbs are in past simple. |
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Past perfect
John got home late because he had gone to the shop on the way home from work.
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A sentence in which the events are NOT in order: the event which happened before the other verb is in past perfect tense. I you he / she / it we they +had hadn’t +past participle |
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Adjectives suffixes –ful, -less
Home homeless
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Suffixes are pieces of words with their own meanings and you may include them at the end of words you already know to make them into new ones |
| Modals of deduction – must • He must be sick. | to explain something through how sure we are of something Certainty (positive) We use it when we are sure that something is true because of the evidence we have. must |
| Modals of deduction – might/could • He might/may/could have the flu. | Possibility We use them when we think something is possible, but we are not sure. might may could |
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Modals of deduction – can't
He can´t be feeling good.
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Certainty (negative) We use it when we are sure that something is not true because of the evidence we have. can´t |
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