English grammar drills part 32 pptx

Adverbs 209 Order of adverbs There is a strong tendency to use the different classes of adverbs in a certain left-to-right order.. Here are some examples: I bought some sandwiches at the

Adverbs 209

Order of adverbs

There is a strong tendency to use the different classes of adverbs in a certain left-to-right order

People usually follow this order when they use more than one class of adverb: (1) manner, (2)

place, (3) time, (4) reason

Here are some examples:

I bought some sandwiches

at the grocery

this morning for lunch

You need to practice seriously every day to get any

better

The plane circled the fi eld

with its engine roaring

all afternoon

It rained heavily in the

mountains

during the night

due to a warm front

I found an apartment for Anne

by advertising

in the paper Sunday

breakfast

because there wasn’t a clean dish

in the house

The pipe started

under the sink

this morning

Exercise 12.10

Move the adverbs in each of the following sentences to follow the proper

manner-place-time-reason left-to-right order

because it was so hot in our kitchen last night at a restaurant We ate dinner.

We ate dinner at a restaurant last night because it was so hot in our kitchen.

210 Verb Phrases

1 over the weekend at the gym I hurt my knee.

2 this afternoon by replacing the circuit board They fi xed my computer.

3 because the flow is so restricted loudly all the time The river roars.

4 at the Marriott since our offices were being repainted We had our sales presentation.

5 because he was calling from his cell phone so loudly He talked.

6 to keep current with their needs every year carefully We survey all of our customers.

7 since we had dealt with that issue before at once I recognized the problem.

8 for their generous leave policy a lot Everyone liked the company.

9 before we took any action thoroughly We investigated the problem.

10 this afternoon at the gym because it was so hot I got very tired.

11 for a few minutes to give them time to get organized Can you postpone the meeting?

12 every weekend at school Our son is taking advanced placement courses.

13 because the material was new to us a great deal Everyone enjoyed the lecture.

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Adverbs 211

14 to get any real compliance seriously You must enforce your policies.

15 to collect antiques every year We tour Italy.

16 when we explained to him again perfectly He understood the idea.

17 in order to head off a bigger problem later right now You must solve the problem.

18 since it has major cost implications carefully They will review your proposal.

19 when you leave in order to save electricity Please turn off the lights in the offi ce.

20 tonight to take Anne to a movie Can I borrow the car?

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Questions and Negatives

Every language has ways of forming questions and negatives In English, the processes of forming

questions and negatives are closely related First we will examine how English forms questions,

and then we will turn to negatives

Questions

In all languages there are two fundamentally different types of questions: yes-no questions and

information questions.

Yes-no questions ask for “yes” or “no” answers Information questions, on the other hand,

ask for specifi c information and cannot be answered with a simple yes or no Here are some

examples of each type:

Here are some roughly comparable yes-no and information questions:

Is there a staff meeting today? When is the staff meeting?

Do you know his wife’s name? What is his wife’s name?

Will you be late? When will you get back?

Obviously, the answers to the yes-no questions only anticipate an answer of yes or no, while

the information question requires a specifi c piece of information A mere yes or no to the

ques-tion, “When is the staff meeting?” would be inadequate and inappropriate