Unit 12 language Focus (11 NC)

I like looking at my stamp collection.. A stamp collection requires much care.. It is much care that a stamp collection requires.. It is my stamp collection that I like looking at.. Saye

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Match the verbs in column A with the explanations in column B

Gap-filling

TASK A) Relate to the verbs , give the equipvalent nouns, adjectives and adverbs

NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB VERB

encouragement encouraging encouragingly

prosperity prosperously prosper

satisfactory

The stress changes in certain parts of speech.

'prosperous (adj.) pro'sperity (n.)

in'clusion (n.)

● in'clude (v.) in'clusive (adj.)

● 'purify (v.) pure (adj.) 'purely (adv.) 'purity (n.) purifi'cation (n)

● cre'ate (v.) cre'ative (adj.)

● please (v.) 'pleasant! (adj.) 'pleasing (adj.)

● 'profit (v.) 'profitable (adj.)

● 'satisfy (v.) satis'factory (adj.) satis'factorily (adv.) satis'faction (n.)

● cre'atively (adv.) crea'tivity (n.)

● 'pleasantly (adv.) 'pleasure (n.)

● 'profitably (adv.) 'profit (n.)

TASK b) Fill in each blank with the correct word

form.

1 It's impossible to ……… everyone.

2 The air in industrial cities needs

prosperous

6 Do you know which ingredients on the

packaging ………… of processed food are helpful or harmful?

7 Thank you for a ………

These are sentences introduced by it is/ it was

Different parts of the sentence can be emphasized

♣ Adverbial focus

● It was yesterday that Sue sent me a letter

(not three days ago)

1 Who is usually used for proper subjects That

is usual for non-personal subjects:

● It's speed that causes accidents, not bad

"roads.

2 When the object is a proper noun, that is more usual than who With all other objects, that is the correct form

● It was Ann that I saw.

FORMATI ON

is noun

It + + + that + restrictive relative cl

was noun phrase

Rewrite the following sentences using the structure It is / was that to emphasize the underlined part of each sentence.

1 I like looking at my stamp collection.

2 Dogs are faithful animals.

3 Jane prefers going shopping.

4 Chatting on the Net will take a lot of time.

5 A stamp collection requires much care.

It is much care that a stamp collection requires.

It is my stamp collection that I like looking at.

It is dogs that are faithful animals.

It is going shopping that Jane prefers.

It is chatting on the Net that will take a lot of

time.

Both and or not only but also is used to

emphasize a combination of two adjectives,

nouns, verbs, etc.

● It was both cold and wet

= It was not only cold but also wet.

● He is both an actor and a director.

= He is not only an actor but also a director.

● He both paints and writes

= He not only paints but also writes.

The following sentences contain faulty parallelism Rewrite the sentences so that the parallelism will be correctly expressed.

1 Mr Sayers is not only president of the

National Bank but also of the Chamber of

Commerce.

2 The team both felt the satisfaction of victory

and the disappointment of defeat.

Mr Sayers is not only the president but also

the Chamber of Commerce of the national

Bank.

The team felt both the satisfaction of victory

and the disappointment of defeat.

3 In summer school, he not only studied

writing but how to increase his vocabulary.

4 The new clerk soon proved himself not only

to be capable but also trustworthy.

5 In his lecture today, Professor Hobbs both explained the causes of the war and what its results were.

In summer school, he not only studied

writing but also increased his vocabulary.

The new clerk soon proved himself to be not only capable but also trustworthy.

In his lecture today, Professor Hobbs

explained both the causes and the results of the war.

1 I think hers is a highly profitably business.

4 'Where do they live?' 'They live in a wealth

7 Her disappearance has never been

10 He needs all the support and encourages

A B C

he can get.

D

encouragement

Check () the option that indicates the

emphasized part of the sentence.

1 It was on television that I watched this film.

2 It's Tom who is smiling.

3 It was beer that we ordered.

4 It was at the supermarket that my brother works

5 It was the lift that broke down.

6 It's a party that they are having.

Complete each sentence with both, and, not only,

or but also.

1 ……… John and Rica were late.

2 I was both tired ……… hungry when I arrived home.

3 She's ………….beautiful, but also intelligent.

4 He collects ………… paintings but also

jewelry.

5 You should not only eat vegetables

………… drink a lot of water.

6 They write ………… cartoons but also novels not only

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