english grammar prepositions with examples pdf

... noncount noun or a count noun with a slightly different meaning. For example, the noncount noun chicken refers to chicken as a food. As such, we can- not use it with number words or in the plural. ... following sentences are in the plural. Some plurals are cor- rectly used with count nouns. However, many plurals are incorrectly used with noncount nouns. Draw a line through each incorrectly used noncount ... Most Americans eat pancakes and waffles with syrups. 9. Most people seem to have an inborn fears of snakes. 10. Many breads in the Middle East are made without yeasts. Possessive nouns Virtually...

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... prepositional phrase with friends in the following sentences: We had a nice dinner last night with friends. A nice dinner with friends is always a great pleasure. In the fi rst sentence, with friends ... clause. Adjective clauses are always attached to the nouns that they modify. Here are some examples with the noun being modifi ed underlined and the adjective clause in italics: The book that ... applied to the two example sentences given above: it We had a nice dinner last night with friends. It A nice dinner with friends is always a great pleasure. (i-viiiB,001-328B) whl bk.indd 48 3/16/09...

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... nearest appropri- ate noun—usually but not always the subject of the sentence. Here are some examples with the refl exive pronouns in italics and their antecedents in bold: The queen smiled at ... One way is to replace he with the compound he or she: Whenever a person makes an investment, he or she should minimize sales commissions. The other way is to replace he with the plural pronoun ... second alternative is usually better even though it requires more sen- tence revision. The option with he or she often seems clumsy. A second problem is using he and she in a way that stereotypes...

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... in many ways, but in this chapter we are only concerned with infi nitives used as nouns. An infi nitive phrase is an infi nitive together with all of its modifi ers and/or complements. The difference ... to win the game easily. From now on we will use the term infi nitive phrase for infi nitives with or without modi- fi ers and/or complements. Infi nitive phrases can play three of the basic four ... predicate nominatives. Unlike gerund phrases, infi nitive phrases cannot be objects of prepositions. Here are some examples of infi nitive phrases as subject, object of a verb, and predicate nominative: Subject To...

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... boxes. Exercise 9.5 Replace one of the italicized base-form verbs with the future perfect. Replace the other italicized base-form verb with either the present or present perfect, as appropriate. (i-viiiB,001-328B) ... car. Stative verb: X John is owning a car. The meanings of stative verbs make them incompatible with the progressive tenses, since the progressive tenses always describe action that is in progress ... intermediate-level ESL learners is using stative verbs in the progressive tenses. Here are some more examples of stative verbs incorrectly used in the present progressive: X I am hating spinach. X...

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... verbs that can also be phrasal verbs with up. Examples: ask (can’t be used with up) check (can be used with up) cross (can’t be used with up) get (can be used with up) 2. Divide the class into pairs ... use is permitted. Fun with Grammar 176 Worksheet 54: PREPOSITION BEE (P HRASAL VERBS ) © 1997 Prentice Hall Regents. Duplication for classroom use is permitted. Fun with Grammar 1. I first asked ... SCAVENGER HUNT © 1997 Prentice Hall Regents. Duplication for classroom use is permitted. Fun with Grammar With a partner, find the objects on the list. They are all located somewhere in the classroom....

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