the oxford english grammar 1st edition

... as nouns: the high and mighty, The Best and the Brightest, The Naked and the Dead, The Just and the Unjust, the rich, the poor, the destitute 12 In the following sentences, underline the adjectives ... repaired (The phrase in the living room modifies the noun chair The preposition in has room as its object Room is modified by the living.) The one in the rearis my choice (in the rear modifies the ... ensure clarity They usually are placed immediately after the words they modify 7 In the following sentences, underline the adjective phrases as shown in these examples: The girl with the flaxen hair

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... neither Carole nor Susan has received yet 5 Either the brothers or the sister will have to pay her debt before the credit manager will give additional credit 6 Either the sister or the brothers ... joined by or or nor, the pronoun agrees in number with the antecedent that is closer Either Barbara or the twins will have to do what they can Neither the salesmen nor the manager learned that ... let the matter drop You yourselves can find the answers if you try hard enough You can find the answers yourselves The French themselves are abusing their language The French are abusing their

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... because the action of the participle is occurring at the same time as the action of the verb knew In the second sentence, the action of the participle having told precedes the action of the main ... another sentence element Consider the following sentences: To mow the entire lawn required three men (The infinitive phrase Jo mow the entire lawn is the subject of the verb required Within the ... is the object of to mow The entire modifies lawn ) Kate hoped to row the choppy lake (The infinitive phrase to row the choppy lake is the object of hoped Within the infinitive phrase, lake is the

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... and verb Consider the following sentences: The house with the gabled roof belongs to the parson (In this sentence, the phrase with the gabled roof modifies house; the phrase to the parson modifies ... that there is no subject or verb in either multiple-word modifier.) The man who entered the room hastened to the hostess (In this sentence, the clause who entered the room modifies man; the phrase ... underline the multiple-word modifiers as shown in these examples: mo 1ð ® YwYN n Gloria clung to the arm of the boy in the football uniform The expert who identified the forgeries was rewarded by the

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... prefer if to whether to introduce noun clauses The text emphasizes the use of if while acquainting the students with the use of whether. • Point out that weather and whether have the same pronunciation ... class time available, discuss the verbs in the footnote They are useful, too They are in a footnote because the chart itself lists only the verbs used in the exercises • The word that has no semantic ... Cut out comic strips from the newspaper and hand them out to the class Tellthe students to make up a story based on their comic strip In their story, they should quotethe speakers exactly ANSWERS:

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... Students could write these and then correct each other’s papers, or they could be written onthe board by the students ANSWERS: 2 The man who(m)/that/Ø I told you about is over there. The man about whom ... with the object (in this case husband) preceding the subject and verb ANSWERS: 2 There is the woman whose cat died 3 Over there is the man whose daughter is in my English class 4 Over there is the ... experience with the language As the English saying goes, from a smallacorn the great oak grows It is counterproductive for the grammar teacher or text to present thewhole oak tree at the beginning

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... Again the key point is what the speaker assumes the listener is familiar with and thinking about ANSWERS: a a the the a the the a a 10 11 12 the the a the a a 13 the the the the ... bed The desk The bed a pen some paper the pen the paper a picnic a movie The picnic the movie a dog a cat The dog the cat The cat was chasing a mouse The mouse ... the grammar in this chapter When the class is at the end of the chapter, return the papers and have the students correct their own errors, or have them write the exercise again and compare their

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... p 255 FARTHER and FURTHER (Chart 9 - 3) Point out that further can mean “additional” (as in item 2), but farther does not. ANSWERS: 3 farther/further 4 further 5 farther/further 6 further □ EXERCISE ... compared to the other two • The emphasis in the text is on how superlatives are completed ANSWERS: 2 The closer the warmer 3 The sharper the easier 4 The noisier (also possible: the more noisy) ... Toronto The youngest is still in high school. ANSWERS: 3 the most beautiful in 4 the worst in 5 the farthest/furthest in 6 the best of 7 the biggest in 8 the oldest in 9 the most

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... but don’t know the terminology for the various complementary structures in English; these native speakers can, nonetheless, recognize the beginning and end of a sentence The goal is the same for ... WOULD RATHER • The forms of these patterns need special attention when the chart is presented in class to make sure the students understand them clearly Elicit additional examples from the class ... about their friendship They could suggest that the two families meet to get to know one another Parents shouldn’t teach their children to be prejudiced People shouldn’t judge other people by their

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... with these basicstructures and terms in English grammar and how they fit into the fundamental patterns ofthe simple sentence in English • TERMINOLOGY: Some books use the term “noun adjunct” for the ... indicates the speaker’sbelief about the validity of the idea being expressed The speaker believes to be true what isexpressed in the statement before the tag • Students are already familiar with the ... using this text are already familiar with much of the grammar in this exercise, but some of the grammar is probably new to them (e.g., the use of the word offspring ). EXPANSION : This practice

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... have the students work in small groups where only the leader has the photocopy with the correct answers and refers to it as the other members read the passage aloud NOTE: One of the purposes of the ... Prepare the class for doing the exercise by pronouncing all the words in List A first Have the students repeat them Then pronounce one word and have the class tell you the number of the word ... drawn on the board ANSWERS: a 1st b 2nd a 2nd b 1st a 1st b 2nd a b a b a b 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 1st □ EXERCISE 36, p 115 Present perfect vs past perfect (Chart 4-9) Use tense diagrams on the chalkboard

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... between the auxiliary and the main verb and suggest they use that placement in the exercise At this level, the text asks students to gain mastery of usual, fundamental patterns of English They can ... original predictions (for one or more or all of the items) and report them to the rest of the class The intention here is to start the students talking about the future; it is hoped that future verb ... qualify their statements about the future Adding probably to will is one common way Using may or maybe are other common ways In Chapter 5, the students will learn other ways of qualifying their

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... describes the action using the present progressive This would encourage the use of plural pronouns (they, their, them) and plural verb forms. EXPANSION : Suggest to the learners that they talk to themselves ... practice with English by talking to themselves Ask them if they ever talk tothemselves in their own language They may or may not admit it Assure them that mostpeople do talk to themselves and ... if they wish Then ask students in theother half of the class to identify a person or persons in the activity group and describe theactivity, using the present progressive EXPANSION : After the

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... for them to correct their own answers if they make their own answer key booklet If you prefer that the students not have the answers to the exercises, ask them to hand in the answer key at the ... Singular forms of other: another vs the other 85 Plural forms of other: other(s) vs the other(s) 85 Summary of forms of other ... right now?”) You may want to write the elicited answers on the board and relate them to the examples in the chart Then proceed to the exercises Technique #3: Assign the chart and accompanying exercise(s)

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... language other than English Schools reasonably identify these students as their first priority As soon as these English language learners (ELL) are reclassified as English proficient, they are ... in the other direction along the continuum When- ever these social factors do not obtain, it is considered rude to use the non- standard dialect.The model of cognitive grammar described in the ... recorder to tape their discussion Have students transcribe their group’s discussion Then ask them to read an essay or article on the same topic and compare it with the transcripts of their discussions

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... Black English and the English used by white Southerners, but the dialects are not the. .. where nonstandard English was the norm and the Standard English of the schools the exception ... English, American English, Australian English, Caribbean English, and Indian English. Within the United States, we speak of Southern English, Boston English, New York English, West Coast English, and ... throughout the Old World. Some of the migrants invaded Anatolia from the East around 2000 B.C. and established the Hittite kingdom, where the official language was among the first of the Indo-European

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... Consider the following sentences: mean-3 The house had a three-car garage 4 The House approved the minimum-wage bill 5 The Louvre and the National house many of the world’s great treasures The meaning ... is related to the idea that language—specifically, grammar—is largely dependent of language use In T-G grammar, for example, the languageacquisition device induces the rules of the grammar with ... unsupported by the data—the ratio-nale for universal grammar becomes questionable Whether language is theproduct of universal cognitive processes rather than a specific faculty with auniversal grammar

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... object in the first.) In the first sentence, the focus is on the process of solving the crossword, whereas in the second it is not Thus, the meaning of the first sentence can be generic; in the second, ... of the following stages: At birth the language faculty contains the universal grammar Birth immerses the infant in the home-language environment, which “fixes” the parameters of the universal grammar ... results in the clause pairs as shown: 11b the message baffled Fred/Macarena had left the message near the flowers 12b the wallet was in the trunk/the wallet held Macarena’s money 13b the woman

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... language The theory of a particular language is its grammar The theory of languages and the expressions they generate is Universal Grammar (UG); UG is a theory of the initial state of the ... hated the clothes which Fred arrived in. 70a. Macarena hated the clothes. Fred arrived in the clothes. 150 CHAPTER 4 [...]... semantic and phonetic. These SDs are the expressions of the language ... bought the house. The house had belonged to Liberace. 58a. The boy played the blues. The boy drove the van. 59a. The book lacked an index. Fritz borrowed the book. If we attempted to combine these

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