University:
Ball State University
Course:
GER 303 | Grammar
Academic year:

2024
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2
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Joe R.

Grammar note Chapter 1 1-We use an affirmative tag ending after a negative sentence. He can't Speak English, can he? She isn't an American, is she? You don't live. In Washington, do you? They didn‘t go home, did they? We commonly use the impersonal subject it in expressions of Wealth time, and distance. It is cold today. It is ten o'clock. It is a long way from here to Los Angeles. We also use it in sentences where to be is followed by an adjective.infinitive construction. It is easy to learn English. It was impossible to reach him. We use there to express the existence of an object or objects. There is a man in the room. There are two men in the room. 2-A gerund is a form of verb that functions as a noun and ends in -Certain verbs, like enjoy. Mind stop, consider appreciate, and finish, can be followed by gemnds but not mfimtives. He enjoys studying English. I finished reading the lesson. He has stopped trying to be first. 3-We use an affirmative mg ending after a negative sentence, He can't Speak English, can he? She isn't an American, is she? You don't live in Washington, do you? They didn't go home, did they 4-Gerunds are used after all prepositions in English except to when it is part of the infinitive. John is fond of dancing. He needs more practice in speaking English. She is afraid failing. We use gerunds after the expressions to be worth and no use. That movie is worth seeing. There iis no use calling him at this hour. 5-Certain verbs can be followed by either gerunds or infinitives. Som of these verb are start, begin, continue, like, neglect, hate, cease, love, prefer, intend. He has begun to take rmgusn lessons. He has begun taking English lessons. He will continue to study in that class. He will continue studying in that class. 6-We form the future perfect tense with will have and the past participle of the main verb. I will have worked-we will have worked you will have worked-you will have worked he will have worked she will have worked-they will have worked It will have worked The future perfect tense describes an action that will be a past and complete action at a certain point in the future. By next. September I will have worked here thirty years. We will have finished this hook in June.