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English Grammar Reference: Verbs and Adjectives

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English Grammar Points and Vocabulary

Adjective + Preposition Combinations

Adjectives with About

  • angry
  • anxious
  • certain
  • curious
  • disappointed
  • excited
  • happy
  • pleased
  • sorry
  • worried

Adjectives with At

  • amazed
  • angry
  • bad
  • good
  • shocked
  • surprised

Adjectives with By

  • amused
  • annoyed
  • confused
  • disappointed
  • embarrassed
  • excited
  • frightened
  • shocked
  • surprised

Adjectives with For

  • anxious
  • early
  • famous
  • late
  • ready
  • responsible
  • sorry
  • suitable

Adjectives with From

  • different
  • far
  • made

Adjectives with In

  • disappointed
  • dressed
  • interested

Adjectives with Of

  • ashamed
  • afraid
  • aware
  • capable
  • certain
  • fond
  • frightened
  • guilty
  • independent
  • jealous
  • made
  • proud
  • tired
  • typical

Adjectives with On

  • dependent
  • keen

Adjectives with To

  • accustomed
  • addicted
  • introduced
  • kind
  • married
  • near
  • nice
  • opposed
  • polite
  • related
  • rude
  • sensitive
  • similar

Adjectives with With

  • angry
  • disappointed
  • happy
  • ill
  • patient
  • pleased
  • satisfied
  • wrong

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Crime and Technology: A Look at Recent Headlines and Digital Dilemmas

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Crime Headlines

Recent Incidents

- Have they caught the people who burgled Mr. Jackson's house?
- Did you hear about the armed robbery in the city center?
- If you break the law, you could go to prison.
- Driving over the speed limit is only a minor offense.

Breaking News

  1. Police Give Chase After Bank Robbery
  2. Two Youths Charged with Vandalism of Monument
  3. Thieves Caught Red-Handed by Police
  4. Inmates Escape from High-Security Prison
  5. Gunman Releases Hostage After Long Negotiation

Ongoing Investigations

- Thieves broke into the museum during...
- Investigators suspected the employee right...
- A series of crimes that have been committed in the area...
- Yesterday, police arrested a woman in relation...

Justice Served

+ The police caught the pickpocket and placed her
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Passive Voice, Irregular Verbs & Shopping Vocabulary

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Passive Voice Forms

  • Present: am/is/are
  • Present Continuous: am/is/are being
  • Past Simple: was/were
  • Past Continuous: was/were being
  • Present Perfect Simple: have/has been
  • Past Perfect Simple: had been
  • Future Simple: will be
  • Future Perfect Simple: will have been
  • Going to: (is) going to be
  • Conditional: would be
  • Perfect Conditional: would have been
  • Modal Present: can/may/might/must/should be
  • Modal Perfect: can/may/might/must/should have been
  • Have to/Need to: has to be/need to be

Irregular Verbs - Past Participle

beaten, become, begun, bent, bet, bitten, bled, blown, broken, brought, built, burnt, burst, bought, caught, chosen, come, cost, cut, dealt, dug, done, drawn, dreamt, drunk, driven, eaten, fallen, fed, felt, fought, found, flown, forbidden, forgotten, forgiven,

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Syntactic Functions of Subordinate Clauses: A Comprehensive Guide

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Syntactic Functions of Subordinate Clauses

Functional Classes

Nominal Subordinate Clauses

  • More restricted than noun phrases
  • No function as subject, object, complement, or prepositional complement
  • Abstract
  • Can be adjective complementation without preposition (e.g., I am not sure that...)
  • Types:
    • That-zero that
    • Wh interrogative
    • Yes-no alternative interrogative clause
    • Exclamative
    • Relative
    • To infinitive
    • Ing
    • Bare infinitive
    • Verbless

Adverbial Subordinate Clauses

  • Usually adjuncts, subjuncts, conjuncts, or disjuncts
  • Adverb phrase or preposition phrase
  • Types:
    • Time (finite adverbial, ing-until, to infinitive duration verb)
    • Place (where, wherever)
    • Conditional
      • Direct (if, unless)
      • Open or hypothetical
    • Concessive (though, while)
    • Contrast (while)
    • Rhetorical if (condition but obvious)
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English Grammar Cheat Sheet: Tenses, Reported Speech, and Modal Verbs

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English Grammar Cheat Sheet

Tenses

Future Simple

Will + verb (future prediction, spontaneous decision, future events in a timetable)

Be Going To

Am/is/are + going to + verb (future plan, prediction based on present evidence: tomorrow, this evening, in an hour, at 7 o'clock, later, next week/month, soon, in a few minutes, in the future, on June 3rd)

Future Continuous

Will + be + verb + -ing (at this time tomorrow, next..., on Monday, in the next decade)

Future Perfect Simple

Will + have + past participle (by this time next week, by 2 o'clock, by the end of..., by then, by July, in five months)

Present Perfect Simple

Have/has + past participle (never, ever, already, just, yet, recently, lately, in recent years, for, since, How long...?)

Past Perfect Simple

Had

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English Grammar: Verb Conjugations and Reported Speech Rules

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Irregular Verb Conjugations

Ser/Estar (To Be): be, was/were, been

Llegar a Ser (To Become): become, became, become

Morder (To Bite): bite, bit, bitten

Romper (To Break): break, broke, broken

Construir (To Build): build, built, built

Comprar (To Buy): buy, bought, bought

Poder (To Be Able To): can, could, been able

Elegir (To Choose): choose, chose, chosen

Venir (To Come): come, came, come

Cortar (To Cut): cut, cut, cut

Hacer (To Do): do, did, done

Beber (To Drink): drink, drank, drunk

Conducir (To Drive): drive, drove, driven

Comer (To Eat): eat, ate, eaten

Caer (To Fall): fall, fell, fallen

Sentir (To Feel): feel, felt, felt

Encontrar (To Find): find, found, found

Olvidar (To Forget): forget, forgot, forgotten

Congelar (To Freeze): freeze, froze, frozen

Conseguir/

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Language Lessons and Communication Skills

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1. Class Discussions and Grammar Exercises
2. Graduating from University or Course
3. Someone's Property: House or Farm
4. Taking Medicine or Having Treatments for Diseases
5. Shop Notice: Opening Hours or Sales
6. Decline in Food Prices or Unemployment
7. Signs in Supermarkets or Hospitals

1. Valuable Possessions
2. Inclusive Travel Packages
3. Apologizing to Someone
4. Talking Someone Out of Leaving
5. Convincing Someone to Change Their Mind
6. The Importance of Body Language
7. Filing a Complaint with a Company

1. Don't Blame Me for Forgetting
2. Notice about the Next Event
3. Sandra: A Sensitive Girl
4. Winning the Championship
5. Ian's Reaction to Bad News
6. Children's Pronunciation Challenges
7. Karen's Hurt by Boyfriend's Indifference
8. Correcting Punctuation
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Practice English Grammar: Sentence Rewriting

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Sentence Transformation Practice

  1. Amy wasn't at work today (not go)

    Answer: Amy didn't go to work today.

  2. Terry's football match was at the same time as my dance performance (play, dance)

    Answer: Terry played football while I danced.

  3. Where is your home? (live)

    Answer: Where do you live?

  4. It's dinner time at our house right now. (have)

    Answer: We are having dinner at our house right now.

  5. It was Joe's first trip to Spain last month. (not travel)

    Answer: Joe hadn't traveled to Spain until last month.

  6. They have been gone for several hours now. (leave)

    Answer: They left several hours ago.

  7. My brother's wedding is on Monday. (married)

    Answer: My brother is getting married on Monday.

  8. My favourite TV show is on from 8.00 to 9.00 (at 8.15)

    Answer: My favourite TV show

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I choose to live

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Practising a sport is important not only for people’s physical development, but also for their Development as a person. Do you agree? Why/why not? Give examples....
 I agree with this sentence. Practising a sport makes you healthy, attractive and physically strong. You Can control and coordinate your body better, which helps you in your life every day. For example, you Can carry heavy things and run to catch the bus or the train. Besides, if you play sport in a team, it helps You in other ways: you cooperate better with other people and respect them more. However, I do not Believe that it is a good idea to be obsessed with practising sport. Some people only live for sport in Competitions; they are depressed if they lose, and they can be aggressive
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Common Spanish Verbs and Prepositions

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For: por

  • account
  • apologize
  • ask
  • angry
  • annoyed
  • be famous
  • be prepared
  • be responsible
  • beg
  • care
  • exchange
  • fight
  • grieve
  • listen
  • long
  • pay
  • provide
  • search
  • stand
  • thank
  • vote
  • wait
  • wish
  • work

From: de o del

  • be divorced
  • be made
  • be protected
  • benefit
  • borrow
  • chose
  • derive
  • deter
  • discourage
  • distract
  • emerge
  • escape
  • exclude
  • expel
  • get back
  • hear
  • recover
  • resign
  • save
  • separate
  • stop
  • suffer

To: a con

  • adapt
  • add
  • adjust
  • admit
  • agree
  • committed
  • connected
  • dedicated
  • devoted
  • exposed
  • friendly
  • faithful
  • limited
  • married
  • opposed
  • related
  • relevant
  • cater
  • confess
  • consent
  • drink
  • devote
  • get used
  • give
  • happen
  • lend
  • react
  • reply
  • respond
  • subscribe
  • talk
  • turn
  • write

ON: En

  • agree
  • base
  • concentrate
  • experiment
  • harp
  • hinge
  • insist
  • operate
  • plan
  • rely

OF:

  • accuse
  • approve
  • be aware
  • dream of
  • envious
  • fond
  • frightened
  • guilty
  • innocent
  • jealous
  • made
  • proud
  • scared
  • terrified
  • consist
  • convict
  • disapprove
  • get tired
  • hear
  • take advantage
  • take
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