Notes, summaries, assignments, exams, and exercises for English for University

Common Verbs and Their Prepositions

Verbs Used with 'For'

• He apologised for being late. (You can also apologise to someone).
• I applied for the job, but I didn’t get it.
• How do you ask for a coffee in Polish?
• She spent many years caring for her aged parents.

Verbs Used with 'From'

• This spray should protect you from mosquitoes.
• Has he recovered from his illness yet?
• He won an award because he saved someone from drowning.

Verbs Used with 'In'

• She believes in ghosts.
• Our company specialises in computer software.
• You have to work hard if you want to succeed in life.

Verbs Used with 'Of'

• I don’t approve of your language, young man.
• Our dog died of old age.
• This shampoo smells of bananas.

Verbs Used with 'On'

• The film is based on the novel by Boris Pasternak.
• If

D) Complete the dialogue

Complete the dialogue using the verbs in brackets in the correct form:

A: Why don't you finish (you / not / finish) your homework and come and watch TV?

B: Because I don't understand (not / understand) it. It is too difficult.

A: Why don't you ask (you / not / ask) your teacher to explain it?

B: Because I don't like (not / like) him.

A: And why don't you like (you / not / like) him?

B: Well, he always shouts (always / shout) at me.

A: Why does he shout (he / shout) at you?

B: Well, I don't work (not / work) in class and I don't do (not / do) my homework.

A: Well, no wonder he shouts (shout) at you. Give me your book now. We’ll try and do it together.

E) Adverb placement

Put the words in brackets in the correct place in the sentences:...

Delibes' Narrative Voice: A Study

The narrative voice is paramount, possibly influencing the communicative effectiveness of the novel. Delibes' voice provides the narrative with the same unique characteristics as if it were another character. The story is told from an outside perspective (3rd person) but remains closely aligned with the world represented by the narrator. The narrator is positioned with sympathy towards the characters.

Stylistic Features

The stylistic features often reflect oral language and colloquialisms.

Key Stylistic Elements:

1. Abundance of links, especially coordinating conjunctions (e.g., "and," "that").
2. Abundance of conjoined sentences detailing simplicity. Hyperbaton is used to break the logical order of the sentence.
3. Ellipsis

The Importance of Language and Communication

The importance of language and communication is to express our ideas clearly, simply, and accurately, considering our receiver. Engineers need to handle oral, written, and graphic communication clearly and precisely to defend their projects before a third party. It is crucial to convey the message clearly.

Language

• Language: The ability of humans to create various forms of communication, such as dance and music.
• Language: A linguistic system of signs governed by a set of rules.
• Speech: The individual's relationship with language.
• Linguistics: The science that studies language in all its aspects.

Grammar

• Grammar: The part of linguistics that studies the set of rules that a language has to form words, combine

A Firm Hand

A hand so firm, it wears out the pen.

The Broom Offer

If I had a broom... I'd give you the broom!

The Devil's Grief

The day you were born, the devil cried in grief, exclaiming, "Damn! I'm uglier!"

Uncle Pepe's Wisdom

You're sillier than my Uncle Pepe, who's so simple-minded he's missing a screw!

Pisuerga River Warning

If you don't want to commit suicide by diving into the Pisuerga River, it's because there's a large poster that reads: "Powell: Crap Shoot."

Divine Creation

God created the heavens, God created the earth... and God created you. Well, everyone makes mistakes.

Miss Universe's Presence

Even if Miss Universe were absent, her firm presence would still be doubly felt here.

The Hunger Games

Why don't I think of you at breakfast? Why don'...

I was going to talk about tennis, but many of my teammates have already covered that topic, and I believe you likely know even more about it than I do. Instead, I want to discuss one of my favorite things to do: traveling.

A Lifelong Passion

I have been fortunate that, since I was young, my parents have taken me to many different places—from Asia to America—and they still do today. From a very young age, I realized that traveling teaches you many things that you might otherwise ignore, such as:

• Different cultures and traditions
• Unique stories and histories
• Diverse cuisines
• New perspectives

You meet new people and often make friends who teach you even more about the world.

The Challenges of the Journey

The only aspect of traveling I dislike is sitting...

My favourite film is Siempre a tu lado Hachicko, and in my personal opinion this film is very cute and interesting. The story is set in USA and i love this place, and i love dogs. For me, the most important thing in a film is that it was a sadness film.

I talk to the film’s protagonists. In the film there are two protagonists, a dog and a human, and they are very friends. The name of the dog is Hachicko.

The dog is very friendly and he go to de train every day with the human.

One day the dog went to the train station with its owner and he didn’t turned. For this reason,, the dog waited for his friend for years. The friend didn’t return because he died…

I think that everybody should see this film. And for this reason, I recommends that film,...

Non-Personal Verb Forms

The personal forms of the verb are the infinitive, gerund, and participle. In addition to conjugation, every verb has three invariant forms: the infinitive, gerund, and participle. These forms do not function as a verb nucleus on their own.

Infinitive

The infinitive matches the characteristics of nouns and performs the same functions: subject, direct object, noun modifier (with a preposition), and indirect object. The infinitive may also take a direct object itself. Example: I need to rest.

Gerund

The gerund plays the role of a circumstantial complement and functions as an adverb. In some cases, it may act as an attribute. Examples: resting, laughing.

Participle

Formed with the endings -ado/-ido (e.g., cantado), the participle...

Laura (Otto Preminger, 1944) is a classic mystery film and a clear example of how the temporal structure of the plot can affect the construction of the characters. The main purpose of this essay is to analyze the use of flashbacks in Laura as a way to manipulate the viewer's opinion of Waldo Lydecker (Clifton Webb), making us think that he is innocent when he is not.

The Role of Syuzhet and the Narrator

Flashbacks are often used to recount past events, but in this case, they are used to manipulate the viewers' minds and make them think differently. The syuzhet (the plot's systematic arrangement of the story) also plays an important role in this film to achieve this purpose. From the very beginning of the story, Waldo is introduced as one of the...