ENGLISH ADVANCE 2

COULD, MAY AND MIGHT   English Grammar  We use  could, may  and  might  to express degrees of possibility. Many native speakers disagree on which one expresses more or less certainty. Compare The restaurant may  close. It is likely that the restaurant will close. The restaurant could  close. It is less likely that the restaurant will close. The restaurant might  close. There is only a possibility that the restaurant will close but no one is very sure. The speaker also shows degree of certainty or uncertainty through intonation and stress. If the speaker stresses the modal verb, they are expressing more uncertainty than if they stress the main verb. Complete the following sentences using can, may, might or could. Note that can and may are used in the present tense. Could and might are used in the past tense. 1. ………………. I come in? a)Can b)May c)Ei...

TRAINING  In a conditional sentence of type 1, the verb of the proposition "if" goes in "simple present", while that of the main clause goes in "simple future". Proposition "if" (condition) Main proposition (result) If simple present If this thing happens simple future that thing will happen. As with all conditional sentences, the order of propositions is not fixed. It may be necessary to modify pronouns and punctuation by changing the order of the clauses but the meaning of the sentence does not change. EXAMPLES : §   If it rains, you will get wet. §   You will get wet if it rains. §   If Sally is late again I will be mad. §   I will be mad if Sally is late again. §   If you don't hurry, you will miss the bus. §   You will miss the bus if you don't hurry. Type 1 conditional sentences are used to talk about real and possible situations. Here we use ...

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RELATIVE PRONOUNS Relative pronouns  introduce relative clauses. The most common relative pronouns are  who, whom, whose, which, that . The relative pronoun we use depends on what we are referring to and the type of relative clause. who people and sometimes pet animals defining and non-defining which animals and things defining and non-defining; clause referring to a whole sentence that people, animals and things; informal defining only whose possessive meaning; for people and animals usually; sometimes for things in formal situations defining and non-defining whom people in formal styles or in writing; often with a preposition; rarely in conversation; used instead of  who  if  who  is the object defining and non-defining no relative pronoun when the relative pronoun defines the object of...

USE OF ALREADY,YET,FOR AND SINCE IN PRESENT PERFECT Using the present perfect, we can define a period of time before now by considering its  duration,  with  for +  a period of time,  or by considering its  starting point , with  since +  a point in time . FOR and SINCE can also both be used with the past perfect. SINCE can only be used with perfect tenses. FOR can also be used with the simple past. FOR + A PERIOD OF TIME for  six years,  for  a week,  for  a month,  for  hours,  for  two hours I have worked here  for  five years. SINCE + A POINT IN TIME since  this morning,  since  last week,  since  yesterday since  I was a child,  since  Wednesday,  since  2 o'clock I have worked here  since  1990. PRESENT PERFECT WITH FOR She has lived here  for  twenty years. We have taught at this school  f...

 PAST PROGRESSIVE 1. Use of the  Past Progressive 1.1. actions were in progress at a special time in the past Peter  was   read ing  a book yesterday evening. 1.2. two actions were happening at the same time (the actions do not influence each other) Anne  was   writ ing  a letter while Steve  was   read ing the New York Times. 1.3. together with  Simple Past While we  were   sit t ing  at the breakfast table, the telephone  rang . 1.4. repeated actions irritating the speaker (with  always ,  constantly ,  forever ) Andrew  was  always  com ing  late. 2. Signal words while 3. Form to  be (was, were)  +  infinitive  +  -ing 4. Examples 4.1. Affirmative sentences in the  Past Progressive Long forms Contracted forms I  was   play ing  football. not possible You  were   play ing football. H...

ACTIVE AND PASIVE Transitive verbs  have both  active  and  passive  forms: active   passive The hunter killed the lion. >> The lion was killed by the hunter. Someone has cleaned the windows >> The windows have been cleaned The passive forms are made up of the verb  be  with a  past participle :   be past participle   English is spoken all over the world The windows have been cleaned   Lunch was being served   The work will be finished soon They might have been invited to the party We sometimes use the verb  get  to form the passive: Be careful with the glass. It might  get  broken. Peter  got  hurt in a crash. If we want to show the person or thing doing the action we use  by : She was attacked  by  a dangerous dog. The money was stolen  by  her husband. We can use the  indirect object  as the subject of a passiv...