1)In the 1950s, pro basketball was predominantly
a game won predominately
by teams on the east coast.
2)The high school principal
said today that the principal
problem with today's youth is their lack of moral principles
3)The hyenas seem to pray
over their prey
before devouring it.
4)The lawyer's memory of precedents
seemed to take precedence
over his memory of other matters.
5)The premier
of the new nation was thrilled when he was allowed to attend the film's premiere.
6)Presently — see currently
7)We will now proceed
to the part that should precede
the ending.
8)Jeremiah would prophesy
whenever he felt the people needed to hear a prophecy.
[N.B. There is no such word as prophesize.]
9)He collapsed forward, prostrate
on the floor, when he heard that he had cancer of the prostate
gland.
10)The troops
moved purposefully
toward their doom, relying on the false information their leaders had purposely
given them.
THE
ALPHABET GAME
Adjective animal boy's name capital clothes country
Drink famous woman (surname) famous man (surname) food
Fruit girl's name household object occupation sport town
Vegetable verb
VERBS
Simple - To
Stand Composite -
To Look For
Derived - To
Unpack Regular -
To Walk(walked,walked)
Compound - To
Whitewash Irregular - To
Run (Ran, Run)
Modal - Can Passive - is
Praised
Verbs can
be :
Simple : to read to sleep to
swim
Derived : Un + Pack = Unpack
Re + write = Rewrite
Dis + like = Dislike
Mis + Understand = Misunderstand
Symbol + ize = Symbolize
Wide + en = Widen
Compound: White + to wash = Whitewash
(Very few)
Composite: to put + on = to put on
(many) to take + off = to
take off
A Noun can
often change and become a verb.
A Cook (Noun)
Our daughter is a very good cook
To cook
(Verb) I’ll teach you how to cook
A Smile
(Noun) There is always a smile on
his face
To smile
(Verb) She never smiles.
Adjective
also can become a verb, but rare.
Dry
(adjective) I couldn’t find any
dry wood
To dry (verb) I ‘ll wait till it dries
The
Basic Forms
The
Infinitive The Past Indefinite The Past Participle
Regular
verbs
To smile smiled smiled
To laugh laughed laughed
Irregular
Verbs
To draw drew drawn
To hide hid hidden
the past and perfect tenses.
1. Mary .....
on holiday to Moscow
2. I .....
here since 1992. * worked * have worked * had worked
3. Michael
..... this film several times already. *
has seen * saw * did see
4. Last year
our profits ..... very low. *
have been * had been * were
5. My
secretary ..... the report for the past three hours. * has typed * typed * has been typing
correct
preposition of place: in at on
1. I stayed in a nice hotel ..... London.(in)
2. There's somebody ..... the door.(at)
3. There are lots of managers ..... my
company.(in)
4. Can you put the report ..... my desk,
please?(on)
5. We're opening a new factory ..... Italy.(in)
6. Mr Smith's office is ..... the second floor.(on)
7. I saw Mrs Jones waiting ..... the bus stop.(at)
8. She has some nice pictures ..... her office
wall.(on)
9. I work ..... the city centre.(in)
10. Her
office is ..... the end of the corridor.(at)
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