GE TASK

Adjective and Adverbs

Pay attention to the following sentences.

The group marched slowly trough the village.
When the trouble began, the police came quickly.
Things are quiet and calm again.

Words like quiet, calm, slow, bad, etc. Are adjectives. We use them with nouns as attributive adjectives such as “ a slow train, ” and predicative adjective like “ The rain i slow .” Here are more examples:
The demonstration was quiet and calm.
He gave a bad speech.
The rain was heavy.
She is a very good dancer.

Slowly and Quickly are adverbs. Adverbs are used to describe how people do things or how things happen.
Notice the following examples:
The demonstration began quietly and calmly.
He spoke badly.
It rained heavily.
She dances very well.

Question :
1. Rina sat .... waiting for somebody else to speak first
2. The redwood tree was .... tall
3. The blouse was ..... expensive
4. Jack drives a .... car
5. Sally writes .... poems


Answer :
1.silently
2.impressively
3.outrageously
4.big
5.beautiful









Coordinate Conjunctions

The following conjuctions are always used in pairs. They are: both... And... / not only... but also... / either... or... / neither... nor...

Study the following examples.
1.Both my mother and my sister are here.
2.Not only my mother but also my sister is here.
3.Not only my sister but also my parents are there.
4.Neither my mother nor my sister is here.
5.Neither my sister nor my parents are here.
6.The reserch project will take both time and money.
7.Yesterday it not only rained but also snowed.
8.I’ll take either chemistry or physics next semester.

Notes:
Two subject connected by both... and... take a prular verb.
When two subjects are connected by not only... but also, either... or, or neither... nor, the subject that is closer to the verb determines whether the verb is singular or prular.
Notice the parallel stucture in the examples. The same grammatical form should follow each word of the pair.
Both + noun + and + noun
Not only + verb + but also + verb
Either + noun + or + noun
Neither + adjective + nor + adjective

Question :
1. Both my sister .... my brother can play the guitar
2. He is not only handsome .... smart
3. .... the students or the teacher is going to go to the museum tomorrow
4. .... John, Sussie nor I have a good studying habit
5. .... Jack and Jessie get prize from the parent's

Answer :
1. and
2. but also
3. either
4. neither
5. both









Preference ( Prefer and would rather )

1.Prefer to do and prefer doing
You can use “ prefer to do ” or “ prefer doing ” to say what you prefer in general. “ Prefer to do ” is more usual:
I don’t like cities. I prefer to live ( prefer living ) in the country.
Study the difference in sturucture:

I prefer that coat to the coat you were wearing yesterday
Tom prefers driving to travelling by train
But: Tom prefers to drive rather than travel by train.
I prefer to live in the country rather than live in a city.

2.Would prefer ( to do )
Use ‘ would prefer to do ’ to say what someone wants to do in a particular situation ( not in general ):
Would you prefer tea or coffee? ‘ Coffee please.’
Shall we go by train? ‘ Well, I’d prefer to go by car. ’

Note the stucture :

I’d prefer to stay at home to night rather than go to the cinema

3.Would rather ( do ) = would prefer to do. After Would Rather we use the infinitive without to. Compare:
Well, I’d prefer to go by car.
Shall we go by train?
Well, I’d rather go by car. ( ‘ not to go ’ )
Would you rather have tea or coffe? ‘ coffee please ’
I’m tired. I’d rather not go out this evening, if you don’t mind.
Do you want to go out this evening? I’d rather not.

Note the stucture:

I’d rather stay at home than go to the cinema.

4.Would rather someone did something.
When you want someone alse to do something, you can say I’d rather you did... / I’d rather he did... etc. We use the past in this structurebbut the meaning is present or future, not past. Compare:




Shall I stay here? Well, I’d rather you came with us
I’d rather you didn’t tell anyone what I said
Do you mind if I smoke? I’d rather you didn’t


Question :
1. I would rather ... tea with our sugar
2. Dani prefer singing ... dancing
3. He...chicken than beff
4. Robert was sure that she would rarther….
5. will you go to the zoo with me?? i'd rather

Answer :
1.
2. to
3.like
4.
5.



Can, Could and be able to

1.We use can ( do ) to day that something is possible or that someone has the ability to do something.
The negative is can’t ( can not )
You can see the sea from your bedroom window.
Can you speak any foreign languages?
I’m afraid I can’t come to your party net Friday

But able to is possible instead of can, but can is more usual.
Are you able to speak any foreign languages?

But can has only two forms. Can ( present ) and could ( past ). So something you have to use be able to:
I haven’t been able to sleep recently. ( can has no present perfect )
Tony might not be able to come tomorrow. ( can has no infinitive )

2.Could and was able to.
Sometimes could is the past of can. We use could especially with these verbs:
See hear Smell taste feel remember Understand
When we went into the house we could smell burning.
She spoke in a low voice, but I could understand what she was saying.

But if you mean that someone managed to do something in one particular situation, you have to use was / were able to ( not could )
The fire spread throught the building very quickly but everyone was able to escape.
The didn’t want to come with us at first but in the end we were able to persuade them.


Compare could and was able to in this example:
Jack was an excellent tennis player. He could beat anybody. ( = he had the ability to beat anybody )
But once he had a difficult game againts Alf. Alf played very well but in the end Jacky was able to beat him. ( = He managed to beat him in this particular game )

The negative couldn’t is possible in all situation:
My grandmother couldn’t swim.
We tried hard but we couldn’t persuade them to com with us

Can, Could and be able to

1.We use can ( do ) to day that something is possible or that someone has the ability to do something.
The negative is can’t ( can not )
You can see the sea from your bedroom window.
Can you speak any foreign languages?
I’m afraid I can’t come to your party net Friday

But able to is possible instead of can, but can is more usual.
Are you able to speak any foreign languages?

But can has only two forms. Can ( present ) and could ( past ). So something you have to use be able to:
I haven’t been able to sleep recently. ( can has no present perfect )
Tony might not be able to come tomorrow. ( can has no infinitive )

2.Could and was able to.
Sometimes could is the past of can. We use could especially with these verbs:
See hear Smell taste feel remember Understand
When we went into the house we could smell burning.
She spoke in a low voice, but I could understand what she was saying.

But if you mean that someone managed to do something in one particular situation, you have to use was / were able to ( not could )
The fire spread throught the building very quickly but everyone was able to escape.
The didn’t want to come with us at first but in the end we were able to persuade them.


Compare could and was able to in this example:
Jack was an excellent tennis player. He could beat anybody. ( = he had the ability to beat anybody )
But once he had a difficult game againts Alf. Alf played very well but in the end Jacky was able to beat him. ( = He managed to beat him in this particular game )

The negative couldn’t is possible in all situation:
My grandmother couldn’t swim.
We tried hard but we couldn’t persuade them to com with us

Question :
1. .... he understand what you were talking about??
2. My father .... play badminton now
3. My Grandmother .... walk without any help last evening
4. I would like to .... play the piano
5. I'll .... help you later
Answer :
1. Could
2. Can
3. Was able to
4. Be able to
5. Be able to