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Questions words: what and where
Question word: what
What
Use: Asking about things or activities
Examples:
• What does he do at weekends?
• What is that?
What kind of / type of
Use: Asking about specific things or
characteristics
Examples:
• What type of car do you drive?
• What kind of person is he?
What time
Use: Asking for a specific time
Examples:
• What time is it?
• What time does the show begin?
What ... like
Use: Asking about characteristics
Examples:
• What was the weather like?
• What is Mary like?
Question word: where
Where
Use: Asking about places
Examples:
• Where do you live?
• Where did you go on vacation?
Describing people, places
and things
U12
Has and Have
The verb "have or has" shows possesion or
ownership.
The verb ("to have") usually follows a noun or
pronoun.
Verb ("to have")
noun or pronoun verb
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Bill has a letter.
He has a boy.
Tara has a girl.
Terry and Robert have a dog.
A mouse has small teeth.
I have a pencil.
Tom has tires.
Describing people, places
and things
U12
Past Participle
Past Partciple
A past participle indicates past or
completed action or time. It is often
called the 'ed' form as it is formed by
adding d or ed, to the base form of
regular verbs, however, it is also
formed in various other ways for
irregular verbs.
It can be used to form a verb phrase as part of the
present perfect tense.
Example:
• I have learnt English. (Learnt is part of the verb
phrase 'have learnt')
It can be used to form the passive voice.
Example:
• Her hair was well brushed.
It can also be used as an adjective.
Example:
• He had a broken arm. (Broken is used here as an
adjective).
Uses of participle
A participle is a verb form that can be used as an
adjective and is used with an auxiliary verb to
form the case of the past participle and the
passive voice.
The past participle for many verbs ends in -ed
(created, walked).
The past participle is used with have to form past
tenses
Examples:
• We have climbed.
• She had ridden.
• They have sung.
Participle as adjectives
Many participles can also function as adjectives:
Examples:
• An interesting experience.
But it is hard to tell when a participle is an
adjective. There are test for confirming an
adjective. Here are some of them:
1. Can the word be used attributively (i.e., before the noun
it modifies), as in an intriguing offer.
2. Can it be used in the predicate, especially after the verb
seem, as in She thought the party boring and He seems
concerned about you.
3. Can it be compared, as in We are even more
encouraged now and The results are most encouraging.
Describing people, places
and things
U12
Adjectives & Adverbs
Adjectives & Adverbs
Adjectives modify nouns
Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other
adverbs.
You can recognize adverbs easily because
many of them are formed by adding -ly to an
adjective.
The following sentences demonstrate some of the
differences between an adjective and an adverb
by showing what is being modified in each
sentence. In each sentence, light blue arrows
point to adjectives and green arrows point to
adverbs.
Adverbs can't modify nouns, as you can see from
the following incorrect sentences.
• She is a quietly woman → The correct
sentence should say: She is a quiet woman.
• I have a happily cat → The correct sentence
should say: I have a happy cat.
Sometimes is easy to make the mistake of using
an adjective to modify a verb, as the incorrect
sentences below show.
• Tom is breathing normal again → The correct
sentence should say: Tom is breathing
normally again.
An adjective always follows a form of the verb to
be when it modifies the noun before the verb.
Examples:
As well, an adjective always follows a sense verb
or a verb of appearance -- feel, taste, smell,
sound, look, appear, and seem -- when it
modifies the noun before the verb.
Examples:
Be careful to notice whether the word modifies the
subject or the verb in the sentence.
If the word modifies the subject, you should use an
adjective.
If the word modifies the verb, you should use an
adverb. The difference is shown in the following
pair of sentences.