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Paco travels to New Zealand:
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‘Idioms’
An idiom is a language feature with a figurative meaning far from that of its real
one.
They are quite common in everyday English.
Example:
There is something fishy about it.
( A strange or suspicious situation )
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‘Phrasal verbs’
Take off is a phrasal verb that is a part of a large group of verbs called "multiword verbs“
Multi-word verbs, including phrasal verbs, are very common, especially in
spoken English. The particle can change the meaning of the verb completely.
A multi-word verb is a verb like "pick up", "turn on" or "get on with“, etc…
These verbs consist of a basic verb + another word or words. The other
word(s) can be prepositions and/or adverbs.
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‘Conjunctions (I)’
A conjunction is a word that "joins". A conjunction
joins two parts of a sentence.
There are two main types of conjunctions:
Coordinating
Subordinating
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‘Conjunctions (I)’
Function:
Coordinating conjunctions join two parts of a sentence that are grammatically
equal: single words or clauses, for example:
- Jack and Jill went up the hill.
- The water was warm, but I didn't go swimming.
Subordinating conjunctions join a subordinate dependent clause to a main
clause, for example:
-I went swimming although it was cold.
Position:
Coordinating conjunctions are always placed between the words or clauses
that they join.
Subordinating conjunctions are usually placed at the beginning of the
subordinate clause.
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