Unit-3: Languages

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Unit-3: Languages

Idioms

2. Great minds think alike

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Affirmative or negative commands

Ex: Wash the dishes, please Don’t talk so loudly Mary, close the door

Imperatives Use: to tell somebody to do something Don’t + infinitive: negative Infinitive: affirmative

Quantify determiners

Quantify determiners + of + noun A bit of Half of Enough of None of Too many of

Too much Too many Negative meaning

So much + uncountable nouns So many + plural nouns Emphasize quantify of something

Much + uncountable nouns Ex: Much money… A little + uncountable nouns Ex: A little coffee… Little + uncountable nouns Ex: little energy…

Many + plural nouns Ex: Many engineers… A few + plural nouns Ex: A few countries… Few + plural nouns Ex: Few cars…

Tag questions

used usually in speech used to: confirm something in true used to: encourage a reply from a person we are

Form: with auxiliary verbs (do, have, will..) + subject + statement, - tag (frase +, question tag -) - statement, + tag (frase -, question tag +) Ex: You are a student, aren’t you? (same verb and subject)

Pronouns: one / ones

Use: to avoid unnecessary repetition. They are used with determiners: demonstrative, adjectives, prepositional phrases.

Demonstrative pronouns

THOSE: plural, far

THESE: plural, near

THAT: singular, far

THIS: singular, near

Substitute people / things mentioned before We can use demonstrative pronouns to quantify determiness.