The content discusses the use of relative clauses and conditional sentences in English grammar. Relative clauses, which start with relative pronouns like who, that, which, whose, where, and when, are used to define or identify the noun that comes before them.
Example: your recent letter regarding the above proposal
Meaning: with respect to; concerning.
Part of Speech: Preposition
Wary off
Example: dogs that have been mistreated often remain very wary of strangers
Meaning: feeling or showing caution about possible dangers or problems.
Part of Speech: Adjetivo
Suffixes
Example: -ity, -ty quality of inactivity, veracity, parity, serenity
Meaning: In semantics, a suffix is a letter or a group of the letters that is attached at the end of a root or a base word to change its meaning or tense
Part of Speech: Noun/Verb
Crowded
Example: The men crowded together round the campfires.
Meaning:(of a space) full of people, leaving little or no room for movement; packed.
Part of Speech: Adjetive
Tight with money
Example: I am tight on money because I bought a new car.
Meaning: In BE, "tight with money" is used as being pretty much synonymous with mean or stingy. Although people don't commonly refer to themselves as being
Part of Speech: Verb
Vocabulary
I wish that I had studied harder at school. (I didn't study hard at school, and now I'm sorry about it.) I wish that I hadn't eaten so much yesterday!
Struture
I wish.
I do not wish.
Do I wish?
wish + past simple is used to express that we want a situation in the present (or future) to be different. wish + past continuous is used to express that we want to be doing a different action in the present (or future)
Wish+Past tense
1. First conditional: If I have enough money, I will go to Japan.
2. Second conditional: If I had enough money, I would go to Japan.
Second conditionals Positive
If I had more time, I'd travel more.
I'd = I would
Negative
I wouldn't refuse if you offered me $10,000.
I would be surprised if he didn't come.
wouldn't = would not
didn't = did not
Question
What would you say if you met the President?
First conditionals Affirmative
If + present simple, subject + will + base form of the verb + complement
If Danny eats healthy, he will get sick.
Negative
If + present simple, subject + will + NOT + base form of the verb + complement
If Danny eats healthy, he won’t get sick.
Question
Wh + will + base form of the verb + if + subject + present simple + complement?
What will happen if you eat healthy?
1st and 2nd conditionals. The first conditional is a structure used for talking about possibilities in the present or in the future. The second condtional expresses unreal situations in the present or future.
Fist and Second Conditionals
Examples
-Japan is a country where eartquakes are very common.
-It was in 2005 when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans.
Structure
Whose refers to a possesion.
Wich/That refer to objects.
Where refers to a particular place.
When refers to a moment in time.
Who/That refer to people.
Function
Relative clauses. Relative clauses are clauses starting with the relative pronouns who*, that, which, whose, where, when. They are most often used to define or identify the noun that precedes them.
