1. ELLIPTICS, PREPOSITION

2. ELLIPTICS

3. Affirmative Agreement SO and TOO Remember that so, too, and also have the same meaning, but so is used before auxiliary verbs and too and also are used after auxiliary verbs My wife will talk to him and so will I My wife has talked about it and so have I My wife talked and so did I My wife is talking and so am I

4. My wife will talk to him and I will too My wife has talked about it and I have too My wife talked and I did also My wife is talking and I am also Positive Sentence + Be So + Be + Subject Subject + Be + Too/Also

5. EXERCISE 1. We are going to the concert, and so do they. 2
EXERCISE 1. We are going to the concert, and so do they He likes to travel, and so is she I am worried about it, and also is he Mary wants to go home, and so want we She took pictures, and I did so

6. 6. Technically, glass is a mineral and
6. Technically, glass is a mineral and (a) water so (b) water is so (c) so is water (d) so water is 7. Some birds can travel at speeds approaching one hundred A miles an hour, and a few land animals can so B C D

7. Negative Agreement NEITHER and EITHER Remember that neither and either have the same meaning, but neither is used before auxiliary verbs and either are used after auxiliary verbs My roommate won’t go and neither will I My roommate hasn’t gone and neither have I My roommate doesn’t go and neither do I My roommate isn’t going and neither am I

8. My roommate won’t go and I won’t either My roommate hasn’t gone and I haven’t either My roommate doesn’t go and I don’t either My roommate isn’t going and I ‘m not either Negative Sentence + Be Neither + Be + Subject Subject + Be + Not + Either

9. EXERCISE 1. She hasn’t finished the assignment yet, and neither I have
EXERCISE 1. She hasn’t finished the assignment yet, and neither I have I didn’t know the answer, and he didn’t neither If Jane won’t go to the party, either will he She is not in agreement, and neither do I He won’t be here today, and either his sister will

10. 6. Although they are both grown in the United States and exported abroad, corn is not native to America and winter wheat (a) is neither (b) isn’t either (c) isn’t neither (d) is either 7. According to many educators, television should not become A B C a replacement for good teachers, and neither are computers D

11. AN –ING FORM (GERUND)

12. Verbs that require an-ing (gerund) form in the complement admit complete deny appreciate consider discuss avoid delay enjoy finish practice risk keep quit stop mention recall suggest miss recommend tolerate postpone regret understand

13. EXAMPLE He enjoys traveling by plane S V C (-ing) EXERCISE 1
EXAMPLE He enjoys traveling by plane S V C (-ing) EXERCISE 1. She is considering not to go Hank completed the writing his thesis this summer I miss to watch the news when I am traveling She mentions stop at El Paso in her letter

14. 5. Strauss finished two of his published compositions before his tenth birthday (a) written (b) write (c) to write (d) writing 6. Many people have stopped to smoke because they are afraid A B C that it may be harmful to their health D

15. PREPOSITION

16. PLACE – IN, ON, AT Remember that in, on and at have similar meanings, but they are used with different kinds of places. In general, in is used before large places; on is used before middle-sized places; and at is used before numbers in addresses. Finally, in is used again before very small places In COUNTRY on STREET at number in a corner STATE COAST (of a room) PROVINCE RIVER a room COUNTY a ship a building CITY a train a park a plane a car a boat

17. EXERCISE 1. Cliff can live on Yellowstone National Park because he is a park ranger Is Domino’s Pizza in Tenth Street? We are going to stay overnight on Chicago

18. of the United States from southern New Hampshire in the north to Virginia in the south, a vast urban region has been defined as a megalopolis, that is, a cluster of cities. (a) On the northeastern seaboard (b) It is in the northeastern seaboard (c) That the northeastern seaboard (d) At the northeastern seaboard 5. Many of the famous advertising offices are located A B C in Madison Avenue D

19. TIME – IN, ON, AT Remember that in, on, and at have similar meanings, but they are used with different times. In general, in is used before large units of time, on is used before middle-sized units of time, and at is used before numbers in clock time In YEAR on DAY at TIME MONTH DATE YEAR MONTH DAY TIME Lily was born in 2017 in March on Sunday at 08.00

20. EXERCISE 1. I would rather take classes on the afternoon. 2
EXERCISE 1. I would rather take classes on the afternoon Gloria has a part-time job in the night The graduation is in May

21. 4. Most stores in large American cities close
4. Most stores in large American cities close five or six o’clock on weekdays, but the malls in the suburbs stay open much later (a) at (b) in (c) on (d) until 5. Accountants are always busiest on April because both federal A B and state taxes are due on the fifteenth C D