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English 1 Phsycology 1PA
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noun clauses, conditional sentences, psychology text and comparison
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noun clauses
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How Who That Whoever What Whom Whatever Whomever When Why Where
A noun clause is a dependent clause that acts as a noun. Noun clauses begin with words such as : Noun clauses can be used to name something when a single word isn't enough. Noun clauses can act as subjects, direct objects, indirect objects, predicate nominatives, or objects of a preposition. How Who That Whoever What Whom Whatever Whomever When Why Where Whether Which Whichever
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Examples Subject Object Adjective complement
What Alicia said made her friends cry. Whoever thought of that idea is a genius. Whichever restaurant you pick is fine with me. Object I’m packing extra snacks for when we get hungry. He knows all about art, but he doesn't know what he likes Be sure to send whoever interviewed you a thank-you note. Adjective complement I'm excited that my best friend is coming to visit.
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Conditional sentences
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SUMMARY MEANING OF THE ‘IF CLAUSE’ VERB FORM IN THE ‘IF CLAUSE’
VERB FORM IN THE ‘RESULT CLAUSE’ True in the present/future Simple present Simple future If I have enough time, I write to my parents every week. If I have enough time tomorrow, I will write to my parents Untrue in the present/future Simple past Would + simple form (v1) (c) If I had enough time now, I would write to my parents. (truth: I don’t have enough time, so I will not write to them) Untrue in the past Past perfect (had + v2) Would have + past participle(v3) (d) If I had had enough time, I would have written to my parents yesterday. (truth: I didn’t have enough time, so I didn’t write to them)
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First Conditional TRUE IN THE PRESENT OR FUTURE
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EXAMPLES If I don’t eat breakfast, I always get hungry during class.
sentence function If I don’t eat breakfast, I always get hungry during class. Water freezes (will freeze) if the temperature goes below 0⁰C. If I don’t eat breakfast tomorrow morning, I will get hungry during class. If the weather is nice tomorrow, we will go on a picnic (a) Simple present in ‘result’ to express habitual activity or situation (b) Simple present or simple future in ‘result’ to express an established, predictable fact (c) and (d) Simple future in ‘result’ when the sentence concerns a particular activity or situation in the future
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Second Conditional UNTRUE IN THE PRESENT OR FUTURE
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EXAMPLES (a) In truth, I don’t teach that class
sentence function If I taught the international class, I wouldn’t get many local students. If he were here right now, he would help us. If I were you, I would accept their invitation. (a) In truth, I don’t teach that class (b) In truth, he is not here right now. (c) In truth, I am not you. Note: Were is used for both singular and plural. Was is used in informal speech but considered grammatically unacceptable
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exercise If I have enough apples, I (bake) an apple pie this afternoon. If I had enough apples, I (bake) an apple pie this afternoon. Jack would shave today if he (have) a sharp razor. Jack will shave today if he (have) a sharp razor. I (not be) a teacher in this class if English (be) the students native language. Jim isn’t home right now. If he (be) at home right now, I (visit) him. If Sally (be) at home tomorrow, I am going to visit her.
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Understanding Psychology Articles 1
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degrees of comparison
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comparative Comparative is the name for the grammar used when comparing two things. The two basic ways to compare are using as .. as or than. He's not as stupid as he looks! This book is not as exciting as the last one. It's much colder today than it was yesterday. Our car is bigger than your car.
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comparative When comparing with than, some changes on adjectives are necessary 1-syllable adjectives: add -er to the adjective My sister is much taller than me. 2-syllable adjectives ending in -y: change the -y to -ier She's looking happier today. Other 2 syllable adjectives and adjectives with 3 or more syllables use more with the unchanged adjective The shops are always more crowded just before Christmas. French grammar is more difficult than English grammar.
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Superlative 1-syllable adjectives: add -est to the adjective (plus the) My sister is the tallest in our family. 2-syllable adjectives ending in -y: change the -y to -iest (plus the) Which do you think is the easiest language to learn? Other 2 syllable adjectives and adjectives with 3 or more syllables use the most with the unchanged adjective The most boring thing about English class is doing grammar exercises. You are the most irritating person I have ever met!
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Comparative and superlative
adverbs: 1-syllable adverbs: add -er/-est I can run faster than you. I can run the fastest in my class. She works harder than me. She works the hardest of all students. Other adverbs: use more / the most She ran more quickly than me. Of all the students she ran the most quickly. Informal: She ran quicker than me. She ran the quickest.
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Exercise delicious easy good hot tall expensiv e bad usefull
Comparative / Superlative Sentence Choices delicious easy good hot tall expensiv e bad usefull A Ferrari is one of the cars you can buy. The weather in Africa is than the weather in Europe. The mobile phone must be one of the inventions of all time. A camel is not as as a giraffe. She is the singer I have ever heard. Her voice is like a cat wailing in the night. American food is not as as Indonesian food. This grammar quiz was even than usual. John did ….. in the test, Sally did ……., but Miho got the grade.
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