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Definite article |
We do not normally use the definite article with names: America, Austria, Barbados, Italy,France, Russia, Spain, etc. But we do use ‘the’ with countries that include the words ‘republic’, ‘kingdom’,or ‘states’ in their names: He is visiting the United Kingdom of Great Britain. |
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I often go to gym |
about regular or habitual (usual or repeated) events. Therefore, we need to use the present simple tense |
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I am going to fly to Vienna tomorrow |
We use ‘be going to’ when we have already made a plan or an arrangement, or we have intentions |
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That witch whom whose |
We use ‘that’ for people, animals and things: The woman that is dancing over there is my boss. The relative pronoun ‘whom’ is used instead of ‘who’ as the object of a verb or preposition: Have you seen those people whom we met on holiday? We use ‘which’ for things and animals: We don’t go to restaurants which serve meat. We use ‘whose’ to introduce a relative clause indicating possession by people, animals and things: She has a sister whose name I can’t remember. |
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Sequence of adjectives |
The most usual sequence of adjectives is the following: 1. general opinion (good, lovely, nice, etc.); 2. specific opinion (We only use such adjectives that give a specific opinion to describe particular kinds of noun (delicious, friendly); 3. size (big, tall); 4. physical quality (thin,untidy); 5. shape (round); 6. age (young, old); 7. colour (green, pastel); 8. origin (Dutch, northern); 9.material (metal, wood); 10. type (general-purpose, four-sided); 11. purpose (folding, work) |
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I had pizza last night. |
We use the past tense to talk about something that happened once in the past - a completed action in a time before now. Duration is not important: Sally watched TV last night.; Did you play tennis at weekends?. |
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Greanpeace was founded in 1988 |
When we don't know who carries out the action, or it is obvious or unimportant to us, we use the Passive voice. The Passive is formed: BE + Past Participle |
