English Grammar for International Studies - first edition 2010
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32 Mixed grammar points
A
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isn’t it?
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aren’t you?
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will he?
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was it?
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didn’t he?
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don’t you?
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hasn’t she?
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don’t you?
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do they?
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do you?
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doesn’t he?
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don’t you?
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won’t you?
B
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had
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would
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did not
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not
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did not
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not
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better
C
1 and 2
D
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in order to announce/to announce
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in order not to miss
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in order to study/to study
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in order not to wake up
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in order to learn/to learn
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in order to buy/to buy
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in order not to disturb
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in order to lose/to lose
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in order to be/to be
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in order not to oversleep
E
A and D
F
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New Zealand: no hyphen is used in geographical names.
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favourite: favorite is American English spelling.
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Practise: the verb is ‘practise’; the noun is ‘practice’.
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you didn’t drive: ‘would rather’is followed by a past tense if you prefer somebody else to do something.
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had better: ‘had better’is used to give advice.
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correct
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tried to save: when ‘try’ means ‘make an attempt’ it is followed by a to-infinitive.
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don’t you: when there is only one verb, a form of ‘do ’ is used in the question tag.
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correct
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You don’t mind, do you: if the statement is negative, the question tag is positive.
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advertise: only one spelling: ‘advertise’.
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haven’t you: in the question tag the first verb of the statement is repeated.
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tried changing: when ‘try’ means ‘make an experiment’ it is followed by the –ing form.
H
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more
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eating
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rather
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had
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increasingly