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1
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expressions for countable nouns only

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many, few, several, each, both.

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expressions for uncountable nouns only

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little, much, less

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Expressions for both countable and uncountable nouns

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some, any, more, most, all, no, enough

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What does using SOME mean?

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it is an affirmative sentence

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What does ANY mean

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affirmative in negative sentences

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A litte or a Few

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Make it posiitve, it is a small amount but it is enough

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Very few or very little

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not enough

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Put vs Take

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Put is used to talk about a specific location, intention, o ownership
Take is used to talk about removing, acceptance and responsibility

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Future tenses:
Present simple

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Scheduled, fixed or timetable events

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Future tenses:
Present continuous

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Confirmed personal arrangements or plans

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Future tenses:
Future simple
Will vs Going to

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Will means an instant decision or prediction based on opinion.
Going to is used to talk about plans, predictions, intentions, based on evidence

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Future tenses:
Future continuous

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is used to talk about actions that will be happening at a specific time in the future

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Future tenses:
Future perfect

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Is used to talk about actions that will be completed before a specific time

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Future tenses:
future perfect continuous

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Actions that have started, and for how long have they been going on before a specific time in the future

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16
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how can you recognize a polite expression

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It is usually longer since it contains courtesy and polite expressions

17
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What are some negative prefixes that are used to say the opposite

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il, mis , anti, ir, im, un

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19
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What vs Which

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Which accounts for a limited number of possible answers
What is used when there is not a specific number of choices or answers in mind

20
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Direct vs Indirect questions

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Indirect are more formal, plus it uses subject then verb configuration
Direct are more casual questions

21
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Difference between echo and reply questions

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Echo- They repeat what the other said because they didn’t hear it or to express surprise
Reply questions are used to show interest and check back using the aux verb and the subject.

22
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Narrative tenses:
Past simple

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finished, consecutive, following, past state or habit actions

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Narrative tenses:
Past continuous

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activity that was in progress, set the scene, interrupted activity, or activity in progress at every moment during a period of time.

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Narrative tenses:
Past perfect

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look back at the past and refer to an action before that.

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Narrative tenses:
Past perfect continuous

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longer actions or repeated activities

26
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Make vs Do

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Do: acting or performing something
Make: emphasize
the product or the outcome of something

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28
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Compound words with house and home

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Housebound, homemade, etc

29
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Active vs passive

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Active- The subject does the action
Passive- the subject recieves the action