Anglais Flashcards
One major problem with … is …
One major benefit is …
The main disadvantage of … is that …
The main advantage of …. is that …
One benefit is that…
Another plus is that…
On the downside…
The upside is that…
A significant plus …
A significant shortcoming of … is …
It seems to me that …
I personally feel that …
LITTLE/FEW : There is a little water in the cup.
I see a few drops of water in the cup.
LESS / FEWER : I have less wine in my glass than you do.
The first book has fewer pages than the second book.
F : When does she take a coffee drink? Ana drinks coffee at 2 o’clock.
When does Ana drink coffee?
F : Tom drives a car every day.
Who is driving this car?
Who drives a car every day?
f: What does the truck carries?
What does the truck carry?
F : Which office is the man?
(WRONG. A preposition is needed, or else the sentence will sound like the man is an office.)
F : Which room is the patient? (WRONG)
Which room is the patient in? (CORRECT)
Lecon : A preposition is never followed by a verb. However, prepositions can be followed by words that look like verbs ending in “-ing.” These are not verbs. These are verbals – words that look like verbs but are used as nouns.
Thank you for celebrate with us today. (WRONG)
Thank you for celebrating with us today. (CORRECT)
The preposition “among” is used for a nonspecific group of people or things.
The director will be selecting his replacement from among his subordinates.
“Into” and “onto” imply movement. “In” and “on” do not.
The CEO walked into the auditorium.
The CEO is in the auditorium.
He stepped onto the platform.
He is standing on the platform.
You may end a sentence with a preposition.
Do not use prepositions when they are not needed.
A preposition is never followed by a verb. However, prepositions can be followed by verbals.
Bowling : What are they ? (W)
What are those?
“Do” may be used to emphasize a verb.
Do sit down.
You do look tired.
I did run five kilometers.
The present perfect tense is used to:
say that a past action is still related to the present
say that you have done or experienced something in the past
say that you have never done or experienced something before
talk about change that happened over a period of time
In its negative form, the present perfect tense talks about an action or event that you expected but didn’t happen. In its negative form, the simple past tense talks about an action that didn’t happen.
I thought my English would improve when I moved to Australia, but it hasn’t.
My English did not improve when I moved to Australia.
