Can Or Could, Relatives Clauses Flashcards

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1
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Can

A

Ability in present

Permission

General possibility

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Could

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Ability in the past

Suggestion

Possibility

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It

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When we do not want to emphasize

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That

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Refer a reason

Conditionals

Drawing attention to the thing mentioned

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This

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When we refer to the second of two things mentioned In the previous sentences

When we still have something more to say about the things we are referring to

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Present Perfect

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Have/Has + Verb in Past Participle

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Past Perfect

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Had + Verb in past participle

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We use Past Simple when

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We have; Ago, last week, in 2006, in January

Telling things which started and finished in the past

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Present Perfect

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Since, in the last year, three weeks, this morning, year

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Defining Relatives Clauses

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No commas

Who, Which, Whose, Where, When, Why

That can be used instead of who and which

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Non Defining Relative Clauses

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Use commas

No that

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Co-Ordinating Relative Clauses

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Always follow a comma and use which

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