From Revision Flashcards
What is “very” in the following sentence:
He left from Berlin and arrived in Hamburg the very same day.
adjective- emphasizer
Can you use “really” with non-gradable adjectives?
Yes.
ex: Really amazing
What are the amplifiers when they are not non-inherent?
peripheral adjectives
comparative and superlative for long-lasting
c: longer-lasting
s: the longest lasting
comparative and superlative for far-reaching
c: more far-reaching
s: the most far-reaching
comparative and superlative for high-ranked
c: higher-ranked
s: the highest-ranked
Degrees of comparison
- -er/est more/most
- one syllable adj ending in y : dry, silly
- Compound adj
- Irregular Forms
Degrees of comparison
- -er/est more/most
- one syllable adj ending in y : dry, silly
- Compound adj
- Irregular Forms
What are “seeing” and “believing” in : Seeing is believing?
gerunds
He is waiting for a taxi.
waiting is…
participle
true or false?
When we have the Genitive case, an English apostrophe always indicates possesion.
False: The arrival of Caesar
plural of coming-in
comings-in
plural of going-out
goings-out
plural of court martial
courts martial
Is it true that some adverbs can pre-modify nouns?
Yes.
Ex: the then president
