Grammar and vocabulary, Year 8: more practice：全部卡片
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- Which version means that ALL the students were late? A: The students who were late missed the bus. B: The students, who were late, missed the bus.
B
提示Ask whether some students were on time in each version.
为什么In B the commas make 'who were late' extra information about all of them. In A it picks out only the late ones.
- Where does the comma go in 'Thank you Mr Khan'?
After 'you'
提示You are speaking directly to someone.
为什么A comma separates the name of the person addressed from the rest of the sentence.
- What does the prefix 'mis-' mean in 'misread' and 'mislead'?
Wrongly
提示Think of 'mistake'.
为什么'Mis-' means wrongly or badly. 'Misread' is to read wrongly.
- Is 'We were hungry, so we ate' a comma splice?
No — 'so' joins the clauses
提示Look for a joining word.
为什么The conjunction 'so' links the two clauses, so the comma is correct. A splice has only a comma.
- Rewrite 'It was late, I went to bed.' using a semicolon.
It was late; I went to bed.
提示Swap one mark.
为什么A semicolon can join two closely linked complete sentences.
- In 'There was one thing she feared: spiders', what does the part after the colon do?
It reveals what the thing is
提示The first part promises something.
为什么The colon introduces an explanation or an example.
- Choose the correct verb: 'Neither of the boys (was/were) ready.'
was
提示Which word is the true subject, 'boys' or 'neither'?
为什么'Neither' is singular, so the verb is singular. 'Of the boys' is only extra detail.
- Which verb breaks the tense? 'We walked to the park and then we play on the swings.'
play
提示Everything else is already over.
为什么The story is told in the past, so 'play' should be 'played'.
- In which situation is Standard English expected: a job application letter, or chatting to friends?
A job application letter
提示One is formal; the other is relaxed.
为什么Standard English is the variety expected in formal writing. Dialect and informal speech are fine elsewhere.
- What is the term for the words and grammar of a particular region or social group, such as 'bairn' for a child in Scotland?
Dialect
提示A region's own variety of a language.
为什么A dialect is a full variety of language with its own words and grammar.
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