Intermediate Quiz 1
, Intermediate Quiz 1
Thursday 24th of october 2024
General knowledge, tenses, adjectives, adverbs,... Blackboard&online
Academic English: common errors In this doc
Vocabulary: legal English, British society, company law Quizlet
Reported Speech In this doc
Political and Legal landscape UK In this doc
Decline and legacy British Empire In this doc
Conditionals In this doc
The eighties In this doc
,Common errors in English
1. Assure – ensure – insure
Assure: To remove doubt or to give confidence to someone
Ensure: To make certain that something will happen or be the case
Insure: To protect against risk, usually through financial means, such as an insurance
policy.
2. To-infinitive or -ing form
To-infinitive: used after certain verbs adjectives and nouns, to express purpose,
Ing form: used when its the subject of object of the sentence, after certain verbs,
after prepositions,
3. Remember, remind, recall
4. As/like
As: to indicate the role or function of something or someone, to compare actions
that are done in the same way (she sings as my mother)
Like: to show resemblance between things, compares nouns or pronouns
5. Especially or specially
Especially: used to single something out as more important or more significant
Specially: refers to something done for a particular purpose, emphasizes uniqueness
6. Nouns and verbs ending in -ice
standard for a noun, in American English also for a verb form but in British English
the verb form is spelled with -ise
7. Compare to / with
Compared to: highlighting similarities
Compared with: examining similarities and differences
8. Used to / Usually / To be used to
, Reported Speech
Direct speech = what someone actually says (“I’ll call you!”)
Reported speech = report what someone said (He said he would call me.)
Reported speech: Changes to the sentence
Tense: “I am making cupcakes.”
“She said she was making cupcakes.”
-> General rule: move back one tense
! Some modals turn into another modal or don’t change at all: would, could, should, might
Pronouns: “We’ll phone later!”
“They said they would phone later!”
Possessive pronouns: “I gave her my book.”
“He said he gave her his book.”
Time & Place: “I went there yesterday.”
“She said she had been there the day before / on Monday / the 17th”
Reported speech: Questions
When did she finish her tasks? -> He asked when she had finished her tasks.
Do you like peanut butter? -> He asked me if I liked peanut butter.
Reported speech: Orders
Sit down! -> He told me to sit down.
Will you sit down, please? -> He asked me if I would sit down.
, Intermediate Quiz 1
Thursday 24th of october 2024
General knowledge, tenses, adjectives, adverbs,... Blackboard&online
Academic English: common errors In this doc
Vocabulary: legal English, British society, company law Quizlet
Reported Speech In this doc
Political and Legal landscape UK In this doc
Decline and legacy British Empire In this doc
Conditionals In this doc
The eighties In this doc
,Common errors in English
1. Assure – ensure – insure
Assure: To remove doubt or to give confidence to someone
Ensure: To make certain that something will happen or be the case
Insure: To protect against risk, usually through financial means, such as an insurance
policy.
2. To-infinitive or -ing form
To-infinitive: used after certain verbs adjectives and nouns, to express purpose,
Ing form: used when its the subject of object of the sentence, after certain verbs,
after prepositions,
3. Remember, remind, recall
4. As/like
As: to indicate the role or function of something or someone, to compare actions
that are done in the same way (she sings as my mother)
Like: to show resemblance between things, compares nouns or pronouns
5. Especially or specially
Especially: used to single something out as more important or more significant
Specially: refers to something done for a particular purpose, emphasizes uniqueness
6. Nouns and verbs ending in -ice
standard for a noun, in American English also for a verb form but in British English
the verb form is spelled with -ise
7. Compare to / with
Compared to: highlighting similarities
Compared with: examining similarities and differences
8. Used to / Usually / To be used to
, Reported Speech
Direct speech = what someone actually says (“I’ll call you!”)
Reported speech = report what someone said (He said he would call me.)
Reported speech: Changes to the sentence
Tense: “I am making cupcakes.”
“She said she was making cupcakes.”
-> General rule: move back one tense
! Some modals turn into another modal or don’t change at all: would, could, should, might
Pronouns: “We’ll phone later!”
“They said they would phone later!”
Possessive pronouns: “I gave her my book.”
“He said he gave her his book.”
Time & Place: “I went there yesterday.”
“She said she had been there the day before / on Monday / the 17th”
Reported speech: Questions
When did she finish her tasks? -> He asked when she had finished her tasks.
Do you like peanut butter? -> He asked me if I liked peanut butter.
Reported speech: Orders
Sit down! -> He told me to sit down.
Will you sit down, please? -> He asked me if I would sit down.
