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Kjbmakingpurple Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Grammatical structures
Hi everyone,
I'm doing a TEFL course and I'm stuck on checkpoint 3. I think I've worked out what a grammatical structure is but I can't seem to find any examples to help me figure out what the grammatical structure I need to identify is. I've checked all my notes, my book, the internet and I can't find help anywhere. I'd really appreciate some insight into this!
The examples are things like:
He used to live in a castle but now he lives in jail
He used to have a lot of girlfriends but now he has none
He used to drive a red Ferrari but now he walks
He used to drink champagne but now he drinks water
Are these all the same grammar structure?
I guessed this: Subject + past simple + verb + noun + ?I have no idea? + verb?
I know I'm asking a lot but if you could try and explain a way of working this out/a source I could use in the future I'd really appreciate it.
Please help! Thank you
Kat
I'm doing a TEFL course and I'm stuck on checkpoint 3. I think I've worked out what a grammatical structure is but I can't seem to find any examples to help me figure out what the grammatical structure I need to identify is. I've checked all my notes, my book, the internet and I can't find help anywhere. I'd really appreciate some insight into this!
The examples are things like:
He used to live in a castle but now he lives in jail
He used to have a lot of girlfriends but now he has none
He used to drive a red Ferrari but now he walks
He used to drink champagne but now he drinks water
Are these all the same grammar structure?
I guessed this: Subject + past simple + verb + noun + ?I have no idea? + verb?
I know I'm asking a lot but if you could try and explain a way of working this out/a source I could use in the future I'd really appreciate it.
Please help! Thank you
Kat
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org/wiki/Coordinating_conjunction#Coordinating_conjunctions ]"but"[/url]. The first sentence is the only one that doesn't have a transitive verb but that is probably totally irrelevant. CB PS Welcome to EF!
- org/wiki/Coordinating_conjunction#Coordinating_conjunctions ]"but"[/url].
- The first sentence is the only one that doesn't have a transitive verb but that is probably totally irrelevant.
- CB PS Welcome to EF!
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I'm not sure this will help you but all your sentences are made up of two main clauses joined with the coordinating conjunction [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinating_conjunction#Coordinating_conjunctions]"but"[/url]. The first sentence is the only one that doesn't h
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Cool BreezeI'm not sure this will help you but all your sentences are made up of two main clauses joined with the coordinating conjunction "but" . The first sentence is the only one that doesn't have a transitive verb but that is probably totally irrelevant.CBPS Welcome to EF!Yeah, you're right, I'm looking more for the different 'forms' (I think..?) that I n
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