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More mistakes (NI2) By Pili A.M.

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Some / any / none SOME:: in affirmatives ( I have some SOME friends)

and in questions when we

offer, suggest, request or when we expect a positive answer. ●

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Would you like some bread? Could I have some water? (suggestion)

(offer)

(request) Shall we go?





hard / hardly hard is an adjective: Diamonds are very very hard stones ●

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He is a hard worker. worker. (he does a lot of work) The basketball trainer is very hard, if you miss the rebound you have to do 20 push-ups

… and an adverb: The little boy held my hand hard ●

Tom worked hard to make his business profitable

hardly is an adverb and means “almost not at all,just,





last / next When our point of reference is i s the moment of speaking, the present (e.g. Feb. 4 th): ●

LAST Thursday it rained (Jan 31st)

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I'm flying NEXT Thursday (Feb 7th) Carnival week

When it's not:

today





hear / listen to ●

I couldn't HEAR much after the accident

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Did you HEAR that noise?

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Hang on a minute, I'm LISTENING TO the





Say / tell / ask ●

The man SAID (that) he was busy

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The man TOLD ME/US (that) he was busy OBJECT

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We asked him to go away







each

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every ●

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When we think of things separately, one by one.

When we think of things as a group. Every sentence must have a verb. (= all sentences)





as ●

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Before an adjective: as sweet as honey. To talk about sbd's

like ●

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After a verb: he is like a fish out of water To compare things:





How to add extra information We use “too “too”and ”and “as “as well” well” at the end of the sentence ●

I am hungry too.

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I am studying English as well.





How to introduce examples ●

I can play quite a few musical instruments, *such as

the saxo, the guitar, and the piano





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