It is important that NOUN + VERB
If you are teaching a pre-intermediate class about how we get our knowledge or health, then this grammar and vocabulary will be appropriate.
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CLAUSES
- A clause is traditionally defined as ‘SUBJECT + PREDICATE’. The predicate is a verb or the part containing a verb and stating something about the subject.
- Clauses are the next organisation of words after sentences.
- A clause contains one or more phrases.
- A clause can contain one or more other clauses inside it.
- Clauses can be embedded in phrases. For example, after the head noun followed by a ‘relative clause.’
Would + limited range of adverbs
If you were to choose which adverbs to teach with “would”, could you just rely on the English Grammar Profile to suggest which ones?
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And yet
In the English Grammar Profile ‘and yet’ or ‘yet’ is listed at C2 Point 24 in CONJUNCTIONS “CONCESSIVE to combine sentences, often unexpected” C1 Point 20 in CONJUNCTIONS coordinating CONCESSIVE ‘(and) yet’ to combine phrases and clauses to introduce a contrast, often unexpected. In the English Vocabulary Profile, ‘yet’ as a conjunction is listed as:
if it were to INFINITIVE
C2 CLAUSE: introduce conditions in formal contexts
‘If it were’ + to-infinitive
EGP
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Hardly had + inversion
If you want to express something that happened immediately before something else with a very rare expression… Hardly had * _vvn * when 1 HARDLY HAD HE SPOKEN, WHEN 4 Even when searching with 4 spaces to the right on iWeb we get less than 10 strings:
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THAT | WHO ( object pronouns )
A defining relative clause (also known as a restrictive relative clause) provides essential information about the noun or noun phrase it modifies, the purpose of which is to define that noun or noun phrase. The clause cannot be removed without changing the meaning of the sentence. When ‘that’ is used as the object in a
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Inversion in clauses with conditions and formality
C1 | C2:
Had I known | Should you desire | Were I allowed + WOULD | COULD
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unless
In the English Vocabulary Profile, the pictured item “unless” has one level = B1. However, in the English Grammar Profile: 18 CONJUNCTIONS subordinating B2 wide range of simple subordinating conjunctions (‘once, whereas, unless, except (that) provided (that)’), to introduce a subordinate clause. Getting to work by car is comfortable, and faster unless you are caught
Limiting the scale of comparison
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if needed | if desired | if required
These sentences showcase the usage of “if + ed endings” in various contexts, including situations where something is required, desired, approved, selected, convicted, or elected. The sentences demonstrate how these constructions can be used to express conditions, preferences, requirements, or possibilities.
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