LONGMAN ENGLISH GRAMMAR PRACTICE

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1.8 The complex sentence: time, place, manner

1.8C


Study:
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1.8D


Study:
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Adverbial clauses of place [> LEG I .46]


To say where something happens or happened, we use conjunctions like where, wherever,
anywhere and everywhere: That dog follows me wherever I go.

Complete the following sentences to say where.

1 This is the exact spot where
2 You're not allowed to park anywhere
3 Some television programmes are familiar everywhere
4 Please sit wherever
5 Let's put the television set in a place where

Adverbial clauses of manner [> LEG 1.47]


To say how something happens or happened, we use these conjunctions:
as: Type this again as I showed you a moment ago.
(in) the way (that), (in) the same way. Type this again in the way I showed you.
as if/as though (especially after be, seem, etc.): I feel as if/as though I'm floating on air.

Write: Complete the following sentences to say how.

1 It sounds as if
2 I think this omelette is exactly as
3 When I told her the news she acted as though.
4 I think you should write the report in the way....
5 You never do anything the way

1.8E Context


Write: Put in the conjunctions as, as soon as, as if, before, that, the way (that), when, which.

CAUGHT BY THE HEEL!
Mr Boxell was just shutting his shoe shop at the end of the day
a man in a well-cut suit walked in and asked for an
expensive pair of shoes. There was something about^2 the
man walked that made Mr Boxell suspicious. He felt^3 he had
seen him before somewhere, and then remembered that he had - on
TV! The man was a wanted criminal! The man tried on a few pairs of
shoes^4 he bought a pair^5 Mr Boxell strongly
recommended. 'They're a bit tight,' the man complained. 'They'll stretch,
sir,' Mr Boxell said.^6 Mr Boxell had expected, the man
limped into the shop next day to complain about the shoes.^7
he entered the shop, he was surrounded by police. Mr Boxell had
deliberately sold the man a pair of shoes^8 were a size too
small, knowing he would return them the next day!

The man limped into the shop

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