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Other interrogatives act as adverbs: how, when, where, and why. Some examples: Question Possible Answer How did he walk? slowly ...

Look at the italicized word or words in each sentence. Then, using the appropriate interrogative word, ask the question that rel ...

This dog is a Chihuahua. 14. The lion’s presencemeant danger. Los Angeles is either north or southfrom here. Circle the bold ...

Andi told me what. It’s hard to believe how. The accident happened when. How much? Which one of you? 114 Practice Makes Perfec ...

Negation Nois the opposite of yes. It is used as a negative response to a ques- tion. But there are other negative forms in Engl ...

Formed with no- Formed with not Positive Form none not any some no one not anyone (or anybody) someone (or somebody) nothing not ...

Can they explain how this happened? The judge ordered him sent to prison. We will be traveling to Spain this summer. Does Mr. A ...

Lin wasn’t speaking with anyone. The children don’t cooperate with the substitute teacher. They don’t live anywhere in the city ...

(not anything) (none) (not ever) (neither) (nowhere) (nothing) Negation 119 06 (099-132B) Units 20-25 11/3/04 1:42 PM Page 119 ...

Numbers Numbersare generally used for specifying amounts and in mathe- matics: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and divisi ...

Careful! English names for certain large numbers differ from those in other languages: English Number million 1,000,000 billion ...

1066 is said as “ten sixty-six.” The years that follow 1999 are said another way: 2000 two thousand 2001 two thousand one, or tw ...

Change the cardinal number in parentheses to the appropriate ordinal number. Mr. Woo was born on the (2) of October. I’m sittin ...

(12/24) Christmas Eve is. (7/4) Where will you spend? (1492) Columbus arrived in the New World in. (2/14/2004) The dance is. (6 ...

Some Important Contrasts As you study English and become more and more proficient, you will become aware that there are native s ...

You’re a bad dog. (adjective modifying dog) In bad weather we stay at home. (adjective modifying weather) Your cut isn’t so bad. ...

The Sentence The Implication Few people saw this movie. Not many people went to see this movie. (There is a negative implication ...

Confusion arises between these two verbs because of their conjugations. Compare them in all the tenses and take particular note ...

Adverb Conjunction We were in Mexico then, too. I found the book then returned to my room. Then I decided to go to college. She ...

Who/Whomwill you invite to dinner? Her ankle is bad/badlyswollen. The condition of the wall looks good/wellagain. I’m not poor. ...