Prepositions and Adjectives in English Grammar
Prepositions
What are prepositions and their function?
Prepositions are words that connect two units in a sentence and specify a relationship between them. One unit is the prepositional complement, which can be a noun, noun phrase, pronoun, -ing form, or a wh-clause. The other unit is another part of the sentence.
Examples of prepositional complements:
- Preposition + Noun: I prepared the dinner for Mary.
- Preposition + Pronoun: I showed it to her.
- Preposition + Gerund: Jack prepared his bike for riding.
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Harry huddled under the smallest bed in the cupboard under the stairs, his small five-year-old frame curled into a ball. The echoes of his uncle’s yelling reverberated from the kitchen, leaving no doubt about the target of his rage. Harry had failed to complete his impossible list of chores before his uncle’s return.
As the shouting ceased, a large shadow engulfed the meager sunlight filtering through the cupboard door. Vernon Dursley flung
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Vocabulary
Words Related to Places and Things
- Alley: A small, narrow street
- Concrete: A mixture of cement and other materials used for building
- Dust: Fine particles of dirt
- Horns: Devices on cars that make a loud noise as a warning
- Mosques: Temples for Muslims
- Quotas: Limited numbers
- Records: Written information, data, documents
- Shade: An area protected from the sun
- Shore: The land along the edge of a sea or lake
- Warehouse: A building for storing goods
Words Related to Actions and Events
- Banged: Hit something
English Grammar: Modals & Relative Clauses
7) Modals
Can/Can’t
Use can/can’t to talk about present ability and possibility.
Examples:
- We can ask him if he’d like to join us.
- I can’t ski. I don’t know how to.
Could
Use could to say something is possible or likely in the future.
Examples:
- Your work on this could be useful later on.
- That table could be good for my office.
Should/Shouldn’t
Use should/shouldn’t to say if something is advisable or not.
Examples:
- I think we should ask customers what they want.
- We probably shouldn’t wait any longer to start
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Rules and Regulations
Jonas’s mother, working in the Department
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by Jane Austen
Three Ward sisters marry; Maria to wealthy Sir Thomas Bertram of Mansfield Park, Miss Ward to a clergyman Rev. Mr. Norris of Mansfield, and Frances to a lieutenant Price of the marines, without education or fortune. Thirty years have passed and the Price household is suffering from the strain of nine children on a reduced income of a disabled seaman who is prone to drink. Mrs. Norris suggests an act of charity and proposes that one of the Price daughters come to live
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