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-‘ToInfinitive’ Usedafter QuestionWordsin NounClause
NounClauseisasubordinateclauseinordertomakethesentenceoften usequestion words.For examples:
-Idon’tknowwhereto go. -He learned how to fixcarsfromhisfather.
2.4.4. PassiveVoice
Typically, therearetwokinds ofsentence,activeandpassivesentence.
Activesentenceis usedwhen thefocus is onsubjectbutpassivesentenceis used whenthefocusison theaction. Itisnotimportantornotknown,however,whoor what
isperformingtheaction .
In English,each timesomeonewantsto usepassive sentence, pastparticipleverband‘to be’mustbeapplied.Theuseof‘tobe’ depends onused tense.
This thepattern must be followed to make passive sentence:“Subject+finite formofto be+Past Participle”. For examples:
-Active: We clean thehouseeveryday. Passive:Thehouse iscleaned byusevery day
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-Active:Theywillfinish thereportsoon. Passive:Thereportwillbefinished bythem.
2.4.5. Formsof Adjective
AdjectiveisThepartofspeech or wordclassthatmodifiesanoun or a pronoun. In English, there are three forms of adjective, namely: PositiveNegative
Degree, Comparative Degree, and Superlative
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Degree.PositiveNegativeDegreeisused toindicate likeor unlike.Thisisthe pattern: “SubjectPronoun+tobe+ asadjectiveas+ObjectPronoun”.For examples:
-Mybrother isas strongasmyfather. -Iamnot asbeautiful asmymother.
ComparativeDegreeisaformused tocompareanatureof twothingswhere one ismore than theother one.For examples:
-Myfather is smarter than mybrother. -Sisca ismorediligent than Rebecca.
ForComparativeDegree,onething mustbenoticed,if theadjectiveisone- syllable, at the end of its word mustbe added ‘er’.For examples:
-My shoesischeaper than his shoes. -Andiworksharder than Clark.
Andifanadjectiveconsistsoftwo-syllablesanditisendedwith‘le’,‘ow’, ‘er’,‘some’,and‘y’,addedwith‘er’.For‘y’,itmustbedroppedandaddedwith
‘ier’.For examples: -Mycoffee isbitterer than hiscoffee
-Ryan isnaughtier than Bobby. Thesametreatmentwillbeapplied to SuperlativeDegreebut thedifferent is one-
syllabeaddedwith‘est’andifitswordisendedwith: ‘le’,‘ow’,‘er’,‘some’, and‘y’,addedwith‘est’butnotfor‘y’,itmustbedropped and addedwith ‘iest’. For
examples: -She istherichest in thisvillage.
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-Jane isthe mostbeautifulgirl in ourclass. -Andre isthehappiestperson intheworld.
2.4.6. Redundancy
