pre course task 2 key (1)
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CAMBRIDGE CELTAPRE-COURSE TASK 2
THE STRUCTURE OF THE LANGUAGE
Please complete this task, referring to ‘Practical English Usage’ by Michael Swan (Oxford University Press)
When you have finished, please refer to the key which (we hope!) will contain similar answers to yours. If you have any queries, please raise these on the first day of the course.
Example Ref No.
1. Four different types of adverbs - not just-ly words
Comment adverbs:Stupidly, I forgot my keysAdverbs of certainty:Perhaps her train is late.Adverbs of place:Come and sit here.Adverbs of manner:John works really hard.
20 - 26
2. The future in the past Last week, you were going to start a new job.
221
3. An infinitive To go 279 - 292
4. Two forms of passive infinitive To be takenTo have been invited
280 & 412
5. A progressive infinitive It’s nice to be sitting here with you. 280
6. A perfect infinitive It’s nice to have finished work. 280
7. A reported question I asked where Alice was. 276
8. A personal pronoun I, me, you, him, he, she etc. 428 - 429
9. A countable/uncountable noun Countable: a note, a coin, a sumUncountable: money
148 - 149
10. An infinitive of purpose He went abroad to forget. 289
11. Comparative and superlative adjectives
Comparative: older, nicer, betterSuperlatives: cheapest, biggest, best
137
12. An identifying relative clause Who owns the car which is parked outside?
495
13. A possessive pronoun My, your, his etc. 441
14. An idiom This is a real can of worms. 255
15. A definite/an indefinite article Definite: theIndefinite: a/an
61 - 70
16. A conjunction She was poor but she was honest. 510
17. An auxiliary verb Be, do, have 85
18. A question tag The film wasn’t very good, was it? 487 - 488
19. An e.g. of reported speech She asked what I wanted. 274 - 278
20. An ‘ing’ form She was crying when I saw her. 408
21. An active and a passive participle Active: She walked out smiling.Passive: a broken heart
409
22. A preposition In the morning. On Monday. At night. 448 - 454
23. A phrasal verb I switched the light off. 599
24. Four modal auxiliary verbs Can, could, may, might 353 - 354
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25. An imperative Have a drink. 268
26. A non-identifying relative clause This is Ms Rogers, who’s joining the firm next week.
495
27. An interrogative pronoun Which, what, who 622 - 624
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