cause/consequ
John is a afraid of water _____ he doesn't know how to swim
What is "BECAUSE"?
She's the professor _____ moved here from Spain.
What is "WHO"
This voice is used to show interest in the person or object that experiences an action rather than the person or object that performs the action
What is FALSE: actual in English means "existing as fact; real" in english instead of "current"
True or false: a quote is an example of indirect speech
This kind of phrase begins with "as a result," "so," "consequently," etc.
The flat she lives in, ______ is quite chic, is located in the Soho district.
What is "which"?
T or F: Switching from active to passive voice requires changing the verb tense of the sentence
What is FALSE: the tense does not need to change to create the passive voice
True or False: the French pronoun "on" can always be translated in English as "one"
What is FALSE? There is no direct translation for the various uses of the French "on," each translation must be treated on a case-by-case basis
T or F: Expressions of time are not affected by changes from direct to indirect speech
FALSE: “It’s been raining since this afternoon.” would likely change to "He said it’d been raining since that afternoon." as the time of recounting the story has changed
This kind of phrase usually begins with "because," "as," or "since"
What is CAUSE
this is the correct relative pronoun if a subject pronoun (I, you, he, she, it, we, they) can be added to the sentence (ex: my friend ___ is from Canada)
What is WHO
T or F: "Someone has cleaned the windows" is in the passive voice
What is FALSE (the windows have been cleaned is passive)
T or F: A library is a place to buy books
What is FALSE: a library is a bibliotheque
T or F: Reported speech is another way to refer to indirect speech
Everyone did their best _ ____ _ finish the work by the end of the week.
What is "in order to"
This relative pronoun is also a determiner and used when referring to something previously mentioned when introducing a clause giving further information.
What is WHICH
T or F: the passive voice changes the "focus" of the sentence
What is TRUE: the object of the sentence takes the usual place of the subject in the passive voice
T or F: In English, "to assist" is a synonym for "to attend."
What is FALSE: assisting means to help in English
T or F: When changing from a direct to indirect question, the sentence no longer takes a question mark
True: Direct speech: “Do they live here?”
Indirect speech: You asked me if they lived here.
He ruined all her plans _____ sheer meanness.
What is "out of"
This relative pronoun is used to introduce a relative clause indicating possession by people, animals and things
What is "WHOSE"
T or F "She was sent a cheque for a thousand euros" is written in the passive voice
What is TRUE: active form would read "Someone sent her a cheque..."
T or F: décevoir and to deceive are direct translations
What is FALSE: to deceive in English means to cause someone to believe something untrue, it's a kind of lie
The fourth planet from the sun
What is Mars?