Make sentences using the given words by adding words to the gaps where necessary.
- _____ even _____
- ___ even so ___ I had a terrible headache, but even so I went to the concert. An immediate interest cut might give a small boost to the economy. Even so, any recovery is likely to be very slow.
- _____ so that _____
- ____ instead ____
- ___ instead of ____
Now read the text again and check for all the extra unwanted or redundant grammar words. Listen and check. Show
Practice until you can read the text without saying any of the unwanted words.
- The 17th century Irish farmer Robert Cook was the most startling figure in the region.
- He never did wore anything but the white linen.
- Not only were his nightclothes and shirts in purest white but even so were
- his suits, coats and hats. He became so famous for his
- clothes and his passion for white although that he was
- known all over Ireland as "Linen Cook". He refused him
- to have any black cattle in the fields of his farm and even if
- his horses had to be pure white. On one occasion a
- fox which had been attacked his poultry was caught.
- However, he refused him to allow it to be killed.
- Instead of he gave it a lecture on the evils of murder and then
- gave it up a sporting chance to escape. Cook was
- a passionate vegetarian and wouldn't have eat the flesh
- of any animal or wear anything which produced by
- an animal. He had a long and healthy life and finally
- died in 1726 when he was over than 80 years old.
- Unsurprisingly, he was buried in a white shroud.
Explanations
- He never did wore.
Remove the auxilliary verb. after auxilliary verbs, the main verb takes the present tense (Infinitive without "to" and without conjugation). Eg: Does she have a car? (Not: Does she has a car? ) We don't see auxilliary verbs after 'never' or most frequency adverbs.
The main verb here to wear is in the past form.
After an auxiliary verb the main verb takes the form of the bare infinitive.
Also notice that auxiliary verbs are not used after
such as never.
They are commonly used in question forms and some statement forms use them for emphasis. -
even so
is used to add a clause that seems to contradict the previous sentence of clause. To include another item on a list we use simply 'so'. - He was so fond of white although he was known as Linen Cook. Although' must be removed from this sentence.Although is used to show some surprise or conflict but here we are explaining a logical reason for something. We use that
- He gave it up a sporting chance.
To give up phrasal verb To quit or stop doing something that you do regularly. Here we need give Give (not give up)
- Even /even so
It was so difficult that even John could not do it. (John is usually able to do most things)
He was the smallest boy in class, but even so, he was able to lift more than anyone else. - Wouldn't have eat
Without have. If we use have we need have eaten. have eat = have eaten. (remove)
- Even / even if
even if / even. What is the difference between even and even if?
- Refuse
Refuse + infinitive with to = Refuse to work.
Refuse + personal pronoun. Eg: He refused them right of way. - Had been attacking / had attacked
The past perfect continuous uses been + -ing. The past perfect uses have/had + past participle.
- He ... him
He refused him. Is it ever possible to use both 'he' and 'him' in the same sentence to refer to the same person? You can say 'He did that himself. But here the word 'him' must be removed.
- Instead / Instead of
- Do something else instead.
- instead of that, try this.
- Anything produced / anything which was produced.
- Can you make a sentence with "..the white linen.."
- How many different poultry birds can you name?
- What does "chicken feed" or "a poultry amount" sometimes refer to?
- Have shroud shroud.
- Make two sentences. One with ...the milk.. and another with milk but no identifier.
- not only ... (but) also
used to say that two related things are true or happened,
especially when this is surprising or shocking
Not only did he turn up late, he also forgot his books. If this project fails it will affect not only our department, but also the whole organization. - Can you make a sentence with life in countable form and another with "life" in uncountable form?
Leon's Flock
- What is that stick called?
- What are those animals
- What kind of terrain is that?
- Do sheep like that terrain?
- What's the point of having a curved end to that stick?
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