Buying Power Unit 3

 

UNIT 3 BUYING POWER

 

GRAMMAR: article the vs. no article •

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We use no article before plural nouns to refer to something generally, e.g., Companies today use new media. We use the + a singular noun to refer to one specific thing, e.g., He thought the cost of the camera was too high. We use the + a plural noun to refer to more than one specific thing, e.g., The videos have to be funny.

 

Pronunciation

/ I / vs. / i /

 

grin    grin

green

 

It   It eat

 

sit 

seat

 

slip 

sleep

 

still

steal

 

Direct and indirect questions •

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What do you understand by direct? What do you understand by indirect?

 

Direct and indirect questions Direct

questions are those you already know and use. What time is it? 

Indirect

questions are used to ask in a

more know.polite manner what one wants to Could you tell me what time it is? 

 

hatt happens? W ha •

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What time is is  it? it?

Could you tell me what time it it  is? is?

Look at the words in blue and red red.. In indirect questions, the word order is different!

 

Indirect question questions s •

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Some of the phrases used in indirect questions are: Do you know if… if…  Could you tell me …  …  Would you mind (verb+ing)… (verb+ing)…  

 

 

  Some notes… Some notes… Notes When

Examples there’s

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“wh wh” ”  Where is the bank Do you know where the

word, it doesn’t move.

bank is?

If there’s an Aux. «do», it’s it’s   Do I have to stay longer?  I wonder  if  I eliminated and replaced

have to stay longer.

by «if». If it’s a Yes/No question, «if» is used to connect the two parts of the question.

Can he dance? dance.

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I wonder  if  he can