A Princess Diana dress and other treasures bought for peanuts

Relative clauses are clauses starting with the relative pronouns who, whom, that, which, whose, where, when. They are most often used to define or identify the noun that precedes them.

such, so, too, very, enough

Nobody has to live in such a house, do they?

I didn’t know you were so angry.

Nobody likes to work with such rude people, do they?

I have never had such an expensive car, have I?

I have never had so expensive a car, have I?

Michael Swan: 584, 585, 596, 597

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

An intimate look at writing, running, and the incredible way they intersect, from the incomparable, bestselling author Haruki Murakami. While simply training for New York City Marathon would be enough for most people, Haruki Murakami’s decided to write about it as well. The result is a beautiful memoir about his intertwined obsessions with running and writing, full of vivid memories and insights, including the eureka moment when he decided to become a writer. By turns funny and sobering, playful and philosophical, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running is rich and revelatory, both for fans of this masterful yet guardedly private writer and for the exploding population of athletes who find similar satisfaction in athletic pursuit.

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Forming the Possessive

The -‘s possessive is generally used only with nouns referring to animate items (e.g. people and animals) and in time phrases. The of possessive is generally used with nouns referring to inanimate things (i.e. objects) and abstract ideas. The function of the possessive form in English is to: show possession.

Causative Structures PART 2

When one does not carry out an action oneself but rather has the action done by someone else, this is expressed by a causative construction.

Michael Swan: 107, 108, 109

infinitive or -ing forms

She wants to teach them.

She enjoys teaching them.

She likes to teach them.

She likes teaching them.

She hates to teach them.

She hates teaching them.

She stopped teaching them.

She stopped to teach them.

He was writing something, but when I went in, he stopped to talk.

He was making a lot of noise, but when I went in he stopped talking.

She is busy teaching them.

She is busy to teach them.

She must remember to teach them.

She doesn’t remember teaching them.

She tried to teach them.

She tried teaching them.

Michael Swan: 105

Newspaper Chase

Harry Black is a thief. He takes a famous painting and puts it in an old newspaper. But then the recycling truck arrives – and where is Harry’s newspaper?

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A semi-formal email

Dear Sarah

We are considering sending some of our staff on a training course on Marketing Skills. Do you have a suitable course available within next few month? If so, please let me have the dates and times plus costs.

If there isn’t a regular Pioneer course scheduled, can you tailor-make a course especially for our staff? We could hold it in our conference room.

Perhaps we can arrange to meet to discuss this. Are you free next Friday 20 August at 11 am? I could come over to your office if you prefer.

I hope to hear from you soon

Robert Williams
Project Controller
mirxad Training Center
Tel: +98 4421 5380

Who is Jackson Pollock?

Teri Horton, a 60-year-old lady from Lo Angeles, went shopping in San Bernardino, a town in California, USA. She was in a charity shop when she saw a colourful, modern painting. She bought it for $5.

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