Focus on Grammar

2. – Have you seen all the important sights?– Sights? What are sights?– They’re places ____ tourists visit.– Thank you very much.3. – Selfridges is a big store in the West End.– Sorry, what’s ____?– It’s a big shop ____sells a lot of different things.– Oh, I didn’t know that word.4. – There are lots of immigrants in New York.– Lots of immigrants? What ____?– They are people ____home country isn’t America.– Oh, I see, thank you.• Adverb Clauses, like all adverbials, express when, where, why, and how somethingoccurs. A dependent clause is an adverb clause if you can replace it with an adverb:e.g. I’ll do the laundry later. – “I’ll do the laundry when I’m out of clothes.”4. Join the pairs of sentences into a complex one using because or though.Examples: He can read English books. He knows English well enough.He can read English books because he knows English well.The boy isn’t strong. But he can swim across this river.Though the boy isn’t strong, he can swim across this river.1. It was raining. But we went for a walk.2 I can’t say the poem by heart. I don’t know it well.3. The trip was dangerous. But the ship sailed forward to the unknown land.4. The Indians tried to defend themselves. But they could do nothing against the whitemen.5. They had to accept help from the government. They lived in bad conditions.TROUBLE SPOT: So – SuchSo and such are used to mean “this type of...” or to show extremes. These forms areoften used in exclamations.So + Adjective/adverb:. The music was so loud! I asked them to turn it down.He paints so well! I am sure he is going to become a famous artist.So + Much / Little + Uncountable Noun: Jake earns so much money!So + Many / Few + Plural Noun: I never knew you had so many brothers.So + Much / Little / Often / Rarely: My sister visits us so rarely! I really miss her.Such + Adjective + Uncountable Noun/Plurale. g.: We are having such wonderful weather today.Shelly has such beautiful eyes!Such a/an+ Adjective + SingularCountable Noun: David is such a friendly boy!All these forms can be used with that.e.g. The music is so loud that I can’t sleep.72