Preparación de Exámenes Cambridge ESOL

viernes, 14 de enero de 2011

AVATAR TALKS A2 - B1

RELATIVE PRONOUNS

WHO : is the nominative case

The relative pronouns.

Examples:simple sentence.
This is Jack . he can't eat any apple.

Complex sentence.

This Jack who can't eat any apple.

Who, is the nominative case of the relative pronoun.

That , it has the same meaning of Who. It can be used as wel.

Example :

This is Jack that can't eat any apple.
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RELATIVE PRONOUNS

WHOM : as the objective of the verb

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The relative pronouns.

Examples:simple sentence.

That is the boy . I met him on Friday.

Complex sentence.

That is the boy whom I met on Friday.

Whom, is a objective relative pronouns, because it is the object of the verb ( met ).
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RELATIVE PRONOUNS

WHOM : as objective of the preposition

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The relative pronouns.

Examples:simple sentence.

I know that girl . You spoke to her.

Complex sentence.

I know that girl to whom you spoke .

Whom, is the objective case governed by the preposition ( to ), because it is the object of the verb ( spoke ).

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jueves, 13 de enero de 2011

People is or People are

The word "people" is a Noun of Multitude ,such nouns have no plural forms,they agree with the verb in the plural.
So,according to this rule the correct forms are: people are;people have.

As for "family",here we have two versions.We can say either "my family is" or "my family are" but it all depends on the context,
When the word "family" is used as a Collective Noun it agrees with the verb in the singular, e.g. My family is large. (we mean the family as a whole).
When it is used as a Noun of Multitude it agrees with the verb in the plural. e.g. My family are asleep.( here we mean the members of the family).

Edgarlandia,I think this will be helpful for you! :)
Tamta