Grammar and usage

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Grammar and usage

• Emphasis

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• ????????,???????????????????????
• 1. ????do(does/did)?????????
• He does know the place well.
• ???????????
• Do write to me when you get there.
• ????????????

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• 2. ????very,only,single,such??????????????
• 1. Thats the very textbook we used last
• term.??????????????
• 2. You are the only person here who can
• speak Chinese. ???????????
• ??
• 3. Not a single person has been in the shop
• this morning.?????????????
• ????
• 4. How dare you buy such expensive
  jewels??????????????

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• 3. ?ever,never,very,just???????
• 1. Why ever did you do so?
• ??????? ????
• 2. He never said a word the whole day.
• ???,????????
• 3. Youve got to be very,very careful.????????????
  
• 4. This is just what I wanted.????????

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• 4. ?in the world,on earth,at all??????????????(???
  ???)
• Where in the world could he be??
• ???????
• What on earth is it????????
• Do you know at all?
• ????????

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• 5. ????????????,????????
• How interesting a story it is!????????????!
• Oh, what a lie!?,??????!

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• 6. ????(?????????????????????)?????
• On the table were some flowers.????????(????)
• Many a time have I climbed that hill.?????????
• Only in this way,can we solve this
  problem.????,???????????

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• 7. It is / was that /who??????????????????????
• I bought this car in that shop last month.
• (???) 1. It was I who/that bought this car
  in that
• shop last month. (????) 2. It was this
  car that I bought in that shop
• last month. (????) 3. It was in that shop
  that I bought this car
• last month. (??????) 4. It was last month
  that I bought this car in
• that shop. (??????)

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• ??
• (1) ????????????????????????,????is???????,??????
  ?was?
• ??
• I met him in the street yesterday. (??)
• ?It was him that I met in the street yesterday.

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• (2)?????????
• ??
• Its we who are to answer for it.
• Its I, not my parents, that am waiting for the
  bus.
• (3) ?????????????when?there??that,??????which?
• (4) ????????,???????????????
• What do you want me to do?
• ?What is it that you want me to do?

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• (5) ???????not until becauseonly
  after??????,???? It is/was not until that
  It is (was) because that, It was only after
  that ???
• ??
• It was not until 1920 regular radio
  broadcasts began. (1995NMET)
• A. while B. which C. that D. since

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• (6) ??????????????
• ??????????????????????
• 1) ????It is (was) that/who
  ???,?????,????????????????,????????????????
• ?It is tomorrow that they will begin their work.
• ?Tomorrow they will begin their work.

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• 2) It is (was)?,?????????,??????????????????,????
  ??????
• It is in the hall a meeting was held.
  (that/where)
• ????,??that,?????????where,??????????
• Was it on the day that you joined the army?
  (????)
• Was it the day when you joined the army? (????)

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• (1) is known to everybody, the moon
  travels round the earth once every month.
  (2001??)
• A. It B. As C. That D. What
• (2) It is the ability to do the job .
  matters not where you come from or what you are.
  (2000??)
• A. one B. that C. what D. it

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• (3) It was for this reason her uncle
  moved out of New York and settled down in a small
  village. (2001??)
• A. which B. why C. that D. how
• (4) It was only when I reread his poems recently
  I began to appreciate their beauty.
  (1998NMET)
• A. until B. that C. then D. so

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• (5) It was how the young man had learned five
  foreign languages ____ attracted the
  audiences interest. (2000???)
• A. so that B. that C. what D. in which
• (6) It was not she took off her dark
  glasses I recognized she was a famous
  film star. (1992MET)
• A. when that B. until that
• C. until when D. when then

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• (7) It was about 600 years ago the first
  clock with a face and an hour hand was made.
  (1997NMET)
• A. that B. until C. before D. when
• (8) Was that I saw last night at the
  concert? (1995NMET)
• A. it you B. not you C. you D. that

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• (9) As the busiest woman in Norton, she made
  _____ her duty to look after all the other
  peoples affairs in that town.(2004??) A.
  this     B. that             
• C. one             D. it(10) _______ is
  our belief that improvements in health care will
  lead to a stronger, more prosperous
  economy.(2004??)
• A. As   B. That  C. This  D. It

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• (11) It was after he got what he had
  desired _____ he realized it was not so
  important.(2004??) A. that   B. when    
• C. since    D. as(12) I just wonder ____
  that makes him so excited. (2006??) A. why it
  does   B. what he does  
• C. how it is   D. what it is

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Translate the following sentences into English

• 1. ???????????
• It is Mary who wrote this book.
• 2. ???????????????
• It is the garden that many beautiful flowers
  grow in.

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• 3. ???????????
• It is the girl who is good at singing.
• 4. ??????????????
• It was for this reason that his uncle moved to
  New York.
• 5. ??????
• It is I who am wrong.