UNIT 14 – LANGUAGE FOCUS
PRONUNCIATION
GRAMMAR
Both…and…
To connect two similar actions, things or people we can use
`both….and‘.
Either… or… connects two choices:
EITHER…OR…
NEITHER…NOR…
Remember: Verbs agree with the noun or pronoun following OR or NOR.
PRACTICE
Jim and Carol are on holiday.
smokes nor drinks.
nor Carol has got a car.
is both boring and very long.
is either Richard or Robert.
neither time nor money to go on holiday.
go to the cinema or stay at home to watch TV.
both her passport and wallet
can leave either today or tomorrow – whichever you prefer.
both clean and easy to park.
Cleft sentence
Dad
repaired
this toy
for me.
S1 - Verb - Object
It was
this toy
that was repaired
by Dad
for me.
Emphasis on “this toy”
Emphasis on the subject
of a passive verb.
It was Christina who was given lots of flower by fans.
It was the policeman who was asked for direction to
the post office by the pedestrian.
It was a bicycle that was given him by his father for
his birthday.
It was his house that was talked about a lot.
It was his hometown that was described in his novel.
It was the children who were frightend by her.
It was her glasses that were broken by her younger sister.
It was my younger sister who was kissed by the Prince
at the party.
It was this story book that was given me as a birthday present.
It is Tet that is celebrated by Vietnamese people as the
greatest occasion in a year.
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