Numerous exercises on gerund vs. infinitive along with their key are hereby made available for you to have access at your convenience. You can also find the list of verbs used with gerund and/or infinitive here.
Here you can find more information and exercises on the same topic.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Mandatory, obligatory and compulsory
These words can indeed be used as synonyms in most contexts. I also like the first response in the forum at the following link:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080507075259AAR2USG
Here is a link for another forum which can be useful, as well:
http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/2902/mandatory-obligatory-compulsory
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080507075259AAR2USG
Here is a link for another forum which can be useful, as well:
http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/2902/mandatory-obligatory-compulsory
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Prepositions
Basic prepositions:
Here you can find some exercises on basic prepositions. The key to the exercises is hereby made available. (Source: English Grammar in Use: Intermediate by Raymond Murphy)
Noun, adjective and verb + preposition:
Here you can find some exercises on nouns, adjectives and verbs which are used with certain prepositions. The key for the exercises are also hereby made available. (Source: English Grammar in Use: Intermediate by Raymond Murphy)
Phrasal verbs:
Here you can find some exercises on phrasal verbs. The key to the exercises is hereby made available. (Source: English Grammar in Use: Intermediate by Raymond Murphy)
Here you can find some exercises on basic prepositions. The key to the exercises is hereby made available. (Source: English Grammar in Use: Intermediate by Raymond Murphy)
Noun, adjective and verb + preposition:
Here you can find some exercises on nouns, adjectives and verbs which are used with certain prepositions. The key for the exercises are also hereby made available. (Source: English Grammar in Use: Intermediate by Raymond Murphy)
Phrasal verbs:
Here you can find some exercises on phrasal verbs. The key to the exercises is hereby made available. (Source: English Grammar in Use: Intermediate by Raymond Murphy)
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Composite nouns
Some of the issues that come up in today's session concerning composite nouns can be found here along with some exercises.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Interinstitutional style guide and the Commission style guide
Latin terms, phrases, abbreviations and acronyms
You can find a list of Latin terms, phrases abbreviations and acronyms that can be used in English here.
PS: The abbreviation for the Latin phrase et alii is 'et al.' with a dot at the end. Here is a general rule for the use of the dot in abbreviations: If the last letter of the word being abbreviated is not the same as the last letter of the abbreviation, you need the dot. What are the abbreviations for 'professor', 'doctor', 'mister' and 'abbreviation'?
PS: The abbreviation for the Latin phrase et alii is 'et al.' with a dot at the end. Here is a general rule for the use of the dot in abbreviations: If the last letter of the word being abbreviated is not the same as the last letter of the abbreviation, you need the dot. What are the abbreviations for 'professor', 'doctor', 'mister' and 'abbreviation'?
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