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Compound
Compound
future arrangements
“Will” is a modal Auxiliary for present
verb: ‘cause we can’t continuous is the
modify with any verb to “be”: are,
other auxiliary. And am, is.
because is the same
for all subject
pronouns.
Will not / won’t Main rule: verb +
You can’t use: is, are, ing:ando/endo
am, do, does, did.
Uses: Uses:
We use “will” for We use “pc” for
predictions, offers, future arrangements:
promises: near future and sth
possibilities for sure.
e.g: e.g:
they will play soccer they are playing
tomorrow soccer tomorrow
they won’t play they aren’t playing
soccer tomorrow soccer tomorrow
will they play soccer are they playing
tomorrow? soccer tomorrow?
Yes, they will / no, Yes, they are / no,
they won’t they aren’t
COMPOUND WORDS
When two words are used together to yield a
new meaning, a compound is formed.
Compound words can be written in three
ways: as open compounds (spelled as two
words e.g: ice cream), closed compound
(join to form a single word (doorbell),
hyphenated compounds (two words joined
by a hyphen e.g: long-term), sometimes
more than (mother-in-law)
e.g:
living room
full moon
real estate
CLOSED COMPOUND
Closed compound words look like one word.
At one point, these words weren’t used
together, but they’re now accepted as a
“real word” in the English language.
e.g:
notebook
bookstore
HYPHENATED COMPOUND WORDS
There are a great many grammar rules
regarding hyphens in compound words.one
important rule of thumb to remember is that
in most cases, a compound adjective is
hyphenated if placed before the nouns it
modifies, but not if placed after the noun.
e.g:
a long-term solution
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