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More Heroic FailuresStephen Pile - The Book of Heroic FailuresTo the teacher:
In addition to all the language forms of Levels One and Two,
which are used again at this level of the series, the main verb
forms and tenses used at Level Three are:
•
past continuous verbs, present perfect simple verbs, condi-
tional clauses (using the ‘first’ or ‘open future’ conditional),
question tags and further common phrasal verbs
•
modal verbs:
have (got) to
and
don’t have to
(to express
obligation),
need to
and
needn’t
(to express necessity),
could
and
was able to
(to describe past ability),
could
and
would
(in
offers and polite requests for help), and
shall
(for future plans,
offers and suggestions).
Also used are:
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relative pronouns:
who, that
and
which
(in defining clauses)
•
conjunctions:
if
and
since
(for time or reason),
so that
(for
purpose or result) and
while
•
indirect speech (questions)
•
participle clauses.
Specific attention is paid to vocabulary development in the
Vocabulary Work exercises at the end of the book. These
exercises arc aimed at training students to enlarge their
vocabulary systematically through intelligent reading and
effective use of a dictionary.
To the student:
Dictionary Words:
•
When you read this book, you will find that some words arc
darker black than the others on the page. Look them up in
your dictionary, if you do not already know them, or try to
guess the meaning of the words first, without a dictionary.
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