REPÚBLICA BOLIVARIANA DE VENEZUELA INSTITUTO UNIVERSITARIO POLITÉCNICO “SANTIAGO MARIÑO” EXTENSIÓN SAN CRISTÓBAL
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CONTENT PREPOSITIONS………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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ADVERVIAL CLAUSES…………………………………………………………………………………………….
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USE OF PREPOSITIONS The prepositions can perform different functions: - To serve as a link between two words or different elements in the sentence: I'll see you at five o'clock - They can accompany a verb serving as a link to its complement. In this case, they may not alter the meaning of the verb or alter it with what constitutes a distinct word. To look (does not alter the meaning of the verb) To look after (to change the meaning of the verb) - When we put a verb after a preposition, in English normally the form 'ing' is used and not the infinitive. You should not go to India without visiting the Taj Mahal. I am interested in studying psychology.• Gardening rather interested public and private fences or enclosures, spaces such as parks and gardens. • The landscaping is interested in open spaces enclosed with fences and an open space with no fence or wall, such as squares, networks of parks, green belts and wild places.
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POSITION OF THE PREPOSITIONS Generally, they are placed before the noun or the pronoun, except in the following cases: A.) With the relative pronoun, when followed by preposition, it can be placed in the final position. The girls I study with (for: The girls with whom I study) B.) In interrogative phrases when they begin with an interrogative pronoun: Who were you speaking to? (Instead of: To whom were you speaking?)
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Clause Type
Common Conjunctions
Function
Example
hour
Conjunctions that answer the question "when?", Such as: when, before, after, from, while, how, while, until, until, etc .; Or the paired (correlative) conjunctions: just ... when, just ... when, just ... when, not before ... of
These clauses: It says when something happens referring to a point or point of time, or to another event.
His goldfish died when he was young. He came after nightfall.
condition
If unless
Talk about a possible or counterfactual situation and its consequences.
If they lose weight during an illness, they will soon regain it.
purpose
In order that, in order that
Indicate the purpose of an action.
They had to take part of their land to be able to extend the cemetery.
reason
Because as given
State the reason for something.
I could not feel anger against him because I liked him too much.
concession
Although, although, while
Make two statements, one of which contrasts with the other or makes it look amazing.
I used to read a lot but now I do not have much time for books.
place
Responding to the question "where?":
Where, anywhere, anywhere, everywhere, etc.
Talk about the location or position of something. He said he was happy where he was.
comparison
as
State comparison of a skill, size or
Johan can speak English as fluently
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quantity, etc.
as his teacher.
way
Responding to the question, "how?": Such as, for example, the way
Talk about someone's behavior or how something is done.
I was never allowed to do things the way I wanted to do them.
Results
So this like that
Indicate the result (s) of an event or event.
My suitcase had been so damaged that the lid did not stay closed.
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Adverbial clauses of result The
clauses of result (consecutiv e subordinate sentences) are those that will serve to express the result of the action indicated in the main sentence. The main linkers used to introduce this type of sentence are the following: So + clause : I was exhausted, so I went to bed at 9 p.m -
So + adjetivo / adverbio + that + clause: I was so tired that I went to bed at 9 pm. As a result + clause: We left too late. As a result, we missed the train Therefore + clause: It means "therefore", "consequently", "then"… I failed my English test in June. Therefore, I took it again in September – Such + a / an + adjetivo + sustantivo en singular + that + clause: It was such a boring film that I fell asleep – Such + adjetivo + sustantivo en plural / sustantivo incontable + that + clause: They were such hard working people thatthey soon got promoted. – So much (o “many” para sustantivos contables) + sustantivo + that + clause: There were so many people there that they couldn't all fit in the room Such that / In such a way that: We will also serve to express an outcome, albeit in academic or very formal contexts: Act in such a way that you treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of another, always at the same time as an end and never simply as a means
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