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Language Matters: Lexical Chunks (1)
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Analyse the form and use of the highlighted lexical chunks in the extracts below. Don't do them all at once - try one or two a day and then check with  the suggested answers here . Note anything you miss or get wrong, and loo…

Language Matters: The English Verb System (1) Tense and Time
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These materials come from our Delta Module One course, where we argue that many so-called grammatical "rules" are unrealistic, simplistic and prescriptive in comparison with the way the language is actually used. Part O…

Language Matters: The English Verb System (3a) - Auxiliary Verbs
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AUXILIARY VERBS AND MODALITY NB:  I am aware that the volume of the  presentation in this section is very low. On my computer it is just audible - better with headphones. Make sure your computer sound is set to maximum. A. Auxili…

Language Matters- The English Verb System(3b): Modality
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These materials were originally used on the Delta Module One course run by Business Talk Milan. The course has now closed. To fully understand the explanations here, you need first to have worked through the materials on tense an…

Plural Uncountable Nouns, anyone??
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The other day I was reading through the Cambridge document Delta Module One  Tips for Candidates and Centres (2022), and came across this criticism on p.18 - that exam candidates often... ... describe uncountable nouns as being s…

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