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(a) They took precautions against theft by
having an alarm system installed.
guard against misfortune, fire, etc, = take precautions against
We should take precautions against a typhoon as soon as a typhoon signal has been hoisted.
They installed a sprinkler system as a precaution against fire:
There is something wrong with this machine,
Something is our of onder - Something is not working
A
person is not behaving as he usually does or is not feeling well. There is something wrong with him.
That telephone is out of order. fwrong with)
There is something wrong with that telephone.
What is causing that machine not to work properly?
(wring)
What is wrong with that machine?
(c) Despite the fact that the radio hadn't "been used for years, it was still in working
order.
Although must be followed directly by at clause (group of words having a subject and verb) whereas despite" or "in spite of are usually followed directly by a noun, pro- noun or gerund.
Although he was lazy, he passed the test
(Begin. In spite
In spite of his laziness, he passed the
tést:
Although he was ill, he attended the funeral.
(Begin: Despite)
Despite his illness, he attended the funeral
Although it was raining, we held the picnic.
(Begin, Inspire),
In spite of the rain, we held the picnic..
However, in spite of and despite may also be followed by a clause if we add the words "the fact that between in spite of or despite a
and the clause...
In spite of his laziness, he passed the test,
(he was)
In spite of the fact that he was lazy, he passed the test.
Despite his illness, he attended the funeral
(he was)
Despite the fact that he was all, he, attended the funeral.
In spite of the rain, we held the picnic, (was raining)
In spite of the fact that it was raining, we held the picnic.
Helen blamed herself for what had hap- pened to Mary.
( Not only had he cheated in the examina
tion but he had also lied to his father.
When we have two actions performed by the same person or two facts conceming the same person' and we wish to emphasize that he did them both or that both concern liim, we may express this fact by using "not only but also" or "not only. bul
too," or "not only..............
well',
but
Te is not only intelligent but he is also diligent.
She not only speaks Chinese but she writes it 100,
of
Note: "Not only" is "one of a number
special adverbs which when they. appear at the beginning of à sen- tenge are followed by an inverted. subject and verb. The others are".
Never
Rarely
Only the word;
Not until
Seldom
· Under en circumstances (Chino account)
Hardly
Scarcely
when
when
No sooner
.... than
Not only
In few a noun
butalso.
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She knew what her children needed. They listened attentively to his state
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Never have I met such a fool. Rarely does she study. Seldom do we go there.
Scarcely had arrived when Peter left
"No sooner had we gone out
than it began tö.
» raindr
In few countries can one find such beautiful
tiful scenery
The subject and verb are inverted only when these adverbs come first in the sentence..
I met him only yesterday: Only yesterday did I meet him.
(f) The staff's being impolite to customers
adversely affected business.
The verb "was' of the original sentence has been changed to a gerund (verbal noun). Since a gerund can be a subject or an object just as a noun can be, the word. being may become the subject of the sentence formed by combining the two sentences given,
John is a good singer. This makes him popular at parties.
(Combine using being)
John's being a good singer makes him popular at parties
Mary came late. That displeased her teacher.
Combine beginning: Mary 39:
Mary's coming late displeased her teacher.
(g) Whom has the boss got in mind for that
post?
got or have in mind for a post intend to give a post to intend to hire for a post
I've got Peter in mind for the job of assistant manager.
(h) The teacher put his poor results down to
laziness.
He claimed that the fall in profits was the result of inefficiency among the ́stafl'.
(caused by)
He claimed that the fall in profits was caused by mefficiency among the staff
{Use “put and down')
He
put the fall in profits down. inefficiency among the staff.
(i) The man tried to leave the restaurant with-
out paying his bill.
We often use without followed by a noun or gerund to take the place of a negative verb when rnore than one verb is used in a sentence or when sentences are combined.
etc.
He answered my question and he did not hesitate.
(without)
ments.
(what)
They listened attentively to what he said.
He must have thought me a fool..
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think that someone is an adjective" or noun- think someone † an adjective, or, noun
ind the length of EF 7. Sum the series
He thought that was wrong. thought me wrong..
He
She thought Patrick was a spy. thought Patrick a spy.
thought| he was strange." (him)
I thought him strange.
We thought that they were policemen. (Omit were)
We thought them policemen.
(m) He told us how. Mary had refused to help
him.
tell about something tell how something happened
They told us about their sufferings during the war. [how)
They told us how they had suffered during the war.
He told us about his success in busis"
ness... (how)
He old us how he had succeeded in -business,
(n) All the homework and long boring classes
got Mary down.
depress someone get someone down
His pessimism depressed us..
(down) |
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MODERN MATHEMATICS (12)
Test 5
Atteapt ALL questions
in Section A and SIX in
Section 8,
SECTION A (4.0%)
Es of the
If one of the
quadratic equation.
+ 13x+
find:
(i) the value of k
(ii) the other root
He answered my question without hesitating.
2.
the values of a aud
He answered my question without hesitation
He left but he didn't say a word, (without)
He left without saying a word
He left without a word.
He came in but he didn't greet me. (without)
He came in without greeting me.
She listened to the news of his death, She didn't
(Combine
without)
She listened to the news of his death without crying.
He listened to the joke. He didn't. laugh.
(Combine using without ')
He listened to the joke without laughing.
That is a time consuming job. Similar adjectives of this type are
energy consuming
That is an energy consuming task.
money consuming
The task was too money-consuming
and had to be discontinued.
(k) John knew what his father liked and dis-
D
liked.
one's likes whatone likes one's dislikes what one dislikes. one's statements - what one says one's actions what one does one's behaviour = what one does one ́s heliels - what one believes
one's wants = what out wants one's needs what one needs: one's hopes what one hopes for, etc.
He was critical of John's'actions. "(what).
He was critical of what Johir did.
She knew her children's needs. (what)
shown in figure
and BCE are straight
LAEB 40 ZAFD
find
ZBCF
A
The equation
k(2x-y)
ABF
Figure 1.
represents a family of
traight lines passing through
a fixed point P.
(i) Find the value of k such
that the equation represent
straight line in the
family perpendicular to
3x - y = 0.
(ii) Fird the coordinates of P.
5. If aimé è conë.. -
find the value of(sine
6. In figure 2. AF
FD
AB 4cm
to 20 terns.
A new car costs $10000.
If its value the end
each is 15% less than its
value at the beginning of
the year, find, in which
year its value first falle
below $6000, SECTION B
9. A hémisperical bowl
radius r cas is partially
filled with
water
each of diameter. vd en
added until the bowl is
just full. If the volume of
ater wa •f the bowl 18
capocity, express
(a) the volume of
of prq and
(b) d in terms of pig, r and 2. 10. A man prepares two types
X
of fertilizer
and Y.
Each bag of X contains
kg of chemical A,
chemical Band 6 kg
chemical C. Each bag o
contains 4kg of chemical
2kg of chemical B and
3 kg of chemical C. Each bag of X yeilds a profit of
$50 and each bag of Y yeilds a profit of $30. The amount of chemicals available is 50kg of A, 40 kg of Band 75 kg of C
(*) How many bagel
each
should he prepare and
(b) what is the greatest
-profit ?. 11.A hill slopes up at an
angle of 30, with the
horizontal. A man without
load on his back can climb
at an angle of 20 with
the horizontal and the
other man with load on his
buck can climb at an angle
of 10 with the horizontal.
What is the angle between
their tracks on the hill ? 12. As shown in figure 3,
thi
circles with ce
A, B and C touch
other externally.
igure. 3
the radii of the
circles are respectively
5cm, 4cm and 4cm, calculate
(i) the perimeter of the
shaded region
(ii) the area of
shaded regio
13. As shown in figure 47
AD-AD -BD DC
Z BAC-90%
Express AÐ in terms
(1) AB and B
(11) AC and-CD
(b) Show that AD -(CD
(c) Hence, deduce that
BD)-0
AD1BC
In an arithmetic progress-
ion, all terus are posi-
If the sum of the
first 3
is 15 and
their product is 45,
ind the first term and
the common difference #f
the progression.
) Write down the sun of
first a terms of the
progression in terms of
(c) Find the number of terms
must be takes such that
the sum is gr
than
100.
15. As shown in figure.
P(5,6)
int on the
circle. whose ce
(a) Write down the equation
of the circle. C
(b) What is the slo
the line joining À and
(c) L is a tangent which
touches C at Pa
(1) what is the slope of
(ii) find the equation
Consider, the expression
752 2x2
(a) Write down the ex
ion in the fera
(b) Find the values
b and
(c) What is the maximu100
value of the expression?
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