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Summary Platinum English First Additional Language, ISBN: 9780636135697 English FAL
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Module 1, Unit 3- Honorifics
Honorifics is a title that is used before the person’s surname as a sign of respect.
Common honorifics are: Mr, Mrs, Ms and Miss
e.g., Mr Pienaar and Mrs Pienaar has a daughter, Miss Pienaar. Mrs Pienaar also has a
sister, Ms Jones.
Mr- Mister
Mrs- Mistress (married)
Ms-Mistress (one does not know if she is married or not)
Miss-Mistress (unmarried)
Other honorifics include:
Your Majesty (when addressing royalty)
Your honour (used in court)
Dr (doctor)
Prof (professor)
Sir
Ma’am
Module 1, Unit 5- Euphemism
Euphemism is a softer, more delicate way of
saying something to someone.
Euphemisms are used for many reasons: direct
reference to something like death is avoided,
governments use it to cover up brutal deeds such as
torturing = magnified information retrieval. To cast
something in a better light.
Creative accounting= corruption
Tipsy= drunk
Passed away= died
Handyman’s delight= need a lot of work done
Culled of= murdered
Module 2, Unit 2-Active and Passive, question forms and active
and passive voice
Active and Passive
The verb changes, the object and subject change places so that the main focus
changes.
e.g., The boy kissed the girl. (A)
Active Passive Rule Tense
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, She eats a pear A pear is eaten by Am/is/are + 3rd Present simple
her column
She is eating a pear A pear is being Am/is/are+ 3rd Present continuous
eaten by her column
She has eaten a A pear has been Has/have + been Present perfect
pear eaten by her +3rd column
She will eat a pear A pear will be eaten Shall/will +be + Future simple
by her 3rd column
She will have eaten A pear will have Shall/will+ have Future perfect
a pear been eaten by her been+ 3rd
column
She ate a pear A pear was eaten by Was/were+ 3rd Past simple
her column
She was eating a A pear was being Was/were+ Past continuous
pear eaten by her being + 3rd
column
She had eaten a A pear had been Had been + 3rd
Past perfect
pear eaten by her column
The girl was kissed by the boy. (P)
Question forms
Turn a statement into a question form by replacing the subject with who or
what. THE WORD ORDER STAYS THE SAME
S- James booked the hotel room for Saturday.
Q-Who booked the hotel room for Saturday?
S- The thunder made a roaring sound.
Q- What made a roaring sound?
S- Jamie called for help when she saw the thief.
Q- Who called for help when they saw the thief?
Adding a question tag
S- James booked the hotel room for Saturday.
QT- James booked the hotel room for Saturday, didn’t he?
S- Reading the news does not give me joy.
QT- Reading the news does not give me joy, does it?
Direct and indirect speech
D- He said, “I eat breakfast”
I- He said that he ate breakfast.
The verb’s
D- She said,” I have never cried before”
tenses
should
match.
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