2. PLACE: WHERE/ANYWHERE
& WHEREVER/EVERYWHERE
where anywhere & wherever everywhere
Must be followed by clause emphasizes condition emphasizes all places that fit a
condition
I have never lived where it
snows.
Wherever there is widespread
poverty there is violence.
The Secret Service protects the
President everywhere he
travels.
= a place = each place = all places
3. S0…THAT/SUCH…THAT
SHOULD INCLUDE A DRAMATIC RESULT
HE’S SUCH A GREAT STUDENT THAT HE WAS AWARDED THE ELI
SCHOLARSHIP TWO SEMESTERS IN A ROW.
4. POSSESSIVES BEFORE
GERUNDS
BECAUSE OF THE TEACHER’S INSISTING ON ENGLISH ONLY, THE STUDENTS
BECAME MORE FLUENT.
DESPITE MY SISTER’S FAILING ALL HER COURSES, MY PARENTS STILL GAVE
HER A CAR.
5. AS IF/AS THOUGH
• GIVES INFORMATION ON HOW SOMETHING APPEARS/SEEMS—LITERAL (REAL) OR NON-LITERAL
(UNREAL)
• A TYPE OF COMPARISON
A. SHE SPEAKS AS THOUGH SHE IS A NATIVE SPEAKER. THEREFORE, I DON’T THINK SHE’S AN
ELI STUDENT.
B. SHE SPEAKS AS THOUGH SHE WERE A NATIVE SPEAKER. SHE MUST HAVE A GREAT EAR FOR
LANGUAGES.
VERB TENSE RULES
REAL—NORMAL VERB TENSE
UNREAL—ONE STEP BACK IN PAST
(EX. PRES PERF—PAST PERF & WAS--WERE)
