Analysis 20 - 30

20.  be = am / is / are / was / were

            be injured

            [He] was injured lightly in (a car accident) a few weeks ago.    (refer to No. 10)

      

       Positive               Comparative                Superlative      

21.  tall                        taller                            tallest                           ------- Regular

       hardworking         more hardworking       most hardworking

       (When you can’t add / suffix “er” to comparative degree, we use “more”.  Similarly

        when we can’t add “est” to the superlative degree of an adjective, we use “most”.)

      

bad                  worse                           worst                           --------Irregular           

23.  comfort / comfortable

for (the safety and comfort)  (A noun always follow after a preposition)

           

            [The woman] comforted (the little crying boy) just now.       (verb)

            [The authority concerned] should be responsible for (the safety and comfort) of

            the   road users.           (noun)

            [It] is so comfortable sitting here in (the cool evening breeze).          (adjective)

            am

            is               was               adjective / F4

            are             were

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            Linking Verb

            appear                 feel               look                 smell

            become               get                remain             sound           adjective / F4

            fall                      keep              seem                taste  

24.  send (person)( thing)       

       send (thing) to (person)   

25.  [I] would like to know (the houses) that [your company] is building or intending to

       build.

26.  to buy / to be bought

            I need to buy a bicycle.  (infinitive with to “root verb”)  (Active voice)

            A bicycle is to be bought soon.  (Passive voice)

           

            (to v ----->  to be F4) 

            [S] V to v / to be F4

27. a safe and peaceful place  (safe and peaceful ---adjectives)

            (The conjunction “and” always link the words of the same form ---> noun and

            noun; verb and verb;  adjective and adjective;  adverb and adverb)

28.  Yours sincerely,

29.  accident / incident

            [The old man] met with (a car accident). 

            [A fire accident] occurred here last month.

            [Everybody] can still remember (the incident)/ (event) of how [a boy] got trapped

             in (a tree).

30.  The Director                                             The Chief Inspector

        The Municipal Council                            The Police Station

        Sibu.                                                        Sarikei.

        The Director       

        The Public Works           

        Miri.