19 1 Leading and following GRAMMAR 17 Work with contractions Read the text: Leroy cocked his slicked head and looked at me. “You know, I think you’re a queer.” “So what if I am, except I’m not real sure what you mean by that.” “I mean you ain’t natural, that’s what I mean. It’s time you started worrying about your hair and doing those things that girls are supposed to do.” a) A contraction is a shortened combination of two words. Write down the contractions you find in the text. Then, write each of them out in two words. Example: I’m is the short form of I am. b) What is the infinitive of each of the verbs used in the contractions? Write them down. Example: The verb in I’m is am. The infinitive of am is to be. c) Do you use contractions when writing? When and in which types of text do you use them? Explain briefly. 18 Work with adjectives Read the text: I knew I wasn’t rich but then I wasn’t walking around with little plastic clothespins on my collar like all the red-neck girls either. The boys were much worse than the girls. They had long greasy hair and wore denim jackets with bloody eyeballs drawn on them. Hot as hell they’d wear those denim jackets and black motorcycle boots and they were dirty mouthed to go along with it. a) Find at least five adjectives and write them down. b) Write the adjectives in the positive, comparative and superlative forms. Compare your list with a partner’s. Hæfniviðmið • Sýnt góð tök á orða- forða, meginreglum málnotkunar og notað tengiorð við hæfi.
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