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EXERCISE 1 1 : Correct the errors in the following sentences.
1. Could you to drive a car when you were thirteen years old?
2. If your brother goes to the graduation party, he can meets my sister.
3. Mr. Lo was born in Hong Kong, but now he lives in Canada. He cannot understand
spoken English before he moved to Canada, but now he speak and understand
English very well.
-. I couldn't opened the door because I didn't have a key.
5. When Ernesto arrived at the airport last Tbesday, he can't find the right gate.
6. Please turn up the radio. I can't to hear it.
USING VERY AND TOO + ADJECTIVE
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(a) The box is wmy heuvy, but T~LU
(b) The box is too hmy. Bob can't lijtit.
( c ) The coffee is very hot, but I can drink it.
(d) The coffee is too hot. I can't drink it.
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Very d d 100 come in front of adjectives; heavy and
hot are adjectives.
Very and too do NOT have the same meaning.
In (a): very heavy = It is difficult but possible for
Tom to Lift the box.
In @): too heavy = It is impossible for Bob to lift it.
(e) The coffee is too hot.
NEGATIVE RESULT: I can't drink it.
( f ) The weather is too cold.
NEGATIVE RESULT: We can't go to the beach.
In the speaker's mind, the use of too implies a
negative result.
TOM
EXPRESSING ABILITY .
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