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Descriptive Language

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Video: Knut Inge Skifjeld, Anne Scott Hagen / CC BY-SA 4.0

CC BY-SA 4.0Written by: Anne Scott Hagen and Knut Inge Skifjeld. Rightsholder: Amendor

Last revised date 09/03/2013

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- Title: Descriptive Language
- Originator: Writer Anne Scott Hagen, Writer Knut Inge Skifjeld
- Rightsholder: Supplier Amendor
- Last revised date: 09/03/2013

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Working with Grammar

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Learning Path

Grammar: Self-assessment
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A/An and The (Indefinite and Definite Articles)
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Word Order
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Nouns
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Countable vs. Uncountable Nouns
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Verb conjugation (verbbøying)
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Concord: choosing the correct form of the verb
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Using the -ing Form of Verbs
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Adjectives
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Adverbs
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Pronouns
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Replacing Norwegian "som" (Relative Pronouns)
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It vs. There
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Prepositions
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Linking words and phrases
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Adjectives
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Positive, Comparative and Superlative of Adjectives
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Positive, Comparative and Superlative of Adverb
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Adverbs/Adverbials
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Anticipatory It or There
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Definite / Indefinite Articles
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Capital Letters
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Concord Between Subject and Verbal
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Concord
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Descriptive Language
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Indefinite Pronouns and Determiners
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It or There
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About Nouns
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Nouns
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Pronouns
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Relative Pronouns
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Verb Tense
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Who and Which
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Word Order
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Word Order
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-ing Form of the Verb
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The -ing Form not Used as a Verb
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S in Endings
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To Do-Auxiliary Verb
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To Do, to Be, to Have
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The Definite Article: The
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The Indefinite Articles: A/An
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Prepositions
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Linking Words and Phrases
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Adverbs
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Positive, Comparative and Superlative of Adverbs
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Word Classes
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Tasks and Activites

Can you find the adjectives?
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Positive, Comparative and Superlative of Adjectives
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Adverb or Adjective
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Articles
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Articles - Translation
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Basic Grammar Terms
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Concord
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Ing-form or Infinitive, Translation
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Ing-form or Infinitive
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It or There, Click On the Correct Alternative
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It or There, Translation
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Choose between It and There
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Nouns, Plural or Singular
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Nouns, Translation
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Plural or Singular
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Plural, Singular or Uncountable?
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Countables and Uncountables
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Proper Nouns and Common Nouns 1
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Proper nouns and common nouns 2
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Prepositions in Set Expressions
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Task 1: Prepositions
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Task 2: Prepositions
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Reflexive Pronouns
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Who or Which?
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Possessive Pronoun Quiz
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Pronouns, Translation
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Relative Pronouns 1
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Subject – Verb Agreement 1 (simple present)
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Subject - Verb Agreement 2 (simple present)
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The Present Continuous (-ing)
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Present Continuous or Simple Present?
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Text Cohesion - Linking Devices -Drag and Drop
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Text Cohesion, Linking Words - Drag and Drop
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Verbs: is or are?
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Conjugate These Verbs
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Word Order Tasks
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Word Class
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Task: Was or Were?
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Irregular verbs
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Tasks: Concord
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Ing-form or the Infinitive?
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Improving your language with adjectives
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Task: Fill in the Adverbs
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Can you find the nouns?
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Match Idioms 1
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Choose Between It and There
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Has or Have?
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Match Idioms 2
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Self-Assessment - Grammar
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