Sport

1
BAD: Sports help us to keep fit.
GOOD: Sport helps us to keep fit.
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a sport (countable) = a particular type of sport: 'Cricket is a very popular sport in Yorkshire.'
sport (uncountable) = sport in general: 'She writes articles on sport and travel.' 'I'm not very good at sport.'
2
BAD: I need some new sport shoes.
GOOD: I need some new sports shoes.
BAD: She bought a bright red sport car.
GOOD: She bought a bright red sports car.
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Use sports in front of a noun (NOT sport ): 'a sports centre', 'a sports club', 'sports equipment', 'sports injuries'.
3
BAD: He makes all types of sport.
GOOD: He does all types of sport.
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l do sport (NOT make ): 'Do you do any sport at school?'

Infinitive

"He wanted to be a millionaire." to be is the full infinitive (also known as "the to infinitive") of the verb.
"We should go home." go is the bare infinitive.

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• "How" is followed by the full infinitive.

Who are they from

• I've received some messages recently, I wonder who they are from.

To be from [somewhere/something/someone] = to originate [from/in]

A: I wonder who they are from. = I wonder from whom they are.-> I wonder from whom they originate.
B: They are from PaulQ.

C: I have found some small screws: I wonder what they are from. = I wonder [from] what they originate.
D: They are from the coffee machine.

E: "A new family have moved in next door - they are not Iranian. I wonder where they are from."
F: "They are from Azerbaijan." "They originate from/in Azerbaijan."

 

Intransitive verbs

Intransitive verbs appear in complete sentences that are formed in this way:
(i) Subject verb "He looked" or
(ii) Subject verb preposition noun "He looked at the cat."

• Ouch! You trod on my toe!

{on my toe} adverbial prepositional phrase modifying tread.

There is no object in the sentence: Ouch! You trod {on my toe!} - Compare: "He trod silently."

Park's bench or park bench

In the following sentence, why hasn't an apostrophe been used in the phrases "park bench" and " children play" ?

* We sat down on the park bench and watched the children play.

Answer:

Easy answer first: in "children play", play is a verb, unless you mean "play = a stage production with actors." e.g. "the plays of William Shakespeare.", in which case it does need a genitive 's'.

So, let us look at "park bench"

In English it is very common to use two nouns together where the first noun
(i) is uncountable and
(ii) acts like an adjective:

The language department is over there. = The department associated with language .is over there.
.....<noun1> <noun2> is over there... = The <noun2>.... associated with <noun1> is over there.

We sat down on the ...park ......bench
We sat down on the <noun1> <noun2> = The <noun2> associated with <noun1> is over there.

This construction is used where there is not any real ownership. The first noun is used to describe an attribute of the second noun. The first noun doesn't say who/what owns the second noun.

We sat down on the park bench
We sat down on the wooden bench
We sat down on the newly made, iron bench

The bold phrases are all adjectival.

 

On Monday/ Monday

A- Bye.
B- Bye. I'll see you on Monday/Monday at 4.30.

Answer: both are OK.