1. Check in a grammar reference book and give examples of the following tenses. Give REALISTIC NATURAL examples that might commonly be spoken/written by a native speaker.…
1. Check in a grammar reference book and give examples of the following tenses. Give REALISTIC NATURAL examples that might commonly be spoken or written by a native speaker.…
Dante’s journey was to lead him into the road of salvation because he was contemplating suicide. Dante see what happens to people that commit suicide; they are trees that cannot talk unless pain is inflicted on them. This symbolizes people committing suicide. The trees let a horrific scream when the when they dismembered, it causes them to bleed as well. The reason the souls are trees is that they rejected life, there for they have to be constantly reminded of what they did to their own selves. Dante knew now what he thought before was wrong; that he is supposed to love life; for which is life a privilege, it is not to be taken for granted.…
inventory and distribution of individual sounds, the main dif®culties for Italian learners lie in the areas of stress and rhythm, and it is here that learners have most problems in understanding and in making them- selves understood. In addition, the relatively regular match between spelling and pronunciation in Italian and the strict rules…
Carter, R., McCarthy, M., Mark, G., & O’ Keeffe, A. (2011). English Grammar Today: An A-Z of Spoken and Written Grammar. Cambridge University Press. (This…
1. In each of the following sentences underline the verb or verb and identify the form/ tense used.…
Maui was the son of Hina-lau-ae and Hina, and they dwelt at a place called Makalia, above Kahakuloa, on West Maui. Now, his mother Hina made _kapas_. And as she spread them out to dry, the days were so short that she was put to great trouble and labor in hanging them out and taking them in day after day until they were dry. Maui, seeing this, was filled with pity for her, for the days were so short that, no sooner had she got her kapas all spread out to dry, than the Sun went down, and she had to take them in again. So he determined to make the Sun go slower. He first went to Wailohi, in Hamakua, on East Maui, to observe the motions of the Sun. There he…
In addition to idioms, students of English often have considerable difficulty with verb forms including the spelling of verb forms and the use of tenses.…
Ross: “I really enjoyed my meal at that Mexican restaurant yesterday, we should go there again next Friday”…
1. Put the correct forms of the verbs into the gaps. Use the Simple Present in the statements.…
Look at the sentence and then tick the statements which have the same form and meaning as the part which is underlined.…
Please note that you should refer to a grammar reference book for more detailed information about the grammar items in this Glossary, and also that the list of grammar items in this section is not exhaustive. Active voice In an active sentence, the subject of the verb usually does or causes the action, e.g. The car hit the tree. See passive voice. Adjective An adjective describes or gives more information about a noun or pronoun, e.g. a cold day. See comparative adjective, demonstrative adjective, -ing/-ed adjective, possessive adjective, superlative adjective. Adverb An adverb describes or gives more information about how, when, where, or to what degree etc something is done, e.g. he worked quickly and well. Apostrophe A punctuation mark (’). The ’ is added to a singular noun before an s to show that something belongs to someone, e.g. John’s house. Article An article can be definite (the), indefinite (a/an) or zero (-), e.g. I was at (-) home in the sitting room when I heard a noise. Aspect A way of looking at verb forms not purely in relation to time. Aspect relates to the type of event, e.g. whether it is long or short, whether it is complete or not, whether it is repetitive or not, whether it is connected to the time of speaking or not. There are two aspects in…
There are three basic tenses: past, present, and future. They show whether a simple action or condition occurred, occurs, or will occur in the past, present, or future.…
A. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the Present Simple or the Present Continuous: Example: Steve always rides (to ride) his bike in the afternoon. 1. Andy sometimes ______________ (to read) a comic. 2. I ________________ (to phone) my friend at the moment. 3. Listen! Sandy _________________ (to sing) in the bathroom. 4. My sister usually _________________ (to help) in the kitchen. 5. Look! The boys __________________ (to come) home. 6. My mother ___________________ (to make) breakfast now. 7. We never ______________________ (to watch) a video in the morning. 8. They often __________________ (to clean) the bathroom. 9. My grandfather __________________ (to go) for a walk everyday. 10. Cats ___________________ (to eat) mice. (10 marks) B. Fill the blanks in the passage with in, at or on: I was born ______ Seattle, Washington ______ the 19th of April ______ 1961. Seattle is ______ the State of Washington ______ the United States. That was many years ago... Now, I live ______ Leghorn ______ Italy. I work ______ the British School. I sometimes go to a movie ______ the Eng.Lang/2 Page 1 of 10…
VerbsThere are 12 tenses in English. There are basically 4 different forms and each form has 3 different times--present, past, and future--so this equals 12. A sentence may have one single verb or a combination of verb forms. The first verb in the sequence tells the time (present, past, future) and the sequence of verbs tells the tense. Verbs have a variety of forms that are combined to makes tenses. There are two types of verbs (Regular and Irregular) and 6 forms that verbs can take, but not all verb forms (verbals) act as verbs in sentences. Regular…