- •Contents
- •Part 1: the verb
- •Module 1
- •Categories of finite forms of the verb ……………………………………………………… 4
- •Module 2
- •Module 3
- •Module 4
- •Part 2: appendix
- •Part 2: the verb
- •Categories of Finite Forms of the Verb
- •V erbals
- •I nfinitive Gerund Participle
- •Lisa is swimming now. Lisa has swum a lot today. Notes:
- •Morphological StructurE of the Verb
- •Semantic Classification of the Verb
- •Group 1: Stative and Dynamic Verbs
- •Semantic Classification of the Verb (continued) Group 2: Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
- •Raleigh and his Servant
- •Semantic Classification of the Verb (continued) Group 3: Terminative and Durative Verbs
- •To go to run to walk to sleep to read to write to stand to speak to sit to live to think to do
- •Insufficient Local Knowledge
- •Much More Difficult
- •Functional Classification of the Verb
- •A Crazy Language
- •Present indefinite (present simple)
- •In the morning/afternoon/ evening
- •Death in paris
- •Present continuous (present progressive)
- •Reported speech: commands, instructions, requests, suggestions, warnings
- •I suggested going inside
- •I suggested that we (should) go outside.
- •Where is wonda?
- •Present perfect
- •*Part 1.
- •**Part 2.
- •Present perfect continuous (Progressive)
- •Part 1.
- •Part 2.
- •Part a.
- •Part b
- •Planet earth
- •Reported questions
- •I wonder …/He wonders… / She wonders…/ They wonder …
- •I (we, they) want to know /She wants to know
- •I (he, she they) would like to know …
- •Part a
- •I wonder… Could/Can you tell me … I’d like to know …
- •Part b
- •Past indefinite (past simple)
- •In 1997/in spring/ winter/ summer/ autumn
- •Past indefinite and present perfect compared
- •Past continuous (past progressive)
- •Part 1.
- •Part 2.
- •Part 3.
- •Past perfect
- •Past perfect continuous (Progressive)
- •Part 1
- •Part 2
- •Part a.
- •Part b.
- •Part c.
- •In an hour/ in a week/ month/ year
- •In the (near/ nearest) future
- •Construction “to be going to” for future actions
- •Future indefinite V.S. Construction “to be going to”
- •Future continuous (future progressive)
- •Part a.
- •Part b.
- •Future perfect
- •Future perfect continuous
- •Sequences of tenses and reported speech The main rule:
- •The use of verb forms after different introductory verbs
- •Passive voice
- •Patrick gave Laura beautiful roses.
- •B y # with
- •Part a.
- •Part b.
- •Part c.
- •Part a.
- •Part b.
- •Part c.
- •Part d.
- •Part e.
- •Part f.
- •Part a.
- •Part b.
- •Part c.
- •A terrible mistake
- •Complex object
- •Verbs of sense perception
- •After the verbs of mental activity
- •After the verbs of wishes and emotions
- •Verbs ‘to make, to have and to let’
- •Appendix
- •Irregular verbs
Part a.
What you ____________(to do)? - Nothing. I just ____________ (to finish) my lunch.
Where you ____________ (to be) all morning? – I ____________ (to clean) my house since 8 o'clock.
You ____________ (to do) anything next weekend? - No, I ____________ (not to make) any plans yet.
Jane looks great. She (to lose) ____________weight? - Yes, she ____________ (exercise) a lot recently
You ___________ (to be) busy right now? - Yes, I just ____________ (to start) typing this report.
Where is Peter? – He ____________ (to wash) the car at the moment
Who ____________ (to be) your favourite actor? - I ____________ (to like) Sean Connery since I was a child.
You ____________ (to do) your homework yet? – Almost. I ____________ (to do) it now.
Why you ____________ (to be) so angry? – Somebody (to use) my toothbrush!
Samantha always ____________ (to be keen) on tennis. She ____________ (play) with friends every weekend.
Tim and Matilda ____________ (to be) married since 1991. They ____________ (to rent) this small house since then.
Uncle Bill ____________ just (to decorate) the bathroom. It is so nice!
Pauline and Tom ____________ (to sing) in the school choir twice a week for two years now.
Who you ____________ (to speak) to for an hour? The line ____________ (to be) busy all this time!
Sarah is very happy. It is the first time she ____________ (to win) a poetry competition.
Dad ____________ (to be) very nervous lately. He ____________ (to drink) seven cups of coffee since morning.
My friend ____________ (to live) in America at the moment.
I doubt that we can trust Mr. Green. He ____________ (to change) seven jobs in the last five years.
We ____________ (to play) in a concert next weekend that is why we ____________ (to rehearse) so hard all last week.
Who ____________ (to read) my diary? It ____________ (to lie) in the wrong place!
Sorry, Tim just (to go). He ____________ (to leave) the house at 7 o'clock every morning.
Your mother ____________ (to work) in a bank? No, she just (to change) her job.
Part b
Dear Nick,
This is just a short note to tell you I __________ (to arrive) at the airport at 5 pm on Saturday, 10th December. I __________ (to be) very busy recently, and that's why I _________ (not to write) to you for a while. I __________ (to plan) this trip for months, so now I __________ (to look forward) to spending some time with you and your family. I __________ (to hope) you will be able to meet me at the airport. Please, give my love to your wife and the children.
See you soon,
James.
**TASK 31. Fill in the gaps with the verbs from the box, putting them into the right present tense.
to use to begin to produce to turn to give up to destroy
to start to provide to pollute to change to live to decrease
to disappear