- •Which three basic types of conditional clauses do you know in English. What is the structure of these clauses? Write 2 sentences for each type.
- •What is the subjunctive mood and when is it used? Write three sentences in subjunctive mood.
- •Are any of these sentences incorrect or inappropriate? What similarities or differences in meaning are there between the sentences in the group?
- •Mood. The conditional and subjunctive
- •Variations of the Type 1:
- •Variations of the Type 2:
- •Voice. The active, passive and the causative
- •I like playing chess
- •I saw student jumping
- •Infinitives
- •Verbs followed by the infinitive
- •Verbs followed by the gerund
- •Verbs followed by the gerund or infinitive - different meanings
- •1. Can you complete the following definition?
- •2. Can you decide whether the following nouns are countable nouns, uncountable nouns or both?
- •3. Can you complete these definitions?
- •Id say that about 50 per cent need repairs/
- •Morphological characteristics and classification of nouns. Countable and uncountable nouns.
- •Invariable nouns ending in -s which take a sg verb:
- •Variable nouns
- •Which of these sentences are correct and incorrect? Why? What is the meaning of the particular sentences?
- •In which sentences do we talk about generic or specific reference? Why?
- •Is the definite article used in these sentences anaphoric or cataphoric “the”?
- •4. Which alternatives are right? Why?
- •5. Which of these possessive forms are possible?
- •6. Which pronouns can complete the sentences correctly?
- •Definite Indefinite
- •Case and Gender
- •Inanimate nouns (neživotné)
- •Inanimate nouns
- •What are the forms of present, perfect and past participles? Join the following sentences using either present, past or perfect participle:
- •3. What is the difference in meaning between the following sentences? Translate them into Slovak.
- •The economics of the plan are worrying investors.
- •Verbs followed by the infinitive
- •Verbs followed by the gerund
The economics of the plan are worrying investors.
Verbs followed by the infinitive
afford, aim, appear, care, demand, determine, agree, decide, expect, fail, hope, plan, manage, mean, offer, prepare, promise, appoint, cause, challenge, drive, empower, invite, lead, ask, beg, choose, refuse, want, wish
Verbs followed by the gerund
admit, appreciate, avoid, consider, deny, imagine, mention, mind, need, dislike, enjoy, finish, practise, recollect, admit, avoid, consider, delay, deny, finish, practise, prevent, recollect, resist, suffer
Infinitive verbs are with TO or lonely -ing without any verb in front
Present participle has ending -ing, past participles end in –ed, -en, -d, -t, or –n, perfect participle is made by adding -ed to the infinitive of regular verbs
Sang= finite
Nobody coud enter = finite
if she doesn't answer, try calling her phone
make/let +INFINITIVE
But after would like, would love, would hate or would prefer, we should use to infinitive.
We are looking forward to seeing you
se forget to do when there is something that you must remember to do. This is the most common use. ➪ Use forget doing when you don’t remember an event or situation in the past (it’s related to memories).s
We say make/let + someone + do something (infinitive without to). Make me grow
He was made to sign
We say hate + object + to + infinitive.
I certainly won't miss being bullied
We use a gerund after certain verbs, such as miss.
We use to + infinitive after superlative adjectives or after first, second, third, etc
The manager was accused of not investigating the origin of the money.
He admitted having given the gun to the murderer.
The company has reached an agreement to be acquired by an investing consortium.
He is believed to have been stealing money since
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I would like to have travelled more
He resents having been criticised
I'd rather have stayed
We use a to + infinitive after superlative adjectives or the first, the second, the last, etc. ➪ We need a passive infinitive because we are talking about an action which is done to the subject, i.e. the subject is not the ‘doer’ of the action.
They are thought to be looking for solutions
The police have been said to have acted with great restraint, despite provocation at the time.
Society may change, but gender roles arent expected to change with it
Fear of family or community disapproval may compel women’s acquiescence, particularly when it is reinforced by threats of physical punishment or expulsion.
If you weren't such a jerk, they would have invited you to yesterday's party.
If I hadn't fought for our relationship, we wouldn't be together now
If you had taken a map, as I told you, we wouldn't be lost now.
If you 'd accepted that job, you would be miserable now.
Correct answer: 'd accepted ➪ In this sentence, we are talking about a hypothetical condition happening in the past (third conditional) with a present result (second conditional). ➪ We use past perfect in the if clause (third conditional) and would/could/might + infinitive in the main clause (second conditional).
I'm afraid of flying. If I wasn't afraid of flying we'd have travelled by plane.
In this sentence, we are talking about a hypothetical condition happening in the present (second conditional) with a past result (third conditional). ➪ We use past in the if clause (second conditional) and would/could/might + have + past participle in the main clause (third conditional).
If you 'd taken dad's car without permission last night, you might be in trouble.
In this sentence, we are talking about a hypothetical condition happening in the past (third conditional) with a present result (second conditional). ➪ We use past perfect in the if clause (third conditional) and would/could/might + infinitive in the main clause (second conditional).
You wouldn't have this job if I hadn't prepared you for the interview.
I wouldn’t be living in Italy if I hadn’t got married/
We wouldn’t still be living in Cardiff if we hadn’t found
In those days, if you had had a job, you would have been lucky
Divorced from
Is addicted to
Is covered with
Is married to
Is divorced from
Aquianted with
Am tired of
Relate to
Dedicated to
Disappointed with
Is scared of
Is committed to
Are devoted to
Is dressed in
Are done with
Composed of
Terrified of
Finished with
criterion -criteria phenomenon -phenomena (1) cactus-cacti/cactuses fungus-fungi nucleus-nuclei stimulus-stimuli syllabus-syllabi/syllabuses (m) formula-formulae I formulas vertebra -vertebrae (n) appendix-appendices/appendixes index-indices/indexes (o) analysis-analyses basis-bases crisis-crises hypothesis-hypotheses oasis-oases parenthesis -parentheses thesis-theses (p ) bacterium -bacteria curriculum -curricula datum-data . medium-media memorandum -memoranda Some nouns that English has borrowed from other languages have foreign plurals. *For information about the pronunciation and spelling of words ending in -sl-es, see Chart 6-1, p. 8
Chinese is spoken in Singapore.
The Taj Mahal was built around 1640.
The new hospital will be opened next year.
She is being interviewed now.
I realized I was followed.
Are you invited to Andy’s party?
He found that all his money had been stolen.
These computers are made in Korea.
Passengers are not asked to speak to the driver.
Sorry about the noise—the road is being mended.
The village church was burnt down last year.
A Roman pavement has just been found under Oxford Street.
Police and people are always pural