MORPHOLOGY USEFUL

MORPHOLOGY USEFUL

The articles the, a/an may be used with people's names in some other situations.	Артикли the, a/an могут употребляться с именами людей в некоторых других ситуациях.
The Linda that I knew ten years ago turned into a malicious hag.	(Та самая) Линда, которую я знал десять лет назад, превратилась в злобную ведьму.
Professor, there is an Alexander Taylor waiting for you in the hall.	Профессор, в холле вас ожидает (некий) Александр Тейлор.
She has a Rembrandt in her private collection. (a picture by Rembrandt)	В её частной коллекции есть Рембрандт. (одна картина Рембрандта)
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The article ‘the’ is used with a number of expressions referring to our physical environment. Examples are: the sea, the seaside, the hills, the mountains etc.

Children usually start walking at around one year old. 2. Oil prices have nearly doubled recently. 3. Do you like cats? 4. I would like to meet Jumpa Lahiri, the writer. 5. Do you know the Aldersons. 6. My children love the seaside but I like the hills. 7. Can I have the last pancake? 8. Have you ever heard of the Thirty Years’ War? 9. I am the youngest in my family. 10. My brother and his wife live in London. 11. Let’s go by train. 12. I am tired. I think I should go to bed.

The expression the number is followed by a singular verb while the expression a number is followed by a plural verb. Examples: The number of people we need to hire is thirteen.

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

He is believed to have been stealing money since he was hired 2 years ago.

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