- •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
Past continuous (past progressive)
Formation: was/were + Present Participle
e.g. Nancy was dancing when we came. – Was she also singing? – No, she was not singing as she had a sore throat.
Past Continuous (Past Progressive) is used:
For an action which was in progress at a stated time in the past. It is not mentioned when the action started or finished,
e.g. At seven o'clock yesterday evening they were having dinner. (We do not know when they started or finished their dinner.)
For an action which was in progress when another action interrupted it.
Past Continuous is used for the action in progress (longer action)
and the Past Simple is used for the action, which interrupted it (shorter action).
e.g. He was walking down the street when he ran into an old friend.
For two or more simultaneous past actions.
e.g. She was talking on her mobile phone while she was driving to work.
To describe the atmosphere, setting, etc. in the introduction to a story before the description of the main events (background action)
e.g. One beautiful autumn afternoon, Ben was strolling down a quiet country lane. The birds were singing and the leaves were rustling in the breeze.
The past continuous is used with the following time expressions (adverbial modifiers of time:
while
when
as
from …to
from … till
all morning/ all evening/ all day/ all night long
all that time
at that time
e.g. What was she doing from 3.30 to 4.30 yesterday?
She was looking around the shops at that time.
As Brenda was coming to her house, she remembered that she had left her key in the office.
*TASK 44. Put the verbs in brackets into past simple or past continuous. Other variants are also possible.
Part 1.
The sun _________ (to shine) and the birds_________ (to sing) as Mike _________ (to drive) down the country lane. He _________ (to smile), because he _________ (to look forward) to the journey ahead. Mike _________ (to enjoy) driving, especially when he _________ (to go) somewhere new. Then, suddenly, the engine _________ (to begin) to make a strange noise and the car _________ (to stop) dead in the middle of the road. Mike _________ (to try) to start it, but nothing _________ (to happen). He _________ (to sigh), then _________ (to get out) of the car. As he _________ (to push) the car to the side of the road, Mike _________ (to start) to wish he had stayed at home.
Part 2.
John _________ (to enter) his flat and _________ (to close) the door. He _________ (to hang up) his coat when he _________ (to hear) a strange noise. A tap _________ (to run) in the kitchen. He _________ (to walk) into the kitchen and _________ (to turn) it off. Then, he _________ (to freeze). Someone _________ (to stand) behind him. He _________ (to take) a deep breath and (to turn) around. His flat-mate Steve, _________ (to lean) in the doorway. 'You _________ (to give) me a fright!” John exclaimed. Then he _________ (to see) that Steve _________ (to laugh) at him. John _________ ( to start) to laugh too. “I _________ (to think) you _________ (to be) in London”. “No, Steve _________ (to reply), “unfortunately I _________ (to miss) the train.