- •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 1
They __________ (to drive) for two hours before they finally __________ (to reach) their destination.
Emily __________ (to write) five letters by lunchtime.
The doctor __________ (to tell) John to stay in bed until he __________ (fully/ to recover).
He __________ (to iron) all morning when his wife arrived.
Peter __________ (already/to learn) to read and write before he __________ (to start) school.
The baby __________ (to cry) for half an hour before it finally __________ (to fall) asleep.
The children __________ (to wait) for an hour when the school bus __________ (to arrive).
The burglar __________ (to get away) by the time the police __________ (to arrive).
She __________ (to dig) in the garden for three hours when she __________ (to stop) for a break.
By the time he __________ (to be) eighteen he __________ (to become) a professional athlete.
How long __________ (they/to dance) in competitions when they __________ (to retire)?
By the time we __________ (to join) them, they __________ (to order) their meal.
Nick __________ (to be) tired as he __________ (to fix) the computer system since eight o’clock that morning.
Part 2
Why was she exhausted when we __________ (to come)? - Well, she __________ (to study) for hours.
Why __________ he (not to have) anything to eat at the restaurant at lunch? – He said he __________ (already/to eat) at home.
__________ (Peter/to finish) cleaning the pool when you __________ (to arrive)? - No, he hadn't, though he ___________(to do ) it since morning.
Why they __________ (to give) him a promotion? - He deserved it because he __________ (to work) hard all year.
How long __________ (they/to cycle) before they __________ (to stop) for a rest? - For five hours.
Frank __________ (to graduate) last year? - No, he didn't. Although he __________ (almost/ to complete) his studies, he __________ (to drop) out in the last term.
What did you think of the modem art exhibition? - It was fantastic! I __________ (never/ to see) such beautiful works of art before.
Alice __________ (to be) very tired. She __________ (to travel) by train for three long days and __________ (to forget) what it __________ (to be) like to have a good night's sleep.
Hugh __________ (not/ to relax) all week. It __________ (to be) almost 8 o'clock on Friday morning and his physics exam __________ (to be) about to begin. Although he __________ (to study) hard, he __________ (not/ to feel) confident.
It __________ (to be) almost time. Daisy __________ (to sit) in front of the mirror brushing her hair for about an hour. As she __________ (to put on) her veil she __________ (to notice) that her hands __________ (to tremble). She __________ (to wait) for this moment all her life. In less than an hour she would finally be Donald's wife.
**TASK 48. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense form.