... stopped doing some things and started doing other things:
He stopped studying hard/going to bed early/running three miles e3very morning
He started smoking/going out in the evening/spending a lot ... I/he/she/it was playing/doing/working etc.
we/you/they were playing/doing/working etc.
B. We use the past continuous to say that somebody was in the middle of doing something at a certain time.
The ... car. (think) Would you be interested in buying it? Am thinking
10. I you should sell your w
car. (think) You it very often. (not /use) think, don’t use
11. I used to drink a lot of coffee but...
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135.3
2 to 3 on
4 in 5 to
6 in 7 with
8 into 9 in
10 on 11 into
12 to 13 into
14 on
15 from one language into another
16 happened to spend it on
17 into
18 with ... 5 walking or in walking.
6 me to phone you this evening?
7 anybody seeing me/being seen.
8 of being a cheat/of cheating.
9 to seeing them again.
10 to do?
11 to have gone out with ...
1 in cold weather
2 in pencil
3 in love
4 in block letters
5 in the shade
6 in my opinion
7 in cash
126.3
2 on 3 on 4 at
5 in 6 on 7 for
8 on 9 at 10 on
11 In my opinion...
... doing
7 are going/'re going begins
8 does this train get
9 am going /'m going Are you coming
10 is coming is travelling/'s travelling arrives am meeting/'m
meeting ... 6 using
7 travelling/being
8 telling
9 doing/having
59.4
2 I'm looking forward to seeing her.
3 I'm not looking forward to going to the dentist.
4 She's looking forward ...
it. He is used to having dinner at six o'clock. (or He is used to eating at
six o'clock.)
3 She wasn't used to working nights to get used to it She is used to
working nights....
... ends in ~e, we leave out e before the ending ~ing:
hope/hoping smile/smiling dance/dancing confuse/confusing
Exceptions arc: be/being
and verbs ending in ~ee: see/seeing agree/agreeing
... playing in the street.
133.2 Complete the sentences using one of the following verbs (in the correct
form) + the correct preposition:
complain dream hear remind remind remind think think ... find them now.
specialize IN
* Helen is a lawyer. She specializes in company law.
succeed IN
* I hope you succeed in finding the job you want.
B. Verb +into
break INTO
* Our house...
... very good at repairing things. (not 'good in repairing things')
afraid different interested proud responsible similar sure
1. I think she's arriving this evening but I'm ... you sometime during the afternoon. (or in the afternoon.)
You cannot use during to say how long something goes on:
* It rained for three days without stopping. (not 'during three days') ... rain
Write sentences within case saying why Barbara has decided to take these
things with her.
1. _She's going to take some chocolate in case she gets hungry._
2. She's going...
... woman _talking to Tom?_(~ing clause)
The boy _injured in the accident_(~ed clause) was taken to hospital
B. We use ~ing clauses to say what somebody (or something) is doing (or was
doing) at ... (they were waiting)
* I was woken up by a bell ringing. (a bell was ringing)
When you are talking about things (and sometimes people), you can use an ~ing
clause to say what something does all ... beginning with 'T'? (the name begins
with 'T')
C. ~ed clauses have a passive meaning:
* The boy injured in the accident was taken to hospital. (the boy was injured
in...
... _Trafalgar_ Square is in London.
2. is in Paris.
3. is in Rome.
4. is in London.
5. is in New York.
6. is in Washington.
7. is in Athens.
8 is in Athens. is in Venice.
77.3 Choose ... want anything to eat.
We use any in the following sentences because the meaning is negative:
* She went out without any money. (She didn't take any money with her.)
* He refused to eat ... we are going skiing in Swiss Alps.
12. United Kingdom consists of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
13. Seychelles are a group of islands in Indian Ocean.
14. River Volga flows into Caspian...
... more
clauses:
* Jim hurt his arm (main clause) playing tennis.(~ing clause)
* Feeling tired,(~ing clause) I went to bed early.(main clause)
'Playing tennis' and 'feeling tired' ... the dog because I was afraid of being bitten.
B. Interested in (do)ing and interested to (do)
I'm interested in doing something = I'm thinking of doing it, I'd like to do
10. ... eating properly.
without ~ing:
* I ran ten kilometer without stopping.
* They climbed through the window without anybody seeing them. (or without
being seen.)
* She needs to work without...