... expecting you to arrive.
Unit 60 The continuous tenses
Main points
* Continuous tenses describe actions which continue to happen before and after a particular time.
* Continuous ... after a particular time. This is often called the `interrupted past'. You use the past simple for
the other action.
He was watching television when the doorbell rang.
It was 6 o'clo...
... something, for example on notices and packets
of food, and in books.
To report faults, dial 66 66.
Store in a dry place.
Fry the chopped onion and pepper in the oil.
Note that written ... was the correct one?
How many of them bothered to come?
See Unit 6 for more information on `wh'-words.
Unit 6 `Wh'-questions
Main points
* You use `who', `whom&ap...
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In 1 960 , the party won a convincing victory. (count)
Unit 16 Personal pronouns
Main points
* You use personal pronouns to ... He's round at David's.
He bought it at the chemist's.
She must go to the doctor's.
6 You can also use apostrophe s ('s) with some expressions of tim...
... object and a particle.
answer backcall backcount inorder about
ask incatch outinvite outtell apart
I answered him back and took my chances.
He loved to order people about.
6 Some phrasal ...
with/from :part
with/to:correspond relate talk
Many countries are competing with each other.
Did you compete against each other in yesterday's race?
Stephen and I par...
... `couldn't' to say that
they were not allowed to do it.
We could go to any part of the island we wanted.
Both students and staff could use the swimming pool.
We couldn't go into the ... happened, you use `can't have', followed by a past participle.
You can't have forgotten me.
He can't have said that.
6 You use `will' or `-'ll&apo...
... went to Australia in 19 56.
I've no idea who it was.
However, when you want to emphasize another part of the sentence, you can put that part first instead.
In 19 56 they went to Australia. ... we want is money.
6 You can also focus on the information given in the other parts of a clause, or a whole clause, using impersonal
`it'. In this case, the second part of...
... you mean all whales, not one particular whale.
The computer allows us to deal with a lot of data very quickly.
My father's favourite flower is the rose.
6 You can use `the' with ... `most the' or `none the'. You must say `most of the' or `none of the'.
6 You can use `all' after a noun or pronoun to emphasize that the noun or pronoun refers to...
... to say that something continues to happen until a particular time.
* `Yet' is used to say that something has not happened before a particular time.
* `Any longer', `any more', ... `before' can also be conjunctions with time clauses.
See Unit 96.
I've been wearing glasses since I was three.
6 You use the adverb `ago' with the past simple to say...
... consists of two parts. One part
is the reporting clause, which contains the reporting verb.
I told him nothing was going to happen to me.
I agreed that he should do it.
The other part is the ... The gate is locked at 6 o'clock every night.
Dozens of trees were destroyed.
2 The passive is formed with a form of the auxiliary `be', followed by the past participle o...
... bored student complained to his teacher.
She had big blue frightened eyes.
Note that the past participles of irregular verbs do not end in `-ed', but can be used as adjectives. See pages 2 16- 217 ... answers was the correct one?
How many of them bothered to come?
See Unit 6 for more information on `wh'-words.
Unit 6 `Wh'-questions
Main points
You can also use `it&apo...