... 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 action ... continuous: * What you think (= believe) will happen? (not 'what are you thinking') but * You look serious What are you thinking about? (= What is going on in your mind?) * I'm thinking of giving...
... Essential GrammarGrammarGrammarGrammarGrammar Library inUse Supplementary Exercises with Answers inUse Supplementary Exercises without Answers inUse with Answers inUse without Answers inUse ... Essential Grammarin Use: Third Edition You can find the Essential GrammarinUse unit numbers in the top right-hand corner of each page You can use this book if you don't have Essential GrammarinUse ... (arrive) in Britain last night (be) President since 0 She said she was happy to be in Britain At yesterday's meeting of European finance ministers, J a c k Delaney, the Irish Finance Minister,...
... Tomlinson Designed and typeset by Kamae Design, Oxford English Pronunciation inUse (Advanced) About th is boo k English Pronunciation inUseAdvanced gives students of English practice in pronunciation ... Intermediate and English Pronunciation inUseAdvanced It is not necessary to have worked on English Pronunciation inUse Intermediate (see Section E5 Further reading) before using this book However, ... spoken English, and in Unit you can find suggestions on some that you might find useful English Pronunciation inUse (Advanced) Accents (1): Varieties of Eng lish Although we commonly talk about 'English...
... 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 action ... continuous: * What you think (= believe) will happen? (not 'what are you thinking') but * You look serious What are you thinking about? (= What is going on in your mind?) * I'm thinking of giving...
... wasn't raining when we went out The sun was shining But it had been raining, so the ground was wet Katherine was sitting in an armchair resting She was tired because she'd been working very hard ... Looking for you everywhere lt has been raining for two hours Study this example situation: lt began raining two hours ago and it is still raining How long has it been raining? lt has been raining ... When we say used to and w hen we say used to doing? When we use the? What is the difference between like and as? These and many other points of Englishgrammar are explained in the book and there...
... examples: interesting (J julia thinks politics is interesting C Did you meet anyone interesting at the party? interested u Julia is interested in politics (n ot interesting in politi cs) C Are you interested ... about the same things He's really boring Compare adjectives ending in -ing and -ed: Cl My job is boring interesting tiring satisfying depressing (etc.) In these examples, the -ing adjective tells ... boring I bored people I've ever met He never stops talking and he never says anything interesting I interested Complete each sentence using a word from the box amusing/amused confusing/ confused...