... 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...
... known')
We use get mainly in informal spoken English. You can use be in all situations.
We also use get in the following expressions (which are not passive in
meaning):
get married ... hates being kept waiting. (= he hates people keeping him waiting)
* We managed to climb over the wall without being seen. (= without anybody
seeing us)
D. Get
Sometimes you can use get instead ... say in these situations? Write sentences with I wish
would
1. It's raining. You want to go out, but not in the rain.
You say: I wish it would stop raining.
2. You're waiting...
... 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 ...
KEVIN: Fine. The match will have finished by then.
B. 'I will be doing something' (future continuous) = I will be in the middle
of doing something. The football match begins at ... is going to the dentist on Tuesday morning.
He is having dinner with Ann on Friday.
In all these examples, Tom has already decided and arranged to do these things.
Use the present continuous...