... 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...
... 1999
Seventh printing 2002
Printed in Great Britain by Security Printing
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
ISBN 0-521-49868-6 (with answers)
ISBN 0-521-49869-4 (without ... some point in the past and continues until the
present time. This is why we often use since with the present perfect:
ã Since I have lived in a small house near the coast.
ã Tom has been ill since ... you with the cooking.
ã We can't go ahead with the meeting, because very few people have shown any interest.
The connection with the present may also be that something happened recently, with...
... to use it with their students.
Verbs: infinitives, -ing forms, etc.
Verbs with and without objects
37 Verb + to-infinitive or bare infinitive
38 Verb + to-infinitive or -ing?
39 Verb + -ing
40 ... to die )
D We often use be to + infinitive in //-clauses to say that something must take place first (in the main
clause) before something else can take place (in the //-clause):
ã are to survive ... John's being )
ã I'm going to be in Tokyo in May. (not I'm being in Tokyo )
We tend to avoid going to + go and use the present continuous form of go instead:
ã I'm going to town...
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ENGLISH GRAMMARINUSE
ENGLISH GRAMMARINUSE
GV: TRIEU THI KIM THONG – THCS TIEN KIEN
GV: TRIEU THI KIM THONG – THCS TIEN KIEN
ENGLISH GRAMMARINUSE
ENGLISH GRAMMARINUSE
GV: TRIEU ...
ENGLISH GRAMMARINUSE
ENGLISH GRAMMARINUSE
The letter
The letter
are being written
are being written
by my secrectary
by my secrectary
Past continuous
Past continuous
: ... THCS TIEN KIEN
Going to + be + P2
Going to + be + P2
Am/Is/Are +be + P2
Am/Is/Are +be + P2
ENGLISH GRAMMARINUSE
ENGLISH GRAMMARINUSE
If I had klnown that I was going to fail the exam...