THE INFINITIVE AND THE -ING FORM
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REPORTED SPEECH
EXPLANATION AND EXERCISES STATEMENTS QUESTIONS ORDERS REPORTING VERBS 1 REPORTING VERBS 2
HAVE/GET SOMETHING DONE
A video explaining this structure: TO REFURBISH means to renovate and redecorate a building. EXERCISE 1 MORE EXERCISES
USED TO/BE-GET USED TO/WOULD
Is there another way of talking about past habits without using 'used to'? This is the question that Tim tackles in this video. In it he has to reveal some of the dark secrets of his past as well as some of his present habits, which can't all be recommended.
Mystery Story / Narrative Tenses
This video is about narrative tenses (past simple, past continuous & past perfect). We use these tenses to sequence stories about the past. To master the use of these tenses you have to deal with their form, their use and their pronunciation – both for listening and speaking. Use this podcast to help you deal with all of those things, and then start using narrative tenses fluently whenever you describe something. Make your descriptions more detailed and colourful! Here’s the transcript to the mystery story, but with some of the verbs ‘gapped’. Try to put them in the correct tense. Listen again to check. The mystery story Last night I _________________ (walk) home next to the river Thames, when something strange _________________ (happen) to me. It was late at night and I ________________ (have) a long and difficult day at work. There was a large full moon in the sky and everything was quiet. I was tired and lonely and I _________________ (just have) a few pints of bee...
EXPRESSIONS WITH GET
TO GET can be used in a number of patterns and has a number of meanings. TO GET + DIRECT OBJECT = TO OBTAIN, TO RECEIVE, TO BUY I got my passport last week. (to obtain) She got her driving license last week. (to obtain) They got permission to live in Switzerland. (to obtain) I got a letter from my friend in Nigeria. (to receive) He gets $1,000 a year from his father. (to receive) She got a new coat from Zappaloni in Rome. (to buy) We got a new television for the sitting room. (to buy) TO GET + PLACE EXPRESSION = REACH, ARRIVE AT A PLACE How are you getting home tonight? We got to London around 6 p.m. What time will we get there ? When did you get back from New York? TO GET + ADJECTIVE = BECOME, SHOW A CHANGE OF STATE I am getting old . It's getting hotter . By the time they reached the house they were getting...
PRESENT AND PAST MODALS OF DEDUCTION
Present and Past Modals of Deduction with Sherlock Holmes from David Mainwood A GAP FILL EXERCISE A MULTIPLE CHOICE EXERCISE