english grammar past continuous past simple
past continuous or past simple
... action of the past continuous. Eg. I was watching television when my friend arrived. BE CAREFUL!!!! The past continuous and the past simple are often used together. The past simple interrupts ... same time in the past. Eg. Mark was reading a book and Tony was watching television. BE CAREFUL!!!! The past continuous and the past simple are often used together. The past simple interrupts ... Put the verbs in brackets into the past continuous or simple past: 1. Lisa _____________ (comb) her hair while she ____________(listen to) the news...
Ngày tải lên: 31/08/2013, 01:10
Put the verbs in brackets into the simple past or the past continuous tense pps
Ngày tải lên: 27/07/2014, 15:20
Simple past tense & past continuous_ Nguyen Trong Long
... simple past: yesterday, last ______, past dates (in 1990), _____ ago, etc. Simple Past vs. Past Continuous Using both tenses together: Sometimes we use both the simple past and the past ... both the simple past and the past continuous together to mean . . . That one action (simple past) interrupted a continuing action (past continuous) Past Continuous (Examples) Action that ... (possession) forget remember belong Grammar Structure: Here are some reminders about how to make the simple past and past continuous: The Past Continuous: Don’t forget that VERB BE is...
Ngày tải lên: 18/09/2013, 03:10
British English A to Z - past 10
... ‘feebleminded.’ Simpleton and simple- minded are related; but simple used by itself means some- thing a little stronger. One thus afflicted might be said in both countries to have simple 327 ... term. Silver Streak, Inf. English Channel simnel cake see comment This is a fancy ornamental cake with a thick layer of marzipan and various kinds of decorations, served at Easter. simple, adj. Inf. ... pertaining principally to ladies and derives from the fact that their arrangements, even in the simpler operations, in public places, once were different from men’s in that the little cabinets...
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British English A to Z - past 11
... same importance in England as the World Series in America. The English team is always referred to as the England side, never the English side; but the Australians are always referred to as the ... the Mr. Fixit, explaining why it took so long and cost so much for what had at first seemed the simple job of repairing the lawn mower. teat, n. 1. nipple 2. bulb 1. On a baby bottle. 2. The ... Tuck-in is also a verb mean- ing to ‘put on the feedbag,’ that is, ‘eat hearty.’ A tuck-shop is a pastry shop and a tuck- box is one for the safeguarding of goodies and is generally school jargon....
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British English A to Z - past 12
... antique and imitation- antique shops, especially the latter, giving rise to the term Wardour Street English, meaning ‘sham-antique diction,’ the type common in inferior historical novels. This type ... Country see comment This term applies to the southwestern counties, especially Cornwall and Devon. Englishmen never come from the west or have relatives or go on vacations out west, but rather in ... issue by not modifying the noun, or go to the other extreme by saying ‘with all respect.’ When an Englishman begins his statement with the words with respect, you know very well that he disagrees...
Ngày tải lên: 23/10/2013, 13:20
British English A to Z - past 2
... Ender.’ A cockney accent is not deemed one of the more socially acceptable ways to pro- nounce English. But those possessing such an accent are often very proud of it and during the 60s it became ... bone. See Appendix II.H. chunder, v., n. Slang. 1. to vomit 2. vomit Chunnel, n. see comment Inf. English Channel tunnel. chunter, v.i. Inf. blab on and on Inf. Like rabbit on. C.I.D. see comment The ... pictures. Cinque Ports see comment (Pronounced sink ports.) Literally (from Old French via Middle English) ‘Five Ports’ on the southeast coast of Britain. The five ports are actually seven plus...
Ngày tải lên: 23/10/2013, 13:20
British English A to Z - past 3
... duds; personal baggage Inf. More generally, personal belongings; one’s stuff. Dunnage, in standard English, means the ‘loose material packed around cargo’ to prevent damage. during hours. See opening ... deviltry as well to refer to this diabolical art. devolution, n. home rule (The e is long in British English, short in American.) Governmental decentraliza- tion. A term that has lately come into vogue ... secondary edu- cation was most suitable for the child, with the most academically gifted going to grammar schools, those exhibiting a practical bent to technical or vocational schools, and the...
Ngày tải lên: 23/10/2013, 13:20
British English A to Z - past 4
... male might use the term university man to mean graduate. graft, v.i. Slang. knock oneself out grammar school, n. see comment A state-maintained school that selects its students by an academic ... specs Slang. Meaning ‘eyeglasses.’ Pebble gig-lamps are thick ones, pebble in this sense being old English for ‘natural rock crystal.’ gill, n. 1. ravine; torrent 2. See Appendix II.C.2.b. 1. The ... Slang. damned Inf. Synonymous with flipping, ruddy, bloody. flan, n. see comment Sponge cake or pastry with fruit filling, usually with a layer of whipped cream as well. Flan in America is caramel...
Ngày tải lên: 23/10/2013, 13:20
British English A to Z - past 5
... grip. hairpin bend, n. switchback half, adv. half past Inf. In expressions of time, e.g., half twelve, meaning ‘half past twelve.’ Half eleven means ‘half past eleven.’ Note that half after is American, ... corruption of umbles, a word now obsolete in both countries, and a variant of numbles, an archaic English word for the entrails of a deer. Umble pie, long ago, was a pie of the inferior parts of ... can present their platforms and debate the issues. These assemblies are hustings, from an Old English word mean- ing ‘house of assembly.’ hyp. See hip. hyper-market, n. giant supermarket 180 ice,...
Ngày tải lên: 23/10/2013, 13:20