... TOPIC 2: OUR PAST
PERIOD 8: PRESENT SIMPLE, PASTSIMPLEAND PREPOSITIONS OF TIME
A. Theory:
1. Present simpleandpast simple:
Tenses Affirmation Negation Interrogation
Present
simple
S + am/ ... morning, Tuan and his father go jogging around Xuan Huong Lake. Hoa and her
mother walked along Bui Thi Xuan Street and then visited the flower garden. Hoa
liked it very much and the flowers ... present/ this time/ the moment/ …
- AFTER / BEFORE + time
- BETWEEN + time and time
B. Exercises:
I. Put the verbs in the present simple tense
1. We often (do) ____________ homework after dinner.
2....
... theory. They claim that verbsand prepositions take complements,
and nouns and adjectives do not; this is like Jackendoff’s +/−obj feature. They
also claim that adjectives and prepositions form ... structural parallels between clauses and nominals – for example, the
similarity of complementizers and case markers, of tense and determiners, and
of
aspect and number. Much important insight has ... among categories by combining the
views, taking the standard view for verbsand the Chierchia/Bowers proposal for
comparable adjectives and nouns. I claim that the basic structures for sentences
like...
... a.democracy b.commitee c.proficiency d.television
86. a.submarine b.cheerio c.balloon d.understand
87. a.guarantee b.wholesaler c.expenditure d.complicate
88. a.problems b.consuming c.necessary ... worse d. chips
4. a. fished b. learned c. saved d. pleased
5. a. naked b. locked c. planted d. landed
6. a. laughed b. stopped c. placed d. phoned
7. a. coughs b. Alice’s c. clocks d. hates
8. ... d.customer
26. a.department b.notepad c.plastic d.breakfast
27. a.sociable b.pollution c.understand d.realize
28. a.industry b.agriculture c.restaurant d.ambulance
29. a.ancestry b.undergrowth...
...
(containing the past participle).
4 This indicates whether a verb may form its pastandpast participle regularly. Some verbs, like shine
(No. 125), have both regular andirregular forms. ... of certain verbs.
I hate doing the dishes every night.
I saw Holly speaking with Christopher.
Past Participle
ere are two types of past participles: regular and irregular.
Regular past participles ... have.
Like irregularpast forms, irregularpast participle forms are unpredictable. ere is
one generalization, however, that we can make about them. In older periods of English,
most irregular past...
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Test Your Grammar Skills
The Funny Noise –
Irregular Verbs in the PastSimple Tense (gap-fill)
Complete the gaps with an irregular verb in the pastsimple tense. Choose from:
be, break, buy, ... cereal and some toast and watched TV for a while. Then I
__________ into the kitchen where I __________ a funny noise. I __________ it
__________ from behind the cooker. I __________ my tool box and ... pleased to see him again and __________ me a reward of £50!
Hope you are well. Write soon and let me know how you are. Your friend,
Alan
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