Adverbs

For each sentence, choose the best word or phrase to complete the gap from the choices below.

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tell say speak say

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look see watch? Help!

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After studying the examples, it is time to practice.

1. You can't_____ far in this fog.
2. Fred and Jane_____ well tonight.
3. May I have a_____ at it ?
4._____ you tomorrow, if nothing comes in between !
5._____ out for pickpockets !
6. Did you_____ 'Lost' yesterday ?
7. Can you _____the red car on the left ?
8. Hey ! What's wrong ? You really_____ unhappy tonight !

 

to watch

Like to look, but these things can change

He watches TV in the evenings.

to see

Visual impression come to our eyes Understand

Can you see the blue car over there ? I see what you mean !

to look

To pay attention To try to see what is there

Look at the board , please ! You can look up the words in the dictionary.

say or tell

Tell and say have the same meaning, but they are used differently:

	TELL		SAY

 

                                   a lie                                                      your name

                                the truth                                                           sorry

                                the time                                                     a prayer

                             a joke/story                                                 something

            the difference between two things                     thank you/hello/goodbye

                       someone what to do                                           yes /no

Tell always needs a personal object in a sentence:

He told me a lie.

I told him to stop shouting

Say doesn’t need a personal object, but “to + personal object” can be added at the end of necessary:

He said sorry (to me).

Compare these two sentences (which both mean the same):

                                                           He told me something.

                                                           He said something (to me).

We use say in direct speech:

He said, “Hello.”

PRACTICE

________the time                               ________the truth

________ a prayer                             ________hello

________your name                           ________a lie

________something                            ________a joke

________sorry                                   ________a story

________the difference                       ________the police the story

________yes                                      ________someone a secret

________a story

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Wind or wind? Wound or wound?

The wind is blowing.

I wind the clock.

I was hurt in the accident.  The wound will heal slowly.

I wound the clock yesterday. This is the past simple use of the verb wind, as in wind the clock.
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Confusing Verbs:USED TO and WOULD- another practice

Dishwashing Days

Read the Paragraph

In the 1950s, women (1wash) dishes in the kitchen sink. A woman (2wash) the dishes immediately after everyone finished a meal. Her husband (3rarely–wash) dishes because it was not considered to be his job. A wife (often–do) the dishes by hand. She (4do) the dishes three times a day. I remember that my mother (5have) a special towel just for dishes not for hands.

She (6get) angry if we dried our hands with it. She (7be) a very strict mother. Did your mother (8have) the same rule? She would use a separate towel for dishes, wouldn't she? My grandmother (9do) the dishes for thirty years. Then she bought a dishwasher. Last year, she (10use) a dishwasher for the first time and will never go back to hand-washing the dishes!

1 would/used to
2 would
3 would
4 would
5 used to
6 would
7 used to
8 used to
9 would/used to
10 used

 

Noun Practice

Months of the Year

Can you name and write the months of the year?

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PRACTICE

November