Friday, September 27, 2013
Adverbs
Friday, September 20, 2013
look see watch? Help!
These can be confusing verbs, but they don't have to be! Look here:
After studying the examples, it is time to practice.
After studying the examples, it is time to practice.
| 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. |
Friday, September 13, 2013
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
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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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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Saturday, September 7, 2013
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
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