Group Flashcards
(21 cards)
*TRY
I ___ (try/write) with my left hand. (made an effort to do so)
I ___ (try/write) with my left hand. (I was curious about the result)
I TRIED TO WRITE with my left hand.
I TRIED WRITING with my left hand.
• VERB + OBJECT + INFINITIVE
someone ___ to do something
advised me
allowed me
encouraged me
expected me
forbade me
forced me
helped me
invited me
persuaded me
preferred me
reminded me
told me
wanted me
• IT’S NO USE/WORTH
It’s no use/worth + verb with…
ING:
It’s no use/worth waiting
•IT’S TIME
It’s time ___ (infinitive + verb)
It’s (about) time ___ (subject + verb)
It isn’t as if/though ___
It’s time to go
It’s about time we left/we were leaving
It isn’t as if/though this were my first time/he didn’t know
HERE/THERE + INFINITIVE
•I’m not here/there ___ pass judgment
•I’m not here/there TO pass judgement
NOUN/PRONOUN/ADVERB + INFINITIVE
• Is there anywhere ___ put it?
• There is nothing ___ worry about
• You’ve got somewhere ___ stay tonight
• There isn’t much ___ do
TO
REMEMBER
• you remember ___ (do) smth AFTER you’ve done it
• you remember ___ (do) smth BEFORE you do it
• DOING
• TO DO
GO ON
- continue with the same thing
- do or say something new
- GO ON DOING
- GO ON TO DO
I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE DONE SOMETHING
- I would like to ___ ___ (see) her.
- We’d like to ___ ___ (go) away.
- I would hate to ___ ___ (be) there.
- HAVE SEEN
- HAVE GONE
- HAVE BEEN
PREFER AND WOULD RATHER
- what you prefer in general: to or ing?
- both are right
COMPARISON WITH PREFER
- I prefer something ___ something else
- I prefer ___ something to ___ something else
- I prefer ___ (do) something ___ ___ do something else
- to
- doing / doing
- to do / rather than
WOULD PREFER
- what somebody prefers in a general or specific situation?
- with to or ing?
- what somebody prefers in a SPECIFIC situation
- with to “I would prefer to drive”
I’D RATHER YOU DID SOMETHING
- I ___ ___ you ___ (drive) (I would prefer this)
- I ___ ___ you ___ (do) something
- I ___ you didn’t tell it
- I would rather you drove
- I would rather you do something
- I rather you didn’t tell it
PROPOSITION
- if a preposition is followed by a verb (interested in ___ (dance) ), the verb ends with…
- ing (interested in dancing)
if before, after and without are followed by a verb, the verb ends with…
- before ___ (go) out.
- ing
- before going out
USED
- I used to + ing?
- I am used to + ing?
- I got used to + ing?
- no
- yes
- yes
WOULD / USED TO
- which is for states and which one can be used with both?
- would for states
- used to with both
MODAL ABILITY
can- could
WHICH TENSE IS THIS?
used to talk about general truths and facts, current habits, how often things hapoen, permanent situations, states
PRESENT SIMPLE
WHICH TENSE IS THIS?
used to talk about actions happening now, temporary situations, changing and developing situations, temporary series of actions and annoying habits
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
WHAT DOES IT REFERS TO?
used to refer to states rather than actions. include verbs about thinking (believe, know, think, etc), existence (be, exist, etc), emotions (love, like, hate, etc), human senses (hear, see, smell, etc), appearance (appear, look, seem, etc) and possesion or relationship between things (belong to, have, include, etc)
STATIVE VERBS
