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Lessons 7 - 8
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Present Continuous Tense Formation (1)
Statement clause:
Present Simple of to be + present participle
(am, is, are + verb + ing)
I am working now.
She is waiting for me.
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Present Continuous Tense Formation (2)
Questions are formed by inversion of the subject and verb to be.
I am working now.
Am I working now?
Negative
I am not working now.
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Present Continuous Tense Usage
Action that happens at the moment of
speaking or near the present moment.
now, at the moment, these days
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Present Continuous Tense Auxilliary verb “to be”
Singular plural
1 I am being We are being
2 You are being You are being
3He is being They are being
She is being
It is being
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Past Continuous Tense Formation (1)
Statement clause:
Past Simple of to be + present participle
(was/were + verb + ing)
I was working all day yesterday.
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Past Continuous TenseFormation (2)
Questions
Inversion
I was working all day yesterday.
Was I working all day yesterday.
Negative
I was not working all day yesterday.
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Past Continuous TenseUsage
Two actions in the past at the same time (while)
They were playing while we were singing. The action interrupted by another action in past
tense (when)
We were talking when he entered the room. The action that lasted for some time in past.
She was studying all day yesterday.
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Past Continuous Tense
Auxilliary verb “to be”
Singular plural
1 I was being We were being
2 You were being You were being
3He was being They were being
She was being
It was being
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Adjectives
Adjectives are words used for closerdefinition of the noun/nouns. They show the presence of a certain feature
and usually stand in front of a noun.She is a smart lady.They are responsible persons. If there is more than one adjective in front of
a noun, they are not linked with and. I saw a big bad grey wolf in the wood.Colour adjectives usually come at the end.
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Adjectives (2)
Adjectives can also stand after certain verbs:be, become, seem, feel, look (=seem), get
She seems nervous.I am getting tired.We are late. If there is more than one adjective after these
werbs, and should be put before the last oneHe was dark, tall and handsome.
The degree of presence of a certain feature is defined by the comparison of adjectives.
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Comparison of Adjectives (1)Three degrees of comparison:
Positive
He is a good man. Comparative
Mary is taller than Jane. Superlative
This is the most beautiful flat in the world.
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Comparison of Adjectives (2)The comparison of adjectives can be made infour ways:
One-syllable adjectivesrich - richer - the richestnice - nicer - the nicest
If an adjective ends in one wovel and oneconsonant, the consonant is doubled in comparison (except w):
fat - fatter - the fattesthot - hotter - the hottestslow - slower - the slowest
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Comparison of Adjectives (2)
Two-syllable adjectives ending in -y: -y -i + er, est
lovely - lovelier - the loveliest
hungry - hungrier - the hungriest
Most of other two-syllable and longer adjectives:
beautiful - more beautiful - the most beautiful
intelligent - more intelligent - the most intelligent
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Comparison of Adjectives (3)
Irregular comparison
good - better - the best
little - less - the least
bad - worse - the worst
far - further/farther - the furthest/the farthest
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