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Past Continuous vs Simple Past
Simple Past
The simple past expresses an action in the past taking place once, never, several times. It can also be used for actions taking place one after another or in the middle of another action.
Past Continuous The past progressive puts emphasis on the course of an action in the past.
Part 2
Past Perfect
Past perfect
We use the past perfect simple to talk about what happened before a point in the past. It looks back from a point in the past to further in the past.
I hadn't known the bad news when I spoke to him.
I checked with the supplier and they still hadn't received the contract.
She had already told him before I got a chance to give him my version.
The company has started the year well but was badly hit by the postal strike.
The past perfect simple is often used when we report what people had said/thought/believed.
He told me they had already paid the bill.
He said he believed that John had moved to Italy.
I thought we had already decided on a name for this product.
Conditional type zero is used to talk about general truths, scientific facts or things which always happen under certain conditions.
Form:
If + Simple Present, + Simple Present
Use:
The zero conditional is used to talk about things which are always true, scientific facts, general truths: Examples:
If you cross an international date line, the time changes. Phosphorus burns if you expose it to air. If I wake up early, I go jogging.
NOTE: you can use "when" instead of "if".
Conditional Sentence Type 1
Often called the "real" conditional because it is used for real or possible situations. These situations take place if a certain condition is met. It is possible and also very likely that the condition will be fulfilled.
Form:
If + Simple Present, + Simple Future
Use
Conditional Sentences Type 1 refer to the future. An action in the future will only happen if a certain condition is fulfilled by that time. We don't know for sure whether the condition actually will be fulfilled or not, but the conditions seems rather realistic – so we think it is likely to happen. Example:
If I have enough time, I'll watch the football match.
I may have time to watch the match but I'm not sure about it.
Conditional Sentence Type 2
Often called the "unreal" conditional because it is used for unreal impossible or improbable situations. This conditional provides an imaginary result for a given situation. It is very unlikelythat the condition will be fulfilled.
Form:
if + Simple Past, + would + base verb
Were / Was
In conditional type 2, we usually use in the if clause "were" instead of "was" even if the pronoun is I, he, she or it. "were" here is a subjunctiveform.
NOTE "was" is also a possible form.
Example:
If I were a millionaire, I would buy a castle.
Use
Conditional Sentences Type 2 refer to an action in the present that could happen if the present situation were different. I don't really expect the situation to change because it is very unlikely.
Example:
If I had a lot of money, I would travel around the world.
Conditional Sentence Type 3
It is impossible that the condition will be met because it refers to the past.
Form:
if + Past Perfect, + would + have + Past Participle
Use
Conditional Sentences Type 3 refer to situations in the past. They express hypothetical results to past given situations.
Example:
If he had been careful, he wouldn't have had that terrible accident.
Sometimes in the past, he was careless. He drove so fast. So he had a terrible accident
Things to remember
1. The main clause can also be at the beginning of the sentence. In this case, don't use a comma.
Examples:
"Phosphorus burns if you expose it to air."
" I will send her an invitation if I find her address."
" I would travel around the world if I had a million dollars."
"He wouldn't have had that terrible accident if he had been careful."
2. Main clause and/or if clause might be negative.
Example:
If I don’t see him this afternoon, I will phone him in the evening.
If he had been careful, he wouldn't have had an accident.
Some Videos about this grammar...
Real English® - 59 - The Second Conditional
Should have, could have, and would have are sometimes called "modals of lost opportunity" because they describe situations when we are imagining that the past was different.http://www.espressoenglish.net/past-m...
Learning the English Adverbs is very
important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The
more you practice the subject, the closer you get to mastering the
English language. But first we need to know what the role of Adverbs is
in the structure of the grammar in English.
English adverbs are
part of speech. Generally they're words that modify any part of language
other than a noun. Adverbs can modify verbs, adjectives (including
numbers), clauses, sentences and other adverbs. The
adverb tells you (how, why, when, where)
something happened. Usually an adverb is formed from an adjective, and you simply need to add the suffix
(-ly): quick becomes quickly, easy becomes easily (note that "y" becomes "i"
before adding "ly"), happy becomes happily... Note
that some adverbs don’t need to take (-ly), like: hard, fast
…etc
Adverbs
can come before adjective: He is actually tall. Adverbs
can come before other adverbs if they’re modifying them: she pushed him reallyhard. Adverbs
can modify nouns it’s really a nice house, as you have
noticed there is an adjective between (really) and (a house). -Some
adverbs indicate intensity (how strong or intense something was): almost, entirely, extremely, highly, partially, practically,
strongly, totally, very… I
entirely agree with you, we strongly recommend this website. -Some
adverbs indicate duration (how long something happened): briefly, forever, shortly, permanently, temporarily … She
can’t wait for you forever, she would
like to live in the USA permanently, but
is temporarily working in Japan. -These
adverbs indicate a degree of frequency or how many times you do something …, we
will start with the most frequent, and we will end with the least frequent: Always, constantly, usually, generally, normally, regularly, often,
frequently, sometimes, periodically, occasionally, now and then, once in a while,
rarely, seldom, hardly ever, almost never, never. Also you can use
the expressions: daily (every day), weekly (every week), monthly
(every month), yearly (every year) … He
usually speaks English, but sometimes he speaks Spanish with his wife, and once in a while speaks German with his friend
from Germany, but never speaks Russian
because he can’t speak it. He travels to Mexico monthly
or every two months with his wife
because he lives in Texas. -Some
adverbs can indicate the manner in which something was done or happened,
usually this kind of adverbs take (-ly):
badly, quickly, beautifully, smoothly … The
cake was decorated beautifully and
everything was going smoothly, the cook
was trying to cut the cake quickly, but
he dropped it on the floor, so his day ended badly. -Adverbs
of place are: here, there, inside, outside,
upstairs, downstairs… Examples: We will stay here with you, while the rest stays there, we feel warm inside,
but I think our friends outside will
need some umbrellas because it’s raining, I will go and look for them downstairs and if I don’t find them I will look upstairs. -Adverbs
of probability are used to express how likely it is for something to happen: Probably, certainly, definitely, maybe, perhaps, possibly …
Note that probably, maybe, perhaps, possibly mean that the person is not sure
if the thing will happen or will be done. -
Will you come to the party? -
Probably! (it means maybe I will come,
and maybe not, other similar expressions are maybe, perhaps, possibly …) -
Can you call me if you’re not coming to the party? -
Definitely! (also certainly can be used,
which means that I’m sure that I’ will call whether I decide to come to the
party or not).
-Some
adverbs indicate time, such as: today, yesterday,
now, later, soon, already, still, finally… Examples: Finally
school is opening today, yesterday was the last day of vacation, I still wish that the vacation was longer, because
exams will start soon, and we will be
tested later.
In the next three movie sections, we are going to learn
about different movie types. Afterwards, we will cover having
discussions about movies that you recently saw. But for now, let's work
on movie types.
There are many different types of movies.
You probably know them all in your language, but let's learn what they
are in English. Also, we will learn how to say a couple of sentences
related to a movie type. If you disagree with a sentence, feel free to
change some words around so they fit what you want to say.
Although there are many categories, we will learn the most basic 10 types of movies.
Action
Drama
Comedy
Romantic comedy
Horror
Science fiction
Suspense (Thriller)
Western
Commentary / Non-Fiction
Action: Movies with lots of fighting, shooting, exploding, etc.
Time to brush up on (review) your understanding of participles as adjectives.
Some participles can be used as adjectives in either the present or past form. Present Participle (-ing) is used to describe something or someone. "I watched an interesting TV about American history last night." "This film is boring. Let's stop watching it." Past Participle (-ed) is used to describe how people feel about something or someone. "I'm interested in American history." "I'm bored of my job. I want to find another one." Task 1: Now choose the right form for each sentence. Task 2: Use these participles to write your own example sentences: excited / embarrassing /shocking / tired / surprised Link: '-ed' and '-ing' adjectives: describing feelings and things
1 - The people I work with are ____ with their jobs.
It is an Englishman's program as foreign language of four daily hours taken to end in universities, institutes recognized by the education of the Englishman as foreign language and in centers under coordination of the MESCyT. In his phase pilot the above mentioned program had a duration of 600 hours. The classes are given totally in English and in all the spaces of the centers where there is executed the program, the whole personnel, including the students, they must speak only English.
