FUTURE PROGRESSIVE AND FUTURE PERFECT Future progressive or continuous We can use the future continuous ( will/won't be + - ing form) to talk about future actions that: will be in progress at a specific time in the future: When you come out of school tomorrow, I'll be boarding a plane. Try to call before 8 o'clock. After that, we'll be watching the match. You can visit us during the first week of July. I won't be working then. we see as new, different or temporary: Today we're taking the bus but next week we'll be taking the train. He'll be staying with his parents for several months while his father is in recovery. Will you be starting work earlier with your new job? Future perfect We use the future perfect simple ( will/won't have + past participle) to talk about something that will be completed before a specific time in the future. The guests are coming at 8 p.m. I'll have finished cooking by then. On 9 October we'll have been mar...
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Narrative tenses Meaning and use We use narrative tenses to talk about the past. We can use them to tell a story or to describe past events, including personal anecdotes. When I lived on the island, I enjoyed walking on the beach in the early morning with Bonnie - my best friend and my dog. Britain declared war on Germany on 3 September 1939 after Germany had attacked Poland two days earlier. Britain had been trying to negotiate a peaceful settlement. The four narrative tenses are the past simple, past continuous, past perfect and past perfect continuous and one or more of these can be used in a sentence. We were walking as usual one day, when all of a sudden, Bonnie shot off . She started to bark furiously. I saw a man sleeping face down on the sand. Bonnie continued to bark, but the man didn’t wake up. He wasn’t sleeping; he was dead. It...
UNIT THREE GOLD REPORTED SPEECH Reported speech is when we tell someone what another person said. To do this, we can use direct speech or indirect speech . direct speech : 'I work in a bank,' said Daniel. indirect speech : Daniel said that he worked in a bank. Phrase in Direct Speech Equivalent in Reported Speech Simple present Simple past "I always drink coffee", she said She said that she always drank coffee. Present continuous Past continuous "I am reading a book", he explained. He explained that he was reading a book Simple past Past perfect "Bill arrived on Saturday", he said. He said that Bill had arrived on Saturday. Present perfect Past perfect "I have been to Spain", he told me. He told me that he had been to Spain. Past perfect Past perfect "I had just turned out the light," he explained. He explained that he ...
What is an indirect question examples? Indirect questions are a little more formal and polite. We use them when talking to a person we don't know very well, or in professional situations, and their form is a little different. Example of an indirect question : “Could you tell me where the bathroom is?”, we use indirect questions when we want to be more polite, more formal or less confrontational. PRACTICE WITH THIS GAME UNIT TWO GENERATIONS Common verbs followed by a gerund: Example: He misses playing with his friends. abhor acknowledge admit advise allow anticipate appreciate avoid be worth can’t help celebrate confess consider defend delay detest discontinue discuss dislike dispute dread endure enjoy escape evade explain fancy fear feel like feign finish forgive give up (stop) keep (continue) keep on mention mind (object to) miss necessitate omit permit picture postpone practice prevent put off re...