Verb Patterns, Colours and Time...

Week 21^st- 23^rd

As promised, we learnt some “Colour idioms”.

But it wasn’t until we had reviewed verb patterns.

·         I was so happy to receive your present. (After adjs, to +infinitive)

·         She was busy looking after her little sister. (Exception;after “busy”, ing)

·         He went to the sop to buy some bread. (To express purpose, why?)

·         Doing sport is healthy. (When the verb is the subject, ing)

·         The kid wasn’t tall enough to reach the door knob.(After too and enough)

·         Don’t leave the office without locking the door. (After prepositions)

·         They didn’t know where to run.(After question words, except “why”)

·         We went swimming last weekend. (After “go” for physical activities)

·         My niece would like to become a teacher when she grows up.(After would like, would love etc.)

 After certain verbs we use , to + infinitive and after other verbs we use “–ing”. And this is the most difficult part to remember because there are no rules for it. Read a lot. Do exercises and above all, learn the verbs in context with sample sentences.

·         What did they plan to do?

·         My friends agree to stay in the hotel closer to the beach.

·         She promised not to tell anybody.

·         I refuse to go by bus. It takes longer than the train!

·         I hope to finish my degree next year.

·         They seem to have forgotten what happened before.

·         I decided to take the job.

·         Avoid drinking tap water if you travel to India.

·         There’s no point warning him, he’ll go anyway.

·         He denied taking the money.

·         He confessed to killing the man.

·         They objected to having the shop open until 9pm.

·         We are looking forward to hearing from you.

We learnt idioms with colours.

·         Is there anybody in your family who’s got green fingers?

·         Have you ever been green with envy?

·         When is anybody black and blue all over?

·         Do you know anybody who has a yellow streak?

And we also talked about “time”

·         What would you do if you had more time in your hands?

·         Are you usually on time?

·         What do you do to kill time?

·         Are you often pushed for time?

·         Do you run out of time in exams?

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