... was born in 1 891 .
Galileo was born in 1564.
Mahatma Gandhi was born in 18 69.
Martin Luther King was born in 192 9.
Elvis Presley was born in 193 5.
Leonardo da Vinci was born in 1452.
... to be an airline pilot.
5 I wouldn't mind being a tourist guide.
57.4
2 waiting 3 going/to go
4 writing 5 working/being
6 to come to go
7 wearing to wear
8 to si...
... staying/'m staying
6 Are you doing
7 are going/'re going begins
8 does this train get
9 am going /'m going Are you coming
10 is coming is travelling/'s travelling ... going
4 saying 5 going
6 using
7 travelling/being
8 telling
9 doing/having
59. 4
2 I'm looking forward to seeing her.
3 I'm not looking forward to going to the dentist....
... known')
We use get mainly in informal spoken English. You can use be in all situations.
We also use get in the following expressions (which are not passive in
meaning):
get married ... Presley 1452 18 69 192 9
Agatha Christie Mahatma Gandhi Leonardo da Vinci 1564 1 891 193 5
Walt Disney Martin Luther King William Shakespeare 1770 190 1
1. _Walt Disney was bor...
... stopped doing some things and started
doing other things:
He stopped studying hard/going to bed early/running three miles e3very morning
He started smoking/going out in the evening/spending a ... Well, what about 9. 30?
KEVIN: Fine. The match will have finished by then.
B. 'I will be doing something' (future continuous) = I will be in the middle
of doing something. Th...
... succeeded in
135.3
2 to 3 on
4 in 5 to
6 in 7 with
8 into 9 in
10 on 11 into
12 to 13 into
14 on
15 from one language into another
16 happened to spend it on
17 into
18 ... night.
4 in the evening.
5 on 21 July 196 9.
6 at the same time.
7 in the 192 0s.
8 in about 20 minutes.
9 at the moment.
10 at Christmas.
11 in the Middle Ages....
... ends in ~e, we leave out e before the ending ~ing:
hope/hoping smile/smiling dance/dancing confuse/confusing
Exceptions arc: be/being
and verbs ending in ~ee: see/seeing agree/agreeing
... find them now.
specialize IN
* Helen is a lawyer. She specializes in company law.
succeed IN
* I hope you succeed in finding the job you want.
B. Verb +into
break INTO
* Ou...
... ring somebody tries to break into the house.
8. I've just painted the door. I'll put a WET PAINT notice next to it
somebody doesn't realize it's just been painted.
9. ... very good at repairing things. (not 'good in repairing things')
afraid different interested proud responsible similar sure
1. I think she's arriving this evening but I'm .....
... woman _talking to Tom?_(~ing clause)
The boy _injured in the accident_(~ed clause) was taken to hospital
B. We use ~ing clauses to say what somebody (or something) is doing (or was
doing) at ... 5.
6.
7.
@p 192
UNIT 96 ~ing and ~ed clauses (the woman talking to Tom, the boy injured in
the accident)
A. A clause is a part of a sentence. Some clauses begin with ~ing or ~ed...
... _Trafalgar_ Square is in London.
2. is in Paris.
3. is in Rome.
4. is in London.
5. is in New York.
6. is in Washington.
7. is in Athens.
8 is in Athens. is in Venice.
77.3 Choose ... Kilimanjaro (5, 895 meters).
11. Next year we are going skiing in Swiss Alps.
12. United Kingdom consists of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
13. Seychelles are a gro...
... the dog because I was afraid of being bitten.
B. Interested in (do)ing and interested to (do)
I'm interested in doing something = I'm thinking of doing it, I'd like to do
10. ... more
clauses:
* Jim hurt his arm (main clause) playing tennis.(~ing clause)
* Feeling tired,(~ing clause) I went to bed early.(main clause)
'Playing tennis' and 'feeling...