... using one of the words in the box.
amusing/amused confusing/confused exhausting/exhausted annoying/annoyed
disgusting/disgusted interesting/interested boring/bored exciting/excited
surprising/surprised ... thought it was rather interesting. (=more
interesting than expected)
Rather can go before or after a/an. So you can say:
a rather interesting book or rather an interesting book...
... 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 ... for my interview, I became (nervous)
5. As the day went on, the weather got (bad)
6. Travelling is becoming (expensive)
* Julia is very interested in politics. (not 'interesting...
...
1 26. 2
1 in cold weather
2 in pencil
3 in love
4 in block letters
5 in the shade
6 in my opinion
7 in cash
1 26. 3
2 on 3 on 4 at
5 in 6 on 7 for
8 on 9 at 10 on
11 In my ... said
6 hardly changed
7 hardly recognised
100.5
2 hardly any
7 Concentrate on
8 succeeded in
135.3
2 to 3 on
4 in 5 to
6 in 7 with
8 into 9...
... 18.1
2 used to have/used to ride
3 used to live
4 used to like/used to love/used to eat
5 used to be
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6 used to take
7 used to be
8 did you use to go
18.2
3 -6
He used to ... 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 arrives a...
... say/said
6. 4 Verbs ending in ~ie (die, lie, tie)
If a verb ends in ~ie, ie changes to y before the ending ~ing: die/dying
lie/lying tie/tying
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6. 5 Words ending in -e (hope, ... 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...
... 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 ... art museum in Paris. (not 'at Paris')
But you can use at or in when you think of the place as a point or station on
a journey:
* Do you know if this train stops at (or in) N...
... _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 ... we are going skiing in Swiss Alps.
12. United Kingdom consists of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
13. Seychelles are a group of islands in Indian Ocean.
14. River...
... 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...
... 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 ... Would you mind ?
6. Please don't interrupt me all the time.
Would you mind?
52.4 Use your own ideas to complete these sentences. Use ~ing.
1. She's a very inter...
...
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. The football match begins at ... morning
He started smoking/going out in the evening/spending a lot of money
Write sentences about Brian with used to and didn't use to.
1. He used to smoke.
2. He didn't use...