... She's carrying
(or was carrying) a bag full of shopping
We can also use the present simple and present continuous like this in
commentaries (for example, on sports events) and in giving instructions:
• ... including our own behaviour:
• They're constantly having parties until the early hours of the morning.
We use the past continuous (see Unit 6) in the same way:
• He was forever including me in ... some point in the past and continues until the
present time. This is why we often use since with the present perfect:
• Since I have lived in a small house near the coast.
• Tom has been ill since...
... to use it with their students.
Verbs: infinitives, -ing forms, etc.
Verbs with and without objects
37 Verb + to-infinitive or bare infinitive
38 Verb + to-infinitive or -ing?
39 Verb + -ing
40 ... to die )
D We often use be to + infinitive in //-clauses to say that something must take place first (in the main
clause) before something else can take place (in the //-clause):
• are to survive ... John's being )
• I'm going to be in Tokyo in May. (not I'm being in Tokyo )
We tend to avoid going to + go and use the present continuous form of go instead:
• I'm going to town...
... John's being )
• I'm going to be in Tokyo in May. (not I'm being in Tokyo )
We tend to avoid going to + go and use the present continuous form of go instead:
• I'm going to town ... bring a compass in case we get lost.
We use the present simple in that- and
tf/j-clauses
when both the main clause and the that-
/wb-
clause refer to the future. We don't use will in ... often use the past continuous for both:
• Sally was reading to the children while Kevin was washing up.
• Mario was working in a restaurant when I was living in London.
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