English Grammar Review: Verb Tenses and Usage

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Present Continuous

Uses:

  1. To express something that we are doing or is happening now.
    Example: We are studying English now.
  2. To express something that we are doing or is happening for a period of time.
    Example: We are staying at my grandparents’ house for a month.
  3. To express a future arrangement (things that are planned in our diary).
    Example: My class is going on a school trip on the 22nd.

Formulas:

  • Affirmative: Subject + VERB to be (am/is/are) + verb in -ing form + complements
  • Negative: Subject + VERB to
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Impressionist Masterpieces: Exploring Light, Color, and Everyday Life

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The Terrace of the Night

In this painting, Van Gogh expressed his newfound impressions of southern France. The café depicted is located in the city of Arles. Van Gogh presents an elegant café on the Place du Forum, in the heart of Arles. The warm glow of gas lamps and stars illuminates the scene, particularly the terrace where we observe small tables and chairs occupied by customers and a waitress. On the street, shrouded in more gloom, several figures walk by. The painter meticulously details

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Mastering English Gerunds and Infinitives: A Comprehensive Guide

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Mastering English Gerunds and Infinitives

Understanding Verb Patterns

This guide explores the usage of gerunds and infinitives in English, focusing on specific verb patterns and common expressions.

Gerunds

Gerunds, formed by adding ‘-ing’ to a verb, act as nouns in a sentence. They often follow specific verbs and prepositions.

Verbs Followed by Gerunds
  • Enjoy, dislike, mind, love, hate, prefer, fancy
  • Admit, appreciate, avoid, be used to, can’t help, can’t stand, consider, delay, deny, discuss, end up, feel
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English Irregular Verbs List: Base Form, Simple Past, Past Participle

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English Irregular Verbs

Base Form / Simple Past / Past Participle

Arise      / Arose      / arisen    /  surgir

Awake   / Awoke    / Awoken / despertar

Be          /was-were/ been     / ser – estar

beat      / beat        / beaten  / golpear

become / became  / become / convertir

begin    / began     / begun    / empezar

bend     / bent        / bent       / inclinar

bet        / bet          / bet         / apostar

bite     / bit       

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English Grammar Exercises: Verbs, Tenses, and Sentence Structures

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1. Put the verbs in brackets in the present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous, present perfect, or past perfect tense:

1) How many magazines have you read (you read) this week?

2) He doesn’t believe (not believe) in aliens, but I think (think) that aliens are watching (watch) us right now.

3) I saw (see) a light in the garden last night, but when I went (go) out the light had already disappeared (already disappear).

4) When we left (leave) the house yesterday, it started (start)

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Exploring the Origins and Evolution of Words: A Linguistic Journey

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Hereditary Words and Borrowings from Latin

The words we use, from basic vocabulary to specialized terms, all have a source, whether distant or recent. Latin is the primary source of many Catalan words, with two distinct pathways of transmission:

1. Hereditary Words (Popular Pathway): Latin words passed down orally through generations, undergoing phonetic, morphological, and semantic changes over time. For example:

  • Latin: cathedra > Catalan: cadira (chair)
  • Latin: axilla > Catalan: aixella (armpit)
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