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HELP!! Tenses analysis
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refis24
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HELP!! Tenses analysis
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Hey, sorry to be a pain, but I am just planning my lesson and I have to clarify to an E1 class why we use the ing form and the base form for the following sentences
I can swim - base form
I can �t play football - base form
I am good at swimming - ing form
I like dancing - ing form
I would like to go dancing - ing form
I know it is to do with the tenses, but this is my weak point :-(
Any help would be very much appreciated.
Thanks
Refis24 |
20 Feb 2010
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lshorton99
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I can swim - base form
I can �t play football - base
form
�Can � is a modal verb (like will, would, might, must, should, could). We always use the base form of the verb after modal verbs.
I am good at swimming - ing form
I like dancing - ing
form
I would like to go dancing - ing form
These are all examples of the �gerund � - this is an -ing form used as a noun. (It �s different from, for example, I am dancing, which is the -ing form as the present participle of the verb).
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20 Feb 2010
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refis24
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You save me again!!!!!! |
20 Feb 2010
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lshorton99
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I think it �s China where if you save someone �s life you �re responsible for them forever. I apply the same principles to TEFL!
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21 Feb 2010
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refis24
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Hmmmmm, strange saying , I am not sure about the responsibility for ever part, but I am sure I will be asking for your expert advice again 
Thanks
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21 Feb 2010
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lshorton99
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It �s true - forever is a very long time. plus I have a famously short attention span. Wait. Who are you again?
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21 Feb 2010
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