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Prepositional Verb Exercise

Instructions: Replace the verb in bold in each sentence with the correct form of the corresponding prepositional verb provided below it.

1. Anyone who doubts the power of the social web only needs to observe the activity on Twitter.
   Replace with: Look at
   Correction: Anyone who doubts the power of the social web only needs to look at the activity on Twitter.
2. How are you progressing at work?
   Replace with: Get over
   Correction: How are you getting over at work?
3. A free microblogging service that started a few years ago, Twitter resembles an on-screen bulletin.
   Replace with: Look like
   Correction: A free microblogging service that started a few years ago, Twitter looks like an on-screen bulletin.
4. An opportunity has arisen for a Twitter

0: if+present/present

1: if+present/future

2: if+past 2/would+inf

3: if+had +pp3/would have pp3

Present simple- is/am/are + 3

Past simple: was/were +3

Present continuous: is/are/am + being+ 3

Past continuous: was/were + Being + 3

Present perfect simple: have/has + been + 3

Present perfect continuous: had + been + being + 3

Past perfect: had + been + 3

Future simple: will be + 3

Can/must/should + be + 3

Be going to: is/are/am + going To be + 3

Have/had/has + be + 3

ORDENES: ordered + to + ing (afirmativo)

Ordered + not to + ing (neg)

SUGGESTIONS: suggested (let´s) + vb ing

QUESTIONS: ask + where/how… Igual

Ask + if (normal)

Now: then

Today: that day

Tonight: that night

Yesterday: the previous Day/week/month…

Tomorrow: the following day

Understanding Verb Tenses and Moods

ARAM: Copper worked ESBATANAR: open wide Mangrove: low forest of tropical countries ATALAIAR: SE-ESGARGAMELLAR observed: fatigue strength to be called the throat.

Time, Mode, and Verb Forms

• Time: Past, present, or future.
• Mode:
  • The indicative mood expresses an objective action.
  • The subjunctive mood expresses a desire or possibility.
  • The imperative mood expresses an order or recommendation.

Simple and Compound Tenses

Simple tenses are formed by adding morphemes to the verbal lexeme (e.g., Food-AVA). Compound tenses are formed with the auxiliary verb 'have' and the past participle.

Indicative Mood

Present Tense

Indicates an action happening now, but can also refer to ongoing, past, or future events. Example: El sol escalfa.

It is a trivial comedy for serious people. Wilde was at his peak of his success when he wrote this play. This comedy manners also parodies social classes in a witty and intellectual way. It was written in Worthing, England in 1894. It moves between the urban city vibe of London and a more natural country atmosphere of Hertfordshire during the mid-1890s. Wilde uses both locations to mock late Victorian high society and its social customs.

Academic Vocabulary List

Adulterate

— make impure

Augment

— increase

Dour

— gloomy

Fortitude

— courage

Gape

— stare open-mouthed

Guise

— appearance

Insidious

— harmful but subtle

Opulent

— very wealthy

Reiterate

— repeat

Tentative

— unsure

Unkempt

— messy

Verbatim

— word-for-word

Amicable

— friendly

Averse

— strongly opposed

Belligerent

— aggressive

Benevolent

— kind

Duplicity

— deceit

Extol

— praise highly

Feasible

— possible

Impervious

— not affected

Impetus

— driving force

Jeopardy

— danger

Nostalgia

— longing for the past

Scrutinize

— examine closely

Adversary

— enemy

Alienate

— isolate

Coerce

— force

Craven

— cowardly

Culinary

— related to cooking

Demise

— death

Harass

— bother repeatedly

Muse

— think deeply

Perpetuate

— make continue

Precedent

—

English Irregular Verbs Reference

Allegra Byron's Early Life in Venice

Allegra Byron lived with her father, Lord Byron, in a large house called the Palazzo Mocenigo. However, Lord Byron eventually realized that it was not a suitable home for a child. He entrusted Allegra to an English family in Venice. Allegra stayed in Venice for eight months with different families. When Allegra was four years old, Byron sent her to a convent school near Ravenna. Allegra was often cold and lonely there.

Grammar Notes

• Prepositions:
  • In for months (e.g., in May)
  • On for days (e.g., on Monday)
  • At for weekends and specific times (e.g., at the weekend, at 7 o'clock)
• Present Simple: After 'go', use the gerund form (-ing) (e.g., go swimming).
• Do/Does: Use 'do' or 'does' + person + verb for questions (e.g.

Inside Out: Comprehension and Grammar

• 1: a
• 2: c
• 3: False (line 5)
• 4: False (line 10)
• 5: True (line 11)
• 6: True (line 13)
• 7: Joy
• 8: Maybe
• 9: Emotional
• 10: Biting
• 11: Harm
• 12: Teens ought to behave correctly.
• 13: What does Riley’s mother know?
• 14: The teenager claimed that his/her emotions were so complex that he/she couldn’t understand himself/herself.
• 15: 2nd Conditional
• 16: Psychologists teach us how to control our emotions.
• 17: Most teenagers are used to feeling upset.

Why Do the British Drive on the Left?

• 1: a
• 2: b
• 3: True (line 4)
• 4: True (line 5)
• 5: False (line 10)
• 6: False (line 12)
• 7: Stranger
• 8: Attentive
• 9: On
• 10: Reduction
• 11: Chilly
• 12: Fool
• 13: My cousin, Martha, who has always driven on the left, is British.
• 14: 1st Conditional
• 15: Napoleon introduced a change

FUTURE SIMPLE (WILL)

Use: Future predictions, spontaneous decisions.

FUTURE SIMPLE (BE GOING TO)