English Grammar: Verb Forms, Linkers, and Synonyms
Verb Forms and Nouns
(ITEM 1) (verb / noun)
- Entertain (entertain) = entertainment
- Develop (develop) = development
- Advertise (advertising) = advertisement
- Perform (carry) = performance
- Appear (to appear) = appearance
- Collect (collect) = collection
- Generate (produce) = generation
Linkers
Although = aunque + prayer / where = while + prayer / however = yet / Despite / in spite of / on the other hand = the other.
Tenses
(Last perf) = had + past participle
(present perf cont) = have / has + been + verb-ing
(p.perfect) = have / has + past participle (since / already / yet / just / never / ever) (third column) moment we do not often mention action
Future Tenses
(FUTURE CONTINUOUS): Subject + will + be + verb-ing.
(FUTURE PERFECT): Subject + will + have + past participle
Verb + Infinitive
(VERB + infinitive): afford, agree, ask, expect, hope, decide, learn, need, offer, prepare, promise, refuse, want, would like, imagine, can't wait, choose, turn out, wish, happen, expect, finish, appear.
Verb + -ing
7. (VERB +-ING): admit, avoid, can not stand, consider, mind, finish, do, give up, mention, risk, admit, keep, adore, hate, enjoy, like, prefer, imagine, kept, fancy, can't help, detest, excuse, keep, practice, put off, finish
Synonyms
(SYNONYMS):
- Get = receive
- Extraordinary = amazing, sure
- Certain = unbelievable
- Return = back
- Close = shut
- Final = last
- Allow = permit
- Incredible = unbelievable
- Return = back
- Tidy = neat
- Quick (fast) = fast
- Intelligent = Clever
- Anxious = worried
- Terrible = difficult
- Frightened = scared
- Boring = dull
- Enormous = huge
- Strange = weird
Passive Voice
(ITEM 4): Passive easy: it becomes taxable and No passive main verb. (*) It is believed the Prime ...
Passive difficult: it becomes subject l d CD, and put the main verb is cm, and it gets dpd conjugated verb. (present / future = to + verb) and (last = to + have + participle). example: Anne's friends have reported she is furious at losing her job.
(easy = It has been reported she is furious at losing her job) and (hard to = She has been reported to be furious at losing her job).
Verb + Preposition
2. Verb + prep:
- a) Concentrate, spend, depend = on
- b) ask, pay , wait, apologize = for, dream, know, think, worry = about
- c) listen, belong, happen, speak = to
- d) approve, consist, die, taste = of
- e) believe, trust, take part, succeed = in
- f) agree, argue, sympathize = with
- g) look, laugh, shout, stare = at
Phrasal Verbs
3. Phrasal verbs:
call off: suspension, keep up: go, leave out: exclude, give up: surrender, take up: climb, catch up: put the current, drop out: give up, put off: postpone.