Grammar
When do we use gerund
We use it when we want to share our feelings
Kate didn't used to wear tight jeans because she preferred loose, comfortable clothes
didn't use to
During the final of the Texas Championship, Natasha Terranova got extremely angry, behaved worse than the previous year, and threw her racket at...
the umpire
Attendant: "We have a nice dog right now—a Rottweiler."
Customer: "A Rottweiler! Oh, no! I've heard about them on the news. They're ____________!"
very big and mean
"The official person sitting on the high chair during a tennis match whom Natasha Terranova threw her racket at because she was angry."
Umpire
When do we use conditional type 2
We use it when we have not real future and facts
Vera has been waiting to see her doctor since three hours, and she is starting to lose her patience
for three hours
Wilhemina C. Williams took sleeping pills on the plane, but when she woke up, she discovered that due to engine trouble her aircraft had returned to...
New York
But your boat isn't very big, Waldo. Will it get to Australia?"
Waldo: "Oh, yes. I think so. It'll get there all right. It'll take ____________, of course. But we're not in a hurry."
a long time
"A small type of bird discussed in the pet store that is quieter than a parrot but, according to the attendant, is not as easy to train."
Parakeet
When do we use present perfect progressive
We use it when the action started in the past and still going on
Vera is extremely upset because she has been knowing her doctor for over five years, yet she has been kept waiting since nine o'clock this morning
has known
Jackson Burns dreamed that his hotel room on the 40th floor was on fire, but upon waking up in his own bed, he realized his room was full of smoke because his...
apartment was on fire
Attendant: "Well, parakeets aren't as easy to train as parrots, are they?"
Customer: "Yes, but parakeets don't need ____________ as parrots, do they?"
Attendant: "That's true."
as much space
"The term used to describe Candi Faulkner's sister because she often walked in her sleep and ate chocolate cheesecake with her
eyes closed."
Sleepwalker
When do we use present perfect
1 unfinished time
2 result
3key words
4 life experience
5 since and for
By the time the search helicopter finally spotted them in the water, the elderly couple had rescued by a passing fishing boat
had been rescued
The spectators watched with disappointment as the British athlete, Ted Kelly, failed his last high jump try because he crashed into...
the bar
Reporter: "Oooh! He's crashed into the bar! He's landing. The bar's fallen. Is he hurt? ____________. He's getting up and walking away..."
No, no, he's all right
"The athletic throwing event won by Jack Lumber from Canada, in which an competitor accidentally hit a judge in the foot."
Javelin
When do we use indirect speech
We use it When we want to report someone's words without quoting them directly
Mark Foden steer the runaway truck into a field; otherwise, it could have easily been collided with the passenger train
could have easily collided
Jack Lumber from Canada won the gold medal in the men's javelin final on his very first try because he threw the javelin over...
100 meters
Interviewer: "Will you take a radio with you?"
Waldo: "No, no, no. We never listen to the radio. We don't like ____________. We like peace and quiet. We'll take a lot of books."
pop music
"The specific word used by the news interviewer to describe the long, fantastic 7,000-mile ocean trip that Mr. Walter Busby is starting."
Voyage