2.动名词(The Gerund),由动词+ing构成。 3.分词(The Participle) 1)现在分词(The Present Participle),由动词+ing构成 2)过去分词(The Past Participle),由动词+ed构成。 非谓语动词具有以下特征: 非谓语动词可以做主语、宾语等多种句子成分,但唯独不能做谓语。 非谓语动词具有各种形态:原形、主动语态、被动语...
Explanations and examples Practice exercises Ability : can/ could/ be able to (=saying whether you are able to do something) If you want to say whether someone is able to carry out an action, use can. e.g. Guy can speak Russian. When you put these sentences into the past tense, ...
Irregular verbs: Have unique past tense and past participle forms that do not follow a pattern. Examples include go, went, gone; eat, ate, eaten. Transitive and Intransitive Verbs Verbs can also be classified as transitive or intransitive based on their objects. A transitive verb requires an ...
We use should / ought to + have + past participle to talk about an obligation in the past. We often indicate some criticism or regret
Some of these past participles are regular while others are irregular - but all 17 of them use être as the auxiliary verb in the passé composé (as long as there is no direct object). The participle must agree in gender and number with the subject. Add -e for feminine and -s for ...
Infinitive Past tense Past participle Present Participle raise raised raised raising rise rose risen rising arise arose arisen arisingRob/ StealWe use rob to refer to the person or place that suffered the robbery; we use steal to refer to what was taken:...
Explanations and examples Practice exercises Ability : can/ could/ be able to (=saying whether you are able to do something) If you want to say whether someone is able to carry out an action, use can. e.g. Guy can speak Russian. When you put these sentences into the past tense, use...
There are three kinds of participles in English: present participle, past participle and perfect participle. We often use them as adjectives, but also in participle clauses. Example: Having beeninterestedin seeinginterestingplaces, I travelled a lot. ...
Base FormSimple PastPast Participle A arisearosearisen awakeawakened / awokeawakened / awoken B backslidebackslidbackslidden / backslid be [am, is, are]was, werebeen bearboreborn / borne beatbeatbeaten / beat becomebecamebecome beginbeganbegun ...
Exercises 1. Make a sentence each with these words: · be; · were; · does; · can (in the past form); · can (in the future form); 2. What is the verb form (i.e., base form, infinite form, participle form, etc. in previous chapter) following the modal verbs, and why (...