Gerundios

iFuture time clauses
Tags:
* clauses
* completion
* duration
* emphasis
* future
* point of time
* present
In time clauses that refer to future time (for example clauses with after, as soon as, until, when, while etc.) we use present tenses.
Will you wait for me until I get back? (refers to a point of time in the future)
You can play in the garden when you havefinished your homework. (emphasises the completion of an event)
I'll be doing some embroidery while you are working on your new song. (expresses duration)
Revision questions: future time
* Which present tense(s) can refer to future time?
* What is the difference between the present continuous tense and the going to structure when used to refer to future time?
* Which structure or tensecan be used to express a plan that has been decided before the moment of speaking?
* What does it mean that the prediction expressed by the future simple tense is subjective?
* For what meaning can we use both the present continuous and the future continuous tenses?
* Can any future tense refer to past time?
Comparative, Superlative and Equality  Exercise - comparatives
Examplesof comparative adjectives:slower, quicker, faster, better, worse,
more expensive, more important |
1 Our house is than theirs.
I'm than my brother.
Tortoises live than cats.
Electrical goods are usually in America than in Britain.
Electrical goods are usually in Britain than in America.
Bob Dylan is a singer than George Michael.
I think mathematics is than English.
Oxford is quitenear to London but Liverpool is .

comparative
big

a)biger b)bigger c)more big | | |
expensive

a)expensiver b)expensiveer c)more expensive | | |
blue

a)bluer b)blueer c)more blue | | |
red

a)reder b)redder c) more red | | |
tall

a)taller b)taler c)more tall | | |
pretty

a)prettyer b)prettier c)more pretty | | |
silly

a)sillyer b)sillier c)moresilly | | |
intelligent

a)intelligenter b)intelligentier c)more intelligent | | |
stupid

a)stupider b)stupidder c)more stupid | | |
lazy

a)lazyer b)lazier c)more lazy | | |
good

a)gooder b)better c)more good | | |
bad

a)badder b)worse c)more bad | | |
slow

a)slower b)slowwer c)more slow | | |
slowly

a)slowlyer b)slowlier c)more slowly | | |
littlea)littler b)less c)more little | | |
fast(adjective)

a)faster b)fastlier c)more fast | | |
fast (adverb)

a)faster b)fastlier c)more fast | | |
short

a)shorter b)shortier c)more short | | |
happy

a)happyer b)happier c)more happy | | |
beautiful

a)beautifuler b)beautifuller c)more beautiful | | |
Present Perfect Quiz-------------------------------------------------
Principio del formulario
How long (you/think) that?
She (put) the book back in its place.
They (not/buy) a new car yet.
(He/ever/be) in London?
They (not/work) here for a very long time.
She (write) three letters this afternoon.
Where (he/be)?
I (not/finish) my work yet.
Peter (open) a new store recently.
How often (he/go) to Portland this week?
Final delformulario

Gerunds (-ing)
When a verb ends in -ing, it may be a gerund or a present participle. It is important to understand that they are not the same.
When we use a verb in -ing form more like a noun, it is usually a gerund:
* Fishing is fun.
When we use a verb in -ing form more like a verb or an adjective, it is usually a present participle:
* Anthony is fishing.
* I have a boringteacher
Gerunds as Subject, Object or Complement
Try to think of gerunds as verbs in noun form.
Like nouns, gerunds can be the subject, object or complement of a sentence:
* Smoking costs a lot of money.
* I don't like writing.
* My favourite occupation is reading.
But, like a verb, a gerund can also have an object itself. In this case, the whole expression [gerund + object] can...