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Some rules, clues, tips etc...
Some rules, clues, tips etc...
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What's special with state verbs?
We don't usually use the continuous with them
Which state verbs of groups don't we use with -ing usually? Make examples!
express opinion, feelings or knowledge
- agree, assume, believe, disagree, hate, hope, know, like, love, prefer, realise and regret.
describe apperance
- appear, look, seem and resemble.
describe senses
- belong, consist, contain, cost, have and own.
We change words wich end in y after a consonant, the y becomes i when suffix is added:
- happy
- try
- study
- family
- rely
- happiness
- trial/tries
- studious
- familiar
- reliance
When is the final -e of the word dropped?
Exp.
- nonsense - nonsensical
- amaze - amazing
- sane - sanity
If there is a consonant before it and the suffix begins with a vowel (-er, -ed, -ing, -ance, -ation, etc.)
What does no, none or not mean? Explain!
- NO = means not any, or not even one (used with countable or uncountable nouns)
- NONE = is a pronoun and means not one, not any or no part of it
- NOT = is mainly used to make verbs negative
Which are the most common verbs used with to?
- afford
- agree
- arrange
- appear
- attempt
- choose
- decide
- expect
- hope
- intend
- learn
- manage
- offer
- pretend
- promise
- refuse
- seem
