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English 6
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There is/there are (in future))
The use of “there will be” is easy just follow the patterns. For singular and plural is used the same form “there will be”. For negative the correct form is “there won’t be” and for questions “Will be …there?
Example: There will be a vacancy on the conference.
There won’t be vacancies on the conference.
There is/there are (in past)
“There was” and “there were” are the past form. Verb indicates if it is singular or plural. The negative form is “there wasn’t” and “there weren’t”. For question follows the same structure at the present. Was there a river? Where there many trees?
. There is/there are (in present)
“There is” is used for singular and “there are” is
used for plural.
Examples: There are two big Evergreen containers in the Canal now.
There is a job in the Canal Zone.
Negative contractions forms are there isn’t and there aren’t. Question has the following structure. Verb be + there + subject + predicate?
Examples: There is a job opportunity.
Is there a job opportunity?
Panama’s International Financial Center
Participle
A participle is a verbal that is used as an adjective and most often ends in -ing. The term verbal indicates that a participle, like the other two kinds of verbal, is based on a verb and therefore expresses action or a state of being.
Present participles end in -ing.
Past participles end in -ed, -en, -d, -t, or -n, as in the words asked, eaten, saved, dealt, and seen.
Vocabulary
Gerunds can function as nouns, adjectives or verbs depending on the context of the sentence, for example:
When we use a verb in -ing form more like a noun, it is usually a gerund.
Gerunds
The verb base + -ing formed gerunds, for example: walk + ing = walking. If it functions as verb means the action is realizing.
The Panama Canal
Vocabulary
These verbs can also take infinitives after them.
hope
expect
plan
intend
mean
Infinitives
Infinitives are defined as to + base form of the verb. They have several functions.
Used as a shortened form of in order to.
You must take this medicine (in order) to get well
Used as objects following certain verbs*.
I wanted to tell you how much I appreciated your gift.
Tax Heaven
Impersonal it
In many kinds of English sentence, you will find the word "it" or the word "there" in the subject position. These are usually "impersonal" sentences -- sentences where there is no natural or direct subject. In this cases the subject is replaced by there or it
that is why is called “impersonal it”. This introduction will help you to understand when to use "it" and when to use "there".
When to use it
Talking about weather
Identifying something
Impersonal "there" is used to say that something exists in a particular place:
Singular: There is a book on the table.
Plural There are three men in the car.