понеділок, 23 березня 2009 р.

Irregular verbs, part I



Hi! This is the first part of irregular verbs:

infinitive / past simple / past participle
1 be /bi: / was/were /wɒz/ /wɜ:/ been /bi:n/ бути
2 beat /bi:t / beat /bi:t / beaten /bi:tn / бити
3 become /bɪ’kʌm / became /–‘keɪm / become /bɪ’kʌm / ставати
4 begin /bɪ’gɪn / began /–‘gæn/ begun / -‘gʌn / починати
5 blow / bləʊ/ blew / blu: / blown / bləʊn/ дути

вівторок, 17 березня 2009 р.

Daggers drawn




1. assassinate
/ ə’sæsineɪt /
[transitive] to murder an important person: a plot to assassinate the President
2. bliss / blɪs /
[uncountable] perfect happiness or enjoyment; domestic/wedded/marital bliss: I didn't have to get up till 11 - it was sheer bliss.

субота, 14 березня 2009 р.

Irregular verbs part 2



Hi! The second part, here we go:

52 light / laɪt / lit /lɪt/ lit /lɪt/ світити
53 lose / lu:z/ lost / lɒst/ lost / lɒst/ втрачати
54 make /meɪk / made / meɪd / made / meɪd / робити
55 mean /mi:n / meant / ment / meant / ment / означати
56 meet / mi:t / met / met / met / met / зустрічати

вівторок, 10 березня 2009 р.

Complex Object



I. verb (bare infinitive) / verb-ing
After verbs denoting sense perception:
to hear, to see, to watch, to feel, to observe, to notice
I haven’t heard anyone call me.
I saw Tom come/coming.


II. verb (bare infinitive)
to make, to let, to have
Light steps in the gavel made him turn his head.
I won’t have you speak like it, dear Tess!
Mr. Dalrymple had the servant to bring in the soap.


III. to + verb
I. After verbs denoting mental activity
to know, to think, to consider, to believe, to suppose,
to expect, to imagine, to find, to feel, to trust

I know you to be the most honest creature that ever lived.
Everybody expected her to marry Pete.


* After verbs of mental activity the Perfect Infinitive is used but seldom.
The doctor found his heart to have stopped two hours before.

II. After verbs of declaring:
to pronounce, to declare, to report
She declared him to be the most disobedient child in existence.

III. After verbs denoting wish and intention:
to want, to wish, to desire, to mean, to intend, to choose (‘to want’)
I want you to come and dine with me.

IV. After verbs and expressions denoting feeling and emotion:
to like, to dislike, to hate, cannot bear
I dislike you to talk like that.

V. After verbs and expressions denoting order and permission:
to order, to allow, to suffer, to have
Mr. Merdle ordered his carriage to be ready early in the morning.
Miss Jemima could not suffer Becky to leave the Academy without a present.