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cone LANGUAGE SUMMARY 3 Tecontmous fie fo be +n os timghases tat an acon sn progres at 8 Genera partie tne 11 We we continous eb forms to deserb actions lahch ese happenin oe a paid of ine compare thst: “ith simple verb forms we are not Interested in ths see of uration 2 Wemay 3s ee the stvation as + tempor. Deas Speci wa of continuous fome + happening around pin of ir 1 stays antnuous form 1 say the spl for simply neta that + involving change or vlopment Hower aay + the eminuus frm sso common Three te reptitvents of te ‘tion and often indts that he poke ds the + incomplete. tcpate eon sui, sang oF tating + We ue costar fore, cotnaly ein the sameway continuous er polterequests rane) polite and etative 23. Prasent continous for fre arrangements + ThePresentcominucusiscommony used to descbe mangement forte fare. + Inti case ether theresa future time pas n the eetene ort cles Fo the contest that te takng boot the tue (Se Unit 3 and Un 9 Luge srsmaries,pges 120 and 168) 14 Modal verbs ‘ith modal verbs the continuous nitive can havea ferent rearing from the simple inte. They might be staying ate Sheraton ote = pest pessoa) ‘hy might sty athe Sheraton Hotel (- fr pos) hata tere noise! They must beeing ry = loa onasien Wemust havea party soon. (= pesertobigaton) peices spe 18 ‘ys whieh change meaning in contlouous and Sielctorne ene 4 state verbs ers which desc states ony occur in the simple form, Nick seems very Fen [eid know Cae’ uc. Me ed before ne met ‘he moet commen state verbs ae. be ‘rts of portssion and unchangeable states (pave. igh measure fi, (Oh ear Ths ss cei ay mere! vers todo wth the sere (appear se. ook sel ate) The minster appears ped byte accustions sone ers describing thought and processes (cnt, fot expec Iexpect het soon be ere 2 Verbs to desrb states or atone + the vrs stove are se inthe continous for, they become’ actions’ of some sort. The verb be arr inthe oninuus form when iets to bemvour uti temparary andor deliberate ea ind of action, Sphomnyemtareticmea aa Why every eing so unhpal (Tey ent sera) [Note that sein cannot be used when heres 82 ‘elton (eerste wi) noted The weather iver wet atthe moment.) The weathering very ho the moment. [9] (ter verbs havea diferent mensng thee ‘tinuous and spe forms ‘STATES ACTIONS akspprsit KA bts es fers Sieppena moor pte peng) ines ieee ana (Cimet (epee apeapeced | peal ae (Sig en. thm ayo | est ro it hentade pes [cm cane as ‘ccna eoncnan Shes hong bh oie) ewig 2g ateenres | Tear wig and Smee ott) mean bby LU (enact) ynatdoenfmeany [Aman ifting anew shee ci ot = tng) [etna conc se Liana O1 GRAMMAR PRACTICE plain wy continuous form is aed each ce, ATALL ORDER ‘reg ig ay Coa ‘Tole ona p ae caresers ented eg ae na Se ‘Seon ata ranma | Shatter eae rn a a ecthpustceeey Samana ir coeee ane Sarno nea Creede ase eee ‘ayant bg Ba ‘a a eto ane Reet | Ree er city ee ore a eee oie ee ae Tiamat toca seen ete one ood ore cae an Sere eae ae ‘Snare mn acon nts ogra eee 4 1: Didyounote they seemed abt quit? Yes think hey’ argued Been arguing agin No they've played beeping bay recent | Doyouwant tocome out withusafter wok? il cant hven flashed ben fnshing What made you dc defo move to Cans? tine whan | was fed afb thee 5: Wycantl watch the fl foie, Mom? 1 Because youve mated Been watching TV al sfernoon an you raven dane ben doing Do.yu know what’ goingon wth tart? ‘Not have soe Been sein im for 2g ece lft been avng 2 ig ple of wok or er todo What hve you done / ben doing racety? Mainly toying for ny exam ‘iy ain “ble ea”puton "struggle wok Something for everyone veri towne ‘Site wats art cy cue pol wth atom os Change the sentences to ake ther tre for you.D0 not change the verb forms Then workin pr and 1 tote save mony for ahold "mining a sare mone fr anew mile pane 3. When as cid. my parents were constantly teling me ocean my bedroom, 44 Aeabeut ths tee esterday Iwas watching. 5: thik th concn ny county ing. 6 im atways forgetting eck ny ont doo 7 Fmeoncenating vty hr on tes ovr, 1 Popa inmy ecu a defintely ting eerhethy |5 Match prompts 1-6 with responses at Mat sentences ‘com the prompts using contnaous ver form Then 1 oseyes/sem/ get worse 2. you? aay los / mobilephone 3 jou came woreparty? 47 hape you cl lp my bomen, 5 | wonder/ yuk /go/ nema 6 wef wonder you / cul fed caw fon hoy 3 latte ay mum's and promo Sey meal bo at mats Perhaps she neds new lasses Yes that wo be rt. Siren problem. "sen Can you cal tfc me sean hear wheres? 6 Which infinitive (thar without) ae eter ina continuo or? 1 eal mst phone ny pens 2. Casi's not nthe ofc toay~she must wok rom home. 3 You cant sil et ready to go out after an hor 4 ight row. keto atome onthe sofa with 3 sad book, 5 Doyou think Mar’ they to et home before ight? 66 Youstem 0 pend alot of ome on the neret hese ao. 18 Wheres Thomas? Hel supposed oy hs oom, ‘9 love to come aut fr anch bu Fe got to much wot do. 10 Heseers odo welin thie, 7 ate pls 1-7 endings an. Elan meanings [andi th vr n each aie 11 Thos ans ok 1 vas okng— 2 really don fel ive poeta down -rm felng, 231 What tine are having. 1 dont have 4 Does thitop fk? i They ve been iting. 1 Haste post rived yet? Fm epeting 1 Sony to ear our ight was dayed. expect 6 ea aie 11 We were js arin. uh one tonight? | out changing my cares, very uel ‘very comfortable in these ches. an important eer. prople who ovary wok doc it oak oo ight? who ceed the gol? youre enausted You shoul get some advice afore you mate any deco. ne aicondtining at he fe —it's chaos time to a that row can someone ee doit? 1 his pst tray tsp the room, doesnt fh yearvou should wer them mee ften 18 Complete the sentnces with the oct form af the sera inthe box Separates sve expet hac 11 tech sme ed potas nd fund one of Lyte she wes» aby 2 Det uce the hot water Mum a shower pst 3. Gara and er new bayiend_ alot ofeach 4 How about Dans plans to move out? 55 though head the doorbell ig. anjone? 6 Wy that space Wor the new desk ve bought —thopeit 7 Although the othe ooked ens aie ‘alm and led. O2 Lancuace summary “rita poe tins ae iincmstete Caneel Safarthnyeartheehave beens ater of ‘peers aking back om ne pit tothe ine agen peed abuse a rentphened sees toy + the past andthe present rset eet sme We ved hee foyer + when an action happened nthe past but stl “arrentavant inthe pester mip Thsrbookhaezaldvera milion copies -30 i ‘5 pointsin the past : _ secu eceeiecne on e eee re een tot seal tines. (20k ou eye \ ) me ed 2 Anumberof time phases are commonly wed wth (he Preset perfect simple There cua: eset tine peed tod, swe, hiya verbs whose earings the past nd preset oranda, aad, cent eer, —— psec cto Web ving frst ee + reste eee tines (eer ects Fut prec 8 his tine tomorow. /Uhave Frise ty exams! hoe hes z a a Present perfect simple and continuous 1 The resent erect simple ints the past and present 3. The Present perfec continuous als inks he pst ina umber ferent ays with the present The zmtnuous fom sess the SE ere ee than ofthe action an ots commeniy ound with owng for engi, al dy lack, potacion ‘Oh no! The computer'scrashed ae owueen oe We've been driving for three hours. Thrash ens ad ocr che ‘ebeenihing erally. Enetrentechgreeireal ‘rsa Hav Beattie? ‘inn n ono sue stedinahepas bats We tne epson hone inp ors n popes teem emphasise wens ol he cy (eben Manchest Unted spare foras Feplaged squat (i ine bn san tive longarcaremenie srrown) HeLa banieianiatsaseer ‘eben plying th (den otf batho) perfect simple and continous 1 The Pas perfec used to amphi that one action nappened tear nate acini the past, pea te sec ot cp ea Mian goths onan hadlftsrsge onthe noweptone. Itworebooes fom the sate of thelock that someone hadtiedto bei. tec of Ris commonin pred spec an fever teh on preepton Sith adhe poe had never me the wns fore that ening ne tech something had happend ‘tans wondredwhrher ote a dsm he sony. ‘onthe equ ofthe acon obs we ener kt the Pst single. Wien gothome, checked te arserphone for 2 The ut pect sel fod with cme he {ae tine per arte Prsanpr ut ty sewed na pasate ‘ere isn oct had already Been mori ‘asthe fattn had oerspent thigh by apa ne se fexaandarabedkoown acters ther chicood 2 Wala the ut perfect continous to deserve {racine append before atl plt a {hep vith the corto frm the pekersnes the atin asbeig eats oer ‘Wehod at Bean ig forabout Smuts hen ‘ilahed ea stop thee “Theron betwen the a perc continous andthe pat ithe same she elton Deaen {he Pree precious adhe rere ‘abe tygtoarangesn ntrien fr mots (costae aed Tebeen ying toarangeanltenien forms on Weis 55 page 8 ‘ter prtct forms 1 We se the Faure perfect her a thinking rainy about one polntin the future apd ant to talk abo the te afore that he ps fhe fare (Se Uni 9 Language sna pe 148) han br boyfied gts here he thavelof (point inthe are) (before that) 2. Wecan se a pefet-ngcauseto mean wenfbecau tec, Having (= When neh completed sedation. he strtedokig for anew Having (= ease a) sted at for mary yeas ound alin ratte), “he sbjec of oth cane mst be the ame. scsuze he hadpassedal hz exans heparentsgot ing pssed als nas Mpa atin aca bere page 118, 3 Inpatens which ar clawed the itive fo the Perfect nitive (2) have ore emphasss that we are aking about 3 past ation "ke tomeet fameusperson (pseu) ‘ie tohave meth ernan (==) Youshoud Be morecrfl whenyoe overtaking, Eee) Youshoud have been mare coe hen ou overtook thocea = ps) The pattern woud + pect inf (thou) s ten used to els toan rea pat action. thou oul, we would eter have goth fa aac 75 pages (o2) GRAMMAR PRACTICE 4 camplt te stv ithe Pst single resent 1 Decide it here say ference Inmeaning between the antenees in each pai xpan the ference 1A: Have you deans your fo? | Hrs bee caning yor Bid you go out tediy? 3A Ivebeen visting tof ours Ive vies ot of countries 2: Ive werd here fr over a ye no 1 Ive Been wortinghere for ve yea now 2 Crossout the options that are not posible 1 Cengrtltions! Weve jst never aleay here the good news! 2. aul and Lorie have known ech ther forget since they were itl! recently 3 Have you been sending alot of ext lately / Inthelasfew wks ast weok? 4 Trebeen ying to cll Ms Hynes allay several times for hours. shes busy? 5 Tye rend that book tetera long tin before 1 Shun ths isthe third time youve been ate orawoot (far ths week ine Monday 2 Find and corect the mistakes in five of the sentaness 1 Cant That’ he hte | ack you to down! 2. Fmeamy meats, bute stint 1. She said sh'd neve sen hi befor ine ie, but bron the ve met several times. 4 leas rely war that Grandad phoned —we' ust tated abut him 5 Lae fom your CV that youve been wering in ee ferent compares in th st yea, 6 Oly thoughthe'd remembered everything nt he's fe tothe cure nd raised the ng ae shor, perfect snple/ontouou or Pst perfect simple entnsou form of the vib in bracket. Then wrk ir Cover the stories nl try t remember ae Mich Ssyoucan When 12 (hea) that Owen 2 eave) his new ob after only a month ‘aot be) particularly surprised, This happen) several times before. But whenhe™ ‘oot answer) any of my phone messages, ial phone) the company ana ‘ tnd ou) hat he (go) to prison for six months! Apparently, he ¢ (teal) money from the company AccounilT was shocked 1 * ‘now Owen for years and he's ne of the most honest people I Hf teverimee). Ym sure the police a {ake atercible mistake ‘Anse the questions. Then write new questions changing some ofthe worden bald 1 How many messages hve you sent today? 2 How long hed you been teaming English when you 3 How many people ha ou spoken toby sight lock at ig? 4 How long hee you had your mobilephone? 5s this the rst ime yee studled the Past perfect 1 there anything you wish you ade sat is wee {6 ol four pars of sentences starting wth having + pst portle How cn the other two setances be Joined? 1 loated age for aaerto take my ode decides 2 amystaldso many bes inthe pase Nobody wi bale hethi tie 5 Werhave looked a all he applations We have decd to offer you the ob 4 Tyebean are lt tines before The shop assitant kowsime ‘5 Wersaw the weather forecast. We dcded nt tay at 1 atch sentences 1-80 responses 2h Then complete the responses with the correct form ofthe verbs in| 1 Feoing ey exhausted a the moment. 2 ther sen Miortin ted 1 Jona was ely surprised han elie we'd oni party fr him, 4 velookag eveyvare forthecat—he's not hae Fad Liam dd come shopping with, 6 How lar tito the sow? tought va seid ot 1 Some people were bat jd in the accident {Salles inane ofthese seats here? 1 dprfer__ (acer the ont you dont » Yeah but theyre dy _(aurvive Hon se seems 1 Wel maybe you shod (disppea (take) afew days of wt Hepretended (be) one ofthe cast Fant wory heart gp) ey a. {On ove (se hi Fh Meteo he wouldnt (eno {8 complete the second sentence sothat It means the same a the es. 1 You started reodng that book mths go! veuve et Hanna sry se bought thet ges console, 13 Fdseen that fw once Blo 4 ts ages since we enjoyed ousehes so much 5 Leonie was very eros because she'd neve spoken Inpue bere ving 6 mela ve inthe 18th centary. 1 Undetine the perfec verb forms. ean why 3 perfect form sued in each case 2: Whiter wht soup this? tee bewn soup i AX: lon care what t'sbean, what know? 2 Ive changed my mind 1: Oh god, doe the new one wor ary Better? 3. @ Wy te pas upon coapse? ‘secause he'd been siting toner thee ‘id you meet your sn a the apt? Nate iit ‘shuld ve come eam us gong out. ‘A Bat ve been standing on yur doostep al moning.ingng your bel 15 Fina the mpi Forign minis today declared that ei suit meting had been a Mo suze" (0333 LANGUAGE SUMMARY 2 frase st oe ‘We often earn tha the Present continous se or ener aking abut nob ametens the reser sig ‘The diferent ver forms of Engh are ften frown as anbesed {cots Engh 2 ver forms (cng pussies) You nen we refer to ay action which heppes ove sted th usa wap in ch thes er ose Intranet mormon of sean the {odin Uns Tan However he etnsip betneen Present spl 0 Ti oul cc wen ter and tne in Engh sot lays the hs. the words cay» pric Inpartane {pronouns youn and fe Rn Is yurpardon? ‘name hi thea Rose. singe mm + When esting or amerertating on a present conor ang cto the Present simples used orn foee hae insartaneous actin Ovenshoot arts gost Pere continous | hoe eo ig + The Pest cantina ed for longs sr -ieei at Andro Fmsteingte ons nt it pices a art Ee putting thm tote socepon Simple lows Continuous as Uvng biel 3 pe 522 Pete ——____ tind | 3. rang ature rer eorimins ase The Present simples commonly used to talk FUTURE about future eves hich are popenmed or : tinea. Sing te ‘Anew producon Mora’ on Cowen opens “comin ‘nls tiog | {tte hye Opers ose ext we Pere lave ed + Weoten ee the resent spl (and resent fect continous witha been ing | poe) oer tate faire ae tie ‘Conjunction cha when before 25500035, nonce whe, tne ee Spall uae of the resent simple Unset happen fine don't therein time? ‘phone you a: sconas we've checked. 1 Present simple for past ine Youcan ge home tsoonss you finish ‘The Present single commonly used talk about past Oh acesaper eadines. ‘nti USprotst ends inviolence + Weal ee the pst tenis after relive pronounesichatmho and wher andin Subordinate aes teduced ya, than an wetter Theat person wl phomerin with the comect me Sracbebg ciy ional swe pe pre + enw or en rate say of ira contri erewestap along times py sametingtoeston ‘Amon geststhe psychi andy, "Dctr think mapa ofcurtaineThedoctarrepbes, Plows together” Ing Berpmanpaysaich woman in 19thcetury ‘saw martes becomes an alcoolcans then Fallsintoveith er ces. You'llrbablybeon the same fight asweare, ery they whether tesa sslng whether pourng ith. + Tdezerbe ture events which roc rprsed or nel, we often ie the resent ermB» init wth. The Pie Merit wit nc nex yar, ‘he standndratoftaxstobe aed rom net sor Ite arcbibop to retire next year? Wiis 5 ages 18s pst ver forms in unreal stations 1 ninarystuation (general) Pst ver forms aust to decrbeimagay situations shih are conarytokmow facts However they do ro desert the part tether the potato goer Station They common In causes wth. fen had to undergo pregnancy there would be far feuercicreninthe word 2 variation on thir the pattern re + tori Ifrweretotllyouthatyouvejust wen $1 mize, what would sy? + ater artheriooer,ppotlinagine and 'stime Agi these expres ans tht imaghnbeldesrabl but contrary ta the act ots wi ad enough monet buy myself aren soot, (oat cot) Suppose youdectedo ell ourbite, How mich woul youwant for? Yume ede aaa ve ératheriooner youd smote. («Tis shat wd heather thm wth wl appen) takai yo eng + en mang requests more tentative and distant. [et wanted tayo something, Do ou hoe 8 Was thre anything es, st? Iasi wonder you had few momento deensrometing important. Licine es 2 imaginary stations inthe past, We we he Pst perfect talk bout an nea stn Inthe past ITithad been p tome, woul neverhave chosen tht Colourfor te ing 0m Toth adever met hat hatef man ‘ons sequence 1 Genera es The verb in aslo is ty inthe same tee ta the verb inthe in cue ‘Assounastheardmy moter} Finew someting was wong (race the main ase sin th past o are he verbs hic flow even they ae il tre now ‘Fromourvery fst meeting, lew ou were NOT ae) the igh person forme (ea est the it pean om the ac mp relation tthe past wet) 2 Reported speech The same general ul apples. " Jntlemeyouwor for atronlagny (hel sam james earn. he told me you ere coming (NOT ae coming) the party ong Chiesa that she would (OT il probly bea bit late forthe meting ths ern. ‘tera pst ene reporting verb ioe) the teprted words are nat the same terse 38 ‘he onal (rect pec nthe example sve {hare actualy a, YU probably be a ae forthe eating thie aferoon + the ee sil important owe an ue post Feasthe cts SW Hay who fat proved that ood creates soon the, + ith vers he ay and tel we ten owe the Simpl to epr the exact wards and the Pst Cantina to report the gt of what es Said ‘mgoingt leavened. oi wassaying how mache eshisob Weber pages 5 ATVeampany has ben fined aftera twee ear eourt ae (7) 4 Feear Fnawearing’ tel he tt and nething we go/ we egainginto the master queen would sep. ret Opm.cn the ight ofthe 8 Themiister comer! Tremitrscoming tthe jostle are jing fx poston |5 atch the sentence halves ands the word inthe ‘eta a who ‘ere ve ‘you thine Marianne wi greet 9 2 nlhave dene ready 2 buy ancthe glish fst hig tomearon 4 lgtin touch wth the sopper 5 Ben going to sayin ad rev forhis xa tonight 6. Areward tile eal for anyone 7 Gothrugh all tose emai 8 What shale do {5 youfnd he one mM Donovan you pet back 4 ‘nobody's at heme when we ave? yout nthe meeting 1 ges sinormation adn othe ares of hese 6 Rewrite the second sntenc so that Itmeans the sam a the fst Ure the wordin brackets and 30 1 ai pars to mest at his hou (eooner) 2 Fm nota your postin som not cet wo 3 Coal poniy aakyou age fv? (wondered) 4 Roe oi enough now forherparents tole he oon hid th er ends. (tine) 5 Thaveto wor unl 200i evening and ate (wan) 6 Thay havent fled me the yt, s0 Fm not over the muon (were) 17 davtwvantyauta mention histo anyone (cathe) Complete the question ina logic way Then workin paltsand ak and answer questions 1 you —_englon tal now —_? 2 Suppose everyone ——Inanater county for 3 Myouwereto 4 Imagine you __back inte where 5 you afamouseabty who. Write sentences using the correct frm af he worden brackets to complete the interview 1: So rian, why i you decd to do this win? 1 lewasmy douger whe pesunced me (ft be Torher/1Fnever 1: And wt wae the bet momento the svi fx you? 1B Ongetingto the end, definite ot ri tat fo eying So (eu dot agin? Do you have any eges? Wally that (eh 17 ar tring en) Tho (ibe beter prepared (tere ne re thing wat sk you) sit te that you hadsome probes with your producer? (Wr time 17 gt aoe sudo) 1 Pilg jut called he ay al he’ lng obo 2 When they tidy ster she As tgot/had'egot the pare wa ely pet. 3 ESOK cy told me you dont ef’ he fh, so were ving chicken, 4 old wa telng his bose veaded 3 pyre ad ‘he was a shocked abe ie angthing 5 Tomas eye wamts wanted stat aking fora ew pb ne ar bron /hadbeen expel fom shel ors order 1 Adjectives nrmaly come before nouns (tbe aectvs) or ater vers Ute be, Become, oot seem, eee reientiveajectives ‘Wea fantat aay tia) Ouray wae fantasti ot) Moet adjectives can be ured in oth wey. + Some agpetves ae lays trate so ron fond belore nurs thechleferccutve theonlyzlation Uterchaortheentieinhaleperformance Iarthr2sieninfermation sheer gens ‘heprevousformepresidot the malndfrece thewestemitouthor border. 2mere deta Some ajctie ar avaye pret 2 ar only fauna ater serbe Ina tilawake 2 2002 She got quteupset about her ear esas You wo ok ate, Sametines, to eres th ame meaning, diferent adjective edn the two postions Ts chiden were afldof he de (eee) ‘he fightened heron ran tof becom (wet) Sho hasbeen lfrsome tine (reise) There nee ot sk people atte) + Othe actives charge ght according to ahethar they ae atuibtive or predate ‘ibuive reictve alone gunmen [The gunman was alone. tial Te animals were al, seeping baby The baby was asleep, drunken argument Themen were dank WBaeaa page is 2 Others of word rd ser before spect ‘old Hungarian ok le + opinion efor ezcriton Important domestic sies + theft and the st normaly come before numbers Weare only the fis wet in ay. bees pe ae (9%) LANGUAGE SUMMARY cong + Compound adjectives consi of wo o ae wards hich re uly peated The second part of ‘the compound aleve soften a preset or past pate frm mouthwatering awal-known band + Some ompoind aes are derived fam pha or prepostond ves ‘womoutshoes the nottalted abou ayn + Compound sce ote foun th numbers “The noun in the ing orn these ass, two-week haiday ahundred-iloumey + we canals a another aectveafter the noun, vith second hyphen. 12s yeareldman” sthreemiletong queue of cll 1+ We ale (= sinarto) and -frendly = ap to nuns to form compound adectives Behl flenlyenircrert a dreomtkestte + Many compound adjectives desrbingappesrance tro fored it non {an with dark hair dark bared man 2 ies ith hortleeer-ashort-slered ess Witenes Profs and sis 1 Wie often ue refs © modty he mening ofan adjective. Some ofthe mot common pee ae Bamps anda, ant goverent bial ing ete appar of| anon, rode iz [oot incomplete, conpeter nr [betwen [ntact nerconneta a [bay kasd malodorous ns | wronged | miguide minfomed mono [one anaingul monosyabe at [ may et purpose, mula out- [Beyond ouside outed outing ree | toomen ovr, overvorind post afer Por worporicaral pe beere | pen presinstri ro=_|nfvourof | prwester,pro-umpean seni [ hal [sen precous semipofssinal sub [under below | subrpit subconscous an [ not ominporan.ungrnd ander [not naugh [undercooked underpalt ‘There simple way of novng whether preies require ‘hyphen Check na good ese’ dctonary. 2 Te following ufos lo hel form adjectives ean Examples Tobie canbe adutable, baleabl, treatable ct economia hata. digital — chef rtf hep ect phon, C simoiphere [Feige rot ey | lib ih warish a impreshe espose,ivetve (ese without | cores stants, fates = humorous, trons, | armani y sy handy pricy Weiece 28 pager 67 Cradbleandungradable adjectives 1 Ungadable actives have ether avery strong, reagent appaling.unbelivabe) fran absolute meaning (eg. unique ight, wong). These absclute adectves do not normally have a comparative sper form. 2. Graabeajcives can lon words he very and a veryutelmorelthe est intereting, te vers of gree 1 Highest degree + Absolutely inacats the highest degre. Nemally it Isonly used wth ungradateajetives Weare absolutely delighted owelcome ou al ere The wenther was absolutely felon the wekend completely ttaly tery 2 High degree Vary andrelly ar ed in its nash ta indete igh eee Not that eal can be use wth bth _yatabe and ugadale adjectives bu very cn only Be used with adableaetves in Amerian English reals rete torealy inti cas, Thank you fora relly NOT very) wonder een eaarareally NOT) treing experience or We can a empha opeating ey itera) mje vey very ted thats oy adn ide (me for were beth very ted indeed by the te we crew wpiothehote, + Note thatinBtshEnlsh nove + adlectve with postive mearingcan be we insted of on ectv with a egitve mang ‘How waste fin? ns ver good(-tva tat) + Shay. wecan we atthe etn to ays ot as mich s you might expec. She nol never mary smeared ony st met: shesnotthatstuph 2 Midle/tow degree + Prety.rather ard quite al ndcte mide degre Pretty iscommen inspec parc th postive adjectives ‘ewer prety happy wth the wy we ple. + Rather ire commonly ved wth gate jecves Doyevmind los the window’ t's rather cain Inritish English rather» poste adjective means ‘nore than ws expecta Iespectedhrto be abril fou iggerton, bt fact shar rater pasted. (uit ae expesas mide dees with gradsble adjecives west cas toundestand hat thr gestures (With ungadsble asectvs gute has the meaning of ‘completely. ‘mafeldt' que impossible =complty mgsse) {faryoutosee bs Hanon tod, + “Abit ttt and tightly ae al edt india low ‘ag. They are noma oly ed before atv witha negtve meaning ‘mje worried you won't fey way. Shall ‘cameandgetyou? (On the way home Bogan ffeil + Abit tes formal han tle aud ght: However, ‘ae ote use a bealitlellght + compartive lective wit pote mean ‘Moore youfcelng toy? Oh Beigel atte Wee 85 pe 7 ‘3a Match the ext types nthe box with texts 1 ‘review slay bore a dota shop wee 1 Rewrite the sentences. Use the adjactives in boldin Sia noe on comets the crac postion anor form Make ary other chongesnecersay, 2 Th drama was lla people who were afraid tthe premiere of NghEChils 2. 3 What eason ser be minor satu, in your opinion? 4 etipoed pact he asleep dog and gt hinsll2 ' Doyoutinkhat he difeenceisonybetweenshe LRM wo bl? armen eet tenet 6 The doctors wing roam ws packed with people crs ho were ented 2. 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