CORREZIONE VERIFICA DI RECUPERO

REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS
MYSELF YOURSELF HIMSELF HERSELF ITSELF ONESELF OURSELVE S YOURSELV ES
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USE - actions where the subject and object are the same person
I cut myself shaving this morning. When they looked at themselves in the mirror, (Ex. 2 nr

- after prepositions we often use an object pronoun, except for the cases when a reflexive is needed to avoid ambiguity
She took her dog with her. (she could hardly take her dog with somebody else) Shes very pleased with herself. (she could be pleased with somebody else)

-emphatic use: to mean that person/thing and nobody/nothing else

Its quicker if you do it for yourself. We decided to do it ourselves. (Ex. 2 nr 20)

DO VS MAKE
DO for indefinite activities
(with words like thing, something, everything, anything, nothing, what) Then he did a very strange thing. What shall we do?

DO for work and jobs

Could you do the shopping for me? Its time to do the accounts.

DOING
Activities that take a certain time or are repeated (jobs and hobbies). There is usually a determiner (the, some, much) before the ing form. During the holidays Im going to do some walking and a lot of reading. Shall we do some shopping tomorrow? (Ex. 2 nr 16)

DO VS MAKE

MAKE for constructing, creating, etc.

Ive just made a cake. Lets make a plan. If I were you, I would make some changes to this room. (Ex. 2 nr 3)

Common fixed expressions DO good, harm, business, ones best, a favour, sport, exercise, 50 mph

MAKE a journey, arrangements, a suggestion, a decisin, an attempt, an effort, a mistake, a noise, a phone call, money, progress

CONFUSING VERBS
1. LAY and LIE
1.1

LAY
It is a regular verb except for its spelling. Its forms are: -ing form: laying past: laid past participle: laid It means put down carefully or put down flat and it is followed by an object.
I laid the papers on tha table. She laid the baby in his cot.

 Note the expressions lay a table and lay an egg.

CONFUSING VERBS 1.2 LIE

(irregular)

Its forms are: -ing form: lying past: lay past participle: lain It means be down, be/become horizontal and it has no object.
I lay down and closed my eyes. She lay on the bed and fall asleep. (Ex. 2 nr 10) 1.3 LIE

(regular)

lies, lying, lied It means say things that are not true.
You should not lie to your mother about your bad marks.

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2. FEEL, FILL and FALL

2.1

FEEL (irregular)
Its forms are: -ing form: feeling past: felt past participle: felt It means be aware of (a person or object) through touching or being touched or be capable of sensation:
She felt someone touch her shoulder. I still have a flu, but Im feeling a bit better today.

CONFUSING VERBS 1.2 FILL

(regular)

filled, filling It means cause (a space or container) to become full or almost fullor become full.
I filled up the bottle with water. Elinors eyes filled with tears. 1.3 FALL (irregular)

Its forms are: -ing form: falling past: fell past participle: fallen It means move from a higher to a lower level, typically rapidly and without control:
John fell off his bike and hurt his knee. (Ex. 2 nr 17)

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3. DRESS and WEAR

3.1

DRESS (regular)
It means put clothes on, referring both to oneself and to somebody else.
It only takes me five minutes to dress in the morning. Could yo dress the children for me?

3.2 WEAR

(irregular)

Its forms are: -ing form: wearing past: wore past participle: worn It means be dressed in a special way on a particular occasion.
I dont know what to dress at the party. (Ex. 2 nr 18)

SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT
Six general rules about subject-verb agreement: 1. Singular subjects joined by the word and are generally plural. Both his mother and his father speak three languages. 2. Indefinite pronouns (someone, anyone, no-one, anybody, somebody, nobody, one, either, neither) usually take a singular verb. No-one likes to fail at university. 3. Nouns that are preceded by a quantifier (some, any, all, most) can be singular or plural. This depends on whether the noun is countable or uncountable. Some of the policies were rejected whilst others were approved. Some of the research was conducted at the University of Kent

SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT

4. After a subject joined by eitheror, neithernor, or not onlybut also, the verb tends to agree with the subject nearest to it. Neither the lecturer nor the students want to reschedule the class. 5. There is and there are agree with the noun that follows. There is flexibility in this kind of management structure. There are many advantages to this kind of management structure. 6. A phrase beginning with a gerund (-ing form of the verb) or an infinitive is singular. Being an interpreter is a difficult but challenging job.  Special case - expressions of time, money and distance usually take a singular verb: 50 miles is a long distance to walk. (Ex. 2 nr 7)