TAILIEUCHUNG - Oxford guide to english grammar part 20

Word order is very important in English. As nouns do not have endings for subject or object, it is the word order that shows which is which. The subject-verb order is fixed, and we can change it only if there is a special reason. | PAGE 127 101 The verb dare 100 Habits will would and used to 1 Will and would We can use these verbs for habits actions which are repeated again and again. We use will for present habits and would for past habits. Every day Jane will come home from school and ring up the friends she s just been talking to. Warm air will rise. In those days people would make their own entertainment. The meaning is almost the same as a simple tense Every day Jane comes home. But we use will as a kind of prediction. The action is so typical and happens so regularly that we can predict it will continue. 2 Used to a Used to expresses a past habit or state. I used to come here when I was a child. Before we had television people used to make their own entertainment. I used to have a bicycle but I sold it. The meaning is similar to would for past habits but used to is more common in informal English. I used to come here means that at one period I came here regularly but then I stopped. There is no present-tense form. NOT -Iuse to come here now. b Used is normally an ordinary verb. We use the auxiliary did in negatives and questions. There didn t use to be never used to be so much crime. What kind of books didyou use to read as a child NOTE Used as an auxiliary is rather old-fashioned and formal. There used not to be so much crime. What kind ofbooks usedyou to read c Compare these sentences. We used to live in the country. But then we moved to London. We re used to life We re used to living in the country now. But at first it was quite a shock after London. In the second example are used to means are accustomed to . 101 The verb dare Dare can be either a modal verb or an ordinary verb. It means not to be afraid to do something . We use it in negatives questions and similar contexts but not usually to say that an action really happened. I daren t look don t dare to look at the bill. Dare you say Doyou dare to say whatyou re thinking The police didn t dare to approach the building. I don t .

TỪ KHÓA LIÊN QUAN
TAILIEUCHUNG - Chia sẻ tài liệu không giới hạn
Địa chỉ : 444 Hoang Hoa Tham, Hanoi, Viet Nam
Website : tailieuchung.com
Email : tailieuchung20@gmail.com
Tailieuchung.com là thư viện tài liệu trực tuyến, nơi chia sẽ trao đổi hàng triệu tài liệu như luận văn đồ án, sách, giáo trình, đề thi.
Chúng tôi không chịu trách nhiệm liên quan đến các vấn đề bản quyền nội dung tài liệu được thành viên tự nguyện đăng tải lên, nếu phát hiện thấy tài liệu xấu hoặc tài liệu có bản quyền xin hãy email cho chúng tôi.
Đã phát hiện trình chặn quảng cáo AdBlock
Trang web này phụ thuộc vào doanh thu từ số lần hiển thị quảng cáo để tồn tại. Vui lòng tắt trình chặn quảng cáo của bạn hoặc tạm dừng tính năng chặn quảng cáo cho trang web này.