Engleska-gramatika-lekcije

Formation of the Future Continuous Affirmative Future Continuous is formed of the simple future of the auxiliary TO BE (WILL BE) + the main verb in -ING form. Long form Short form   • I will be talking • You will be talking • He / She / It will be talking • We will be talking • You will be talking • They will be talking   • I'll be talking • You'll be talking • He / She / It'll be talking • We'll be talking • You'll be talking • They'll be talking   Negative The negative is formed by inserting NOT between WILL and BE (WILL NOT BE) + [...]

Going to Future - Use (upotreba) Use of Going to Future (Upotreba Going to Futurea). We use Going to Future (Going to Future koristimo): 1. to talk about things we are sure about or we have already decided to do in the near future (kada govorimo o nečemu u što smo sigurni ili smo već odlučili da ćemo to učiniti u bliskoj budućnosti) • I'm going to buy a new car. (I've decided it.) (Kupit ću novi auto. (Odlučio sam.)) 2. to express intentions and plans     (za izražavanje namjera i planova) • Now that I've got the money, I'm going to buy a new dress. (intention) (Sad kad imam novca, kupit ću si novu haljinu. (namjera)) • I'm [...]

Affirmative (potvrdni oblik) Long form (neskraćeni oblik) The long form of Going to Future is formed of the auxiliary verb BE (AM, ARE, IS) +GOING TO and the infinitive of the main verb. (Neskraćeni oblik Going to Futurea tvori se od pomoćnog glagola BE (AM, IS, ARE) +GOING TO te infinitiva glavnog glagola.) • I am going to talk (govorit ću) • You are going to talk (govorit ćeš) • He / She /It is going to talk (govorit će) • We are going to talk (govorit ćemo) • You are going to talk (govorit ćete) • They are going to talk (govorit će) Short form (skraćeni oblik) The short [...]

We use would ('d) when we imagine a situation or action.   • It would be nice to have a holiday but we can't afford it. • I'm not going to bed yet. I'm not tired and I wouldn't sleep. We use would have (done) when we imagine situations or actions in the past. • They helped me a lot. I don't know what I would have done without their help. • I didn't go to bed. I wasn't tired, so I wouldn't have slept. For would in sentences with if see "Conditionals", lessons: - "IF I DO... / IF I DID..." - "IF I KNEW... / I WISH I KNEW" - "IF I HAD KNOWN... / I [...]

Take a look at an example situation: Sue wants to phone Paul but she can't do this because she doesn't know his number. She says: If I knew his number, I would phone him. SUE: If I knew his number... . This tells us that she doesn't know his number. She is imagining the situation. The real situation is that she doesn't know his number. When you imagine a situation like this, you use if + past (if I knew / if you were / if we didn't etc.). But the meaning is present, not past.   • Tom would read more if he had more time. (but he doesn't have much time) • If I didn't want to go to the party, I wouldn't go. (but I [...]

Take a look at this example situation: Last month Gary was in hospital for an operation. Liz didn't know this, so she didn't go to visit him. They met a few days ago. LIZ: If I had known you were in hospital, I would have gone to visit you. When Liz said If I had known..., she indicated that the real situation was that she didn't know he was in hospital. When you are talking about the past, you use if + had ('d)... (if I had known / been / done etc.) • I didn't see you when you passed me in the street. If I'd seen you, of course I would have said hello. [...]

There are many adjectives ending in -ing and -ed. For example, boring and bored. Study this example situation: Jane has been doing the same job for a very long time. Every day she does exactly the same thing again and again. She doesn't enjoy it any more and would like to do something different. Jane's job is boring. Jane is bored (with her job). Somebody is bored if something (or somebody else ) is boring. Or, if something is boring, it makes you bored. So: • Jane is bored because her job is boring. • Jane's job is boring, so Jane is bored, (not 'Jane [...]

Good/well Good is an adjective. The adverb is well: • Your English is good. but • Susan is a good pianist. but We use well (not 'good') with past participles (dressed/known etc.): well-dressed well-known well-educated well-paid But well is also an adjective with the meaning 'in good health': • 'How are you today?' 'I'm very well, thanks.' (not 'I'm very good') Fast/hard/late These words are both adjectives and adverbs: adjective • Jack is a very fast runner. • Ann is a hard worker. • The train was late. Lately = 'recently' • Have you seen Tom lately? Hardly Hardly = very [...]

Look at these examples: • Our holiday was too short - the time went very quickly. • The driver of the car was seriously injured in the accident. Quickly and seriously are adverbs. Many adverbs are made from an adjective + -ly: adjective: quick serious careful quiet heavy bad adverb: quickly seriously carefully quietly heavily badly Not all words ending in -ly are adverbs. Some adjectives end in -ly too, for example: friendly lively elderly lonely silly lovely Adjective or adverb? a noun. We use adjectives before nouns and after some verbs, especially be: • Tom is a careful driver, (not [...]

Present Continuous, Present Simple, and "be to" and "be about to" The Present Continuous for arrangements Jim: Are you doing anything this evening? Ron: Yes, I'm going to a basketball match. The Knicks are playing the Lakers. I bought my ticket last month. We use the Present Continuous for what someone has arranged to do in the future. Here Ron has arranged to go to the match. (He has bought the ticket.) Here are a few more examples: • I'm meeting John at half past five. • Sally is coming round later in the evening. • David is going to Italy next month. • They're having a party on Satruday. We also use [...]