Samenvatting Engels Unit 5+6
Grammar:
Hypothetical meaning
1. I wish
+ past simple (general)
+ I would + infinitive/ could + infinitive
+ past perfect
2. If only
(see I wish)
3. It’s (about/high) time
+past simple
4. Would rather
+ past simple (situation in the present and future)
+ past perfect (regret)
Substitution
Involves using other words such as it, one, do, there, that, so, neither and not.
Vb: Bill doesn’t like Chinese food and neither do I.
Ellipsis
Involves leaving out words to avoid repetition. We do this:
After and, but and or
Vb: She felt hurt and angry about what they had said about her
Vb: I’m thinking of getting her a bag for her tablet or perhaps a top.
At the end of a verb phrase
Vb: she wanted to spend more than 10 days in Melbourne, but she couldn’t
Vb: she said she was going to talk to an accountant, and she has.
With infinitives
Vb: she didn’t want to give the puppies away, but her mother said she had to.
Vb: he doesn’t play the piano much now. He used to, though.
Modifying adverbs
Bitterly, barely, deeply, somewhat, quite, very, totally
Some modifying verbs collocate with certain adjectives:
Bitterly cold/ashamed/disappointed/divided
Grammar:
Hypothetical meaning
1. I wish
+ past simple (general)
+ I would + infinitive/ could + infinitive
+ past perfect
2. If only
(see I wish)
3. It’s (about/high) time
+past simple
4. Would rather
+ past simple (situation in the present and future)
+ past perfect (regret)
Substitution
Involves using other words such as it, one, do, there, that, so, neither and not.
Vb: Bill doesn’t like Chinese food and neither do I.
Ellipsis
Involves leaving out words to avoid repetition. We do this:
After and, but and or
Vb: She felt hurt and angry about what they had said about her
Vb: I’m thinking of getting her a bag for her tablet or perhaps a top.
At the end of a verb phrase
Vb: she wanted to spend more than 10 days in Melbourne, but she couldn’t
Vb: she said she was going to talk to an accountant, and she has.
With infinitives
Vb: she didn’t want to give the puppies away, but her mother said she had to.
Vb: he doesn’t play the piano much now. He used to, though.
Modifying adverbs
Bitterly, barely, deeply, somewhat, quite, very, totally
Some modifying verbs collocate with certain adjectives:
Bitterly cold/ashamed/disappointed/divided
