UNit 6C
Let's review what we've seen in the previous units about the future.
2.GRAMMAR
Review of tenses
Here are some charts to see the different verb tenses we've seen so far.
Review of tenses
Here are some charts to see the different verb tenses we've seen so far.
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3. PRONUNCIATION
I'm from Rome (from is unstressed)
- Information words are the ones which are stressed. These are words that you hear more clearly when someone speaks to you.
- Short prepositions (up, for, in, etc) are not normally stressed except when they occur at the end of a sentence.
I'm from Rome (from is unstressed)
- Negative auxiliary verbs are usually stressed, eg. I don't like it, I can't do it.
- Positive auxiliary verbs are usually NOT stressed. Eg. I can play the guitar, I was watching TV.
5. VOCABULARY
Verbs+prepositions
dream of: more used for day dreaming (i.e. when you are not sleeping), e.g. I've always dreamed of having a house in the country.
dream about: night dream, e.g. Last night I dreamt about you and me travelling around the world.
think of: is usually used to ask someone's opinion about people and things, e.g. What do you think of my shoes?
think about: to reflect or consider an idea in your mind, What are you thinking about? I'm thinking about the party on Saturday.
speak with: is common in US English and is heard ever more frequently in British English.
speak about: You "speak about something".
write preposition: in US English, Write me.
write + preposition: in British English, Write to me.
Verbs+prepositions
dream of: more used for day dreaming (i.e. when you are not sleeping), e.g. I've always dreamed of having a house in the country.
dream about: night dream, e.g. Last night I dreamt about you and me travelling around the world.
think of: is usually used to ask someone's opinion about people and things, e.g. What do you think of my shoes?
think about: to reflect or consider an idea in your mind, What are you thinking about? I'm thinking about the party on Saturday.
speak with: is common in US English and is heard ever more frequently in British English.
speak about: You "speak about something".
write preposition: in US English, Write me.
write + preposition: in British English, Write to me.