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Emma_09  +  959901 Mon, 02 Nov 09 03:41 PM
Hello everyone,

 

Would anyone mind having a read through my answers below to see if i'm on the right tracks? I'm looking at the meaning/function and form of the sentence/underlined words!

 

With many thanks!!

 

Fiona is very sociable - Present simple to describe a friends character/ Subject + be in present + adverb + adjective (adjective phrase)

 

I wish it would stop raining – I know ‘wish’ and ‘would’ are the key to the construction - but I don’t know what the tense is… Subject + wish + it (what is it?)+ would (modal auxiliary verb) + verb + gerund

 

Fadouma has worked here for 2 years – present perfect to describe something that began in the past and continues now. Subject + have (3rd person singular) + verb (past participle) + adverb + time marker

 

You should go to see the doctor – present simple to give advice on future action (?) subject + modal auxiliary + verb (infinitive?) + object.. (?)

 

He takes after his father – Subject (3rd person singular) + inseperable transitive phrasal verb (or is it a non-phrasal preposition verb?) + object

 

Johanna walks to work everyday – present simple to describe an everyday routine. Subject + verb (3rd person singular) + object/place? + time marker/frequency marker (??)

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dimsumexpress  +  959946 Mon, 02 Nov 09 04:49 PM
Emma_09
“Hello everyone,

I wish it would stop raining – I know ‘wish’ and ‘would’ are the key to the construction - but I don’t know what the tense is… Subject + wish + it (what is it?)+ would (modal auxiliary verb) + verb + gerund


Hi,

You are almost perfect!  The "I wish + I would / could" construction is one type of conditional sentence that describes conditions of non-factual or imaginary natures.


I wish I could have graduated from college a few years earlier..

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