ESL General English Grammar Questions

Re: Analysing grammer structures

Anonymous — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:13:10 GMT

I am doing the same homework and trying to find the answers on the net. lol

Re: Analysing grammer structures

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 02:38:15 GMT

She used to have long hair.

Form:		used to + base form of verb
Function:		Expresses past habits and states that are no longer true in the present
Phonology:		The final 'd' in 'used' is elided. The 'o' in 'to' is often pronounced in its weak form and can sound like 'ta'. This is represented with the phonetic symbol which is called a schwa.

I was having a bath when the phone rang.

Form:		past of âbeâ + present participle form of verb
Function:		A past event that was in process when it was interrupted by another past event.
Phonology:		Word stress falls on the verb âhavingâ and the auxiliary verb âwasâ is unstressed. Point out as well to students that the âsâ in âwasâ is pronounced as /z/. In rapid and informal speech, The âhâ in âhavingâ is elided (not pronounced). End result: or

I wish I had worked harder.

Form:		wish + subject + past perfect
Function:		To express regret about something that was or was not done in the past
Phonology:		'I had' is usually contracted to 'Iâd'.

Re: Analysing grammer structures

Anonymous — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 02:47:12 GMT

I'm sorry for reopening this thread 2 years after the post was made to which I wanted to reply on, but I'm now doing this course, and I noticed a tiny mistake in what 'anonymous' submitted. He wrote:

I wish I had worked harder.

Form

Wish + past simple verb

had worked isn't past simple, but past perfect.

Re: Analysing grammer structures

Anonymous — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 09:52:36 GMT

Hi I would like to say thank you for helping me understand this part of the i-to-i diploma. You are very kind and you must also be very intelligent.

Re: Analysing grammer structures

Anonymous — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 04:13:40 GMT

I am assuming you submitted your module. Were these answers correct? I submitted different forms and was just curious.

Danid

Re: Analysing grammer structures

Vidyadhar — Mon, 12 Sep 2005 06:19:56 GMT

Can you pl.help in the below mentioned mail to my boss

Pl. correct me at whereever I have wrong.

Hi, Sanjay,

This is bring into your notice that I have't got any increment yet since joining the Medusind.

Following are the details of my job info

On 7th of April 2004 I joined Medusind.

From 07/04/2004 to 13/07/2004 worked on contract basis.

(From 07/04/2005 to 31/10/2005 worked in the Verimed project.)

From 13/07/2004 to 13/12/2004 put on 6 month Probation period.

But got Confirmation in Jan 2005.

During this period have got filled the Appraisals 3 times.First time in July 2004

when I was in the Verimed Project, after that In December & June In SmileCare.

As we are working in the service industry we have to get increment on regular intervals.

Specially in this Co. we are not getting any Incentives, Bonus, or OT Allowences

If Team Coach level to ProjectManager people are getting increments twice in a year, why can't I be get once.

Pl. look into this.

Regards & thanks.

Re: Analysing grammer structures

Teacher_branka — Mon, 12 Sep 2005 05:19:18 GMT

I so apologize for pointing this out a year after you posted your original message but .... YOU MISPELLED GRAMMAR!!!

(and I am not âflamingâ...this is just constructive criticism)

Re: Analysing grammer structures

rishonly — Sun, 11 Sep 2005 21:10:42 GMT

Arabella,

What kind of course you talk about?

Re: Analysing grammer structures

Loveless — Sun, 11 Sep 2005 18:56:48 GMT

so cooool i love these things alot

where can i learn more about it ? i kinda like anything that has to do with linguistics

Re: Analysing grammer structures

Anonymous — Sun, 11 Sep 2005 14:32:58 GMT

This is what I am submitting

She used to have long hair.

Form

Used + infinitive

I used to eat meat.

We used to date.

Function

To state a habit or state in the past that is now completed or different from the present situation

The sentence above functions to allow the speaker to inform that, before (in the past), she had long hair but not now.

Phonology

The pronunciation of used to is blended into /justu/: the d of âusedâ and the t of âtoâ blend in together. Next the h of âhaveâ blends into âused toâ- /justehav/. The o sound becomes a schwa sound.

I was having a bath when the phone rang.

Form

past progressive + object + time word + simple past

I was eating lunch when the dog barked.

I was writing my homework when the computer died.

Function

When past progressive and simple past are used in the same sentence, the past progressive verb indicates the longer (main) action. The simple past verb describes a shorter action or interrupting action that occurred in the middle of the longer action.

Phonology

âI was havingâ usually shortens to âIâs avinâ- âwasâ is contracted and âhavingâ becomes shortened with the diagraph ângâ becoming ânâ.

I wish I had worked harder.

Form

Wish + past simple verb

I wish I bought insurance.

I wish I studied Spanish.

Function

When âwishâ is presented this way it is used to indicate a wish about the past, a desire for a past action to have occurred.

Phonology

âI wish I hadâ becomes âI wish Iâdâ. The âhadâ usually is contracted after the subject.

Re: Analysing grammer structures

Anonymous — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 10:11:57 GMT

Wow....im doing the same course and having the exact same problem here! Has anyone figured it out and got the correct answer?!

A lot more testing than i first thought!!

Niamh

Re: Analysing grammer structures

Guest — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 13:28:40 GMT

Hi Arabella, we must be doing the same online course - try this for help http://usuarios.lycos.es/englishweb/grammarref.htm#used

My name is Steve by the way. It is not as easy as I though!!

Re: Analysing grammer structures

be_cool_76 — Wed, 12 Jan 2005 00:51:21 GMT

hello could you send me the answers to please for this

Re: Analysing grammer structures

arabella — Mon, 25 Oct 2004 23:37:28 GMT

Hello
I'm doing the same course and i'm also having problems i was wondering if you could help me,i don't know were to get imformation.THank you.

Re: Analysing grammer structures

CalifJim — Sat, 11 Sep 2004 00:59:19 GMT

Thank goodness someone came along who knows what this is all about!

I guess you'll be pointing out the "t" sound at the end of "worked" for a phonological aspect of the last sentence.