By Verbs, Conversations

Edison1610 wrote:They talked for a while.(they were in conversation)They speaked for a while.(they made sound)To me, "they talked for a while" and "they spoke for a while" convey the same meaning.

They talked for a while.(they were in conversation)They speaked for a while.(they made sound)He is talking about the issue.He is speaking of the issue.(both are the same but the prepositions are different)They talk business.(they discuss business)They speak business(wrong)Money talks.(idiom)Money...

Kekel, are you considering HELP and AID as nouns or verbs? As verbs, they are used differently -- you help someone do something, but you aid someone in doing something. I think "help" is much more common in conversation -- "Could you help me open this jar?" "Thanks for all your help -- I...

Sorry -- I can't really think of any situation in which it would be correct to say "I suggested that we went to the cinema." Suppose today is Wednesday. You are describing a conversation that took place on Tuesday, among a bunch of people who could not remember what they had done on Monday. ...

Believer wrote: My try: Hi, 1. I think the modal verb 'could' could be used as a past form of the modal verb 'can' and the modal verb 'would' can be used to express the sense of past-ness. Yes. Can you tell me if these uses are correct? When I was fifeen years old, I could do many push-ups....

Hi, 1. I think the modal verb 'could' could be used as a past form of the modal verb 'can' and the modal verb 'would' can be used to express the sense of past-ness. Can you tell me if these uses are correct? When I was fifeen years old, I could do many push-ups. Now, if I ask someone about his...

Let's say that during a conversation lesson your student is continuously saying things such as "he go to work; he get up at 7; she walk to school". After 5 or 10 minutes, you decide to start instant error-correction; the student begins to form the verbs correctly; but then he/she goes back to...

Thanks Clive,This is my first foray into grammar with my adult students (I usually teach conversation, literature, news English and the like). So this question really threw me for a loop. I was teaching adverbs at the time (using "soon" in " I will visit Europe soon") so this is how the...

1) "We were paid more in tips than on hours."; 2) The employee receives (or earns ? ) U$ 12,00 per hour; (in this case are both verbs acceptable ?); either is ok 3) Nowadays the students have much better Polish than three years ago; ok 4) Should we say on the beginning or in the beginning ? ;...

Hello, Here some questions I'd like you could correct : 1) "We were paid more on tips than on hours."; 2) The employee receives (or earns ? ) U$ 12,00 per hour; (in this case are both verbs acceptable ?); 3) Nowadays the students have much better Polish than three years ago; 4) Should we...