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Re: To look forward to

Yankee — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 10:24:45 GMT

Hi Manicku

1) Other than the fact that one is the simple present tense and the other is present continuous tense, the main difference to me is that "I'm looking forward to" sounds a little friendlier and "I look forward to" sounds a little more formal.

2) The phrasal verb "look forward to" is never followed by an infinitive. The word 'to' is a prepostition in this case and you always need the -ing form of a verb after a preposition.

Phrasal Verbs Worksheet

jonathan1980tr — Sat, 24 Sep 2005 10:46:21 GMT

Phrasal Verbs Worksheet

1. âPlease _______ _____ your coat and come inside.â (Present Tense)

2. âCan you help me _______ _____ my notebook please.â (Present Tense)

3. âI _______ ____ lots of jackets before I found one that suited me.â (Past Tense)

4. âCan you help me _____ ____ this form please.â (Present Tense)

5. âI _____ ____ at 6AM this morning, so Iâm very tired.â (Past Tense)

6. âMy sister often ________ ________ us when we were childrenâ (Past Tense)

7. âThe park doesnât look pretty since they _____ ______ the big oak tree. (Past Tense)

8. âI always __________ ____ music in the car on the way to workâ (Present Tense)

9. âThe meeting was _____ ____ until next month.â (Past Tense)

10. âMy sister _______ me ____ at 11PM last night.â (Past Tense)

Make your own sentences with the following phrasal verbs and words.

Example. Get up+, usually (Present tense)

âI usually get up at 7.30AMâ

1. *** off+, shoes, Japan (Present tense)

2. Listen to+, blues music, evening (Present tense)

3. *** out+, English book, library (Past tense)

4. Look after+, my goldfish, holiday (Present tense question)

5. *** in+, lottery ticket, help (Present tense question)

1. I had to fill in lots of forms when I went to the hospital.

2. My neighbor looked after my dog while I was on holiday.

Re: Could someone help me correcting?

WaÃ¯ti — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 08:19:05 GMT

First a word of caution... I'm not a native speaker so there are things I may overlook in your text... :-)

'Last wednesday I've read...'
Should be 'I read' since you specify when exactly in the past it happened.

'...exiting challenge'
Missing 'c' in 'exiting', should be 'exciting'.

'... where I really want to put all my creativity into...'
I think 'into which I really want to put all my creativity' is better. Or maybe 'in which I really want...'.

'... to make a chance I respond as quickly as I could...'
I would make it 'to have a better chance I'm responding as quickly as I can...'

'... designer that mastered the latest...'
I find 'in' is missing : should be '...mastered in the latest...'.

'... get along with other applications...'
Never heard the phrasal verb 'get along' with anything else than a person : get along with somebody. You might want to use some other expression here. You could say 'I could also get acquainted with other applications very easily' for instance.

'... if you gave me the opportunity you won't regret it...'.
Should be 'if you give me... you won't regret it'. Using the preterite tense with 'gave' then it has to be 'wouldn't'. With the present tense 'give' then you can use 'won't'.

'... my last project was to design...'
I feel it would sound better '... was about designing...' or you could improve it by using some other verb. Maybe 'my last project consisted in designing' ?

'... I want to do some more...'. I think 'do' doesn't say much here. You want to learn some more ? Or maybe to acquire more experience ? You can make it more specific than with 'do'.

'... target group are...'
Should be 'is' if group is singular : 'target group is' or 'target groups are'.

'I've a little sister... very often'.
It doesn't feel right that you contract 'have' into ''ve' here.
You may want to make it 'I have a little sister and a little neighbour whom I watch over very often'.

'So I think I've enough...'
You could say 'I think/believe I have a good sense of how children behave and react' or better yet 'I think I have developped a good sense...'

'I'll hope so get a reply a soon as possible'.
I'd rewrite the whole sentence : 'I'm looking forward to getting a reply soon' or something like that.

'If you have any question...'
I think the usual sentence goes : 'Should you have any question, do not hesitate to get back to me.'

VoilÃ ... That's it... Best luck with your application to this job : it sounds really exciting.