0.3+-+Grammar+&+Me

**B. 1. Read the following poem and say what it is about. ** HOW ENGLISH CAN MAKE YOU TENSE Every day I study my English,  Which is not as simple as it seems. My head is continuously spinning; Now verbs are turning in my dreams.  I was learning the Past Continuous, Which fortunately didn't last;  For, as I was happily going along,  Up jumped the Simple Past.  I had hoped to learn more quickly; The Past Perfect I'd wanted to clear,  And it would've been easier  If the Conditional hadn't appeared.  The Present Perfect I haven't perfected, Though believe me how I've tried. <span style="background-color: #74e2e2; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: justify;">The Continuous I've been attempting; <span style="background-color: #74e2e2; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: justify;">I'm surprised I haven't cried. <span style="background-color: #74e2e2; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: justify;"> The Future won't be simpler, <span style="background-color: #74e2e2; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: justify;">Of that I am quite sure. <span style="background-color: #74e2e2; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: justify;">It's going to be confusing <span style="background-color: #74e2e2; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: justify;">On the evidence of before. <span style="background-color: #74e2e2; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: justify;"> As yet I haven't considered <span style="background-color: #74e2e2; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: justify;">The Future and the Past. <span style="background-color: #74e2e2; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: justify;">I was going to make an effort,  <span style="background-color: #74e2e2; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">But it left me quite aghast.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt;">NB: This is a page for you to check some grammar points, do some exercises, consolidate your grammar knowledge and solve some grammar problems if you have any. Whenever you want to answer any of my questions, ask for help or post any comments, do it on the Discussion Forum. I’ll post the key to all exercises some days before the test. Till then, have fun ** **__<span style="background-color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">TIME TO POST SOME ANSWERS TO THE EXERCISES YOU'VE DONE, OK! __**
 * <span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">I. Does GRAMMAR make you tense? ** **<span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">A. Just think of the film MARLEY & ME and remember that "Their relationship wasn't going anywhere until one little thing tied it all together." So, you'd better think of GRAMMAR as the "little thing" that's going to tie your knowledge of the English language together. So, let's watch the trailer! ** <span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">media type="youtube" key="lShipoEMI6Q" height="195" width="320" **<span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Can you think of any similarity between the film "MARLEY & ME" and the wiki page "GRAMMAR & ME"? SUGGESTIONS ACCEPTED :)) ** **<span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Now, some Verb exercises about the 1st chapter of the book "Marley & ME". Are you up to the challenge? Let's try! ** <span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">[[file:Marley & Me_Verb Ex..doc]]
 * <span style="background-color: #74e2e2; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Alan R. Beresford **  **<span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2. Match each of the following sentences with the tense and the corresponding explanation of the tense being used. **

<span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">3. Now do the following exercises on the PERFECT and PAST TENSES. <span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">  **<span style="background-color: #74e2e2; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: 23px;">And what about connectors? Do you like them? Try and do some exercises! PRACTICE! PRACTICE! PRACTICE! :) )** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: 23px;">[|Connectors] <span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; line-height: 23px;">4. More GRAMMAR then...not only for those who like it, but also for those who have no other choice but LOVE it!!!! AhAhAh... <span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; line-height: 23px;">4. 1. Inversion of subject HELLO!!! Do you still remember it??? <span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; line-height: 23px;"> <span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; line-height: 23px;">4. 2. What about SUBORDINATE CLAUSES? <span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; line-height: 23px;">4. 2. 1. SO THAT clauses <span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; line-height: 23px;"> <span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; line-height: 23px;">4. 2. 2. IF CLAUSES (3rd Conditional ) the most complicate, don't you think so??? <span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; line-height: 23px;">  <span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">5. Now, let's try some USE OF ENGLISH exercises! <span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">
 * **<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #74e2e2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">Sentence ** || **<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #74e2e2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">Tense ** || **<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #74e2e2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">Explanation ** ||
 * **<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #74e2e2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">A. Every day I study my English. ** || **<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #74e2e2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">1. Simple Past ** || **<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #74e2e2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">a. Something possible but improbable ** ||
 * **<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #74e2e2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">B. My head is continuously spinning. ** || **<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #74e2e2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">2. Past Perfect ** || **<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #74e2e2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">b. A fact ** ||
 * **<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #74e2e2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">C. I struggle with each tense ** || **<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #74e2e2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">3. Present Continuous ** || **<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #74e2e2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">c. A definite action in the past ** ||
 * **<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #74e2e2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">D. … unfortunately didn’t last. ** || **<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #74e2e2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">4. Conditional Perfect ** || **<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #74e2e2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">d. A planned future ** ||
 * **<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #74e2e2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">E. … how I’ve tried ** || **<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #74e2e2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">5. Present Perfect ** || **<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #74e2e2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">e. An action that hasn’t happened yet ** ||
 * **<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #74e2e2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">F. I had hoped to learn more quickly. ** || **<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #74e2e2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">6. Simple Present ** || **<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #74e2e2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">f. An action that started in the past and thatlasts up to the present moment ** ||
 * **<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #74e2e2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">G. The Future won’t be simpler. ** || **<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #74e2e2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">7. Present Perfect ** || **<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #74e2e2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">g. An action happening at the moment of speaking ** ||
 * **<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #74e2e2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">H. It’s going to be confusing. ** || **<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #74e2e2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">8. Past Continuous ** || **<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #74e2e2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">h. A recently completed action ** ||
 * **<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #74e2e2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">I. And it would’ve been much easier ** || **<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #74e2e2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">9. Future ** || **<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #74e2e2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">i. A repeated action in the past ** ||
 * **<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #74e2e2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">J. The Continuous I’ve been attempting ** || **<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #74e2e2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">10. Going to future ** || **<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #74e2e2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">j. A routine. ** ||
 * **<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #74e2e2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">K. As yet I haven’t considered ** || **<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #74e2e2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">11. Present Perfect ** || **<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #74e2e2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">k. An unplanned future ** ||
 * **<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #74e2e2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">L. I’ve just figured that tense out. ** || **<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #74e2e2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">12. Simple Present ** || **<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #74e2e2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">l. A recent event ** ||
 * **<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #74e2e2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">M. I was learning the Past Continuous. ** || **<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #74e2e2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">13. Present Perfect Continuous ** || **<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #74e2e2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">m. An action in the past that took place before another action in the past. ** ||