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1 Present and past
1 Present continuous (I am doing) 2 Present simple (I do) 3 Present continuous and present simple 1 (I am doing and I do) 4 Present continuous and present simple 2 (I am doing and I do) 5 Past simple (I did) 6 Past continuous (I was doing)
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2 Present perfect and past
7 Present perfect 1 (I have done) 8 Present perfect 2 (I have done) 9 Present perfect continuous (I have been doing) 10 Present perfect continuous and simple (I have been doing and I have done) 11 how long have you (been) … ? 12 for and since when … ? and how long … ? 13 Present perfect and past 1 (I have done and I did) 14 Present perfect and past 2 (I have done and I did) 15 Past perfect (I had done) 16 Past perfect continuous (I had been doing) 17 have and have got 18 used to (do)
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3 Future
19 Present tenses (I am doing / I do) for the future 20 I’m going to (do) 21 will and shall 1 22 will and shall 2 23 I will and I’m going to 24 will be doing and will have done 25 when I do and when I’ve done if and when
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4 Modals
26 can, could and (be) able to 27 could (do) and could have (done) 28 must and can’t 29 may and might 1 30 may and might 2 31 have to and must 32 must mustn’t needn’t 33 should 1 34 should 2 35 I’d better … it’s time … 36 would 37 can/could/would you … ? etc. (Requests, offers, permission and invitations)
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9 -ing and to …
53 Verb + -ing (enjoy doing / stop doing etc.) 54 Verb + to … (decide to … / forget to … etc.) 55 Verb (+ object) + to … (I want you to …) 56 Verb + -ing or to … 1 (remember, regret etc.) 57 Verb + -ing or to … 2 (try, need, help) 58 Verb + -ing or to … 3 (like / would like etc.) 59 prefer and would rather 60 Preposition (in/for/about etc.) + -ing 61 be/get used to … (I’m used to …) 62 Verb + preposition + -ing (succeed in -ing / insist on -ing etc.) 63 there’s no point in -ing, it’s worth -ing etc. 64 to … , for … and so that … 65 Adjective + to … 66 to … (afraid to do) and preposition + -ing (afraid of -ing) 67 see somebody do and see somebody doing 68 -ing clauses (He hurt his knee playing football.)
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11 Pronouns and determiners
82 myself/yourself/themselves etc. 83 a friend of mine my own house on my own / by myself 84 there … and it … 85 some and any 86 no/none/any nothing/nobody etc. 87 much, many, little, few, a lot, plenty 88 all / all of most / most of no / none of etc. 89 both / both of neither / neither of either / either of 90 all every whole 91 each and every
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12 Relative clauses
92 Relative clauses 1: clauses with who/that/which 93 Relative clauses 2: clauses with and without who/that/which 94 Relative clauses 3: whose/whom/where 95 Relative clauses 4: extra information clauses (1) 96 Relative clauses 5: extra information clauses (2) 97 -ing and -ed clauses (the woman talking to Tom, the boy injured in the accident)
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13 Adjectives and adverbs (copy)
98 Adjectives ending in -ing and -ed (boring/bored etc.) 99 Adjectives: a nice new house, you look tired 100 Adjectives and adverbs 1 (quick/quickly) 101 Adjectives and adverbs 2 (well, fast, late, hard/hardly) 102 so and such 103 enough and too 104 quite, pretty, rather and fairly 105 Comparative 1 (cheaper, more expensive etc.) 106 Comparative 2 (much better / any better etc.) 107 Comparative 3 (as … as / than) 108 Superlative (the longest, the most enjoyable etc.) 109 Word order 1: verb + object; place and time 110 Word order 2: adverbs with the verb 111 still any more yet already 112 even
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13 Adjectives and adverbs
98 Adjectives ending in -ing and -ed (boring/bored etc.) 99 Adjectives: a nice new house, you look tired 100 Adjectives and adverbs 1 (quick/quickly) 101 Adjectives and adverbs 2 (well, fast, late, hard/hardly) 102 so and such 103 enough and too 104 quite, pretty, rather and fairly 105 Comparative 1 (cheaper, more expensive etc.) 106 Comparative 2 (much better / any better etc.) 107 Comparative 3 (as … as / than) 108 Superlative (the longest, the most enjoyable etc.) 109 Word order 1: verb + object; place and time 110 Word order 2: adverbs with the verb 111 still any more yet already 112 even
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14 Conjunctions and prepositions
113 although though even though in spite of despite 114 in case 115 unless as long as provided 116 as (as I walked … / as I was … etc.) 117 like and as 118 like as if 119 during for while 120 by and until by the time …
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15 Prepositions
121 at/on/in (time) 122 on time and in time at the end and in the end 123 in/at/on (position) 1 124 in/at/on (position) 2 125 in/at/on (position) 3 126 to, at, in and into 127 in/on/at (other uses) 128 by 129 Noun + preposition (reason for, cause of etc.) 130 Adjective + preposition 1 131 Adjective + preposition 2 132 Verb + preposition 1 to and at 133 Verb + preposition 2 about/for/of/after 134 Verb + preposition 3 about and of 135 Verb + preposition 4 of/for/from/on 136 Verb + preposition 5 in/into/with/to/on
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16 Phrasal verbs
137 Phrasal verbs 1 Introduction 138 Phrasal verbs 2 in/out 139 Phrasal verbs 3 out 140 Phrasal verbs 4 on/off (1) 141 Phrasal verbs 5 on/off (2) 142 Phrasal verbs 6 up/down 143 Phrasal verbs 7 up (1) 144 Phrasal verbs 8 up (2) 145 Phrasal verbs 9 away/back
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Prepositions
121 at/on/in (time) 122 on time and in time at the end and in the end 123 in/at/on (position) 1 124 in/at/on (position) 2 125 in/at/on (position) 3 126 to, at, in and into 127 in/on/at (other uses) 128 by 129 Noun + preposition (reason for, cause of etc.) 130 Adjective + preposition 1 131 Adjective + preposition 2 132 Verb + preposition 1 to and at 133 Verb + preposition 2 about/for/of/after 134 Verb + preposition 3 about and of 135 Verb + preposition 4 of/for/from/on 136 Verb + preposition 5 in/into/with/to/on
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Phrasal verbs
137 Phrasal verbs 1 Introduction 138 Phrasal verbs 2 in/out 139 Phrasal verbs 3 out 140 Phrasal verbs 4 on/off (1) 141 Phrasal verbs 5 on/off (2) 142 Phrasal verbs 6 up/down 143 Phrasal verbs 7 up (1) 144 Phrasal verbs 8 up (2) 145 Phrasal verbs 9 away/back
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Irregular Verbs
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92 Summer Days in English
Homework Heroes Program (Level A2/B1)

Unit 62: Verb + preposition + -ing


A. Конструкція “verb + preposition + -ing”

Деякі дієслова вимагають прийменник перед об’єктом. Якщо об’єктом є дієслово, ми використовуємо ing-форму.

Приклади:

Дієслово + прийменник Приклад
talk about We talked about going to South America. (Ми говорили про поїздку в Південну Америку.)
apologise for You should apologise for not telling the truth. (Тобі варто вибачитися за те, що не сказав правду.)
approve of He doesn’t approve of swearing. (Він не схвалює лайку.)
decide against We have decided against moving to London. (Ми вирішили не переїжджати в Лондон.)
dream of I wouldn’t dream of asking them for money. (Я б і не мріяв попросити у них гроші.)
feel like I don’t feel like going out tonight. (Мені не хочеться виходити сьогодні ввечері.)
insist on They insisted on paying for the meal. (Вони наполягли на тому, щоб заплатити за їжу.)
look forward to Are you looking forward to going away? (Ти з нетерпінням чекаєш від’їзду?)
succeed in Has Paul succeeded in finding a job yet? (Чи вдалося Полу знайти роботу?)
think of/about I’m thinking of buying a house. (Я думаю про купівлю будинку.)

Зверни увагу:
“look forward to” завжди вимагає дієслово з -ing!
I’m looking forward to see you.Неправильно
I’m looking forward to seeing you.Правильно


B. Конструкція “verb + object + preposition + -ing”

Деякі дієслова використовуються у конструкції: “verb + object + preposition + -ing”

Приклади:

Дієслово + об’єкт + прийменник Приклад
accuse (звинувачувати) … of He accused me of telling lies. (Він звинуватив мене у брехні.)
congratulate (вітати) … on We congratulated Lisa on winning the first prize. (Ми привітали Лізу з перемогою в конкурсі.)
prevent (перешкоджати) … from What prevented you from coming to see us? (Що завадило тобі прийти до нас?)
stop (зупинити) … from The rain didn’t stop us from enjoying our holiday. (Дощ не завадив нам насолодитися відпочинком.)
suspect (підозрювати) … of Nobody suspected the general of being a spy. (Ніхто не підозрював генерала у шпигунстві.)
thank (дякувати) … for She thanked everyone for helping her. (Вона подякувала всім за допомогу.)

Зверни увагу:

  1. Stop може використовуватися з або без “from”

    • You can’t stop me doing what I want.
    • You can’t stop me from doing what I want.
      (Обидва варіанти правильні.)
  2. Apologise завжди вживається як “apologise to somebody for something”

    • I apologised to them for keeping them waiting. (Я вибачився перед ними за те, що змусив чекати.)
      Не можна: I apologised them for…

C. Заперечна форма з “-ing”

Щоб зробити заперечну форму, використовуємо “not + ing”

Приклади:

  • He accused me of not telling the truth. (Він звинуватив мене в тому, що я не сказав правду.)
  • They insisted on not changing the plan. (Вони наполягали на тому, щоб не змінювати план.)
  • I regret not studying harder at school. (Я шкодую, що не вчився старанніше в школі.)

D. Конструкції в пасивному стані

Деякі дієслова часто використовуються у пасиві:

Приклади:

  • We were accused of telling lies. (Нас звинуватили у брехні.)
  • The general was suspected of being a spy. (Генерала підозрювали у шпигунстві.)
  • She was thanked for helping with the project. (Їй подякували за допомогу з проектом.)

Глосарій

Фраза Значення
apologise for doing something вибачатися за щось
approve of doing something схвалювати щось
dream of doing something мріяти про щось
look forward to doing something чекати з нетерпінням
prevent somebody from doing something завадити комусь зробити щось
stop somebody from doing something зупинити когось від чогось
succeed in doing something досягти успіху в чомусь
thank somebody for doing something подякувати комусь за щось
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