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I havn't succeeded in assigment.
Hi ,
The task is :
Complete the following conversration. Where clues are given in brackets,you may fill in more than one word.Where there are no clues,fill in one word only.
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Rina : That's great.What luck! I (be) have been so worried about finding a place to live. ( first of all am i right with missing word? something else why they did write "worried" -as adjective but the sentence doesn't in passive it will be "worring " as adjective.
Thanks.
The task is :
Complete the following conversration. Where clues are given in brackets,you may fill in more than one word.Where there are no clues,fill in one word only.
....
Rina : That's great.What luck! I (be) have been so worried about finding a place to live. ( first of all am i right with missing word? something else why they did write "worried" -as adjective but the sentence doesn't in passive it will be "worring " as adjective.
Thanks.
Top answer
Hi, I have been so worried ... is fine, and here it's not a passive structure. key=91471&dict=CALD ).
- Hi, I have been so worried ...
- is fine, and here it's not a passive structure.
- key=91471&dict=CALD ).
- Both worrying (present participle) and worried (past participle) can be used as adjectives.
- The difference is, if something is worrying, it makes you feel anxious/tense/not relaxed.
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Hi,
I have been so worried ... is fine, and here it's not a passive structure. Here "worried" is being used as an adjective (look it up in http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=91471&dict=CALD).
Both worrying (present participle) and worri
I have been so worried ... is fine, and here it's not a passive structure. Here "worried" is being used as an adjective (look it up in http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=91471&dict=CALD).
Both worrying (present participle) and worri
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