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Lum57 Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
The "form" of the structure of a sentence
I am doing a TEFL course and have got to show the form of each of the following sentences:
She used to have long hair;
I was having a bath when the phone rang;
I wish I had worked harder.
The example given is as follows:
You should have worked harder.
The form is: should + have + past participle form ofthe verb.
I cannot find anything similar in my grammar books and I just don't see what to do from that one example. I am completely stuck! Any help would be greatly appreciated!
She used to have long hair;
I was having a bath when the phone rang;
I wish I had worked harder.
The example given is as follows:
You should have worked harder.
The form is: should + have + past participle form ofthe verb.
I cannot find anything similar in my grammar books and I just don't see what to do from that one example. I am completely stuck! Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Top answer
Well I will try to answer it until someone more experienced comes: She used to have long hair; used ( past indefinite ) + to have ( present indefinite ) I was having a bath when the phone rang; was having ( past continuous ) + rang ( past indefinite ) I wish I had worked harder. wish ( present indefinite ) + had worked ( unreal past conditional )
- Well I will try to answer it until someone more experienced comes: She used to have long hair; used ( past indefinite ) + to have ( present indefinite ) I was having a bath when the phone rang; was having ( past continuous ) + rang ( past indefinite ) I wish I had worked harder.
- wish ( present indefinite ) + had worked ( unreal past conditional )
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Well I will try to answer it until someone more experienced comes:
She used to have long hair;
used ( past indefinite ) + to have ( present indefinite )
I was having a bath when the phone rang;
was having ( past continuous ) + rang ( past indefinite )
I wish I had worked harder.
wish ( present indefinite ) + had worked ( unreal past conditional )
She used to have long hair;
used ( past indefinite ) + to have ( present indefinite )
I was having a bath when the phone rang;
was having ( past continuous ) + rang ( past indefinite )
I wish I had worked harder.
wish ( present indefinite ) + had worked ( unreal past conditional )
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