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Adial
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I need your help...
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Dear friends,
I need your help!
In an exercise where students had to write the verbs in brackets in the correct tense, there was the following sentence -
"Peter is good at _____________ (play) football."
Is it correct? Can it be considered a verb tense?
I don �t think so!
Thanks in advance. |
25 May 2010
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a isabel
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It seems that what is being tested is...expressions followed by -ing or infinitive...not tenses!
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25 May 2010
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mdros
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I agree with a isabel, I �ve just taught this and it is related to adjectives plus prepositions |
25 May 2010
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coyote.chus
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Probably the exercise said "Put the verbs in the correct form", and in this case it is correct. You have to use the -ing form.
good at playing football
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25 May 2010
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Adial
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Thank you so much 
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25 May 2010
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hokage8002
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it is considered as a verb form but not a verb tense. (verb+ing)
It is advisable to test verb form (past participle - gerund - bare inf or full inf) and verb tenses together. So the instruction of this type of tests will be as follow: Provide the bracketed verbs form or tense. |
26 May 2010
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