E5 Review (first bimester)

Review

  Prepositions of place/directions

·         Around (Let’s walk around the corner)

·         In (Let’s meet in the mall)

·         Into (Enter into the classroom)

·         Through (You cannot go through this bridge, it is dangerous)

·         Down (Let’s go down Paulista Avenue for a walk)

·         Across from (The school is across from a gym)

·         Next to (The school is next to Mc Donald’s)

·         Near (The school is near the bus stop)

  Verbs in -ing

After the following verbs:

•       Enjoy (I enjoy reading)

•       Dislike (I dislike working on Saturdays)

•       Finish (I finished studying for today)

•       Mind (I don’t mind doing the dishes)

•       Hate (I hate waking up early)

•       Feel like (I feel like going to the movies)

•       Stop (I stopped watching this TV show)

•       Quit ( I quit smoking)

After prepositions:

•       At (I am good at dancing)

•       After (I slept after arriving home)

•       By (You can improve your English by using the Internet)

•       On (We need to keep on studying)

•       Of (I am thinking of leaving you) *it is usually “think of”/(about is also possible, but there is a different use)

• About (Talk about learning English)
• Without (I can’t live without eating chocolate)

Used as a noun:

•       At the beginning of the sentence

(Studying is good for you)

(Eating vegetables is healthy)

  Verbs in infinitive form

After these verbs:

•       Agree (I agree to study more)

•       Decide ( I decided to travel to Canada)

•       Help (I helped you to study)

•       Hope (I hope to get a good grade)

•       Want (I want to talk to you)

•       Would like (I would like to buy a pizza)

•       Stop ( I stopped to buy the newspaper before arriving home)

•       Try (Try not to sleep late)

 Modal verbs:

Obligations

•       You must speak English in the class

•       You have to study everyday

Prohibition

•       You mustn’t arrive late

•       You cannot smoke in the class

Optional

•       You don’t have to wear a uniform

•       You can use an on-line dictionary

  Modifiers

•       I am extremely in love with Leonardo

•       I am really in love with Leonardo

•       I am very in love with Leo

•       I am fairly in love with Leo

•       I am a (little) bit in love with Leo

•       I am not very in love with Leonardo DiCaprio

•       I am not in love with Leo