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Question Tags

Posted on June 27, 2019October 27, 2019 by admin

We use tags in spoken English but not in formal written English. They are not really questions but are a way of asking the other person to make a comment and so keep the conversation open. Making a tag is very mechanical. To make a tag, use the first auxiliary. If there is no auxiliary,…

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Reported Speech 1

Posted on June 19, 2019October 27, 2019 by admin

We use reported speech when we are saying what other people say, think or believe. He says he wants it. We think you are right. I believe he loves her. Yesterday you said you didn’t like it but now you do! She told me he had asked her to marry him. I told you she…

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Reported Speech 2

Posted on June 14, 2019October 27, 2019 by admin

We also use reported speech when we are saying what other people asked or wanted to know. We do not use do or question marks in indirect questions. “What time is it?” = He asked me what time it was. “Why hasn’t he come? = She wondered why he hadn’t come. “When will you be…

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Suppose 1

Posted on May 31, 2019October 27, 2019 by admin

We often use  ‘suppose’ to mean ‘imagine’ or ‘guess’ I suppose you’ll be meeting Danielle when you go to Paris? When you weren’t there, I supposed you must have been held up. I suppose you two know each other? Notice that ‘suppose’ is not normally used in the continuous form. We do not usually say…

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Suppose 2

Posted on May 1, 2019October 27, 2019 by admin

‘Supposed to be’ can be used to mean ‘it is said/believed’. The new James Bond movie is supposed to be excellent. He is supposed to have been rude to Mark but I don’t believe it. It is supposed to be the best restaurant in town. ‘Supposed to be’ can also be used to talk about…

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Have something done

Posted on April 30, 2019October 27, 2019 by admin

If you ‘have something done’, you get somebody else to do something for you. I’m going to have my hair cut. She’s having her house redecorated. I’m having a copy of the report sent to you In informal English, we can replace ‘have’ by ‘get’. We’re getting a new telephone system installed. They will be…

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Should Have

Posted on March 27, 2019October 27, 2019 by admin

We can use ‘should have’ to talk about past events that did not happen. I should have let her know what was happening but I forgot. He should have sent everybody a reminder by email. They should have remembered that their guests don’t eat pork. We can also use ‘should have’ to speculate about events…

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