VOCABULARY

MIGHT

 http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/maymight/exercise3.html

We can use 'may' to ask for permission. However this is rather formal and not used very often in modern spoken English

• May I borrow your pen?
• May we think about it?
• May I go now?

We use 'may' to suggest something is possible

• It may rain later today.
• I may not have time to do it today.
• Pete may come with us

might

We use 'might' to suggest a small possibility of something. Often we read that 'might' suggests a smaller possibility that 'may', there is in fact little difference and 'might is more usual than 'may' in spoken English.

• She might be at home by now but it's not sure at all.
• It might rain this afternoon.
• I might not have time to go to the shops for you.
• I might not go.

For the past, we use 'might have'.

• He might have tried to call while I was out.
• I might have dropped it in the street.

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A / AN; SOME; ANY

A, An, Some, Any

We use A or AN with singular nouns. A is used when a noun starts with a consonant sound; e.g. a dog, a book, etc. AN is used when a noun starts with a vowel sound; e.g. an apple, an hour, etc.

We use SOME with countable nouns (only with their plural) and with uncountable nouns. SOME is used in: * positive sentences; e.g. I have got some time. * questions, expressing requests and offers; e.g. Would you like some tea?         Can I have some biscuits?

We use ANY with countable nouns (only with their plural) and with uncountable nouns. ANY is used in: * negative sentences; e.g. I haven‘t got any time.   * general questions; e.g. Have you got any sisters?       Is there any tea left?

Choose the correct

1. “Is there ... tea in this kitchen?”  any           some  a                 an	9. “Are there any girls in your class?” “No, there aren´t … “  an               some  any            a	17. The Browns haven’t got  … children. any           some  a                an	25. I haven’t got … books to read.  some          an  a                 any
2.  Sorry, there isn’t … more tea.  some          any  a                 an	10. Are there … lamps in the house?  some          a  any             an	18. Have the Collins got … children?  an               some  a                 any	26. Is there … book on the table?  a                 an  some          any
3. Has Mr. Evans got … coffee?  some          any  an              a	11. This is … interesting newspaper.  a                 an  any             some	19. “Is there any coffee in the kitchen?” “Yes, there is.....”  some          any  a                 an	27.  There are … cups of tea on the table.  some          any  a                 an
4.  Have the Evans got … flat?  any            some  an              a	12.  “Have you got any glasses?” “No, I haven’t got …”  some         a  any          an	20. Have you got … chair for me?  any             an  some          a	28.  Is there … beer in the glasses?  a              an  some          any
5.  There aren’t … flats to rent. an               some  any           a	13. There isn’t … water in the glass.  some          a  an              any	21. “Is there any coffee in the cup?” “Yes, there is …”  a                 an  some          any	29.  There isn’t … beer in the bottle.  a                some an               any
6.  Are there … boys in this class? an              any some       a	14. In the park there are … very nice trees.  some         any  an              a	22. I’m  reading … interesting book.  an               any  some         a	30. Mrs Green is having … coffee with milk. some        any a                 an
7.  We haven’t got … cinemas here.  any        some  an           a	15. Mr. Smith is having … bread.  any             some a                an	23. There are … children in the street.  any            some  an             a	31. Is there … wine in the glass?  some          a  any             an
8. There are … girls in this class.  any             some  an              a	16. “Is there any beer in the glass” “No, there isn’t …”  some         any a               an	24.  Has Peter got … interesting books?  some         any  an              a	32.  Have they got … books?  any             some an               a

      

taken from http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=5271

NARRATIVE TENSES

What are narrative tenses?

 taken from http://www.eltbase.com/notes.php?id=201

Narrative tenses are the tenses that we use to talk about past events and to tell stories.

The most common of these is the past simple. Three other tenses, past continuous, the past perfect simple and the past perfect continuous can help us to say what we want more effeciently. However, it should be remembered that almost any story can be told using the past simple.

It is often useful to look at these tenses together within the context of the function narrating, i.e. relating past events.

Written example of narrative tenses in use

Bond opened the door very slowly, looked carefully around the room andwalked in. The window was open and the curtains were blowing in the wind. Clearly someone had left in a hurry.

Past simple
opened, looked, walked, was

Past continuous
were blowing

Past perfect
had left

Spoken example of narrative tenses in use

A: I saw a UFO once. Well, I think it was one.
B: Oh yeah?
A: Yeah, really. I was in the country - in Yorkshire - on the moors...
B: What were you doing up there?
A: Oh, I was visiting some friends. They'd rented a cottage and we'd gone up to stay with them.

Past simple
saw, was

Past continuous
(What) were (you) doing? was visiting

Past perfect
they'd rented, we'd gone





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IN ON AT

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NARRATIVE TENSES

WAS WERE

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