My friends! Taking part in Onee's game "Guess my Word" has just prompted me an idea of this challenge. Well, my idea is the following. I will give you the list of words describing our appearances and characters and will ask you to describe some person. It would be nice if you describe not only positive but also negative personalities, men as well as women. So, your creativity is limited only with the lenght of your compositions for us to be able to correct your mistakes. So, here is the list of words. Most of them are adjectives, but, of course you can use the appropriate nouns if you like. You don't have to use all of them, only those you need in your stories. Sure, you can add any adjectives describing people. So, here is my list.
Physical Features.
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thin |
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I weight 120 pounds (lbs.). |
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My weight is 120 lbs. |
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healthy |
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physically fit |
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to be in a good shape |
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strong |
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weak |
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athletic |
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medium built |
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handsome |
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pretty |
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charming |
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pleasant |
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ugly
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Hope to read your stories soon! I will ask you to post them here, OK?
Have a great weekend!
Comments
Hi Tanya. Thank you for the correction. Thank you so much. I won't mix the tenses next time... I will post the corrected version in my blog:)..he he
Hi Tanya. Thank you for the correction. Thank you so much. I won't mix the tenses next time... I will post the corrected version in my blog:)..he he
Danny, well done! Thanks!
Dear Afro, we use AGO speaking in the Past Simple Tense
Dear Afro! Are you fasting because of your religion? I am just curious. And, yes, a tiler is a master who fixes tiles and you have used MAY BE correctly.
About AGO and BEFORE. I am sorry. I will explain using some examples. Just imagine, I am telling you a story now.
A week ago we arrived in Kiev.
I mean it was a week before today.
Now, I am telling about our last year trip.
We arrived in Kiev last summer and a week before Tanya's neices had arranged everything for us to feel comfortable there.
So, we say AGO, meaning the present moment while we say BEFORE meaning some moment before the mentioned moment in the past. To conclude, if I were you, I wouldn't understand what I have just said! Ha-ha! Need more explanations?
As a matter of fact, I have just posted grammar test and you are welcome as always!
Yes, you made me laugh but not that much because I am fasting so a bit weak( not hungry at all). Anyway, thanks a lot for your help! Is tiler that person who fixes tiles? Not sure so,my guessing may be true or may be wrong, right? Yes, for now your explanations make a sense to me to understand them. But, I can't be sure until Tanya will post another task for us. And, is there any differences between ago and before?
Hi, dear Afro! Let me answer your questions. I hope you read not only examples, but also theory Tanya had explained.
No4 and No6. In fact, in these sentences we need the part participle II, Active voice. However, such a participle doesn't exist. So, in general, we replace it with a subordinate clause. On the other hand, if this clause is in the past progressive tense, we can use only a participle V-ing. It is No1.
No10. Your question is not clear, to be exact, you didn't ask any. So, I will explain what may be unclear. In this sentence we mean that some house is being constructed now. So, it is the present participle II, Passive. Its form is "being constructed". You may also ask, why it is after a noun. And I will tell you, that we can place a participleII before a noun only if it is simple, i.e., consists of a single word like "a sleeping kid", "a lost umbrella". If a participle, itself is a compound, i.e., consists of two words or there are some other other words after it, it must be placed after a noun like in No10. I will give you one more example:
The showed film was interesting.
Compare:
The film showed yesterday was interesting.
Is it clear now?
No12. OK, I think I have already answered your question partially. But it is a special case. An adverb "recently" is used only at the end of the sentence if it defines a predicate. In our case, it defines the participle, but, anyway, we can't use it before the participle. And, again, I will say the same as for No10. Two words "published recently" must be placed after a noun.
Dear, if you still have any questions about participle, just ask them.
Now, about MAYBE and MAY BE. MAYBE is a parenthesis. We use it before a subject and separate with comma.
Maybe, I am right.
MAY BE is a predicate with the same meaning.
I may be right.
Both sentences mean the same. They mean, a speaker is not sure.
Got it?
As to our vacation! Ha-ha! You see, we are in Kiev, Ukraine now and people don't speak English here. So, my dearest wife has to solve all our problems herself. Our Kiev apartment needs some repairment and Tanya is really busy with all those plumbers, tilers and other construction workers and I feel so useless as I don't speak either Russian or Ukrainian. But I am a good husband! I started taking Russian lessons while my wife is swearing with our workers! Ha-ha! Have I made you smile?
Well, I went through them and these answers were given by Tanya, you may know! My question is why in No. 4....It was not changed as....the woman played the piano yesterday was my friend? same question for no. 6, for no.10. need explanation and again why (no.12) not.....the recently published fiction was written two years ago? Along with it, wanted to know is there any differences between ago and before? Sometimes I face problem with maybe and may be, sorry for asking many questions when we know you both are on a vacation, dear teachers!
1.The man standing in the lobby was a participant of the contest.
2.Playing children are usually very noisy.
3. The woman playing the piano is my friend.
4.The woman who played the piano yesterday is my friend.
5.The movies shot by Hollywood are always interesting.
6.The scholar who has written this article is abroad now.
7. Having read a new fiction, he shares with us his opinion about it.
8.Knowing him well, I didn’t ask any questions.
9.Having come to the stadium, we saw the game had already begun.
10.The house being constructed hasn’t been finished, yet.
11.We were sitting around the brightly burning fire.
12.The fiction published recently was written two years ago.
13.The people slowly walking towards suddenly stopped.
14.Be careful driving in the rainy weather.
15.The found wallet has to be returned to the owner.
You are always welcome, darling!
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