.. : there's Constantine's Arch in Rome ... etc.
ROCK GIBRALTAR CLUB
skała Gibraltar
klub
WHATS THE NAME OF THE PIECE OF LAND, WHICH IS REALLY JUST A
ROCK, THAT WE PASS AS WE SAIL FROM THE ATLANTIC OCEAN INTO
THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA ? The name of the piece ... is the Rock of Gilbraltar
CLEANER sprzątaczka
PROGRESS postęp
586 DICTATION 52
The man was/ a complete stranger to me./ It is not worth travelling/ on a long journey/
just for the week-end,/ but some people/ do it nowadays./ Do you wish to suffer/ from
illness ?/ No, of course not./ Good./ Therefore, you will have to make sure/ you keep in good health./ Don't forget/ to remind me/ to take my suit/ to the cleaner's/ before the shops shut./ Although he is a Member of Parliament,/ he is not a member/ of any political club,/
even though he should be/ if he wants to make/ any progress./ "At once" means immediately,/ whilst "soon" means in a short time./ Life in the old days/ was often just one long struggle/ for existence.
LESSON 96
SPECIAL VERBS • DARE
DIFFER
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BE: CAN: DARE: DO: HAVE: MAY:
MUST
NEED: OUGHT: SHALL: USED TO: WILL
There are twelve verbs in the English language which we call "Special Verbs". They are called "special" because they are not generally used in the same way as other verbs.
These verbs are the verbs "be: can: dare: do: have: may: must: need: ought: shall: used to", and "will"./
587 We must not, of course, forget the past tense and third and other persons of these verbs which are "be - am, is, are, was, were: can - could: do - does, did: have - has, had: may - might: shall - should: will - would".
The Special Verbs are different in nine ways from other verbs.
HOW MANY SPECIAL VERBS ARE THERE ?
There are 12 Special Verbs
WHAT ARE THE TWELVE SPECIAL VERBS ?/ The twelve ... are "be, can, dare,
do, have, may, must, need, ought, shall, used to", and "would"
WHAT ARE THE PASTS OF "CAN"; OF "MAY"; OF "SHALL"; AND OF
"WILL" ?
The Pasts of... are "could, might, should" and "would"
IN HOW MANY WAYS ARE THE SPECIAL VERBS DIFFERENT FROM
OTHER VERBS ?
The Special Verbs are ... in nine ways
Three of the ways in which the Special Verbs are different from other verbs are as
follows:-
1) They form their interrogatives by putting the verb before the subject For example,
"Am I your teacher ? Will you come here tomorrow ?" etc. Other verbs cannot do that. We cannot say, for example, "Speak you English ?" For the interrogative of
"speak" we must use the word "do", and say "Do you speak English ?"./
588 2) They form their negatives just by adding "not". For example, "I cannot understand it. It might not rain" etc. Other verbs cannot do that. We cannot say, for example,
"He remains not here after the lesson": we must say, "He does not remain here after the lesson."
3) They are the only verbs that can be used in "Tail Questions". For example, "You have a pen, haven't you ?". We cannot say "He lies in bed all morning, lies not he
?" We must say "doesn't he?".
TELL ME THE FIRST WAY IN WHICH THE SPECIAL VERBS DIFFER
FROM OTHER VERBS ?
The first way in which ... is that they form their
interrogatives by putting the verb before the subject
GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE, PLEASE !/
Dare you hit that big man ?
CAN WE SAY "SPEAK YOU ENGLISH" ?
No, we can't...
WHAT MUST WE SAY INSTEAD ?
We ... "Do you speak English ?" instead
WHAT'S THE SECOND WAY IN WHICH THE SPECIAL VERBS DIFFER?
The second way ... is that they form their negatives just by adding "not"
GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE, PLEASE !/
He ought not to smoke so much
CAN WE SAY "THESE PENS BREAK NOT EASILY" ?
No, we can't say ...
589 WHAT MUST WE SAY INSTEAD?
We must say "These pens do not
break easily" instead
WHAT'S THE THIRD WAY IN WHICH THE SPECIAL VERBS DIFFER?
The third way in ... is that they are the only verbs
that can be used in "Tail Questions"
GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE, PLEASE !
He won't come, will he ?
CAN WE SAY "THEY SANG NOT WELL, SANG THEY" ?/ No, we can't...
WHAT MUST WE SAY INSTEAD?
We must say "They did not sing well,
did they ?" instead
MATTER (v) = TO BE IMPORTANT OCCASIONALLY
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okazjonalnie
WHAT IS THE MATTER ? NO MATTER PLEASE (v)
TASTE (n)
co się dzieje
bez znaczenia zadowolić (kogoś) smak
IF WE WANT TO LIVE A HEALTHY LIFE, DOES IT MATTER VERY MUCH
WHAT KIND OF FOOD WE EAT ?/ Yes, if we want to ... it matters very much ...
WHAT KIND OF FOOD OUGHT WE TO EAT? The kind of food we ... is fruit,
fish, vegetables etc.
590 DOES IT MATTER VERY MUCH IF WE OCCASIONALLY MAKE A SMALL
MISTAKE IN OUR DICTATIONS ? No, it doesn't matter very much ... that is, of
course, if it is only occasionally
IF I SUDDENLY WENT LIKE THIS, WHAT WOULD YOU ASK ME ?/ If you
suddenly ... I'd ask you "What's the matter ?"
DO YOU FIND THAT, NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO, YOU CAN'T PLEASE
EVERYONE ?
Yes, I find that...
WHY IS THIS SO ?
Because people have different tastes, ideas and opinions ...
RIGHT = ENTIRELY COMPLETELY FINISH UP POINT (PLACE)
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WHAT'S THE TIME RIGHT NOW ?
The time right now is ...
WHAT'S THE NAME OF A COUNTRY RIGHT IN THE NORTH OF EUROPE ?
The name of a ... is Finland
591 TO SHOW THAT SOMETHING MATTERS TO US VERY MUCH, WE MIGHT
SOMETIMES SAY "I'D GO RIGHT TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH FOR IT",
BUT COULD WE, IN FACT, GO RIGHT TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH ?/
No, we couldn't, in fact, go ...
WHY NOT ?
Because, being round, the earth has no ends, and we would finish