How to Use Second Conditional Sentences. Tip #2 The following sentences illustrate a couple of the common mistakes people make when using the second conditional: Incorrect: If I inherit a billion dollars, I would travel to the moon. – Если я получаю в наследство миллиард долларов, я бы отправился в путешествие на луну. Correct: If…
How to Use Second Conditional Sentences Second conditional sentences are useful for expressing outcomes that are completely unrealistic or will not likely happen in the future. Consider the examples below: Example: If I inherited a billion dollars, I would travel to the moon. – Если бы я получил в наследство миллиард долларов, я бы отправился…
How to Use Zero Conditional Sentences Zero conditional sentences express general truths—situations in which one thing always causes another. When you use a zero conditional, you’re talking about a general truth rather than a specific instance of something. Consider the following examples:Example: If you don’t brush your teeth, you get cavities.- Если ты не чистишь…
Parts of the Sentence – Verbals – Noun Infinitives An infinitive is to plus a verb form. It can be used as a noun. Examples: to be, to see, to be seen, to be eaten. The noun infinitive can be a subject (To eat is fun.); a direct object (I like to eat.); a…
Parts of the Sentence – Verbals – Gerunds A gerund always ends in –ing and is used as a noun. Example: Eating is fun. The gerund can be a subject (Eating is fun.); a direct object (I like eating.); a predicate nominative (A fun time is eating.); an appositive (A fun time, eating, takes much…
Parts of the Sentence – Verbals A verbal is a verb form used as some other part of speech. There are three kinds of verbals: gerunds, participles and infinitives. A gerund always ends in -ing and is used as a noun. Example: Eating is fun. A participle is used as an adjective and ends various…
Parts of the Sentence – Subject/Predicate A simple sentence is a group of words expressing a complete thought, and it must have a subject and a predicate. A predicate shows action or state of being. Examples: The bell rang. The boy is here. The subject tells who or what about the verb. Examples: The bell…
Types of Sentences There are four types of sentences: declarative, imperative, interrogative, and exclamatory. 1. A declarative sentence makes a statement. Example: The assignment is due tomorrow. 2. An imperative sentence gives a command or makes a request. Examples: Hand it in now. Stop. 3. An interrogative sentence asks a question. Example:…
Past Perfect Tense. Use #2: Unreal or Imaginary Things in the Past In the same way that we use the past simple to talk about unreal or imaginary things in the present, we use the past perfect (one step back in time) to talk about unreal or imaginary things in the past. This is common…
Past Perfect Tense. Use #1: A Completed Action Before Something in the Past The past perfect is used to describe the idea that something happened before another action in the past. We can also use it to describe the idea that something happened before a specific time in the past. Example: I was late for…