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Unit 2-Part 2

This document provides information on various English grammar concepts including phrasal verbs, modal verbs, and verb forms like gerunds and infinitives. It defines key uses of phrasal verbs like "get ahead" and "take over" as well as modal verbs such as "will" and "used to." It also explains how gerunds and infinitives can be used after certain verbs and prepositions. Finally, it notes that some verbs can be followed by either a gerund or infinitive with no change in meaning, while other verbs imply different meanings depending on the verb form used.

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Unit 2-Part 2

This document provides information on various English grammar concepts including phrasal verbs, modal verbs, and verb forms like gerunds and infinitives. It defines key uses of phrasal verbs like "get ahead" and "take over" as well as modal verbs such as "will" and "used to." It also explains how gerunds and infinitives can be used after certain verbs and prepositions. Finally, it notes that some verbs can be followed by either a gerund or infinitive with no change in meaning, while other verbs imply different meanings depending on the verb form used.

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UNIT 2-PART2

PHRASAL VERBS

GET AHEAD

TAKE OVER

become responsible for

TURN DOWN

SET UP

KEEP AT

Topersevereinworkoranaction

FILL IN
Towriteinformationin(ablan
kspace,asonaform)
Toactasasubstitute

WILL
FORM Will

[will + verb]

Examples:

Youwill helphim later.

Willyouhelphim later?

Youwill not helphim later.

WILL
USE 1 "Will" to Express a Voluntary Action

Shewill sendyou the information when I get it.

Willyoumakedinner?

USE 2 "Will" to Express a Promise

Iwill callyou when I arrive.

Don't worry, I'll becareful.

USED TO
FORM

[used to + VERB]

Example:

Iused to goto the beach every day.

My dogused to barkat cats.

Iused tosmoke.

USED TO
USE 1 Habit in the Past
It indicates that something was often repeated in the past, but it is
not usually done now.

Jerryused to studyEnglish.

Iused to startwork at 9 o'clock.

USE 2 Past Facts and Generalizations


Used to" can also be used to talk about past facts or generalizations
which are no longer true.

Iused to livein Paris.

Sarahused to be fat, but now she is thin.

WOULD
"Would" is most commonly used to create conditional verb forms. It
also serves as the past form of the modal verb "will." Additionally,
"would" can indicate repetition in the past.
Examples:

If he were an actor, hewouldbe in adventure movies.conditional

I knew that shewouldbe very successful in her career.past of "will"

When they first met, theywouldalways have picnics on the


beach.repetition

GERUNDS (UNIT 1)
Studying is hard but interesting.

(Subject Of a Sentence)

I'm interested in studying history


I enjoy watching TV.

(after prepositions)

(After verbs of liking and disliking)

Go running, swimming, cycling, shopping, fishing

(with GO to talk about

physical activities)

I suggest studying this book

(after admit, avoid, consider, involve, risk, suggest)

INFINITIVES (UNIT 1)
Why did he go to university? To study languages

(To explain why

somebody does something)

Its too cold to go out (After too, enough, the first, the last)

Its good to study with other people (After adjectives)

GERUNDS AND INFINITIVESPART 2


Some verbs can go before the gerund or the infinitive with no
difference in meaning

She started to work there in 2009

= She started working there in 2009

Other verbs like : begin, cant stand, continue, hate, love,


prefer.

GERUNDS AND INFINITIVESPART 2


With other verbs before the gerund or infinitive, there is an
important difference in meaning.

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