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diciembre 22, 2018
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About
About
About is a preposition or an adverb.
About as a preposition
The most common meaning of about as a preposition is ‘on the subject of’ or ‘connected with’:
Do you know anything about cricket?I’m very worried about my brother. He’s not well.
About is not as specific as on.
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Compare:
e.g. He wrote a book about the Spanish Civil War.
about is more general and slightly more informal.
e.g. He wrote a book on Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War.
on focuses on more specific and detailed information and is slightly more form
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There are some words we use with about:
complain, concern, excited, happy and worry:
He never complains about the pain.
Everybody was very concerned about the accident.
I’m very excited about coming to France and I can’t wait to see you.
I’m very happy about my trip.
Please don’t worry about me.
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There are some words we don’t use with about:
aware, consider, description, discuss, experience and mention:
She’s not aware of the rules of the road.
Have you considered changing your career?
Can you give us a description of the bag?
Let’s discuss the new schedule.
They have no experience of looking after children.
She didn’t mention where the keys were.
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We use about as an adverb
We use about as an adverb when we talk about time, number and quantity. About makes the time, number or quantity less specific and more approximate:
specific: Dinner is at six.
approximate: Dinner is about six.
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specific: We moved house three years ago.
approximate:We moved house about three years ago.
About can also be used (though less commonly) as an adverb with a meaning of ‘around’:
I was thinking of all the pollution that’s floating about in the air.Around or round?
Be about to
We use the modal expression be about to as an adjective in the modal expression be about to to refer to something that will happen very soon in the future:
He was about to phone the police.
By Cambridge
About is a preposition or an adverb.
About as a preposition
The most common meaning of about as a preposition is ‘on the subject of’ or ‘connected with’:
Do you know anything about cricket?I’m very worried about my brother. He’s not well.
About is not as specific as on.
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Compare:
e.g. He wrote a book about the Spanish Civil War.
about is more general and slightly more informal.
e.g. He wrote a book on Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War.
on focuses on more specific and detailed information and is slightly more form
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
There are some words we use with about:
complain, concern, excited, happy and worry:
He never complains about the pain.
Everybody was very concerned about the accident.
I’m very excited about coming to France and I can’t wait to see you.
I’m very happy about my trip.
Please don’t worry about me.
--------------------------------------
There are some words we don’t use with about:
aware, consider, description, discuss, experience and mention:
She’s not aware of the rules of the road.
Have you considered changing your career?
Can you give us a description of the bag?
Let’s discuss the new schedule.
They have no experience of looking after children.
She didn’t mention where the keys were.
.....................................................................
We use about as an adverb
We use about as an adverb when we talk about time, number and quantity. About makes the time, number or quantity less specific and more approximate:
specific: Dinner is at six.
approximate: Dinner is about six.
---------------------
specific: We moved house three years ago.
approximate:We moved house about three years ago.
About can also be used (though less commonly) as an adverb with a meaning of ‘around’:
I was thinking of all the pollution that’s floating about in the air.Around or round?
Be about to
We use the modal expression be about to as an adjective in the modal expression be about to to refer to something that will happen very soon in the future:
He was about to phone the police.
By Cambridge
diciembre 15, 2018
Basic Grammar Rules
- Basic Grammar Rules
- rules on sentence structure and parts of speech)
- a-an-the (definite and indefinite articles)
- adjectives (comparative and superlative forms)
- adverbs (formation and position)
- adverbs of frequency (frequency adverbs and frequency phrases)
- affect - effect (the difference between them)
- a lot - much - many
- already - still - always - yet
- although-despite
- at-on-in - prepositions
- each-every
- everyone vs every one (difference and use)
- even though - even if
- false friends (faux amis) (English/French similar-looking words with different meanings.)
- few-little
- for-during-while in time expressions
- for-since-ago when talking about time
- for-to
- 'I' or 'me' (subject vs object pronouns)
- in case - unless
- job - work
- like - look like
- like - as
- linking words (connective or transitional words)
- nouns - collective and compound nouns
- nouns - countable and plural nouns
- nouns - plural forms (how to form the plural of nouns)
- of-from
- other/another
- possessives
- prepositions (list of prepositions with their meaning and an example of use)
- prepositional phrases (set phrases or groups of words introduced by a preposition)
- quit - quite - quiet (the difference between them)
- rather - rather than - would rather (when to use them)
- silent letters ( A-Z list of silent letters in English words.)
- some - any - a little - a few
- so-neither
- so-such
- subject-verb agreement (making the verb agree with the subject of a sentence.)
- the - definite article
- there-their-they're
- they - them - their (to refer to a person in the singular)
- this-that-these-those
- travel - trip - journey - meaning and use
- uk/us differences (differences in American and British vocabulary)
- whatever - whenever - wherever
- whether - if
- who-whom
- who-whose-whom-that-which-where
- wish - if
Verb tenses - formation and use of English verb tenses
Other verb forms
- causative verbs: make, get, have, let
- future time clauses: (after 'when', 'as soon as', 'before', 'after', 'until'.)
- gerund vs infinitive : when do we use them?
- inversion
- irregular verbs
- make or do
- modal verbs (can-could-may-might-should-ought to-shall-will)
- must vs have to
- passive form
- play - go - do
- remember vs remind
- reported or indirect speech
- rob - burgle - steal
- say - tell
- shall - will - should - would
- should - ought -to - need
- used to
- to be / to get used to
TALK TIME 1-3 (PDF + AUDIO) By SUSAN STEMPLESKI
TALK TIME 1-3 (PDF + AUDIO) By SUSAN STEMPLESKI
Description
The conversation course that gets students talking - confidently!
English level:
False Beginner to Intermediate
Overview
A confidence-building couse that gives students time to listen to English - and plenty of time to talk.
Who is it for?
* Talk Time is appropriate for young adult and adult students.
Key features
* Each lesson begins with pattern practice, and culminates in free speaking practice.
* The grammar-based syllabus and thematically related vocabulary are recycled throughout to build confidence.
* Vocabulary organized around related lexical areas helps language acquisition.
* Listening and grammar presented in manageable chunks allows for plenty
of speaking time - about 80% of the activities involve speaking.
* Conversations combine the vocabulary and grammar point of the lesson, allowing students to use language in a natural contex.
* Check your English, a review page for each unit, lets students check their progress.
Components:
Students books
* Contains 12 units
Student CD
* included at the back of the Student Book, contains recordings of the
Conversations and provides students with listening practice outside of
the classroom
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