Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
FORM
Please can someone help me find out the FORM for the following sentences...
1) Where are you? I've been waiting for 2 hours
2) I needn't have brought that milk
3) He played truant
4) I stopped to give my friend a lift
5) I stopped giving my friend a lift
Any help would be greatly appreciated
1) Where are you? I've been waiting for 2 hours
2) I needn't have brought that milk
3) He played truant
4) I stopped to give my friend a lift
5) I stopped giving my friend a lift
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Top answer
What do you mean by 'form'?
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Hi there and thank you so much for your reply...FORM means stuff like
S (subject) + was/were + verbing (past continuous ) etc.
thank you for replying...I am SO NEW to this
I totally, totally appreciate your help P:)
S (subject) + was/were + verbing (past continuous ) etc.
thank you for replying...I am SO NEW to this
I totally, totally appreciate your help P:)
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Hi Mr Macawber...I am no further forward...I have spent what feels like days surfing this website..got sidetrackted by live chats that only are manned by burbling folks who like the sound of their own text...
What i really need is the answer to my question...and boy is this really difficult...I have spent hours at the books (all 7 of them) and am still no further forward...was truly hoping a
What i really need is the answer to my question...and boy is this really difficult...I have spent hours at the books (all 7 of them) and am still no further forward...was truly hoping a
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I suppose that you want your sentences PARSED. I'm not going to do all of them for you. I'll do the first one:
Where -- adverb
are -- linking verb, simple present
you -- pronoun subject
I -- pronoun subject
've been waiting -- verb, present perfect progressive
for -- preposition
2 -- cardinal number as
I suppose that you want your sentences PARSED. I'm not going to do all of them for you. I'll do the first one:
Where -- adverb
are -- linking verb, simple present
you -- pronoun subject
I -- pronoun subject
've been waiting -- verb, present perfect progressive
for -- preposition
2 -- cardinal number as
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1) Where are you? I've been waiting for 2 hours
2) I needn't have brought that milk
I = subject
need have bought = verb; present perfect tense, modal form (need is the auxiliary), buy is the main verb, bought is the past participle.
not - adverb
that - demonstrative pronoun refering to milk
milk - noun,object of the verb buy
3) He played tr
2) I needn't have brought that milk
I = subject
need have bought = verb; present perfect tense, modal form (need is the auxiliary), buy is the main verb, bought is the past participle.
not - adverb
that - demonstrative pronoun refering to milk
milk - noun,object of the verb buy
3) He played tr
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