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Binge-watching & TV series – Vocab Builder Extra Study
How could he be so stupid? What did nudge him to push the envelope so much? He hasn’t the answer, but he knows that he can blame only himself, because, when he was at a crossroads earlier, he took the wrong decision. No one but himself roped him into this disaster.
The day before he studied a chemical experiment at school. It was so easy and the ingredients so common that the idea of reproducing it started to gravitate towards his mind. So, without cluing anybody in, he collected the ingredients and began the experiment. Everything was just fine, until he heated the solution with the microwave, literally dropping a bomb.
His mother will get shirty when she will find out!
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3 Replies
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@Lu_Corde your vocabulary work is excellent. Well done.
I think you have a similar problem to me with my Italian: so your fluency is strong (you can use vocabulary very well and you don’t have many problems understanding), but your grammar can cause inaccuracies and mistakes. This is my eternal struggle in Italian and it’s very common with people who have lived abroad. Anyway, no big deal, we can fix it!
1> compare these questions:
Who did John Lennon shoot? v Who shot John Lennon? – both are grammatically correct, but the first one doesn’t make sense because JL (we hope!) never shot anyone. So what’s the grammar? A subject question! We use this when:
we don’t know the person or thing who performed the action, and we want to find out. This type of question is called a subject question, and subject questions do NOT use the auxiliary verbs do, does, and did. How to form subject questions:
Who / What + verb in simple present or simple past + object ?
Can you try and re-write the first highlight?
2> Can you tell me why I don’t like this?! There are two ways you can change it – have a go!
3> take a decision – I highlighted this, but it isn’t actually wrong. Just for info: it’s just more common to say ‘make a decision‘
4> This is in fact a conditional sentence (1st) The trick is to remember not to use ‘will’ twice in the phrase. Think of it like a formula:
***IF (or When, unless, should etc) + present simple*** | ***WILL + infinitive*** (you can swap the sections as you’ve done.
Can you try rewriting?
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You are absolutely right! I noticed it editing my thesis, a nightmare of typos and grammar errors.
How could he be so stupid? What NUDGED him to push the envelope so much? He hasn’t GOT the answer, but he knows that he can blame only himself, because, when he was at a crossroads earlier, he MADE the wrong decision. No one but himself roped him into this disaster.
The day before he studied a chemical experiment at school. It was so easy and the ingredients so common that the idea of reproducing it started to gravitate towards his mind. So, without cluing anybody in, he collected the ingredients and began the experiment. Everything was just fine, until he heated the solution with the microwave, literally dropping a bomb.
His mother will get shirty when she FINDS OUT!
Is it correct now?
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Great @Lu_Corde !
You got it đź‘Ť
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