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Gerund and Infinitive – Advanced Uses Part II Posted by on Mar 5, 2010

Let’s continue with the advanced uses of the gerund and the infinitive. Click here to read part I. 1. Some verbs can be followed either by the gerund or the infinitive with very little change in meaning. I started doing my homework at 6pm. I started to do my homework at 6 pm. Attention! There…

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Gerund and Infinitive – Advanced Uses Part I Posted by on Mar 4, 2010

1. The gerund (verbo + -ing form) is generally used as the subject of a sentence. Smoking in public places is prohibited. Denying your own faults is very common. You can also have the structure : it is + adjective + the infinitive. It is prohibited to smoke in public places. It is very common…

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Phrasal verbs com o verbo to let Posted by on Mar 1, 2010

Download audio Phrasal verbs are everywhere, in movies, songs, newspapers, textbooks, wherever you look they are there. In this podcast I’m going to talk about some phrasal verbs with the verb to let. To let means, primarily, to give permission, to permit. Our first phrasal verb is to let somebody down or to let down…

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Podcast #42 – The meanings of “as” Posted by on Feb 1, 2010

Download audio In this podcast we’re going to talk about the word “as”. As can mean “at the same time as”, when two things happen at the same time. Let’s listen and read to some examples: The kids waved as their dad drove away. (As crianças acenaram enquanto seu pai ia embora.) I watched her…

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Will e Would: Usos avançados Posted by on Jan 28, 2010

Sabemos que will e would são usados para a formação do futuro e do condicional, respectivamente. I will study for the test. (Eu estudarei para a prova.) I would study harder for the test, if I were you. (Eu estudaria mais para a prova, se eu fosse você.) Vamos ver agora, alguns outros usos de…

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Podcast #40 – Book Review Posted by on Jan 22, 2010

Download audio Today I’m going to talk about you about a self-help book that has a very interesting story. But first let me tell you how I ended up reading this book. I was very skeptical and critical of self-help books. I always thought they were written to fool people into thinking the world was…

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Podcast #38 – Do or Make Posted by on Jan 15, 2010

Download audio A very basic yet difficult topic in English is when to use the verbs do and make. Some people say that we use the verb to with mental activities and make with more physical ones. That doesn’t seem to be the case so my tip is: whenever you run into collocations with make…

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