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jueves, 12 de junio de 2014
My favorite book
The 16 year old Hazel Grace Lancaster is forced by her parents to attend a support group for children with cancer. Hazel was diagnosed with stage 4 thyroid cancer when I was 13, but he managed to survive more than expected thanks to an experimental drug. In the support group she meets Augustus 'Gus' Waters, a young man who was a basketball star in his high school, but lost his left leg because of an Osteosarcoma and is now in remission. Hazel convinces read An Imperial Affliction by Peter Van Houten, your favorite book, and develops (although lower than Hazel) to the libro.Gracias messages and calls, their relationship began to deepen more and more an obsession. Gus had saved the desire that the foundation 'The Genies' (the fictional version of the Make-A-Wish) delivery to children with cancer and decides to use it to travel to Holland to Hazel for the lone author of' A Grief Imperial '. She is very happy about the trip, but also decides she does not want her and Gus are 'more than friends', so perhaps minimize the eventual pain that can cause death. Hazel's parents begin to worry a lot when young self compared to a Granada. The comparison is when this thought to the day she dies, many people would end you hurt by his death, which compares to an outbreak of Granada.
"I am like. Como I'm like a Granada, mama. I am a Granada and sometime I'll explode and would like to minimize the victims, right?
"I am like. Como I'm like a Granada, mama. I am a Granada and sometime I'll explode and would like to minimize the victims, right?
Grammar to infinitive
1. Form
The infinitive is the base form of a verb. It may be preceded by 'to' (the to-infinitive) or stand alone (the base or zero infinitive).
2. Examples with to
The infinitive is the base form of a verb. It may be preceded by 'to' (the to-infinitive) or stand alone (the base or zero infinitive).
2. Examples with to
- The elephant decided to marry the mouse
- The mouse agreed to marry the elephant
- You will have to ask her
- You are to leave immediately
- He ought to relax
- She has to go to Berlin next week
- It's easy to speak English
- It is hard to change jobs after twenty years
- It's stupid to believe everything you hear
without 'to'
- I would rather visit Rome.
- She would rather live in Italy.
- Would you rather eat steak or fish?
- He would rather work in a bank.
- I'd rather be a forest than a tree.
GRAMMAR: ING FORM
We can use the -ing form of the verb:
• as a noun:
I love swimming.
Swimming is very good for your health.
You can get fit by swimming regularly.
-ing nouns are nearly always uncount nouns
Swimming is very good for your health.
You can get fit by swimming regularly.
-ing nouns are nearly always uncount nouns
- as an adjective:
The main problem today is rising prices.
That programme was really boring.
He saw a woman lying on the floor.
That programme was really boring.
He saw a woman lying on the floor.
Because the -ing noun or adjective is formed from a verb it can have any of the patterns which follow a verb, for example:
- ... an object:
I like playing tennis.
I saw a dog chasing a cat.
I saw a dog chasing a cat.
- ... or an adverbial:
- ... or a clause:
I heard someone saying that.
The -ing noun can be used:
- as the subject of a verb:
Learning English is not easy.
- as the object of a verb:
We enjoy learning English.
Common verbs followed by an -ing object are:
admit | like | hate | start | avoid |
suggest | enjoy | dislike | begin | finish |
- as the object of a preposition
Some people are not interested in learning English.
The -ing adjective can come:
- in front of a noun:
I read an interesting article in the newspaper today.
We saw a really exciting match on Sunday.
We saw a really exciting match on Sunday.
The commonest –ing adjectives used in front of the noun are
amusing | interesting | worrying | shocking | disappointing |
boring | surprising | exciting | terrifying | frightening |
tiring | annoying |
- after a noun:
Who is that man standing over there?
The boy talking to Angela is her younger brother.
The boy talking to Angela is her younger brother.
- and especially after verbs like see, watch, hear, smell etc.
I heard someone playing the piano.
I can smell something burning.
I can smell something burning.
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