Part Five Practice Your Grammar
Inabasic sentence,the maindifference betweenChinese and Englishisthe predicate（谓语）.
Let’sread the following sentencesand try towork out the rulesof writing acorrect predicate.
1.Iam listening to music.
2.Theprincipal didn’t praise thosestudents.
3.My wifedoesn’t speak Rusian.
4.What did she give to Tommy for hisbirthday?
5.Weare reading booksnow.
6.Joan has seen thatmovie.
7.Ihave worked herefor 6years.
8.Do come and join us.
9.You’ll have ahard jobconvincinghim.
10.She is reading anEnglishnovel.
Thenlet’s complete the chart below.
Check Your Study
Task 1
Fill in each blank with the proper form of the auxiliary given in brackets.
1.She（be, visit）_____________ Copenhagen now.
2.They（be, take）_____________ music lessons.
3.He（do, annoy）_____________ every one that evening.
4.You（will, let）_____________ me use your pen a minute.
5.Betty and Sue（has, live）_____________ in China since 1975.
6.When（do）_____________ you（become）_____________ suspicious?
7.You must（has, leave）_____________ your handbag in the theater.
8.You’d better（is, work）_____________ harder when the boss comes back.
9.The police（be, look into）_____________ the case.
10.We（has, decide ）_____________ to take on（雇佣）a new clerk.
Task 2
Translate the following sentences into English, using the given verbs.
1.不久孩子们就对他们的新老师产生了好感。Before long the children（has, take to）_____________ their new teacher.
2.我们盼望在上海见到你。We（be, look forward to）_____________ meeting you in Shanghai.
3.月球上有水吗？（do）_________ water （exist）__________ on the moon?
4.你认为明天会下雨吗？Do you think it（rain）_____________ tomorrow?
5.这是一辆旧车，已经转手好几次了。This is a used car; it（have, change hands）_____________ several times.