Betty was having her nails poilised.
or
Betty has had her nails polished.
or
Betty had her nails polished.
Apart from sentence 10 and some spelling mistakes in some of the other sentences, it&#…
Either version is possible as you have noticed by yourself.
Remember:
* if you start a sentence with a place adverbial, you can use or not use THERE;
* otherwise you must use THERE, e.g.
In my car…
Dear God Mother,
*You use PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE for future arrangements, so there should be {We aren't spending our holidays at the seaside this year} in sentence 1 and {No, this time we are…
Oh it's GREAT to hear that! I assume that you fall behind a bit with phrasal verbs - it's normal for us Polish people to have difficulties in using them properly.…
1) He TOOK OVER as manager when his father retired.
2) All the brochures were SET OUT on her desk at the travel agency.
3) I'd like to go on holiday before winter SETS IN.
4) The facilities ar…
Believe me - 'collect' is the same as 'pick up', of which one of the meanings is 'zbierać się'
As for the words 'faithfully/sincerely' - I've just looked …
All I can say is that the more you practise the better you become. I know that you intend to take an FCE exam in the near future, and I'm firmly convinced that you will do well in it. Just keep i…
1) I'm sorry to disappoint you but 'Yours faithfully' is always at the end of a formal letter if the letter starts with 'Dear Sir/Madam'; 'Yours sincerely' when ther…
I'm sorry to keep you waiting for so long - surprisingly my system crashed!
Before you know the results, I'd like to summarise the topic:
* if there is a "SPECIAL PURPOSE/OCCASION&#…
If you really do, fill in the correct prepositions; try to give explanations for your choices:
I hate spending my holidays ... home.
The meeting took place ... my manager's house.
We'd …
In general, if we want to use the idiomatic phrase 'HOME' standing alone, we are always supposed to say 'AT HOME' = 'w domu', e.g.
I used to keep snakes and rabbits …
Dear Mr Smith,
I am writing to tell you about a special exhibition at The Science Museum called 'Earth 2100' which is one of the most popular exhibitions in London. It generally concerns …
Take this into consideration:
* if there isn't any context, you can choose between the PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE and PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS tenses. You use the former to indicate that the act…
Wow! Andy! Is it you?! What are you doing at this party? I have not seen you for almost 10 years! I only remember that { you were presenting } a music programme { on } a radio station.
- Hello, man! …
Ian is talking to his boss for an hour now.
You were right in thinking that there should be "has been talking" instead of "is talking".
The rest is absolutely correct. Great job.…
Ada = Ada (pronounced 'AJda')
derived from Adelaide (pronounced 'ADelajd')
Kinga = Kunigunde (of German origin)
There is no English equvalent of that name, I'm afraid...…
As it was before, you use PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE:
Jenny's been delivering parcels since 12 o'clock.
She HAS delivered 32 parcels so far.
Sussie's been drawing pictures since 9 o&…
I would rather write like this:
I hope (that) you are going to do what you wrote (that) you would (do) that is to upload the whole episode of this.
All the words in brackets could be omitted wit…
Here's what I'd like to add:
'I'd like to help you if you WILL let me...'
'Chciałabym Ci pomóc jeśli ZECHCESZ pozwolić sobie pomóc'
What's more, there is…
1) When you have made some arrangements, you use PRESENT CONTINUOUS
2) If you describe someone/something with the verb 'look', you normally use PRESENT SIMPLE
3) If you have done something…
The man PAID for his new car in cash.
I HAD already EATEN breakfast by the time the others woke up.
Sam HAD WORKED here for six years before he left to go to university.
They HAD already SEEN the f…
I took the liberty of making some alterations...
*I need your advice, Nicole. Can you help me?
- Of course. At least I'll try. What's the problem?
*Well, I'm afraid of my exam.
- …
- Zapewnij go że nie będziecie mieć kłopotu ze znalezieniem wolnego miejsca i że na pewno będzie zadowolony z takiego rozwiązania.
I'm sure there won't be any problems with finding vacanc…