What’s wrong with it? Unit 6
Describing problems >> With past participles as adjectives: The jacket lining is torn. BE SUBJECT PAST PARTICIPLE
Describing problems >> With nouns: It has a tear. There’s a hole. SUBJ. HAVE NOUN THERE IS/ ARE NOUN
VERB PARTIC./ ADJ. NOUN TEAR TORN A TEAR DAMAGE CHIP STAIN SCRATCH LEAK
VERB PARTIC./ ADJ. NOUN TEAR TORN A TEAR DAMAGE DAMAGED CHIP CHIPPED SOME DAMAGE CHIP CHIPPED A CHIP STAIN STAINED A STAIN SCRATCH SCRATCHED A SCRATCH LEAK LEAKING A LEAK
Collocations X CHIP DENT CRACK STAIN TEAR Glass, China Paper, Cloth SCRATCH STAIN TEAR Glass, China X Paper, Cloth Plastic Wood Metal
The oven keeps burning everthing. Describing Problems 2 The oven keeps burning everthing. KEEP + VERB - ING
Keeps leaking My aquarium _______________ (leak). My jeans ________________ (shrink). My parents ________________________ (tell me to get married). Keeps shrinking Keeps telling me to get married
The oven needs fixing . or The oven needs to be fixed . Describing Problems 2 The oven needs fixing . or The oven needs to be fixed . NEED + VERB – ING = NEED + PASSIVE INFINITIVE (TO BE + PARTICIPLE)