Designing and Implementing Activities Online

Designing and Implementing Activities Online

Systems - Sample Lesson

Read the following sentence and check if the verb "stop" has the same meaning:

"Now, lots of people stop to buy a coffee on their way to work, but not for me - I've stopped buying coffee."

Multiple Choice

In the sentence: "Now, lots of people stop to buy a coffee on their way to work", which alternative best represents the meaning of the verb "stop"?

• It means that the action or event is no longer continuing.

• It means that someone stops doing something in order to do something else.

"Now, lots of people stop to buy a coffee on their way to work"

- in a few words, on their way to work, "lots of people" pay a visit to a coffee shop to drink a coffee.

Multiple Choice

In the sentence: "I've stopped drinking coffee", which alternative best represents the meaning of the verb "stop"?

• It means that the action or event is no longer continuing.

• It means that someone stops doing something in order to do something else.

"I've stopped drinking coffee"

- in a few words, the speaker wants to say that he/she no longer drinks coffee.

Watch the video and learn the differences in using "gerund" or "infinitive" after the verbs "regret" and "go on"

Video: https://youtu.be/XZupSm_EyHA