|
|
#2 (permalink) Wed Jan 12, 2005 16:07 pm Gullible and naive |
|
|
The speaker wants know if the other person gullible or naive or both. _________________ Test Of English for International Communication TOEIC Preparation & TOEIC Vocabulary |
|
Torsten Learning Coach

Joined: 25 Sep 2003 Posts: 10057 Location: EU
|
|
#3 (permalink) Thu May 17, 2007 16:04 pm Gullible and naive |
|
|
Hello! Could you, please, explain to me why we use which after every single thing in this sentence? |
|
Snoopy_Blah_Blah I'm new here and I like it ;-)
Joined: 01 May 2007 Posts: 39
|
 |
#4 (permalink) Mon Mar 23, 2009 9:08 am Preview Test No. incompl/elem-10 "Present Tense", question 4 |
|
|
Test No. incompl/elem-10 "Present Tense", question 4 (Gullible and naive)
4. ........ every single thing which that man says?
(a) Do you believe (b) Is you believing (c) Are you believing
Hello,
The correct answer to the question is (a), “Do you believe”. However, could you please tell me how to use “Are you believing”? For example, does the following sentence make sense?
1. Are you believing every single thing which that man is saying?
Thank you.
Best wishes, Bhikkhu1991a. |
|
Bhikkhu1991a You can meet me at english-test.net
Joined: 04 Jan 2009 Posts: 53
|
 |
#5 (permalink) Sun Jul 26, 2009 23:35 pm Gullible and naive |
|
|
| I though we must use hepl verb Do or Does for a verb...Is that right ?..I hope someone else could hepl us....to explain very clearly..Thanks so much. |
|
Nganguyen I'm new here and I like it ;-)
Joined: 05 Apr 2009 Posts: 23
|
 |
#6 (permalink) Mon Jul 27, 2009 9:37 am Gullible and naive |
|
|
| Snoopy_Blah_Blah wrote: |
Hello! Could you, please, explain to me why we use which after every single thing in this sentence? |
Yeah, it doesn't sound right. |
|
Iloveenglish I'm new here and I like it ;-)
Joined: 26 Jul 2009 Posts: 40
|
 |
#7 (permalink) Tue Aug 11, 2009 20:04 pm Preview Test No. incompl/elem-10 "Present Tense", question 4 |
|
|
| I answered right, but I quoted this question because I'm wondering if the present continuous might be used with the verb to believe. Are there any instances of its use or is it somehow forbidden? Thank you. |
|
Ferdinand Bardamu I'm new here and I like it ;-)

Joined: 22 Aug 2008 Posts: 10
|
 |
#8 (permalink) Sun Aug 16, 2009 8:19 am Preview Test No. incompl/elem-10 "Present Tense", question 4 |
|
|
Gullible and naive
| Ferdinand Bardamu wrote: |
| I answered right, but I quoted this question because I'm wondering if the present continuous might be used with the verb to believe. Are there any instances of its use or is it somehow forbidden? Thank you. |
Hello,
I have just discovered that “believe” is always in the stative form which is unlike “think” and “have”. Both “think” and “have” are either stative verbs or dynamic verbs depending on their meanings.
According to Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary Online (Oxford University Press | OALD home page), “believe” is not used in the progressive tenses: http://www.oup.com/oald-bin/web_getald7index1a.pl.
Thank you.
Best wishes, Bhikkhu1991a. |
|
Bhikkhu1991a You can meet me at english-test.net
Joined: 04 Jan 2009 Posts: 53
|
 |
#9 (permalink) Sun Aug 16, 2009 11:49 am Preview Test No. incompl/elem-10 "Present Tense", question 4 |
|
|
| Thank you very much for your quick and exhaustive answer! |
|
Ferdinand Bardamu I'm new here and I like it ;-)

Joined: 22 Aug 2008 Posts: 10
|
 |
#10 (permalink) Tue Sep 22, 2009 8:33 am Gullible and naive |
|
|
| Quote: |
| I though we must use hepl verb Do or Does for a verb...Is that right ?..I hope someone else could hepl us....to explain very clearly..Thanks so much. |
This is right? The correct answer is "Do you belive" because the simply fact of we NEED to use DO? Or is it because in the second sentece the verb is says and not saying? |
|
Livia Mackie I'm new here and I like it ;-)
Joined: 21 Sep 2009 Posts: 12
|
 |
|
| Difference between ought to and should | What is a preposition? |