Tricky pitfalls - 13

Tricky pitfalls – 13

66. Two firemen died fighting against the fire that broke out in a convenience store near Pultney Bridge last night.

67. I always find difficult to understand what he means.

68. As soon as he had finished to eat his soup, he rose from his chair and said he had to leave.

69. First of all, I didn’t recognise him because of his beard.

70. When she saw the dead body lying by the fire place she fainted and fell to the ground.

Correção

66. Two firemen died fighting the fire that broke out in a convenience store near Pultney Bridge last night. (O verbo to fight não vem seguido de against: fight the fire, fight the cancer, fight global warming, etc.)

67. I always find it difficult to understand what he means. (Se o objeto do verbo find é um to-infinitive, é necessário usar it.)

68. As soon as he had finished eating his soup, he rose from his chair and said he had to leave. (Finish vem seguido de gerund, não de to-infinitive.)

69. At first, I didn’t recognise him because of his beard. (First of all normalmente introduz uma sequência, acompanhada muitas vezes por then e after that. At first simplesmente significa a princípio ou de início.)

70. When she saw the dead body lying by the fire place she fainted and fell to the floor. (Floor é usado dentro de uma casa, prédio, escritório etc.: the kitchen floor, the living room floor. Ground vale para um espaço externo.)