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The new church is in a beautiful setting overlooking the bay.

Would you say "is overlooking" is present continuous verb
or
"overlooking the bay" is a gerund phrase in complement position?

thank you as always for bailing me out

scot

what is the rule for using the infinitive as the subject of a noun clause? can you? example: I found out that going to work everyday is important. I found out that to go to work everyday is important. both ok but gerund is more natural? im an esl teacher needing to explain this to a confused rule-lo...

so i`m doing a speculation lesson this week at my little eikaiwa, and there are some fill-in-the-blank examples to be completed with must/may/could/might. a couple examples leave the possibility to make a "I must have to do it" or "I must want to do it" answers. i can't find any hardcopy ruling on i...

hey thanks for the pointers guys. I'll check it all out. seems the other threads have a lot of options already so sorry for the redundancy. and fluffy, you said it exactly as i'm lookin for, i've got enough classroom management techniques and the like, i want to read about the philosophical schools ...

hey guys. ive been teaching for a few years now and am curious to know what i dont know. what is the benchmark text of esl teaching theories/models? what are your favorites? im not looking for class texts or grammar reference, just the layout of teaching methods. i dont want to reinvent any perfectl...

i really like side by side for low levels, but only groups. its a little boring for one on one. and if he lives in the usa its probablly to slow. your better off making a workshop style course focusing on his needs and wants. start photocopying those online lessons!

hi, i have one advanced student i'm tutoring in japan. he's mainly studying to ace the toeic. his listening is hovering around 400, and written 420. any material ideas for listening in particular? something for self study with tapes and such. in the written he tends to want to go overboard with poli...

i have an advanced student studying mainly to ace the toeic in japan. his listening is hovering around 400 and he needs some good self-study materials, any ideas? thanx, scott