1. What’s wrong with it?
Unit 6

2. Describing problems
>> With past participles as adjectives: The jacket lining is torn. BE
SUBJECT
PAST PARTICIPLE

3. Describing problems >> With nouns: It has a tear.
There’s a hole.
SUBJ.
HAVE
NOUN
THERE IS/ ARE
NOUN

4. VERB
PARTIC./ ADJ.
NOUN
TEAR
TORN
A TEAR
DAMAGE
CHIP
STAIN
SCRATCH
LEAK

5. 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

6. Collocations X CHIP DENT CRACK STAIN TEAR Glass, China Paper, Cloth
SCRATCH
STAIN
TEAR
Glass,
China X
Paper,
Cloth
Plastic
Wood
Metal

7. The oven keeps burning everthing.
Describing Problems 2
The oven keeps burning everthing.
KEEP + VERB - ING

8. Keeps leaking
My aquarium _______________ (leak). My jeans ________________ (shrink). My parents ________________________ (tell me to get married).
Keeps shrinking
Keeps telling me to get married

9. 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)