Gabriel
About soccer Hi, everyone If I am talking about a soccer game, could I say the following? "Barcelona bounced back from a bad start to defeat Real Madrid and sail through to Champions League quarter-finals." Please, tell me what sounds odd and what is wrong. Please, I need to improve my English. Thank you in advance
Apr 28, 2016 2:22 AM
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Oi Gabriel, "Barcelona bounced back from a bad start to defeat Real Madrid and then sailed through to the Champions League quarter-finals." Make sure you maintain the past tense and don't forget to use articles with specific titles. I hope this helps! Boa Sorte, Greg
April 28, 2016
Your sentence is fine. The only adjustment it needs is to add a 'the' before 'Champions League quarter-finals.' "Barcelona bounced back from a bad start to defeat Real Madrid and sail through to the Champions League quarter-finals." The verb forms are all fine : it is correct that both 'defeat' and 'sail' are in the infinitive form, because they both follow on directly from 'bounced back to...'. It's a nice sentence, with good use of natural idioms.
April 28, 2016
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