The use of ABOUT TO

It expresses an activity that will hapen in the immediate future,usually within minutes or seconds
Example
   I am about to leave,call me later.

  The store is about to close.

CAUSATIVE FORM

Causative form is used to talk about what/who causes what.
We use:
 Make when there is force involved, there is no choice.
    I made my child  go to bed early yesterday.

Have when you request someone to do  something.
   The teacher has the students do exercise A.

Get when you persuade someone to do something for you.
   I usually get my sister to cook for me.

PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVES

Adding the suffixes ED or ING we form  adjectives.

VERB   +   ED
                 ING    =    ADJECTIVES


surprise
excite
fascinate
depress
shock
confuse
embarrass
bore
frighten

ED.- describes how a person feels.                        I am interested in English.
                                                                                    adjective

ING.-describes the CAUSE of the feeling.             English is interesting.
                                                                                          adjective

USING PAST PARTICIPLES AS ADJECTIVES

P AST PARTICIPLE

                                  REGULAR VERBS                                          IRREGULAR VERBS

MARRY                        MARRIED

TIRE                             TIRED

FRIGHTEN                 FRIGHTENED

DRINK                                                                                                    DRUNK

BREAK                                                                                                   BROKEN

DO                                                                                                          DONE

EXAMPLES:

 He is married.                                                                         Tom is drunk.

The children were frightened.                                              The mirror was broken.

WHO and WHAT as subjects or objects in a question.

Who came?                     Someone came.
                                        subject

Who did you talk to?       I talked to someone.
                                                        object

What happened?              Something happened.
                                        subject

What did you buy?           I bought something.
                                                     object
Remember: no form of "DO"  is used in questions asking for the subject.

Why is this question "Who came to the party? correct?

Well, let me explain it to you .
WHO  asks for the subject and object of a question.Look at the following examples.

Someone called my mother.             Who called my mother?
subject

My mother called someone.              Who did my mother call?
                             object
Do not use the form of DO when asking for a subject.

ADJECTIVES

Someone asked this:

Why I can say:       She is a   beautiful     girl.

                                                            adjective         noun

 But I can’t say        She is      alike        Lucy.

                                            adjective         noun

First,let me tell you what an adjective is.

* An adjective is a word that describes nouns and prononuns.

Example:

               

1.) Sonia is pretty.        2.)Sonia is a pretty girl.

 

3.)She is nice.

Adjectives  come after linking verbs (be-look-seem -smell- taste-feel)
or before nouns.
But certain adjectives appear ONLY in the predicate of the sentence, and they can not appear DIRECTLY in front of the noun they describe.
Your sentence  "She is alike Lucy"  should be "She is like Lucy".
                        
Here you have the adjectives:

Adjectives in front of nouns	Adjectives after a linking verb
like live /laiv/ lone frightened sleeping	alike alive alone afraid asleep

EXERCISE
Choose the correct adjective

1. Tom and Albert are brothers.They don't look_________(alike-like)
2. He bought______lobsters. (alive-live)
3. Are you going to be___________? (alone-lone)
4. The ______boy cried for his mother. (afraid- frightened)
5. They are_______people. (asleep-sleeping)

Answer: 1) alike     2)live   3)alone   4)frightened    5)sleeping