ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LIGHT
Old English lēoht; related to Old High German lioht, Gothic liuhath, Latin lux.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO LIGHT
PRESENT
Present
I light
you light
he/she/it lights
we light
you light
they light
Present continuous
I am lighting
you are lighting
he/she/it is lighting
we are lighting
you are lighting
they are lighting
Present perfect
I have lighted
you have lighted
he/she/it has lighted
we have lighted
you have lighted
they have lighted
Present perfect continuous
I have been lighting
you have been lighting
he/she/it has been lighting
we have been lighting
you have been lighting
they have been lighting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I lighted
you lighted
he/she/it lighted
we lighted
you lighted
they lighted
Past continuous
I was lighting
you were lighting
he/she/it was lighting
we were lighting
you were lighting
they were lighting
Past perfect
I had lighted
you had lighted
he/she/it had lighted
we had lighted
you had lighted
they had lighted
Past perfect continuous
I had been lighting
you had been lighting
he/she/it had been lighting
we had been lighting
you had been lighting
they had been lighting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will light
you will light
he/she/it will light
we will light
you will light
they will light
Future continuous
I will be lighting
you will be lighting
he/she/it will be lighting
we will be lighting
you will be lighting
they will be lighting
Future perfect
I will have lighted
you will have lighted
he/she/it will have lighted
we will have lighted
you will have lighted
they will have lighted
Future perfect continuous
I will have been lighting
you will have been lighting
he/she/it will have been lighting
we will have been lighting
you will have been lighting
they will have been lighting
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would light
you would light
he/she/it would light
we would light
you would light
they would light
Conditional continuous
I would be lighting
you would be lighting
he/she/it would be lighting
we would be lighting
you would be lighting
they would be lighting
Conditional perfect
I would have light
you would have light
he/she/it would have light
we would have light
you would have light
they would have light
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been lighting
you would have been lighting
he/she/it would have been lighting
we would have been lighting
you would have been lighting
they would have been lighting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you light
we let´s light
you light
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Present Participle
lighting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 QUOTES WITH «LIGHT»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
light.
I think the end is endless. It's either a big black hole or a big white light or both together. But it's totally meaningless, because even if someone would explain it, I wouldn't understand it.
I've love to do more movies. Just because I'm interested in the medium very much. I've done a lot of theatre at this point, and I've done a lot of TV. I've done a few independent films, but a lot of them have not seen the light of day. It'd be really nice to be in a film that gets out there.
In this movie they took them up in space. They're floating around and doing zero gravity stuff. Well, they had to do it all on wires. All the wires had to be painted black against this black background. If you didn't light it properly you could see the wires. Drove them crazy!
Growing up in England, people told you why you couldn't do things. Suddenly, I had a publisher banging on my door, and was given the creative green light to simply make.
Sometimes that light at the end of the tunnel is a train.
How many colours are there in a field of grass to the crawling baby unaware of 'green'? How many rainbows can light create for the untutored eye?
And only the photographer himself knows the effect he wants. He should know by instinct, grounded in experience, what subjects are enhanced by hard or soft, light or dark treatment.
I come from Montana, and in eastern Montana we have a lot of dirt between light bulbs. It is expensive trying to bring the new technologies to smaller schools to upgrade their technologies to take advantage of distance learning.
I helped purify Nicaragua for the international banking house of Brown Brothers in 1909-1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for American sugar interests in 1916. In China I helped to see to it that Standard Oil went its way unmolested.
The hardest part of fame and success is adapting to the people around you that's changing. It changes the way people look at you from how they used to look at you. They listen to you on the radio, they look at you on TV and when people speak on you in a good light, you have a couple people who hold grudges.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LIGHT»
Discover the use of
light in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
light and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
THE IDEAL, ON, TRUE LIGHT. IMPRESSES UPON THE READER, THE, ALL, ATONED, IMPORTANCE, RESTING, UPON, THE, FORMATTED, NUANCE, APPLICABLE, OF, ORATIONS, IN, GENUINE.
2
A Certain Slant of
Light
In the class of the high school English teacher she has been haunting, Helen feels them: for the first time in 130 years, human eyes are looking at her.
This is a marvelous book, one of the best paperbacks I have ever encountered.”—New Scientist
4
Color and
Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter
From New York Times best-selling author of the Dinotopia series, James Gurney, comes a carefully crafted and researched study on color and light in paintings.
This informative. entertaining guide delves into the subject of Light -- be it natural or artificial -- and how it is being used by architects, interior designers, and lighting designers to revitalize structures.
Carl Gardner, Raphael Molony, 2001
The 33 projects illustrated in this book exemplify this emerging sensibility, which is examined in a penetrating essay by Terence Riley, chief curator of the department of architecture and design at The Museum of Modern Art, that places the ...
Revised and fully up-dated, the second edition of this graduate textbook offers a comprehensive explanation of the technology and physics of LEDs such as infrared, visible-spectrum, ultraviolet, and white LEDs made from III-V semiconductors ...
The classic novel by the author of Diamond Dust evokes the traumatic history of India after the departure of the British in a story of a Hindu family in Old Delhi and the complex relationships that develop among four people. Reprint.
9
Light from
Light: An Anthology of Christian Mysticism
A completely revised edition of the key spiritual texts from the most significant mystical writers in the Christian tradition, from Origen to Thomas Merton, with revised introductions and bibliographies.
Louis K. Dupré, James A. Wiseman, 2001
10
Fill Your Oil Paintings with
Light & Color
Master painter Kevin Macpherson shares his bold, direct approach to capturing nature's glorious colors and luminosity in oils in complete step-by-step demonstrations.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LIGHT»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
light is used in the context of the following news items.
A Light Bulb Goes On, Over the Mall - The New York Times
“What gets us excited is, frankly, light is more than you can see.” Photo. Brea Mall features several Sensity smart lights, including high masts in ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
Light bulbs becoming smarter, adding smoke detectors, Wi-Fi | The …
In the near future, the light bulbs in your house might do a lot more than ... T hanks to new technologies and market changes, light bulbs are ... «Columbus Dispatch, Jul 15»
Trapped light bounces through atomic lattices | News | The Engineer
In 2014, University of California, San Diego, physicist Michael Fogler and colleagues demonstrated that light could be stored within nanoscale ... «The Engineer, Jul 15»
Car crash involving red-light-runner injures four in Laval | CTV …
Laval police said that at 10:30 p.m. Sunday a 41-year-old man heading west on St. Martin Blvd. failed to see a red light and drove through the ... «CTV News, Jul 15»
Gear: Why settle for ordinary when this night light can illuminate your …
You know how travel tips always suggest taking a night light for your hotel room? Let me suggest the Smile Switch Battery Powered LED ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
Albany starts first red-light cameras - Times Union
Jeff Smith of the Stilsing Company puts the finishing touches on a red-light camera that looks in to the intersection of Quail Street and ... «Albany Times Union, Jul 15»
Samsung's Galaxy Tab S2 focuses on thin and light profile …
Samsung Electronics' newest Android tablets might as well be called "the Galaxy Air" series. They are the company's thinnest and lightest yet, ... «Computerworld, Jul 15»
Buildings around the world light up for Eid - CNN.com
(CNN) Buildings around the world took on different shades this weekend to commemorate the Muslim holiday of Eid. The Empire State Building ... «CNN, Jul 15»
Sydney Light Rail major works will start in Randwick with no bus plan
ROADS will be torn up in Randwick, Kensington and Kingsford to make way for the new light rail before commuters find out how the bus ... «The Daily Telegraph, Jul 15»
3 injured after driver runs red light in Fresno County | abc30.com
The California Highway Patrol says a man in a truck ran a red light on Highway 41 at Central Avenue on Sunday. The pickup collided with an ... «ABC30.com, Jul 15»
