CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SPOON-FEED
PRESENT
Present
I spoon-feed
you spoon-feed
he/she/it spoon-feeds
we spoon-feed
you spoon-feed
they spoon-feed
Present continuous
I am spoon-feeding
you are spoon-feeding
he/she/it is spoon-feeding
we are spoon-feeding
you are spoon-feeding
they are spoon-feeding
Present perfect
I have spoon-fed
you have spoon-fed
he/she/it has spoon-fed
we have spoon-fed
you have spoon-fed
they have spoon-fed
Present perfect continuous
I have been spoon-feeding
you have been spoon-feeding
he/she/it has been spoon-feeding
we have been spoon-feeding
you have been spoon-feeding
they have been spoon-feeding
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 spoon-fed
you spoon-fed
he/she/it spoon-fed
we spoon-fed
you spoon-fed
they spoon-fed
Past continuous
I was spoon-feeding
you were spoon-feeding
he/she/it was spoon-feeding
we were spoon-feeding
you were spoon-feeding
they were spoon-feeding
Past perfect
I had spoon-fed
you had spoon-fed
he/she/it had spoon-fed
we had spoon-fed
you had spoon-fed
they had spoon-fed
Past perfect continuous
I had been spoon-feeding
you had been spoon-feeding
he/she/it had been spoon-feeding
we had been spoon-feeding
you had been spoon-feeding
they had been spoon-feeding
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will spoon-feed
you will spoon-feed
he/she/it will spoon-feed
we will spoon-feed
you will spoon-feed
they will spoon-feed
Future continuous
I will be spoon-feeding
you will be spoon-feeding
he/she/it will be spoon-feeding
we will be spoon-feeding
you will be spoon-feeding
they will be spoon-feeding
Future perfect
I will have spoon-fed
you will have spoon-fed
he/she/it will have spoon-fed
we will have spoon-fed
you will have spoon-fed
they will have spoon-fed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been spoon-feeding
you will have been spoon-feeding
he/she/it will have been spoon-feeding
we will have been spoon-feeding
you will have been spoon-feeding
they will have been spoon-feeding
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would spoon-feed
you would spoon-feed
he/she/it would spoon-feed
we would spoon-feed
you would spoon-feed
they would spoon-feed
Conditional continuous
I would be spoon-feeding
you would be spoon-feeding
he/she/it would be spoon-feeding
we would be spoon-feeding
you would be spoon-feeding
they would be spoon-feeding
Conditional perfect
I would have spoon-feed
you would have spoon-feed
he/she/it would have spoon-feed
we would have spoon-feed
you would have spoon-feed
they would have spoon-feed
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been spoon-feeding
you would have been spoon-feeding
he/she/it would have been spoon-feeding
we would have been spoon-feeding
you would have been spoon-feeding
they would have been spoon-feeding
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you spoon-feed
we let´s spoon-feed
you spoon-feed
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
spoon-fed
Present Participle
spoon-feeding
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 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPOON-FEED»
Discover the use of
spoon-feed in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
spoon-feed and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
'I Know They Can't
Spoon-
feed You But ... ': Research Into ...
Being a dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of MA in Education.
Bishop Grosseteste University College Lincoln Riley, Bishop Grosseteste University College Lincoln, 2011
2
Food: A Dictionary of Literal and Nonliteral Terms
340 SPOON-FEED spoon. To spoon-feed an older child, however, is to treat him/
her like a baby, as if he/she could not think or act for him/herself. When a high
school or college teacher spoon-feeds his/her students, he/she does their
thinking ...
Robert Allen Palmatier, 2000
3
Methodology in Language Teaching: An Anthology of Current ...
This means that spoon-feed system no longer exists. Students cannot rely on the
knowledge acquired in lectures. (Sandy [pseudonym], a first-year student at the
University of Hong Kong) Introduction It was students such as Sandy who ...
Jack C. Richards, Willy A. Renandya, 2002
4
Geyer's Stationer: Devoted to the Interests of the ...
This improved spoon feed with its little reservoirs, or ink pockets, is as carefully
made and adjusted as the hair spring of a watch. It has to be—for the spoon feed
is the governor of the pen. It regulates the flow of ink—and is one of the most ...
THIS is the only fountain pen in the world that is made with the Spoon Feed ; it is
the Waterman's Ideal patent which actuates ink control. The Spoon Feed is made
with fissures to convey the ink to the writing point, with a channel for air ...
6
A Concise Dictionary of Minnesota Ojibwe
... ladle emikwaan, -an rii WOODEN SPOON: mitigwemikwaan, -an ni SPOON
FEED SPOON FEED: spoon feed s.o. zhakamodaw via SPOON FEED A LIQUID:
spoon feed s.o. a liquid ziigana' lziigana'w-I via SPOTTED SPOTTED: be spotted
...
Books in Demand at N. Y. Library 3 3 4 4 5 6 8 9 1 1 12 12 13 13 «4 14 M 16 20
21 24 24 25 26 26 28 28 28 29 29 30 32 33 35 35 36 37 37 37 37 Spoon Feed
The most important, scientific and successful feature ever connected with writing
...
8
Achars Textbook Of Pediatrics (4Th Edn)
Transition from gavage to oral feeding should be slow. First, a single supervised
spoon feed is given; if the baby accepts it well, the number of feeds given orally
can be gradually increased—one spoon feed for every six feeds—then more ...
'*' THIS is the only fountain pen in the world that is made with the Spoon Feed; it
is the Waterman's Ideal patent which actuates ink control. The Spoon Feed is
made with fissures to convey the ink to the writing point, a channel for air ...
10
Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary Paperback with CD-ROM
918 spoon-feed provide information v[T]Past spoon-fed to give someone so much
help or information that the person has no opportunity to act or think
independently 0 / was being spoon-fed friendly audiences that wouldn't give me
trouble.
Cambridge University Press, 2008
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPOON-FEED»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
spoon-feed is used in the context of the following news items.
Koinonia - Your faith and you
Our job as pastors and as a church is not to spoon-feed people the “deep truths of the faith” for their entire lives. Our job is to equip them with the basic tools and ... «Aitkin Independent Age, Jul 15»
'Mad Men' Finale: A Love Letter To Fans Filled With Mostly Happy …
Weiner isn't one to spoon-feed the audience a key plot point, even one that wraps up eight years of tortured self-examination by one of the most compelling lead ... «NPR, May 15»
Watch Jimmy Fallon prank Ben & Jerry's customers with an ice …
Watch above as “The Tonight Show” host mans a robot designed to spoon-feed you ice cream. Naturally, since Fallon is inside the machine watching the ... «Zap2it.com, Feb 15»
Band to Spoon-feed the fun
"Can you take your sunglasses off," _The West Australian _'s photographer Ben Crabtree asked Texas rock band Spoon, just hours before they opened the ... «The West Australian, Feb 15»
Don't spoon-feed readers: Here's what Chetan Bhagat should learn …
For few hours last night, Twitter turned into Hogwarts and all of JK Rowling's followers were transported into a mini adventure that could have been a chapter in ... «Firstpost, Oct 14»
In the fall, follow the shad and spoon-feed the bass
We're approaching the fall fishing season, and many largemouth bass anglers await its coming with great anticipation. Why? Because bass do lots of the same ... «North Carolina Sportsman, Sep 14»
Nitrogen management tips
“It's a great way to spoon-feed fertilizer and get it right into soil profile to feed that corn plant, right away.” Webster also talks using UnderCover with Y Drop for ... «Corn and Soybean Digest, Aug 14»
Spoon-fed babies more likely to be obese - study
Dr Amy Brown, from Swansea University, said parents who spoon-feed their children pureed foods create harmful eating habits which lead to childhood obesity. «New Zealand Herald, Jan 14»
Going Vertical--spoon-feed winter bass
We're at the beginning of what looks like a long, cold winter, and you can bet that the standard bass tactics of hammering shallow grass are going to come up ... «al.com, Dec 13»
Let's Stop Spoon-Feeding the Students
Because this system mirrors a society in which people are waiting for the government to spoon feed them, instead of being stimulated to take initiatives to find ... «Rudaw, Nov 13»
