ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD YELLOW
Old English geolu; related to Old Saxon, Old High German gelo, Old Norse gulr, Latin helvus.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO YELLOW
PRESENT
Present
I yellow
you yellow
he/she/it yellows
we yellow
you yellow
they yellow
Present continuous
I am yellowing
you are yellowing
he/she/it is yellowing
we are yellowing
you are yellowing
they are yellowing
Present perfect
I have yellowed
you have yellowed
he/she/it has yellowed
we have yellowed
you have yellowed
they have yellowed
Present perfect continuous
I have been yellowing
you have been yellowing
he/she/it has been yellowing
we have been yellowing
you have been yellowing
they have been yellowing
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 yellowed
you yellowed
he/she/it yellowed
we yellowed
you yellowed
they yellowed
Past continuous
I was yellowing
you were yellowing
he/she/it was yellowing
we were yellowing
you were yellowing
they were yellowing
Past perfect
I had yellowed
you had yellowed
he/she/it had yellowed
we had yellowed
you had yellowed
they had yellowed
Past perfect continuous
I had been yellowing
you had been yellowing
he/she/it had been yellowing
we had been yellowing
you had been yellowing
they had been yellowing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will yellow
you will yellow
he/she/it will yellow
we will yellow
you will yellow
they will yellow
Future continuous
I will be yellowing
you will be yellowing
he/she/it will be yellowing
we will be yellowing
you will be yellowing
they will be yellowing
Future perfect
I will have yellowed
you will have yellowed
he/she/it will have yellowed
we will have yellowed
you will have yellowed
they will have yellowed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been yellowing
you will have been yellowing
he/she/it will have been yellowing
we will have been yellowing
you will have been yellowing
they will have been yellowing
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would yellow
you would yellow
he/she/it would yellow
we would yellow
you would yellow
they would yellow
Conditional continuous
I would be yellowing
you would be yellowing
he/she/it would be yellowing
we would be yellowing
you would be yellowing
they would be yellowing
Conditional perfect
I would have yellow
you would have yellow
he/she/it would have yellow
we would have yellow
you would have yellow
they would have yellow
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been yellowing
you would have been yellowing
he/she/it would have been yellowing
we would have been yellowing
you would have been yellowing
they would have been yellowing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you yellow
we let´s yellow
you yellow
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Present Participle
yellowing
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 «YELLOW»
Discover the use of
yellow in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
yellow and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The
Yellow Birds: A Novel
A novel written by a veteran of the war in Iraq, The Yellow Birds is the harrowing story of two young soldiers trying to stay alive.
2
Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White
Filled with intimate vignettes, social-science research, legal cases, history, and journalistic reporting, a provocative glimpse into how changing concepts of racial identity will impact race relations in the new century discusses such ...
3
Little Blue and Little
Yellow
Little Blue and Little Yellow are the best of friends, and when they reunite after not being able to find each other, they give each other such a big hug that they turn green. On board pages.
Epic, ambitious and triumphantly realized, Half of a Yellow Sun is a more powerful, dramatic and intensely emotional picture of modern Africa than any we have had before. From the Hardcover edition.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 2010
This is the true story of Syvia Perlmutter — a story of courage, heartbreak, and finally survival despite the terrible circumstances in which she grew up.
Jennifer Rozines Roy, 2006
But she never goes out; she can't. When Ivan moved in he was told: no stories from the past, no unnecessary anecdotes, no questions. But can Stella keep her own rules? Yellow is the colour of gas, of fear, of jealousy.
7
A
Yellow Raft in Blue Water: A Novel
Moving backward in time, Dorris's critically acclaimed debut novel is a lyrical saga of three generations of Native American women beset by hardship and torn by angry secrets.
" Harking "back to the timeless concerns of Chekhov: fate, chance, the mystery of the human heart" (Stuart Dybek), these interconnected stories "are utterly contemporary,...but grounded in the depth of beautiful prose and intriguing ...
Exhilarating, seductive, and tantalizingly bold, Eighty Days Yellow will leave you breathless for more. Now available: the next two books in the Eighty Days Trilogy—Eighty Days Blue and Eighty Days Red
Winner of the 2011 Barrymore Award.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «YELLOW»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
yellow is used in the context of the following news items.
Drivers weigh in on Uber boom in NYC
The 48-year-old driver moved from Eritrea, in Africa, to New York City in the late eighties, and during college started driving a yellow cab — a job he kept on and ... «Yahoo News, Aug 15»
Minions review – tickled yellow
I started laughing the moment I heard the minions singing the Universal theme in their helium-inflected tones, and remained tickled yellow for the following 90 ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
Yellow paint spill means slow going on I-68 in Maryland
This photo provided by Maryland State Highway Administration shows gallons of white and yellow paint coating parts of Interstate 68 near Hancock, Md., on ... «Yahoo! Maktoob News, Jun 15»
Oneida Nation's Yellow Brick Road Casino opens today
Today the $20 million Yellow Brick Road casino will open its doors at 10 a.m. - and will then stay open 24 hours a day. The casino is in the Tops plaza off Route ... «Syracuse.com, Jun 15»
Yellow-crested cockatoos discovered stuffed into plastic bottles in an …
On Monday, 24 critically endangered yellow-crested cockatoos were stuffed into ... The yellow-crested cockatoo is a species in dire threat of extinction, having ... «NEWS.com.au, May 15»
Uber Cars Now Outnumber Yellow Cabs On New York City Streets
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City's storied yellow cabs are taking a back seat to black cars. Uber cars, often black sedans that can be summoned with ... «Huffington Post, Mar 15»
No. 19 North Carolina crushes Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
19 North Carolina established some late-season momentum by beating Georgia Tech 81-49 on Tuesday night, completing a sweep of the struggling Yellow ... «FOXSports.com, Mar 15»
Yellow Pages to re-evaluate demand for home delivery of directory
The Yellow Pages directory, once a fixture that landed on nearly every doorstep, will be a less familiar sight in many Canadian communities this year as the ... «The Globe and Mail, Feb 15»
Orange Bowl: Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets rough up Mississippi …
Yellow Jackets QB Justin Thomas dives into the end zone for a touchdown in the ... Minutes earlier, the Yellow Jackets had completed a 49-34 victory over ... «FOXSports.com, Jan 15»
'The Flash' Review: “The Man in the Yellow Suit”
Actually, I'm not even sure we do, even if Wells spoke in the same deep vibrato as The Man In The Yellow Suit as the last line of the episode. The fact that ... «ScreenCrush, Dec 14»
