Past Simple and Continuous
Table of Contents
Past Simple .......................................................................... 2
The spelling of endings in the Past Simple ............................ 3
When to use the Past Simple ................................................ 3
Past Continuous .................................................................. 4
When to use the Past Continuous......................................... 4
Used to & would................................................................... 5
Unfulfilled past events .......................................................... 5
Past Simple
Regular Past Simple forms end in -ed.
Present Simple and Continuous Table of Contents Present Simple ..................................................................... 2 The spelling of endings in the Present Simple ....................... 2 When to use the Present Simple ........................................... 3 The verb 'be' ......................................................................... 4 Present Continuous.............................................................. 5 The spelling of endings in the Present Continuous................ 5 When to use the Present Continuous.................................... 6 State verbs and event (action or dynamic) verbs ................... 7 Present Simple
sentences. All students of English, be they native speakers or those who are studying English as a second language, will profit from the fundamental introduction and review of grammar provided by SADDLEBACK'S BASIC ENGLISH GRAMMAR 1 and 2. Helpful marginal notes throughout the books have been provided to reinforce existing skills and call attention to common problem areas. We wish you every success in your pursuit of English proficiency. 1 What is Grammar? 5 The Simple Past Tense 98 Regular and Irregular Verbs 99 Was and Were 104 2 The Capital Letter 6 The Past Progressive Tense 106 The Future Tense 108 Can and Could 112 May and Might 113
Cali 2005 Was Born Traveled to Europe Husband 1978 School graduates @ Oxford 1999 Started Got married School 1983 2008 2 The Six English Verb Tenses Three Simple Tenses Simple continuous Present You walk. You are walking I run. I am running. Past You Walked You were walking. I ran. I was running. Future You will walk. You will be walking. I will run. I will be running. Three Perfect Tenses Perfect continuous Present perfect you have walked
INGLISE KEELE KORDAMINE TIME CLAUSES Present Simple · Permanent states, facts (Tom works..) · Repeated and habitual actions, routines (She usually goes..) · Laws of nature and general truths (The sun sets in the west) · Timetables and programmes · Sporting commentaries, rewiews (Beckham wins the ball, crosses and Owen scores) · Feelings and emotions (I love Tallinn..) TIME EXPRESSIONS USED WITH PRESENT SIMPLE: usually, often, always, every day/week etc, in the morning/evening
UNTIL FROM - TO We use until/till to say how long a situation continues We use from - to + beginning and end of a period Let's wait until it stops raining. I stayed in bed until half past Last evening we watched TV from 5 to 8 o' clock. nine. QUESTIONS WORDS Exercises: 1. http:// www.english-4u.de/question_word
Will you give me a hand? 5.In the same way as the future continuous, but with state verbs: I'll be at the station when you arrive. 'Shall' is used mainly in the forms 'shall I ?' and 'shall we?' in British English. These forms are used when you want to get someone's opinion, especially for offers and suggestions: •Shall I open the window? (=do you want me to open the window). •Where shall we go tonight? (=what's your opinion?). PRESENT CONTINUOUS PRESENT SIMPLE AM/IS/ARE + ING (AM INFINITIVE (WORK;WORKS) WORKING) We talk about things that we have We talk about events in the future already arranged to do in the which are 'timetabled'. future. •My plane leaves at 6 in the •I've got my ticket. I'm leaving on morning. Thursday. •The shop opens at 9.30. •I'm seeing Julie at 5 and then I'm
Mixed Verbs Examples: (All of these sentences can be said while Examples: eating dinner in a restaurant.) · She is loving this chocolate ice cream. Not · I am studying to become a doctor. Correct · I am not studying to become a dentist. · She loves this chocolate ice cream. Correct · I am reading the book Tom Sawyer. Simple Past [VERB+ed] or irregular verbs Examples: Examples: · I lived in Brazil for two years. · You called Debbie. · Shauna studied Japanese for five years. · Did you call Debbie? · They sat at the beach all day. · You did not call Debbie. · They did not stay at the party the entire
4 VESITERM 12 LADA 5 STOW 13 SCHWUNG 6 KALEV 14 MAIASMOKK 7 YAMAHA 15 ISKU 8 ESTRAVEL 2 Affirmative tense Use Signal Words Negative/Questions · action in the present taking always, Present Simple A: He speaks. place once, never or several every ..., N: He does not speak. normally, often, Q: Does he speak? times seldom, · facts sometimes,
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