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Sweet but horrible, easy yet difficult, what else????Tenses, Tenses, and Tenses
TENSE EXAMPLES USES SIGNAL WORDS
PRESENTSIMPLE
TENSE__________________Helping verb: to doAlways used in
negatives &interrogatives + forlaying emphasis
he/she/it+does
I/we/you/they+do
(German)nicht=do not dontdoes not doesnt
____________________________________to be
I +amhe/she/it+ iswe/you/they+are
(German)nicht=
am not am notare not arentis not isnt
Im wereyoure youre
hes
shes theyreits
____________________________________to have
he/she/it+hasI/we/you/they+have
(German)nicht=
has not hasntdoes not havent
Ive weveyouve youve
hes
shes theyve
its
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sleeps, hurts, creeps,keeps, raids, lacks magics, objects, etc.
tries, , misses, kisses,crushes, smudges, etc
deepens, tiptoes, is,relieves, pains, etc.
HE/SHE/IT
He goes to school.He does go to school. Emphatic
Use
He doesnt go to school.
Does he go to School?Doesnt he go to School?
She is exhausted.She isnot at all tired.Is she tired out from work?Isnt she weary after all this?________________________
I/WE/YOU/THEY
They play all the time.They do play a lot. Emphatic
Use
They dont do their duty?Do they pay their dues?________________________
Whatis Judy like?Whois your father?Whoseis this pen? also.....Whose pen is this?
What kind ofpersonisshe?
Whendoes he go to school?Wheredo you buy groceries?
Whatdo they do all day?_____________________
Howdoes he go to school?How muchdoes it cost?How fardo you live?How come you are so late?How many times a weekdoesshe go shopping?_______________________
SPELLING RULESMost verbs take s She writes
He reads
Verbs ending inss, -sh, -ch, -x,and otakes-es
He teachesIt catchesHe relaxes
Verbs ending in
Verbs ending inconsonant + y,drop the y andtake -ies
She criesIt fliesHe copiesHe studies
Verbs ending invowel + y, justtake -s
She saysHe praysIt plays
PronuntiationWhen a verb ends ina /f/, /k/, /p/ & /t/
sound
/s/
a verb ends in a /s/,//, /t/, /d/ or /z/
sound
/iz/
a verb ends in anyother sound
/z/
1 Facts2 feelings 3Opinions 4 Daily routine5 Scientific facts6 Regularhabits 7 States of mind
8 News-paper headings9 Telling jokes &stories10 Permanent &long-lasting Situations 11 Offi-cial (fixed) arrangementsfor the future + timetables(busses, trains, flights,etc)12 Time Conjunctions +Present Simple/PresentPerfecti.e. we never usefuture tenses after timeconjunctions e.g./eg :
I will pick you up as
soon as I finish/havefinished my work. X assoon as I will finish my w.
TIME CONJUNCTIONS
When, if, as soon as, aslong as, hardly, while,than, as, till/until, the
moment that, by thetime, since, whenever,after, before, unless, etc
__________________moreSIGNAL WORDS
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Adjectives b/fnounspermanentperpetual everlasting,
incessanteternal infini-
te scarce unfailing
perennial rarecontinual
/constant the oddregu
larsporadic infrequent
frequent the/an occa-
sinal casual periodic
Adverbs (quite) a lot frequent-
ly all the time half the
time ad nauseam with
great regularity the num-
ber of times every day
every other week hou-
rly ,dailly, weekly, month-
ly, yearly every other /
second day alternate
weekends/ Tuesdays, etcalternative days At a
glance on the spot
there and then off the top
of your head
As a general rule, generally,
normally, in general, in most
casesgenerally speaking, as
a rule mostlymost of the
time for the most part onthe whole/by and large nine
times out of ten, almost al-
ways, always routinely typi
cally its standard practice
for one every time when-
ever every every day/week
year etc without fail all the
time,continuously, at all times
(formal) constantly perma-
nently incessantly day in,
day out morning, noon, andnight 24/7all day/evening/
summer etc long not(very)
common become/be (some-
thing) of a rarity be thin on
the ground be few and far
between there arent many
around (you dont often see
something) be fairly rare
infrequently rarely/seldom
rarely/seldom, if ever not
often (its not often that)
hardly/scarcely ever (almost
never) once in a blue moon
(extremely rarely)not regu-
larly (every) now and then/
every so often on and off/
off and on intermittently
sporadically in waves by/in
fits and startssometimes,
at times occasionally once
in a while now and then,now and again from time to
time periodicallyat regular
intervals every mile, metre,
two miles etc evenly spaced
______________________Your own research work