ENGLISH BASICS *Structure of a sentence: SUBJECT + VERB GROUP + REST It )an be
Senten)e# awa2# begin with a SUBJECT0 E3)e-tion4 i/-erative # (Co/e
It e-en# on *the verb ten#e 2o, are ,#ing *the t2-e o$ #enten)e (a6r/ative
*)a,#e o$ -,r-o#e. re#,t. /anner. )on)e##ive 000 *reative )a,#e (when. where. whi)h. who#e or who + S,b1e)t + Verb Gro,- + re#t!
*Structure of a question: With the verb “To “To Be” REST"
(Interrogative (Interrogative wor! TO BE + SUBJECT +
With the re#t o$ the verb# + VERB + REST"
(Interrogative (Interrogative wor! %U&I'I%R + SUBJECT
When. where. how. wh2. what.
*Verb tenses
SIMPLE PRESENT Use the Simple Present to express the idea that an action is repeated or usual. The action can be a habit, a hobby, a daily event, a scheduled event or something that often happens. It can also be something a person often forgets or usually does not do.
PRESENT CNTIN!!S Use the Present Continuous to express the idea that something is happening now, at this very moment. It can also be used to show that something is not happening now. In nglish,!now! can mean" this second, today, this month, this year, this century, and so on. Sometimes, we use the Present Continuous to say that we are in the process of doing a longer action which is in progress# however, we might not be doing it at this exact second.
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SIMPLE PAST In nglish, !now! can mean" this second, today, this month, this year, this century, and so on. Sometimes, we use the Present Continuous to say that we are in the process of doing a longer action which is in progress# however, we might not be doing it at this exact second.
PAST CNTIN!!S Use the Past Continuous to indicate that a longer action in the past was interrupted. The interruption is usually a shorter action in the Simple Past. $hen you tal% about things in the past, !when! is most often followed by the verb tense Simple Past, whereas !while! is usually followed by Past Continuous. !$hile! expresses the idea of !during that time&.
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PRESENT PER"ECT $e use the Present Perfect to say that an action happened at an unspecified time before now. The exact time is not important. 'ou C())*T use the Present Perfect with specific time expressions such as" yesterday, one year ago, last wee%, when I was a child, when I lived in +apan, at that moment, that day, one day, etc. $e C() use the Present Perfect with unspecific expressions such as" ever, never, once, many times, several times, before, so far, already, yet, etc.
PAST PER"ECT The Past Perfect expresses the idea that something occurred before another action in the past. It can also show that something happened before a specific time in the past.
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BE GOING TO
-*I)- T* is normally used to indicate the future but with some type of connection to the present. $e use it in the following situations" . $hen we have already decided or we intend to do something in the future /. $hen there are definite signs that something is going to happen
WILL
$e use $I00 when there is no implicit or explicit connection to the present 1. 2or things that we decide to do now. 3. $hen we thin% or believe something about the future. :0 To ma%e an offer, a promise or a threat.
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