grammar summary
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PRESENT SIMPLE
PRESENT CONTINUOUS WILL GOING TO PAST SIMPLE
PAST CONTINUOUS
PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
PAST PERFECT SIMPLE
FUTURE CONTINUOUS
FUTURE PERFECT THE PASSIVE CONDITIONAL
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Present Simple- Habits or regular activities- Facts or things that are always true- A future, timetabled event
AFFIRMATIVEI/you/we/they infinitive
He/she/it infinitive(s)
NEGATIVEI/you/we/they don’t
infinitiveHe/she/it doesn’t
QUESTIONDo I/you/we/they
infinitiveDoes He/she/it
Present Continuous - Things that are in progress now- Temporary situations- Future arrangements
AFFIRMATIVE
I ‘m
infinitive(ing)he/she/it ‘s
you/we/they ‘re
NEGATIVE
I ‘m not
infinitive(ing)he/she/it isn’t
you/we/they aren’t
QUESTION
Am I
infinitive(ing)?Is he/she/it
Are you/we/they
Will- Decisions at the moment of speaking- General predictions- Things that are certain to happen
AFFIRMATIVE I/he/she/it/we/you/they ‘ll infinitive
NEGATIVE I/he/she/it/we/you/they won’t infinitive
QUESTION Will I/he/she/it/we/you/they infinitive?
Going to- Future intentions or plans when a
decision has already been made- Predictions when there is some evidence
you can see now
AFFIRMATIVE
I ‘m
going to infinitivehe/she/it ‘s
you/we/they ‘re
NEGATIVE
I ‘m not
going to infinitivehe/she/it isn’t
you/we/they aren’t
QUESTION
Am I
going to infinitive?Is he/she/it
Are you/we/they
Past Simple - Completed events or actions in the past- Something that happened regularly in the past
AFFIRMATIVE I/he/she/it/we/you/they past
NEGATIVE I/he/she/it/we/you/they didn’t infinitive
QUESTION did I/he/she/it/we/you/they infinitive?
Past Continuous- Something that was in progress at a certain time
in the past- An interrupted action in the past- We often use the past continuous after while or as
AFFIRMATIVE
I was
infinitive(ing)he/she/it was
you/we/they were
NEGATIVE
I wasn’t
infinitive(ing)he/she/it wasn’t
you/we/they weren’t
QUESTION
was I
infinitive(ing)?was he/she/it
were you/we/they
Present Perfect Simple
- Something that started in the past and continues in the present
- Life experiences when we don’t say when they happened- Something that happened in the past that has a result in
the present
AFFIRMATIVE
I ‘ve
participlehe/she/it ‘s
you/we/they ‘ve
NEGATIVE
I haven’t
participlehe/she/it hasn’t
you/we/they haven’t
QUESTION
Have I
participle?Has he/she/it
Have you/we/they
Present Perfect Continuous
- Actions which began in the past and continue in the present
- Past activities that have a result in the present
AFFIRMATIVE
I ‘ve
been infinitive(ing)he/she/it ‘s
you/we/they ‘ve
NEGATIVE
I haven’t
been infinitive(ing)he/she/it hasn’t
you/we/they haven’t
QUESTION
Have I
been infinitive(ing)?Has he/she/it
Have you/we/they
AFFIRMATIVE I/he/she/it/we/you/they ‘d participle
NEGATIVE I/he/she/it/we/you/they hadn’t participle
QUESTION had I/he/she/it/we/you/they participle?
Past Perfect Simple
- Past actions or situation which happened before another past action or situation
- Events before a specific time in the past
AFFIRMATIVE I/he/she/it/we/you/they ‘ll be infinitive(ing)
NEGATIVE I/he/she/it/we/you/they won’t be infinitive(ing)
QUESTION will I/he/she/it/we/you/they be infinitive(ing)?
Future Continuous
- We use the future continuous to talk about something in progress at a certain time in the future
AFFIRMATIVE I/he/she/it/we/you/they ‘ll have participle
NEGATIVE I/he/she/it/we/you/they won’t have participle
QUESTION will I/he/she/it/we/you/they have participle?
Future Perfect - We use the future perfect to talk about something that will be complete by a certain time in the future
The Passive - Correct tense of to be + past participle
Conditional Sentences
