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Used to describe habitual actions, routine and for opinions and beliefs.
3rd PERSON SINGULAR VERB PRONUNCIATION RULES FOR THE SIMPLE PRESENT
The auxiliaries are only used in questions, and in the negative form + not.
Regular Verbs
Base Form Simple Past
STUDY STUDIED
TRAVEL TRAVELED
LIKE LIKED
NEED NEEDED
WANT WANTED
WORK WORKED
Irregular Verbs
Base Form Simple Past
BUY BOUGHT
DO DID
SPEAK SPOKE
DRINK DRANK
EAT ATE
GO WENT
Future ( Will )
Used to indicate promises, threats, inevitability, desire, unplanned things (you have just decided),
predictions based on nothing and in the negative refusal.
Conditional ( Would )
Used to refer to a situation that you can imagine happening:
I would hate to miss the show. Used with if in conditional sentences. Used as a more polite form of will
in requests and offers.
Used to refer to future time from the point of view of the past:
He said he would see his brother tomorrow.
Present Continuous
( To be Present + Verb ING form )
Used to refer to actions in progress in the present.
The Present Continuous may also give the idea of near future:
e.g.: I’m traveling tomorrow morning.
Past Continuous
( To be Past + Verb ING form )
Used to refer to actions in progress in the past.
Immediate Future
Used for planned things;
It is common when we predict the future by using present evidence, or based on information.;
To be certain or expected to happen in the future;
To intend to do or be something in the future.
Simple Past
(There + Verb to be in the Past)
Future (will)
Would
Should Ought to
Must Have to
Expressing Possibility
Asking Favors
Prohibition
He was going to set the table when she called him out.
They had already set up the restaurant when you decided to lend them
the money.
I will have corrected those tests by the end of the week.
The dishes were being done (by us) a few minutes ago.
Was she going to be able to graduate high school in the end of the year?
Verbs of Perception
Verbs INFINITIVE - ING FORM
Means that one observes the Means that one observes the
entire action. action in progress.
SEE I saw him cross the street. I saw him crossing the street.
HEAR I heard somebody groan. I heard somebody groaning.
NOTICE I noticed her stare at him. I noticed her staring at him.
Verbs of thinking, attitudes, opinions or expressing emotions and possession are not
used in Continuous Tenses (Progressive Forms).
believe need
belong own
contain prefer
forget realize
hate remember
like suppose
love understand
matter
Some verbs have progressive forms with one meaning but not with another. The
following do not usually have progressive forms:
GET
Contracted Forms
Future Continuous
tomorrow
What will she be doing at the club evening?
in the
Where will you be studying afternoon?
tomorrow
She will be playing at the club evening.
tennis
in the
I /We will be studying at the library afternoon.
USED TO
We use USED TO to describe past habits. USED TO + verb is for talking about
situations or regular activities in the past which no longer happen or exist.
NOTE: No duration of time is mentioned in USED TO constructions.
The Simple past should be used instead.
RIGHT: They worked for us for seven years.
WRONG: They used to work for us for seven years.
WOULD
used to talk about things in the past that happened often or always:
He would always turn and wave at the end of the street.
She would love me all night long when we were younger.
“When I sat down it would jump on my legs and cover me with horrible caresses.” *
“When I got up to walk it was between my legs and I would almost fall.” *
*Poe, Edgar Allan. The Black Cat.
TO BE SUPPOSED TO
Used to talk about what is generally believed, what people are expected to do, or
what is intended.
I’m supposed to clean the house tomorrow.
As a teacher I’m supposed to clear the doubts away and guide the students
through difficult subjects.
You’re not supposed to be here.
Yesterday, I was supposed to do the dishes but I forgot to do it.
Phrasal Verb
A phrase which consists of a verb in combination with a preposition or adverb or
both, the meaning of which is different from the meaning of its separate parts:
'Look after', 'work out' and 'make up for' are all phrasal verbs.
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