The 1990s

Events during the 1990s

Grammar
Regular Verbs
Base form

Irregular Verbs
Base form

Want, study, chat, cry, play

Read, find, meet, come,

think
Simple past form
Wanted, studied, chatted, Simple past form
Read, found, met, thought
played
Walter wants a new car.
Walter wanted a new car.
Walter didnt want a new
car.
Did Walter want a new car?
Yes, he did.
No, he didnt.

Jessica reads a book every

day.
Jessica read a book
yesterday.
Jessica didnt read a book.
Did Jessica read a book
yesterday?
Yes, she did.
No, she didnt.
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Verb be Present
I Am / m not
You
We
Are / arent
They
He
She
Is / isnt
It
I am a student.
We are teenagers.
We arent teenagers.
She is sick.
Am I a student?
Yes, I am. No, Im not.
Is she sick? Yes, she is.
No, she isnt.

Verb be Past
I
He
She
Was / Wasnt
It
You
We
Were/ Werent
They
I was a student.
We were teenagers.
We werent teenagers.
She wasnt sick.
Was I a student?
Yes, I was. No, I wasnt.
Was she sick? Yes, she
was.
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No, she wasnt.

Past Progressive
I
He
She
Was/ wasnt + verb ing / He was studying
Science.
It
You
We
Were / werent + verb ing / We were eating
pizza.
They

Affirmative

Negative

Boris was watching TV

when the telephone rang.
Past progressive
Simple past

Nancy wasnt taking a

shower when someone
broke the window.
Past progressive
Simple past
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Dependent and Independent Clauses

While Jessica was sleeping, someone took her
purse.
Past progressive
Dependent clause
It doesnt have meaning
itself

simple past
Independent clause
It has meaning by

When the dependent clause begins the sentence,

it requires a comma right after it. However, if the
independent clause begins the sentence, there is
no need for a comma.
Someone took Jessicas purse while she was
sleeping.
Examples
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1. Grey was walking in the park when she met her

Pronoun Reference
When they published the last Harry Potter book, our
local store had a big party with special food and
games. I went there with some friends. We dressed
up as characters in the books and got prizes. The
next week our picture was in the local newspaper
you can see it here! They started selling the book at
midnight and everyone started reading
it
immediately.
A pronoun is a word that refers to a noun or a noun
phrase already mentioned.
There = local store
We = I and some friends = we (our)
Our = from the previous we used before
It = picture
It = the book

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