Subject and a verb

I the position of the verb we can have many options

She has a dog
She
Has – main verb
Irregualar verbs to go over them thourougly – quizlet
I do my homework every day
She does her homework every day
She is nice
If they are attached to the verbs they are auxiliary
She is sitting now
I am eating at the moment
She has eaten three pizzas
Be – am/is/are
Have – have/has
Do/does
Practice questions
We use it for:
1) General truths
2) Permanent truths
3) Habits or customs - Michel likes to walk in the evening I never eat chocolate
4) Future plans – the new program begins next week
Timetable, the meeting stats at 4 a clock
“bekham kiks the ball! It’s a goal! Sporting events, story-telling, jokes
Draw attention that somene is arriving - Here comes the postman
Time expressions

Every day/each year/ once a week/ on Tuesday/ regularly/ daily

In the evening, etc.

These(adv) appear before the main verb, or ofter the verb to be:

Always/often/ sometimes/ seldom/ I/ usually/ generally/ occasionally/ never

Present progressive

Temporary activity

Time expressions: now, at the moment, today, this week/week/month/year

She is giving a party tonight

She is throwing a party tonight

Present simple: The meeting starts at 10 PM (timetable) – scheduling

The meeting is happening today (near future)

My sister is getting married next week (getting arrangements)

My sister will be getting married next week – what’s difference

I'm meeting my father tomorrow.

We're going to the beach at the weekend.

I'm leaving at three.

He is always losing his wallet

She is never doing her homework

- Emphasize the irritating or annoying action

You're forever losing your keys!

She's constantly missing the train.

Lucy's always smiling!

She's forever telling him she's going to leave him but she never actually does.

He is always chewing his gum loudly

Process of changing

British summers are getting hotter

Housing prices are going up all the time.

Time expressions: now, at the moment, today, this week/month/year

I am working.

She is dancing.

I like swimming in the pool.

Swimming in the pool is a great hobby. (Verbal noun)

Smoking is dangerous. Gerund – name of the action

Sub + be + verb + ing

Yes/no question

Am I working?

Is she drinking?

WH question

When are you working?

She is eating

Subject – auxiliary verb – main verb(verb + ing)

I want to sleep (to +verb – non finite verb/infinitive)

The nice boy went home

Determiner + adjective + noun = noun phrase

Specifing each word

Dana went home

NFV (non finite verb/infinite verb)

To + verb(base form)
Stative verbs

Non-progressive (like know)

I belive in you

I know you

I love it

I am surprising him

I am so surprising

I am surprised
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Practical grammar in focus – answer key

Past simple and past progressive

Past simple

a) To refer to an action that took place and was completed in the past.
We bought a new car last month
b) To tell a story in which one thing happened after another – sequence of actions.
He walked into the room and noticed that it was unusually dark.
c) Actions happening at the same time
I took the left turn while Mickey took the right (2 short actions)

d) Repeated action in the past

My brother applied for a visa six times before he got one.

The actions were completed and they have no influence on the present

Base verb + ed/irregular verb(went)

Did you go to the party last night?

WH question

Who

What

Why did you like the movie?

Time expressions

Last week/ last month/ last year/ when he was young/ in 1990/ in novemner/ a week
ago/ many years ago/ yesterday
SPELLING RULES

We add ed to regular verbs. Notice the following changes:

If a verb ends in e, we add d. (change – changed)

If a verb ends in consonant + y, we change y to i and add ed. (try – tried)

If a verb ends in vowel + y, we add ed as usual. (play – played)

If the last syllable of the verb is spelled CVC and that syllable is stressed, we double

the last consonant.

(stop - stopped / prefer - preferred but open – opened)

Past progressive

a) one long activity in the past

I was reading a book yesterday afternoon. Long temporary action in the past

b) two parallel activities in the past

While sue was studying, David was cooking (2 long activities that happened

simultaneously)

c) a past action that was changing or developing

his symptoms were becoming more pronounced each day.

Past simple & progressive

One action interrupted by another in the past

I was sleeping when the bell rang. The long action is in the progressive form and the

short action (after when) is in the past simple

while I was sleeping, the bell rang (complex sentence)

time expressons for the past progressive

while/ during/ as/ all day/ all night/ the whole day/ afternoon

chapter 5 – print out 100,101

past progressive

I was reading a book yesterday afternoon

Long temproray action in the past

Two parallel activitiesin the past.

While sue was studying, David was cooking.

A past action that was changing or developing

His sympthoms were becmong more pronounced each day.