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Sentences
1) Actions (active verb)
2) Descriptions (to be)

Types of Verbs
1) “Weak”
● Regular (​-ed​in the past)
● Irregular (​remember them​)

2) “Strong” = modal (weird)

Verb Forms
INFINITIVE: ​to​drink
1ST: ​drink. P
​ resent
2ND: ​drank. P​ ast
3RD: ​drunk​. Past Participle - страдательное прич.прош.времени, прил. !от глагола! -
RESULT
-ING: ​drinking. P
​ resent Participle - действ.прич, деепричаст. - ​PROCESS

PRESENT PAST FUTURE

SIMPLE + +2 +will
- Fact – DON’T DOESN’T – Didn’t –will not / won’t
? DO / DOES ? Did ? Will§

● Specific time
(‘when’)

CONTINUOUS To be (am/is/are) + ing was/were +ing Will ​be +

​ ing
- Process
● Specific time
● Irritation in the future
(вечно)

PERFECT HAVE / HAS + III HAD + III WILL + HAVE + III

- Result
- Connecti ● К ● К моменту в ● By
on наст.моменту прошлом ● Beware of
conditionals
(no ‘will’)

PERFECT HAVE BEEN +ING HAD BEEN +ING WILL HAVE BEEN
CONTINUOUS +ING
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● К ● By + for/since
наст.моменту
что-то делаю
‘долго’
● Процесс ​ не
закончился
● Since / for
● Lately

1) Past Simple VS 2) Present Perfect

1) Specific time in the past 2) no specific time

I _was__ in Paris in 1976. (to be)

I __have been__ to Paris.
When​did you go to Paris? ​When​were you in Paris?

I had been to Mexico in 1970 before I was in Paris 1976.

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1) Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form (present simple or present
continuous) and be ready to explain your choice.

1. Normally I ………………………… (start) work at eight o'clock, but I

………………………… (start) at seven this week.
2. “Where is Peggy? “ “She ………………………… (take) a bath”.
3. Sue always ………………………… (arrive) at work early.
4. I ………………………… (always / make) silly mistakes.
5. Listen! Somebody ………………………… (sing).
6. More and more people ………………………… (go) to university these days.
7. Look at Sue! She ………………………… (wear) her new hat.
8. You can turn off the television. I ………………………… (not/watch) it.
9. I ………………………… (promise) I won’t be late.
10. The weather ………………………… (be) nice at the moment. It …………………………
(not/ rain).
11. It ………………………… (rain) very much in summer.
12. She ………………………… (want) to visit Italy, so she ………………………… (learn)
Italian.
13. She ………………………… (study) German and English.
14. I ………………………… (look) for a new job these days.
15. She ………………………… (work) hard today.
16. He ………………………… (work) hard most of the time.
17. He ………………………… (think) of giving up her job.
18. You ………………………… (look) well today.
19. I ………………………… (think) you're right.
20. Susan often ………………………… (go) skiing at the weekend.
21. Technology ………………………… (become) cheaper all the time.
22. Rice ………………………… (grow) in cold climates.
23. The Earth's temperature ………………………… (rise) because people
………………………… (use) too much energy.
24. He usually ………………………… (go) to work by car but sometimes he
………………………… (walk).
25. The computer ………………………… (belong) to Emma.
26. She ………………………… (get up) at 8 o’clock every morning.
27. It's all right. I ………………………… (forgive) you.
28. I'm sorry, I ………………………… (not/understand). Can you speak more slowly?
29. She ………………………… (be) very nice to me at the moment. I wonder why.
30. Sue ………………………… (not / like) coffee. She ………………………… (prefer) tea.