TIME MARKERS DESCRIPTION Workshop #1

Present Simple: I am Am I
The Simple
Tenses
he\she\it is happy. I ‘m not …
• always Is he\she\it …?
you\we\they are he\she\it isn’t … Are You\we\they
• usually you\we\they aren’t …
• often
I \he\she\it was angry.
• sometimes Was I \he\she\it
• seldom
you\we\they were I \he\she\it wasn’t … Were you\we\they
…?
WORD ORDER
you\we\they weren’t …
• never I 1. WHO
he\she\it will be busy. I I 2. VERB
Past Simple: you\we\they he\she\it won’t be … Will he\she\it be … ? 3. and the rest of
you\we\they you\we\they
• yesterday the sentence…
• last week
• last month
1. Wh-question +
• last year ACTION do/does/did/will
• a week ago 2. WHO
• a month ago 3. VERB
I \you\we\they help Do I \you\we\they
help? 4. and the rest of
he\she\it helps Does he\she\it the sentence…
Future Simple I \you\we\they
he\she\it
don’t help
doesn’t help
• tomorrow
I\you\we\they
he\she\it
spoke
helped Did I \you\we\they speak?
ADVERBS OF
• next week I \you\we\they didn’t speak he\she\it help?
FREQUENCY
• next month he\she\it didn’t help
• next year I\you\we\they • I always love you.
• in a week will help I \you\we\they • She is always late.
he\she\it I \you\we\they Will help?
• in two months he\she\it
won’t help he\she\it • I usually wake up early.
• in 5 minutes • He is usually polite.
 WORDS WITH REGULAR ADJECTIVES
ADJECTIVES
short: -er, the _est long: more_, the most_ Workshop #2
so + adjective
She is so beautiful! Adjectives
The bag is heavy. The She is intelligent. She is more
elephant is heavier, than intelligent, than her brother.
such a + adj. + noun the bag. But the house is She is the most intelligent of
He is such a stubborn the heaviest of them all. her group.
guy!
cool – cooler – the coolest complicated FEELINGS AND
funny – funnier – the funniest – more complicated ADJECTIVES
more / less, than …
lonely – lonelier – the loneliest – the most complicated
Susan is less If the object is …ING
stubborn, than Jack. the person is …ED!

too + adjective  The movie is

She is too lazy! IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES exciting.
I was excited,
adjective + enough good – better – the best while watching it!
We are strong bad – worse – the worst
enough.  The game was
many\much – more –
the most disappointing,
enough + noun So we were very
I have enough little – less – the least disappointed…
money.
far – further – the furthest
 Present Present Simple Present Continuous Workshop #3
Continuous Always Now Present Simple
Usually Right now
FOR Sometimes At the moment vs.
Often Today
Every day This week / month Present
•process of action Seldom Look! Continuous
•at the moment, Rarely
From time to time
•right now,
Occasionally Present Simple
•lasting but
temporary actions FOR
Present Simple Present
I / we / you / He / she / it Continuous • habits
they • hobbies
I am thinking
V V + s (es) Am • repeated action
about you. Is + Ving • general truths
are • timeless facts
She isn’t eating Don’t + V Doesn’t + V Am • on schedule
oysters now. Is + NOT +Ving
are
I eat pizza every day.
Are we eating
She likes coffee.
oysters now? Do + ….+ V? Does + … + Am
V? Is + ….Ving ?
are Does she like coffee?
 USEFUL PHRASES MOST COMMONLY USED Workshop #4
Future Simple - Inevitable, snap decisions, Future
• Probably = promises, predictions according to our thoughts
вероятно
Intentions
Probably she will redecorate Present Continuous - 100% sure
her room.

• I expect = я
ожидаю, я
предполагаю
I expect that you will
introduce me to your friend.
• Maybe = может
быть
Maybe, she will change her
mind on Monday
• There is a chance
that =
существует
вероятность, что
There is a chance, that we
will be very happy together
To be going to - when we follow the plan, ADVERBS
predictions based on what everyone can see
PLACEMENT
Present Simple - for schedules, tickets • I will always love you.
• We will call you very
often.
• They will only ask for
advice
I will have fun. Will you have fun there? • Will you ever tell me
She will have fun. Will he have fun with us? what’s going on?
I am going to have fun. Are they going to have • He will never betray
We are having fun tomorrow, fun, or just sit there?! you.
no matter what! Is she coming to the
The bus arrives at 10 AM. party? • We will discuss it
tomorrow
I won’t drink this cocktail. • He will visit them next
They won’t come to the party.
year.
He\she isn’t working tomorrow, I am. • She will join us in 5
It doesn’t start next Friday, it starts on Monday. minutes
 EXAMPLES
TIME MARKERS
Workshop #5
• We have never seen the • They still haven’t sent us Present Perfect
snow. the invitation.
AFTER ‘HAVE’/’HAS’
• She has been to India I haven’t told you
We have ___ once.
•
everything yet.
done it! • I’ve cooked risotto a few • It hasn’t worked since
▪ just times. 2005.
▪ already FORMATION
▪ never • Have you finished your work?
I (n’t)
▪ ever • Have you bought the milk?
+ not
• Why has she come already? You
IN THE END
We have
I have done it WHY COMPARE
_____. They
PAST SIMPLE
▪ since ✓ Result • I watched a movie
+ V3\ed
childhood yesterday. He
▪ yet ✓ Experience
• She prepared for her She has
▪ lately ✓ Achievement driving test a lot last week.
It + not
▪ so far
✓ In the past, PRESENT PERFECT
▪ till now I have already seen this (n’t)
but the result •
▪ recently is important
movie.
▪ for many now • She hasn’t taken her
Have/Has
years driving test yet. – 1st place
 PROBABILITY CAN TO & COULD TO
▪ General ability
разрешение, ▪ General ability
(past)
вероятность ▪ Permission Workshop #6
(informal) ▪ Permission
MAY TO (formal) Modal verbs
 I may go for a ▪ Request
▪ Request (polite)
walk when I finish  I can swim.  I could swim when I
cleaning my  Can you help was 5.
room. me?  Could you help me?
 We can’t sing
 I may not touch
 We couldn’t run at ADVICE
here. school.
my mother’s совет
clothes. OBLIGATION SHOULD TO
обязательство  You should go
 It may rain in the MUST TO HAVE TO there, it will be so
afternoon.
about yourself and to obligation in general, much fun!
your children rule
CAN – физическая обязанность в целом,
обязательство перед  We shouldn’t be
возможность собой правило late, otherwise
MAY – разрешение, NOT HAVE TO = не the teacher will
вероятность MUSTN’T = нельзя punish us...
надо
SHOULD – совет  I must go to work.  You have to go to
HAVE TO –  I mustn’t do this. work.  Should I finish my
обязанность  I don’t have to do project by
MUST – the homework Monday?
today.
обязательство PAST FORM – HAD TO
 WHEN TO USE?
PAST SIMPLE Workshop #7
KEY WORDS Past Simple – completed action in the past, Past Simple
series of completed actions in the past, generally
• yesterday specific time vs.
• just now Past Continuous
Past Continuous - action in process in the
• the other day past, interrupted process\action, two simultaneous
• last week
actions in process in the past

• last month
PAST
CONTINUOUS
• last year
KEY WORDS
• last decade I had fun yesterday. Did you help her?
She admired his talent. Did they tell her to go? • Yesterday at 5
• last century
I drove a car last Monday. _________________________________
o`clock
_________________________________________________ Was she telling the truth
• an hour ago We were talking about at that moment?
her, when she came. • At this time
• three hours ago Were we drinking
I was sleeping, at that whiskey or brandy? yesterday
• two weeks ago moment, when he was
working . • At that moment
• in 1992
I didn’t drink this cocktail last time. • When she called
• at 6 o'clock
They didn’t come to the party a week ago.
When they rang
He\she wasn’t working at 5 yesterday, I was.
They weren’t preparing for the exam, when I saw them. • When it happened