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ESL GRAMMAR
REVIEW
F. WENTWORTH
SIMPLE PRESENT
TENSE
USE FOR EVERY DAY, REPEATED
ACTIONS.
SIMPLE PRESENT
I
YOU
WE
THEY
WALK
HE
SHE
IT
WALKS
QUESTIONS IN SIMPLE
PRESENT
• DO I WALK ?
• DO YOU WALK ?
• DO WE WALK ?
DO THEY WALK ?
• DOES HE WALK ?
• DOES SHE WALK?
DOES IT WALK?
NEGATIVE IN SIMPLE
PRESENT
•
•
•
•
I DON’T WALK.
• HE DOESN’T WALK.
YOU DON’T WALK. • SHE DOESN’T
WALK.
WE DON’T WALK.
THEY DON’T WALK. • IT DOESN’T WALK.
SIMPLE PRESENT SPELLING
CHANGES IN THIRD PERSON
IF VERB
ENDS IN:
X
CH
SH
S or O
ADD-ES
FIX
WATCH
WASH
KISS
GO
HE FIXES
WATCHES
HE WASHES
HE KISSES
HE GOES
SPELLING CHANGES
CONTINUED
CARRY
IF THE VERB CRY
ENDS IN: A TRY
CONSONANT+
STUDY
Y
ADD- TAKE
VOWEL+YOFF THE Y &
NO CHANGE:
ADDPLAY
IES
HE CARRIES
HE CRIES
HE TRIES
HE STUDIES
PLAYS
Simple Present Exercises
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•
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
PRESENT
CONTINUOUS
• USE THIS FOR ACTIONS THAT
ARE HAPPENING NOW.
I
YOU
WE
THEY
HE
SHE
IT
PRESENT
CONTINUOUS
AM
ARE
ARE
ARE
WALKING
WALKING
WALKING
WALKING
IS
IS
IS
WALKING
WALKING
WALKING
WITH SOME VERBS
YOU DON’T USE -ING
• THESE ARE NON ACTION VERBS
SUCH AS “BE” (IS, AM, ARE)
• WHEN ‘HAVE’ MEANS OWNERSHIP
• WHEN ‘THINK’ MEANS BELIEVE
Practice Exercise
• Simple Present and Present
Continuous (also called Present
Progressive)
• Click here for the exercise.
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•
•
•
•
•
•
NON-ACTION VERBS
KNOW
UNDERSTAND
SEE
HEAR
HAVE *
OWN
NEED
SEEM
APPEAR
SMELL
THINK*
BELIEVE
WANT
BE
Simple Present vs.
Continuous
• Click here for extra practice:
SIMPLE PAST-REGULAR
ADD-ED
I
YOU
WE
THEY
HE
SHE
IT
WALKED
WALKED
WALKED
WALKED
WALKED
WALKED
WALKED
SIMPLE PASTIRREGULAR
THERE ARE ABOUT
100 IRREGULAR
VERBS.
LOOK AT IRREGULAR
VERB LISTS.
EXAMPLES:
GO-WENT
SPEAK-SPOKE
TELL-TOLD
HAVE-HAD
THE VERBS ARE THE
SAME IN ALL
PERSONS:
I
YOU
WENT
WE
SPOKE
THEY
TOLD
HE, SHE IT HAD
Simple Past Exercises
•
•
•
•
•
•
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
FUTURE TENSE WITH
GOING TO
• When we talk about our plan in the
future we use:
• Is
• Am
+
going to + verb.
• Are
FUTURE WITH ‘GOING
TO’
I
YOU
WE
THEY
HE
SHE
IT
AM
ARE
ARE
ARE
IS
IS
IS
GOING
GOING
GOING
GOING
GOING
GOING
GOING
TO
TO
TO
TO
TO
TO
TO
GO
VISIT
STUDY
WATCH
BUY
WASH
RAIN
Future with Going to
• Exercise 1
• Exercise 2
FUTURE WITH ‘WILL’
• USE THIS FOR PROMISES
• INTENTIONS
FUTURE WITH ‘WILL’
I
YOU
WE
THEY
WILL- I’LL
WILL-YOU’LL
WILL-WE’LL
WILL-THEY’LL
GO
CALL
DO IT
GIVE
HE
SHE
IT
WILL-HE’LL
WILL-SHE’LL
WILL-IT’LL
SEND
WRITE
SPEAK
Future with Will
• Exercise 1
• Exercise 2
MODALS
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•
•
•
•
•
CAN
COULD
SHOULD
WOULD
MAY
MIGHT
MODALS
(Don’t use ‘to’ before the verb with modals)
I
YOU
WE
THEY
HE
SHE
IT
CAN
SHOULD
MIGHT
MAY
WOULD
COULD
CAN
GO
EAT
VISIT
COME
GO
SHOULD
SNOW
Modals Exercises
• Exercise 1
• Exercise 2
PRESENT PERFECT
• Use the present perfect to talk
about:
• 1. Things that begin in the past and
are still true now.
• 2. Repeated events that happened in
the past that could still happen in the
future.
PRESENT PERFECT
Use have or has
I
You
We
They
He
She
It
have
have
have
have
has
has
has
Past participle
Regular Verbs- add ed
walked
walked
PRESENT PERFECT
• For irregular past participles check
the third column of your irregular
verb list.
• I have been here for two years.
• He has seen the Grand Canyon many
times.
For more on the present perfect see the
Intermediate Advanced Grammar Power Point.