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ESL GRAMMAR REVIEW F. WENTWORTH

USE FOR EVERY DAY, REPEATED ACTIONS. 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. YOU DON’T WALK. WE DON’T WALK. THEY DON’T WALK. HE DOESN’T WALK. SHE DOESN’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 IF THE VERB ENDS IN: A CONSONANT+ Y ADD- TAKE OFF THE Y & ADD- IES CARRY CRY TRY STUDY VOWEL+Y- NO CHANGE: PLAY HE CARRIES HE CRIES HE TRIES HE STUDIES PLAYS

Simple Present Exercises

PRESENT CONTINUOUS USE THIS FOR ACTIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING NOW.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS I YOU WE THEY HE SHE IT AM ARE IS 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.

NON-ACTION VERBS KNOW SEEM UNDERSTAND APPEAR SEE SMELL HEAR THINK* HAVE * BELIEVE OWN WANT NEED BE

Simple Present vs. Continuous Click here for extra practice:

SIMPLE PAST-REGULAR ADD-ED I YOU WE THEY HE SHE IT WALKED

SIMPLE PAST-IRREGULAR 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

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 AM ARE GOING TO GO VISIT STUDY WATCH HE SHE IT IS 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 CAN COULD SHOULD WOULD MAY MIGHT

MODALS (Don’t use ‘to’ before the verb with modals) YOU WE THEY CAN SHOULD MIGHT MAY GO EAT VISIT COME HE SHE IT WOULD COULD 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 Past participle Regular Verbs- add -ed I have You have We have They have walked He has She has It has

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.