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2. ESL GRAMMAR REVIEW
F. WENTWORTH

3. USE FOR EVERY DAY, REPEATED ACTIONS.
SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
USE FOR EVERY DAY, REPEATED ACTIONS.

4. SIMPLE PRESENT I
YOU WE
THEY
WALK HE
SHE IT
WALKS

5. 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?

6. 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.

7. 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

8. 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

9. Simple Present Exercises

10. PRESENT CONTINUOUS
USE THIS FOR ACTIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING NOW.

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

12. 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

13. Practice Exercise
Simple Present and Present Continuous (also called Present Progressive)
Click here for the exercise.

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

15. Simple Present vs. Continuous
Click here for extra practice:

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

17. 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

18. Simple Past Exercises Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 Exercise 4

19. FUTURE TENSE WITH GOING TO
When we talk about our plan in the future we use: Is
Am going to + verb.
Are

20. FUTURE WITH ‘GOING TO’ I YOU WE THEY AM ARE GOING TO GO VISIT STUDY
WATCH HE
SHE IT IS
BUY
WASH
RAIN

21. Future with Going to
Exercise 1
Exercise 2

22. FUTURE WITH ‘WILL’
USE THIS FOR PROMISES
INTENTIONS

23. 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

24. Future with Will
Exercise 1
Exercise 2

25. MODALS
CAN
COULD
SHOULD
WOULD
MAY
MIGHT

26. 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

27. Modals Exercises
Exercise 1
Exercise 2

28. 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.

29. 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

30. 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.