ESL GRAMMAR REVIEW

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ESL GRAMMAR REVIEW

• F. WENTWORTH

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SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

• USE FOR EVERY DAY, REPEATED ACTIONS.

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SIMPLE PRESENT
I YOU WE THEY WALK HE SHE IT WALKS
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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?

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NEGATIVE IN SIMPLE PRESENT

• I DONT WALK.
• YOU DONT WALK.
• WE DONT WALK.
• THEY DONT WALK.

• HE DOESNT WALK.
• SHE DOESNT WALK.
• IT DOESNT WALK.

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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
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SPELLING CHANGES CONTINUED
IF THE VERB ENDS IN A CONSONANT Y ADD- TAKE OFF THE Y ADD- IES CARRY CRY TRY STUDY VOWELY- NO CHANGE PLAY HE CARRIES HE CRIES HE TRIES HE STUDIES PLAYS
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Simple Present Exercises

• Exercise 1
• Exercise 2
• Exercise 3
• Exercise 4

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PRESENT CONTINUOUS

• USE THIS FOR ACTIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING NOW.

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PRESENT CONTINUOUS
I YOU WE THEY HE SHE IT AM ARE ARE ARE IS IS IS WALKING WALKING WALKING WALKING WALKING WALKING WALKING
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WITH SOME VERBS YOU DONT USE -ING

• THESE ARE NON ACTION VERBS SUCH AS BE (IS, AM,
  ARE)
• WHEN HAVE MEANS OWNERSHIP
• WHEN THINK MEANS BELIEVE

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Practice Exercise

• Simple Present and Present Continuous (also
  called Present Progressive)
• Click here for the exercise.

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NON-ACTION VERBS

• KNOW SEEM
• UNDERSTAND APPEAR
• SEE SMELL
• HEAR THINK
• HAVE BELIEVE
• OWN WANT
• NEED BE

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Simple Present vs. Continuous

• Click here for extra practice

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

• Exercise 1
• Exercise 2
• Exercise 3
• Exercise 4
• Exercise 5
• Exercise 6

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FUTURE TENSE WITH GOING TO

• When we talk about our plan in the future we use
• Is
• Am going to verb.
• Are

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FUTURE WITH GOING TO
I YOU WE THEY AM ARE ARE ARE GOING TO GOING TO GOING TO GOING TO GO VISIT STUDY WATCH
HE SHE IT IS IS IS GOING TO GOING TO GOING TO BUY WASH RAIN
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Future with Going to

• Exercise 1
• Exercise 2

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FUTURE WITH WILL

• USE THIS FOR PROMISES
• INTENTIONS

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FUTURE WITH WILL
I YOU WE THEY WILL- ILL WILL-YOULL WILL-WELL WILL-THEYLL GO CALL DO IT GIVE
HE SHE IT WILL-HELL WILL-SHELL WILL-ITLL SEND WRITE SPEAK
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Future with Will

• Exercise 1
• Exercise 2

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MODALS

• CAN
• COULD
• SHOULD
• WOULD
• MAY
• MIGHT

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MODALS(Dont use to before the verb with
modals)
I YOU WE THEY CAN SHOULD MIGHT MAY GO EAT VISIT COME
HE SHE IT WOULD COULD CAN GO SHOULD SNOW
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Modals Exercises

• Exercise 1
• Exercise 2

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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.

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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 walked
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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.