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
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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
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SPELLING CHANGES CONTINUED
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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
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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
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SIMPLE PAST-IRREGULAR
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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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.