TENSES
Past, present, future
TO BE = ZIJN
•I AM NOT → ‘M NOT
• YOU ARE NOT → AREN’T
• HE/SHE/IT IS NOT → ISN’T
• WE ARE NOT → AREN’T
• YOU ARE NOT → AREN’T
• THEY ARE NOT → AREN’T
PAST - TO BE
PRESENT SIMPLE
She/he/it = SHIT + S
PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Habit or facts In action now
Usually/every day/never/always Right now/at the moment/today
I/you/we/they SHIT → +S Am/are/is + verb + ing
+ I work he works + I am working
? do I work does he work ? am I working
- I don’t work he doesn’t work - I am not working
PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENT CONTINOUS
The man has blonde hair The man is wearing a blue shirt
That girl loves to wear a dress The girl is playing with a doll
My brothers have long dark hair They are writing a report
SHIT AM / ARE /IS + VERB+ING
VERB VERB+S
DO+VERB? DOES+VERB?
DON’T+VERB DOESN’T+VERB
PAST SIMPLE
REGULAR VERBS IRREGULAR VERBS
WORK – WORKED GO - WENT
PLAY - PLAYED SEE - SAW
WATCH – WATCHED DO - DID
WALK - WALKED HAVE – HAD
QUESTION: DID … WORK? DID … GO?
NEGATIVE: DIDN’T WORK DIDN’T GO
PAST SIMPLE PAST CONTINUOUS
finished in the past was going on in the past
WHILE / WHEN
YESTERDAY / LAST WEEK
REGULAR AND IRREGULAR VERBS!!
WAS /WERE + VERB+ING
To make questions or negative use + I was working
DID / DIDN’T ? was I working
- I wasn’t working
• Something in the past with a result
PRESENT PERFECT • No specific time mentioned
HAVE / HAS + PAST PARTICIPLE
REGULAR VERBS IRREGULAR VERBS
WALK-WALKED SEE-SEEN
I have walked I have seen
You have walked You have seen
He has walked He has seen
We have walked We have seen
You have walked You have seen
They have walked They have seen
FUTURE TO BE + GOING TO + VERB
PREDICTION
I am going to work Am I going to work? I am not going to work
You are going to work
He/she is going to work
We are going to work
You are going to work
They are going to work
FUTURE WILL + VERB
POSSIBLE PREDICTION
I will see him tomorrow Will I see him tomorrow? I will not see him tomorrow
won’t
WORD ORDER
WHO - DOES - WHAT - WHERE – WHEN
HE - IS GOING TO PAINT - OUR HOUSE - IN TILBURG - TOMORROW
WORD ORDER QUESTIONS
MODAL + WHO DOES WHAT WHERE WHEN?
IS HE GOING TO PAINT OUR HOUSE IN TILBURG TOMORROW?
CONJUNCTIONS
(words to connect 2 sentences)
• AND → addition / sum up / more information
• I like pizza and icecream
• BUT → contrast / difference
• He doesn’t like to get up early but he has to go to work
• BECAUSE → explanation / reason / cause
• He gets up early because he has to go to work
• SO → explanation / result / effect
• He likes pizza so he eats it every week
• OR → options / alternatives
• Do you prefer beer or wine?
COMPARISONS and SUPERLATIVES
BIG -ER THAN THE … -EST
EXCEPTIONS!!
GOOD – BETTER – BEST
BAD - WORSE - WORST
SHORT WORD
FAR -FARTHER -FARTHEST
LONG WORD
EXPENSIVE MORE … THAN THE MOST …
SOME - ANY
SOME ANY
SOMEONE – SOMEBODY ANYONE - ANYBODY
SOMEWHERE ANYWHERE
SOMETHING ANYTHING
I HAVE GOT SOME COOKIES I HAVEN’T GOT ANY COOKIES
POSSIBILITY
PERMISSION
ADVICE
POLITE
PAST
POSSIBILITY
PERMISSION
FUTURE
POLITE
POSSIBILITY
FUTURE
ADVICE
PREPOSITIONS OF TIME
• the morning • Monday • noon / midnight
• the afternoon • Monday morning, • the weekend
• the evening Friday afternoon • 3 o’clock
• the summer • July 6th • Christmas, Easter
• January • Independence Day
• 5 minutes, a month,
two years
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