1. The document discusses grammar topics related to time in English, including the present perfect, past simple, future, and present continuous tenses.
2. Examples are provided to illustrate how to form and use these tenses in positive, negative, and interrogative sentences.
3. Irregular verbs and comparisons between regular and irregular forms are also explained.
3. We use the Present Perfect to say that an action happened at an unspecified time
before now.
• The exact time is not important.
• You CANNOT use the Present Perfect with specific time expressions such as: yesterday, one year
ago, last week, when I was a child, when I lived in Japan, at that moment, that day, one day, etc.
• You CAN use the Present Perfect with unspecific time expressions such as: ever, never, once,
many times, several times, before, so far, already, yet, etc.
Usage of present perfect
5. POSITIVE FORM
The positive is formed from the present tense of the
verb have and the past participle of a verb:
Jane has studied
John has phoned
I have worked
8. Various uses of present perfect:
A: For saying what happened in the past but not
saying when
Jane has studied the history of art
I have done a summer camp
9. B: For referring to recent past events.
John has just phoned.
This castle has stood here for a thousand years.
Vincent has sold all his paintings.
I have worked here for fifteen years.
Various uses of present perfect:
10. REGULAR AND IRREGULAR PARTICIPLE VERBS
REGULAR IRREGULAR
PRESENT PAST PAST
PARTICIPLE
PRESENT PAST PAST
PARTICIPLE
Hang Hanged Hanged Awake Awoke Awoken
Found Founded Founded Become Became Become
Attend Attended Attended Begin Began Begun
BAke Baked Baked Bring Brought Brought
Crave Craved Craved Buy Bought Bought
Grant Granted Granted Fall Fell Fallen
Land Landed Landed Fly Flew Flown
Rig Rigged Rigged Have Had Had
Tie Tied Tied Pay Paid Paid
Walk Walked Walked Ring Rang Rung
Ask Asked Asked Sell Sold Sold
Cook Cooked Cooked Sit Sat Sat
Cough Coughed Cougjed Sing Sang Sung
Dance Danced Danced Sleep Slept Slept
Dress Dressed Dressed Swim Swam Swum
Drop Dropped Dropped Tell Told Told
Erase Erased Erased Take Took Taken
Finish Finished Finished Teach Taught Taught
Fix Fixed Fixed Win Won Won
Guess Guessed Guessed Write Wrote Written
There’s no rule for irregular verbs.
Sorry folks, we need to learn them!
13. WHEN WE USE PAST SIMPLE
• We use the Past Simple to express the idea that an action started and finished at a
specific time in the past.
Example: I saw a movie yesterday.
14. They change to past following some rules.
REGULAR VERBS
PRESENT PAST
dance danced
share + d shared
like liked
PRESENT PAST
call called
walk + ed walked
check checked
PRESENT PAST
study studied
cry + ied cried
carry carried
When final “Y” is preceded by
a consonant, you drop: “Y” and
add ied.
PRESENT PAST
plan planned
permit permitted
control controlled
When the ending is: consonant + vowel
+ consonant and the stress is in the last
syllable, you repeat the last consonant.
15. IRREGULAR VERBS
When they change to past,
they don’t follow any rule!!
PRESENT PAST
Go
say
make
come
see
give
put
hit
think
teach
leave
feel
fall
Went
said
made
came
saw
gave
put
hit
thought
taught
left
felt
fell
16. PAST SIMPLE STRUCTURE
POSITIVE:
She visited/went to the zoo
Subject Verb in past
I
You went to
He visited the zoo
She cleaned
It left
We
They
17. PAST SIMPLE STRUCTURE
NEGATIVE
She didn’t visit/didn’t go to the zoo
Subject Verb in past
I
You didn’t go to
He didn’t visit the zoo
She didn’t clean
It didn’t leave
We (did + not)
They
20. Some usual Verbs
• to be
• to have
• to do
• to make
• to take
• to get
• to go
• to come
• to leave
• to know
• to like
• to want
• to feel
• to begin, start
I Will be
I Will have
I Will do
I Will make
I Will take
I Will get
I Will go
I Will come
I Will leave
I Will know
I Will like
I Will want
I Will feel
I Will begin, start
I Will end, finish
I Will stay
I Will change
In english, verbs in future is: PRONOUN+WILL+INFINITIVE VERB .
21. Affirmative
• The affirmative form in future, is the same as in infinitive, but in front of the verb we add will.
• I will win the match.
• You will win the match.
• He will win the match.
• She will win the match.
• It will win the match.
• We will win the match.
• You will win the match.
• They will win the match
22. Negative
• The negative form is the same as in affirmative, but we add not after will.
• I will not win the match.
• You will not win the match.
• He will not win the match.
• She will not win the match.
• It will not win the match.
• We will not win the match.
• You will not win the match.
• They will not win the match
23. Interrogative
• In future questions the form is the same as in affirmative, but the pronoun is in the middle of will
and the verb.
• Will I run?
• Will you run
• Will he run?
• Will she run?
• Will it run?
• Will we run?
• Will you run?
• Will they run?
26. WHENT DO YOU USE PESENT CONTINOUS
• Present Continous is use
when do something now.
• THEY ARE PLAYING
TABLE TENNIS
27. The present continuous tense is formed from the present tense of
the verb be and the present participle (-ing form) of a verb
WHAT IS PRESENT CONTINUES ?
The present continuous tense is formed from the present tense of
the verb be and the present participle (-ing form) of a verb
Example
Jump: Jumping.
32. TYPE: PLACE
ON – TALKS ABOUT THE SURFACE.
INSIDE – EXPRESSES SOMETHING CONTAINED.
IN – TO INDICATE A LOCATION.
OVER, ABOVE – WHEN THE OBJECT IS HIGHER THAN A
POINT.
BETWEEN, AMONG, NEAR, BY, NEXT TO, OPPOSITE –
WHEN THE OBJECT IS CLOSE TO A POINT.
33. TYPE: TIME
• AT - IS USED WITH NOON, NIGHT, MIDNIGHT, AND
WITH THE TIME OF DAY.
• IN - IS USED WITH OTHER PARTS OF THE DAY, WITH
MONTHS, WITH YEARS, WITH SEASONS.
• ON - IS USED WITH DAYS.
• SINCE, FOR, BY, FROM UNTIL, DURING - EXPRESSES
EXTENDED TIME.
34. TYPE: OBJECTS
• FOR – WITH VERBS CALL, HOPE, LOOK, WAIT, WATCH,
AND WISH
• OF/ABOUT – WITH VERBS DREAM AND THINK
• OF – WITH VERBS APPROVE, CONSIST, AND SMELL
• AT – WITH VERBS GLANCE, LAUGH, LOOK, REJOICE,
SMILE, AND STARE
35.
36. CURIOSITIES: AT THE END OF THE SENTENCE IN
QUESTIONS…
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
WHERE ARE YOU AT?
(innecessary)
38. A LITTLE EXPLICATION
We use the comparative adjectives when we was
compare 2 things.
We use the superlative adjectives when
we was compare 3 or more things.
39. COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES
• There are 3 Ways to write comparative adjectives:
• 1. The adjectives that you want to say in comparative sentences and has 1 syllable
you write: +er than at the final of the verb.
• Examples: Strong = stronger than… Tall = taller than…
• 2. The adjectives that you want to say in comparative sentences and has 2
syllables and ends in y, you write:
• + ier than at the final of the verb, but you want to replace the final y to the verb
to ier.
• Examples: Easy = easier than... Pretty = prettier than..
40. • 3. The adjectives that you want to say in comparative sentences and
has 2 syllables or more syllables you put a more before the adjective
and a than after the adjective.
• Example: Snakes are more dangerous than the rabbits.
41. SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES
• 1. The adjectives that you want to say in superlative sentences and has 1 syllable
you write: + the ...est at the final of the verb.
• Examples: Strong = the strongest… Tall = the tallest...
• 2. The adjectives that you want to say in comparative sentences and has 2
syllables and ends in y, you write:
• +the ...iest at the final of the verb, but you want to replace the final y to the
verb to iest.
• Examples: Easy = the easiest... Pretty = the prettiest...
42. SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES
• 3. The adjectives that you want to say in superlative sentences and
has 2 syllables or more you put a the most before the adjective.
• Example: Snakes are the most dangerous animal.
43. OTHERS
• The comparative and superlative adjectives writes to the same form
in present that in past or future. Only changes the context of the
sentence,
•
• Examples: Past = I went to the zoo, and the elephants are bigger
than the rabbits.
• Examples: Future = I will go to the zoo and I have been told that
elephants are bigger than rabbits.
51. THE HOURS
• To learn the time in english we have to divided in two parts.
52. O’CLOCK
• When the long hand it’s in number twelve we say. The number is
pointing the short hand and o’clock.
Ex. It’s tree o’clock Ex.It’s four o’clock
53. QUARTER PAST
• When the long hand it’s in number tree we say, it’s quarter past and
the number before the short hand.
Ex. It’s quarter past twelve
Ex. It’s quarter past eight
54. HALF PAST
• When the long hand it’s in number six we say,
it’s half past, and the number before the
short hand.
Ex. It’s half past Ex. It’s half past two