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Present simple ( go . goes )
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Uses
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Examples
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Key words
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Affirmative : subject + V1 (S/ES)
Negative : don’t /doesn’t
Question : do/does + V1
. Remember that we add s/es to verb .
. Remember that be is an exception : am – is – are
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Facts
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Habits and routine
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Snow melt at 0 C
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Harry lives in Liverpool
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My friend plays football
with us
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Daniel washes his jacket
every week.
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We don’t like foot ball.
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Do you enjoy dining out ?
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Does RAFAEL train in the
morning ?
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If you drink too much you
will have to go the toilet .
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Usually
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rarely
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Regularly
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Generally
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Normally
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Every / day-month-year
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Often
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Seldom
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Sometimes
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Present continuous ( am / is / are ) going
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Uses
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Examples
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Key words
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Subject + am / is / are +
( not ) + ving
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Remember the rules of ing
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Actions happing at the
moment of speaking
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My sister is watching TV
right now .
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They are not listening to
me .
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I am not sleeping now .
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Look
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Listen
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Now , at the moment
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This / today – week- year
– spring .. this etc …..
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Past simple ( went )
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Uses
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Examples
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Key words
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Affirmative : subject + v 2
Negative : subject + didn’t + V
. remember in affirmative we use ( ed ) for regular verbs and we must
save the past of irregular verb
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Action completed in the
past at specific time in the past ( finished action + finished time )
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2nd types of
conditional tenses
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I played cards with them
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We went to walk last week
.
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She did not come with me
last night
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My friend did not
understand the mistake .
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Did you like the
match
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When
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Yesterday
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Last … day , week …… etc
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Ago
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In 1992
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Then
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Past
continuous ( was going )
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Uses
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Examples
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Key
words
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Subject
+ was / were + ving
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Remember rules for ing
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-Action
in progress at particular time in the past
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Past /new
action in the past
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They were watching TV
while I was studying .
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She was not paying
attention
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Were they listening to
Radio as they were crossing the road ?
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While
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When
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At 9 o’clock or any other
time
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As
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Present
perfect ( have / has gone )
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Uses
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Examples
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Key
words
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Subject
+ have / has (not) + pp
 . remember that we need the past
participle in affirmative , negative and interrogative
It does not like specific time
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-action
completed in the past in (unspecific time ) or within period gets to present .
-action
completed in the past that are still relevant in the present
-action
that started in the past and continue up to the present or continue at an unspecific time .
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We have not been to Italy
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she has already understood the exercise .
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we have not done yet
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they have lived in Germany for long time .
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they have lived in Germany since 2009
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have you ever eaten sushi ?
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just
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most
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ever
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several time
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to now
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so far
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recently
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early
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lately
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Since 2012
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Past
perfect ( had gone )
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Uses
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Examples
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Key
words
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Subject
+ had ( not )
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Action finished before a past time or action .
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3rd type of conditional
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He hadn’t finished the
exercises when the bell rang .
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If you had come earlier
we would have gone with you .
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For
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Already
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As soon as
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Sooner
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After
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Before
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Once
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Until that day
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Future
will
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Uses
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Examples
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Key
words
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Subject
+ will (not )
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. plan in future
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