Present Simple

3D Person Singular

1. The appetite comes with eating.

2. Bad news flies fast.

3. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

4. Every cloud has a silver lining.

5. Failure teaches success.

Future Simple

1. Truth will out.

2. Give him an inch and he’ll take an ell.

3. Love will find a way.

4. Fair words will not make the pot play.

5. A drowning man will catch at a straw.

There is (There are)

1. There is no rose without a thorn.

2. There is no rule without an exception.

3. There is a black sheep in every flock.

4. There are two sides to every question.

5. There are spots even on the sun.

The Present Perfect Tense

1. As you have made your bed, so you must lie on it

2. Every oak has been an acorn.

3. When children stand quite they have done something ill.

4. Don’t sell the bear’s skin before you have caught the bear.

The Passive Voice

1. A good deed is never lost.

2. Much is expected where much is given.

3. Lost time is never found again.

4. A workman is known by his work.

5. Success is never blamed.

Conditional Sentences

1. If two ride on a horse, one must ride be­hind.

2. If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.

3. If you cannot have the best, make the best of what you have.

4. When the cat is away, the mice will play.

Can

1. No man can serve two masters.

2. You cannot judge a tree by its bark.

3. You cannot make an omelet without break­ing eggs.

4. A man can do no more than he can.

May

1. A cat may look at a king.

2. One false move may lose the game.

3. Cloudy mornings may turn to clear eve­nings.

Must

1. He that is afraid of wounds must not come near a battle.

2. The best of friends must part.

3. He that does not venture must hot complain of ill-luck.

The Infinitive

1. Better to do well, than to say well.

2. To know everything is to know nothing.

3. It is easy to be wise after the event.

4. It’s enough to make a cat laugh.

5. It’s never too late to mend.

The Verbal Noun

1. A good beginning makes a good ending.

2. A good beginning is the half of the battle.

3. A constant dropping wears away a stone

4. After dinner comes reckoning.

5. The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

The Gerund

1. Speaking without thinking is shooting with­out aiming. _t

2. Doing is better than saying,

3. There is no accounting for tastes.

4. It’s no use crying over spilt milk.

The Present Participle

1. A drowning man catches at a straw.

2. Let sleeping dog lie.

3. No living man all things can.

4. Burning desire is worse than fire.

The Past Participle

1. A broken friendship may be soldered, but will hever.be sound.

2. A bitten child dreads the dog; a burnt child dreads the fire.

3. He that once deceived is ever suspected.

4. He that always complains is never pitied.

5. Lost time is never found again

The Imperative Mood

1. First think, then speak.

2. Be slow to promise and quick to perform.

3. Live and learn.

4. Eat at pleasure, drink at measure.

5. Promise little but do much