Table 5. Constructing the Sentence.
Table 6 Types of Questions
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Yes/no questions |
Do you work? Is she reading? |
Yes, I do. No, I don't. Yes, she is. No, she isn't. |
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Wh — questions |
Where do you work? What is she reading? |
I work at an Institute. She is reading a book. |
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Who knows this story? |
He (does). | |
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Tag Questions |
You work much, don't you? She can't sing, can she? |
Yes, I do. No, I don't.
No, she can't. Yes, she can. |
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Alternative Questions |
(have you) Have you a flat or a room? (does he know) Does he know French or English? |
I have a flat.
He knows English. |
Table 7. The Conjugation of the verbs to be, to have, to do, to work in the Present, Past and Future Simple
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Present Simple |
Past Simple |
Future Simple | ||||
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to be |
I am you are He, she, it is |
We are You are They are |
I was You were He, she, it was |
We were You were They were |
I shall be You will be He, she it will be |
We shall be You will be They will be We shall have |
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to have |
I have You have He, she, it has |
We have You have They have |
I had You had He, she, it had |
We had You had They had |
I shall have You will have He, she, it will have |
You will have They will have
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to do |
I, do You do He, she, it does |
We do You do They do |
I did You did He, she, it did |
We did You did They did |
I shall do You will do He, she, it will do |
We shall do You will do They will do |
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to work |
I work You work He, she, it works |
We work You work They work |
I worked You worked He, she, it worked |
We worked You worked They worked |
I shall work You will work He, she, it will work |
We shall work You will work They will work |
Table 8. Main Tenses
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Present |
Past |
Future | |||
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Simple |
I He She It We You They |
give (work) gives (works) give (work) |
I He She It We You They |
gave (worked) |
I We He She It You They |
shall give (work) will give (work) |
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Continuous |
I He She It We You They |
am giving (working) is giving (working) are giving (working) |
I He She It We You They |
was giving (working) were giving (working) |
I We He She It You They |
shall be giving (working) will be giving (working) |
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Perfect |
I He She It We You They |
have given working has given (worked) have given (worked) |
He She It We You They |
had given (worked) |
I We He She It You They |
shall have given (worked) will have given (worked)
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|
Perfect Continuous |
I He She It We |
have been giving (Working) has been giving (working.) have been giving (working) |
I He She It We You They |
had been giving (working) |
I We He She It You They |
shall have been giving (working) will have been giving (working)
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