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ESL GRAMMAR ESL GRAMMAR REVIEWREVIEW

F. WENTWORTHF. WENTWORTH

SIMPLE PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENT TENSETENSE

USE FOR EVERY DAY, REPEATED USE FOR EVERY DAY, REPEATED ACTIONS.ACTIONS.

SIMPLE PRESENTIYOUWETHEY

WALK HESHEIT

WALKS

QUESTIONS IN SIMPLE PRESENT

• DO I WALK ?• DO YOU WALK ?• DO WE WALK ?

DO THEY WALK ?

• DOES HE WALK ?• DOES SHE WALK?

DOES IT WALK?

NEGATIVE IN SIMPLE PRESENT

• I DON’T WALK.• YOU DON’T WALK.• WE DON’T WALK.• THEY DON’T WALK.

• HE DOESN’T WALK.• SHE DOESN’T

WALK.• IT DOESN’T WALK.

SIMPLE PRESENT SPELLING CHANGES IN THIRD PERSON

IF VERB ENDS IN:XCHSHS or OADD-ES

FIXWATCHWASHKISSGO

HE FIXESWATCHESHE WASHESHE KISSESHE GOES

SPELLING CHANGES CONTINUED

IF THE VERB ENDS IN: A CONSONANT+YADD- TAKE OFF THE Y & ADD- IES

CARRYCRYTRYSTUDY

VOWEL+Y- NO CHANGE:PLAY

HE CARRIESHE CRIESHE TRIESHE STUDIES

PLAYS

Simple Present Exercises

• Exercise 1• Exercise 2• Exercise 3• Exercise 4

PRESENT CONTINUOUS• USE THIS FOR ACTIONS THAT ARE

HAPPENING NOW.

PRESENT CONTINUOUSIYOUWETHEY

HESHEIT

AMAREAREARE

ISISIS

WALKINGWALKINGWALKINGWALKING

WALKINGWALKINGWALKING

WITH SOME VERBS YOU DON’T USE -ING

• THESE ARE NON ACTION VERBS SUCH AS “BE” (IS, AM, ARE)

• WHEN ‘HAVE’ MEANS OWNERSHIP• WHEN ‘THINK’ MEANS BELIEVE

Practice Exercise• Simple Present and Present

Continuous (also called Present Progressive)

• Click here for the exercise.

NON-ACTION VERBS• KNOW SEEM• UNDERSTAND APPEAR• SEE SMELL• HEAR THINK*• HAVE * BELIEVE• OWN WANT• NEED BE

Simple Present vs. Continuous

• Click here for extra practice:

SIMPLE PAST-REGULARADD-EDIYOUWETHEYHESHEIT

WALKEDWALKEDWALKEDWALKEDWALKEDWALKEDWALKED

SIMPLE PAST-IRREGULAR

THERE ARE ABOUT 100 IRREGULAR VERBS.LOOK AT IRREGULAR VERB LISTS.EXAMPLES: GO-WENT SPEAK-SPOKE TELL-TOLD HAVE-HAD

THE VERBS ARE THE SAME IN ALL PERSONS:IYOU WENTWE SPOKETHEY TOLD HE, SHE IT HAD

Simple Past Exercises• Exercise 1• Exercise 2• Exercise 3• Exercise 4• Exercise 5• Exercise 6

FUTURE TENSE WITH GOING TO

• When we talk about our plan in the future we use:

• Is• Am + going to + verb.• Are

FUTURE WITH ‘GOING TO’

IYOUWETHEY

AMAREAREARE

GOING TOGOING TOGOING TOGOING TO

GOVISITSTUDYWATCH

HESHEIT

ISISIS

GOING TOGOING TOGOING TO

BUY WASHRAIN

Future with Going to• Exercise 1• Exercise 2

FUTURE WITH ‘WILL’• USE THIS FOR PROMISES• INTENTIONS

FUTURE WITH ‘WILL’IYOUWETHEY

WILL- I’LLWILL-YOU’LLWILL-WE’LLWILL-THEY’LL

GOCALLDO ITGIVE

HESHEIT

WILL-HE’LLWILL-SHE’LLWILL-IT’LL

SENDWRITESPEAK

Future with Will• Exercise 1• Exercise 2

MODALS• CAN• COULD• SHOULD• WOULD• MAY• MIGHT

MODALS(Don’t use ‘to’ before the verb with

modals)

IYOUWETHEY

CANSHOULDMIGHTMAY

GOEATVISITCOME

HESHEIT

WOULDCOULDCAN

GOSHOULDSNOW

Modals Exercises• Exercise 1• Exercise 2

PRESENT PERFECT• Use the present perfect to talk

about:• 1. Things that begin in the past

and are still true now.• 2. Repeated events that happened

in the past that could still happen in the future.

PRESENT PERFECTUse have or has Past participle

Regular Verbs- add -ed

I haveYou have We haveThey have

walked

He hasShe has It has

walked

PRESENT PERFECT• For irregular past participles check

the third column of your irregular verb list.

• I have been here for two years.• He has seen the Grand Canyon

many times.For more on the present perfect see the

Intermediate Advanced Grammar Power Point.