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English tenses

  • Present simple and continuous
  • Past simple and continuous
  • Future simple and continuous
  • Present perfect
  • Past perfect
  • Future perfect

Regular verbs list (PDF)

  • Regular verbs: worked, played, tried, knitted

Irregular verbs list (PDF)

  • Irregular verbs: did - done, cut - cut, became - become

Verb to be: present simple (PDF)

Affirmative, negative and question forms:

  • I am worried. You aren't my friend. Is it all right?

Verb to be: past simple (PDF)

Affirmative, negative and question forms:

  • I was ill. You weren't there. Was it your idea??

Modal verbs can, may, must, have to (PDF)

Positive and negative forms:

  • I can swim very well. You can't take it.
  • May I smoke here? They may not come tomorrow.
  • You must go there. It must be John.
  • British students have to wear uniforms.

Be able to (PDF)

'Be able to' compared to 'can':

  • I am able to do it. You were able to come. He will be able to drive.
  • We have been able to do it. They had been able to come.

Be allowed to (PDF)

'Be allowed to' compared to 'can':

  • I am allowed to go out. You were allowed to to park there.
  • We have been allowed to vote. They had been allowed to move in.

Conditional would, should, could, might (PDF)

Present and perfect conditionals:

  • It would help me. You should do it. Dan might come tonight.
  • It would have helped me. You should have done it.

If- conditional sentences (PDF)

Zero, first, second, third, mixed and inverted conditional sentences:

  • If he studies hard, he'll pass the exams.
  • If I had more time, I would help you.
  • If he had met her, he would have told her.
  • Were I in your position, I would accept it.

Passive voice (PDF)

All passive forms compared to active forms:

  • The car is repaired. The houses are being built.
  • My laptop was broken. The road was being cleared.
  • The parcel will be sent in time. The report has been finished.

Reported speech (PDF)

Direct and indirect speech, reported questions, commands and requests:

  • "Greg came yesterday." - Mary said that Greg had come the day before.
  • "What time did it start?" - He wanted to know what time it had started.
  • "Get up!" - He told me to get up.

Time clauses (PDF)

Future time clauses:

  • I'll do it when I come back home.
  • While we are cutting the grass you'll pick the apples.

Relative clauses (PDF)

Defining and non-defining relative clauses:

  • The man who called you has just arrived. This is the book that I wanted.
  • My father, who is 65 now, still works. His car, which he bought last month, is broken.

Indirect questions (PDF)

Direct questions versus indirect questions:

  • What did she want? Where was it?
  • Can you tell me what she wanted? Do you remember where it was?

Question tags (PDF)

Question tags used after affirmative and negative sentences:

  • Sue is your sister, isn't she? They didn't come, did they?
  • Nobody will agree with it, will they?
  • Derek hardly ever exercises, does he?

Imperative sentences (PDF)

The first, second, third person and emphatic imperatives.

  • Let me do it. Let him go.
  • Open your books. Don't sit down.
  • Do be quiet.

Gerund and infinitive (PDF)

Gerunds, infinitives with 'to' and bare infinitives:

  • We hope to come on time. They made me stand up.
  • He admitted smashing the window. I stopped smoking.

Direct and indirect object (PDF)

English verbs with direct and indirect objects:

  • They gave Harold a new car. They gave him a new car.
  • They gave a new car to Harold. They gave it to him.

Nouns (PDF)

  • Countable and uncountable nouns: a car, an idea - music, information.
  • Singular and plural only nouns: physics, homework - jeans, steelworks.
  • Group (collective) nouns: a squad of soldiers, a flight of birds.
  • Compound nouns: post office, lighthouse, passer-by.
  • Proper nouns: Harvard University, the University of Oxford, Spain, the Netherlands.

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