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The basic units of English Grammar are

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Clauses, phases and sentences

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The parts of speech are

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The building blocks of our language

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Clauses are made up of ?

Please give an example

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A group of words containing subject + verb + object

I.e Tony ate a pizza

Subject = tony
Verb = ate
Object = pizza
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The subject of a clause is usually ?

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The agent or doer of the action

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The verb in a clause is the ?

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Action that the subject performs

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The object of a clause is ?

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The thing or person upon “which or whom” the action is performed.

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The meaning of the subordinate clause is dependable on ?

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The Main Clause

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A group of words that forms a meaningful unit within a clause is known as ?

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A phrase

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Please name 4 types of phrases ?

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A noun phrase
A verb phrase
An adjective phrase
An adverbial phrase

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A sentence is ?

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A group of words that make complete sense.

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A group of words that make complete sense is known as a ?

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A Sentence.
It will contain a main clause and a predicate. A sentence will end with either;
. - a period - declarative sentence
? - question mark - explanatory sentence
! Exclamation mark - imperative sentence

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Please name the 4 types of sentences

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Declarative “.” Period
Interrogative “?”
Exclamatory “!” Exclamation point
Imperative “!” Period or Exclamation point (depending on the strength of the intended emotion)

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A word that identifies a:
Person
Animal
Place
Thing or
Idea

Is known as a

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Common noun

I.e
Mother, park, pen, friendship, frog, bunch, loaf

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Please define the Common nouns

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A person
An animal
A place
A thing
An idea
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In a sentence, the nouns that specifically name people, places or people. Are known as ?

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Proper nouns - They will always begin with a capital

I.e
Peter
London
Great Wall of China

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A subordinate clause is dependent on the ______

_____ for its meaning.

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Main clause

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Phrases
A ________ _________ is built around a noun.
A ________ _________ is built around a verb.
An _______ _________ is built around an adjective
An _______ _________ is built around an adverb

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Noun phrase
Verb phrase
Adjective phrase
Adverb phrase

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A sentence contains a ________ clause

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Main

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Sentences are used to make statements such as
_________ questions
_________ orders
_________ exclamations

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Ask
Give
Express

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Gerunds are ?

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Continuous (+ ing) verbs that may be used in place of nouns.

I.e
I like to cook, I like cooking.
I like boxing but I don’t like to box.

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Countable nouns may be _________ or _________

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Singular or Plural

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Uncountable nouns “do not” have a ___________

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Plural

They are often liquids, powders or intangible ideas

I.e
Sand, ice cream, paint, music, homework, money

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Please list the 7 subject pronouns

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I, you, he, she, we, they, it

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It, them, they

are all ____________

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Pronouns - they can replace the noun in a sentence

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Subject (personal) pronouns replace the ________ , of a sentence when is too obvious to state.

(You must commit the 7 subject pronouns to memory)

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Subject

I / you / he / she / we / they / it

“Instead of saying “Sarah has a cat”, we can say “she has a cat” , if we know the subject is Sarah.

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Object (personal) pronouns, replace the __________ of the sentence if it is ____________

Please list the 7 Object pronouns and commit to memory.

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Object
Known

Me / you / him / her / us / them / it

“I like food” can be changed to “I like it” if we know the object is food”

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Progressive pronouns replace the __________ of an ____________ if the object is known.

In this case the pronoun is not used to replace the noun, but displays ownership of the noun.

Please list the 6 progressive pronouns and commit to memory.

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Owner / object

Mine / yours / his / hers / ours / theirs.

(Only 6 as “it’s” is not used as it fails to display ownership)

“The new phone is yours, and the old phone is mine.

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Reflexive pronouns are used when the ____________ and ____________ are the same.

Pls list the 8 and commit to memory.

Hint: we don’t say “joe helped joe”
We say “joe helped himself”

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Subject / object

Myself / yourself / himself / herself / itself / themselves / yourselves / ourselves

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We use Indefinite pronouns when we are _________ of the ____________ or ____________

Please list the 6 and commit to memory.

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Unsure / subject / object.

Anyone / someone / somebody / anybody / nobody something

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Demonstrative pronouns are used to ____________ or ___________ a noun when we are talking about it separate from other nouns.

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“Point to” or show

Singular - this / that

Plural - these / those

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Interrogative pronouns are sometimes called ___________ ____________ or wh-words, these pronouns are used mainly in questions.

They may also replace common phrases

Pls name the 7 interrogative pronouns and commit to memory.

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Question words

Who / what / where / when / why / which / whom

I didn’t hear “what” you said. (“What” replaces “the thing”)

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Relative pronouns are used to __________ ___________ that contain more information about a ______________ or __________. There are a lot of rules concerning their use and the correct use of punctuation when using them.

Pls list the 4 relative pronouns and commit to memory

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Introduce clauses / subject or object

That / which / who / when

“That is the man “who” helped me”
“Spain, “which” is in Europe, is a beautiful country.”

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Verbs: often referred to as “doing words”.
They show the ____________ state of a __________.
They may also be used to _____________ or _______ physical or mental action. Every sentence will have some kind of verb.

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Active / subject

Describe / show

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Verbs:
Depending on the verb, it may have a:
Present form
Past form
Past participle
Present (continuous) participle.

Please name the remaining forms for the “present form - sing”

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Sing
Sang
Sung
Singing

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Regular Verbs:

Are the most common and display there past form by adding ?

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d or ed

Liked / jumped

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Irregular Verbs:

Can be hard to memorize as their past form ________ be made by adding “d or ed”

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Cannot

Swam / Ate

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Transitive Verbs:

Shows an __________ that must be followed by an _____________.

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Action / object

Like, have, close

The sentence “I like” is incomplete. (It requires an object)

I “like”banana “cake” is correct.

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Intransitive Verbs:

They do not need an ____________ and may only be used with a ___________ in the sentence.

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Object / Sentence

When I heard the joke, I “laughed”

The sun “set”

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Auxiliary Verbs:
Often called “helping verbs”. Auxiliary verbs have no ___________ of their own. They are used with other ___________ verbs to create tense, show voice, display state.

They do not have continuous forms.
Pls name 4

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Action / “action”

Is / will / could / have

I “have” written a letter.
In this sentence “have” has no action but helps form the perfect tense.

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The “be” Verb: (the Verb “to be”)
It is an auxiliary verb that falls before another
__________, _____________, or complement to define the _____________. May also be used to make complex grammar structures, such as the passive voice or continuous tense.

Pls name 5.

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Noun / adjective / subject

Is / am / are / was / were

I “am”a doctor. (No action)
I was “seen” by a doctor. (passive)
I “am” eating banana cake. (Continuous)

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Modal Verbs:
These have many uses, although they have no “action” of their own. They are used to express
Need / Possibility / Willingness
Ability or obligation.

Pls name 5 - commit to memory

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Will
Can
Might
Have to

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Infinitive Verbs:
These follow the word “to” or a ___________
Verb. They have no _________ of their own and are always expressed as the present simple form of the “action” verb.

I like to “run”
I was going to “dance”

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Modal Verb / Tense.

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General Adverbs:
In much the same way as adjectives describe nouns. Adverbs describe verbs, adjectives, or sometimes other adverbs.

They are often formed by adding _ _ to an adjective, but their are many that don’t follow this rule

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ly

Happily / Quickly / Gladly.

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Adverbs of frequency:
These are used to show how often a ______ occurs.

Pls name 3

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Verb

Sometimes / Usually / Never

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Adverbs of time:
These show when a ________ occurs.

Pls name 4

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Verb

Shortly / Soon / After / Now

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Adverbs of degree:
These are used to show a subjective amount in relation to a _________ or _________adjective.

Pls name 3

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Verb / Adjective

Very / Much / Extremely

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Adverbs of place:
Adverbs of place show where a _____ takes place.
(Without using nouns as reference)

Pls name 2

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Verb

Here / There

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General adjectives:
Adjectives are used to describe a _________ or ________________ and can be used together with nouns to make noun ____________.

Generally, adjectives come after “ _ _ verbs” or before nouns.

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Noun / Pronoun / Phrases / be

Opinion - wonderful, terrible
Appearance - shiny, glamorous 
Material - leather, wood
State - broken, temporary
Origin - Mexican French
Emotions - glad, depressed
Numbers - 2, 9000
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Comparative adjectives:
Usually use “ _ _ “ to compare on noun with another, Bigger, Taller, Fatter, Happier, although there are many exceptions to this rule.
Some comparatives are made by using ________ or _____ before an adjective that has more than two syllables.

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“er” / more / less

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Superlatives (adjectives):
Superlatives show the most or least of any Adjective.
Only adjectives of __________ can have superlatives.

The biggest, the best, the fastest

Superlatives use “the most” or “the least” when the adjective has more than 2 syllables.

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Degree

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Possessive Adjective:
Are used in a very similar way to possessive pronouns. However, they only replace the owner of the noun when it is known, not the noun itself.

A possessive adjective must be followed by a noun.

Pls name 7 possessive adjectives. Commit to memory.

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My / Your / His / Her / Our / Their / It’s

The bird escaped from “its” cage.

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Prepositions (General):
Prepositions are used to show the relationships between ___________, __________ and __________ by coming before other groups of words to create extra informative phrases. These words have several uses, depending on the phrase, and many student have difficulty learning and understanding the importance of them.
“In” “at” and “on” are some of the most common

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People / Things / actions

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The important thing to remember about prepositions is that they form ___________ that are separate from the _______ __________.

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Phrases / Main Clause

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Prepositions of Place:
“At” shows ________ _________
“In” shows ________________
“On” shows ______________ via the surface

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General place - I am at the train station
Containment - it is in my hand bag
Attachment - you have a watch on your wrist

Other examples:
Beside / In front of / next to

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Prepositions of time:
These show when an \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ is occurring in relation to something else.
"At" - is used for \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
"In" - is used for \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
"On" - is used for \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
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Action.

Extra times - the movie starts “at” 6
Future time - the show opens in March
Future Days - let’s watch the movie on Saturday night

Other examples:
Before, after, while

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Propositions of movement:
Shows where ___________ are moving.

Into / Over / Through / Between

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Objects

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Prepositional phrases:
By using a prepositional in a phrase, we can complete the meaning of _____________ _______

“I went” - is incorrect
“I went to the shop” is a correct sentence due to the prepositional phrase.

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Intransitive verbs

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Phrasal Verbs:
By adding a ______________ to a verb, we make phrasal verbs which take on a completely different meaning to the original verb.

“Take up” an instrument
“Take apart” a radio
“Take off” on a holiday.

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Preposition

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Articles:
Although there are actually ______ “written” articles, there are ____ different types of articles. These are known as ____________ and ____________.

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Four / Two / Indefinite / Definite

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Articles are not really “parts of speech”, but they are crucial for _ _ _ and _ _ _ teachers and students to understand in the beginning.

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ESL / EFL

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Indefinite Articles:
Indefinite articles are used when the ______ is one of many, and the specific one is not yet important.

“a” and “an”
“There is “an” Apple tree at my house.”
(So what! There are many Apple trees in the world)

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Noun

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Definite Article:
Is used when we can guess the specific _________ being talked about or there is only one it could be.

There is one definite article “the”
“The” apples on my tree are very delicious.
“The” Great Wall of china.

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Object

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Zero Articles:
We use the zero article (or no article) when the noun is a __________ __________ with a capital letter or the plural form or the uncountable form of an indefinite noun.

In teaching grammar the zero article is represented by the symbol (zero with a line through it)

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Proper noun

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Conjunctions:
Are used to join parts of speech within a __________
Generally that would be the ______ clause to the ___________ clause.

Please name 5,

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Sentence
Main
Supporting

and, or, so, but, because

I like tea “but” I don’t like coffee “because” it’s too strong for me

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Interjections:
Interjections are words to express immediate feelings or surprise. They are usually written alone in a _______________

BOO! / OW! / Phew!

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Sentence

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Modal verbs:
Are actually a type of auxiliary _______ that are used to show:
Willingness / Possibility / Ability / Necessity / Obligation as well as other subtleties of the english language.

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Verb

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Modal verbs
Can - used to show
Could- used as
May - used as
Might - used to show
Should - used to show
Ought to -
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Can - ability, possibility, informed, permission, informed request, or impossibility (in the negative)
Could - past ability, more formal version of “can”, polite request, suggestion, impossibility (in neg)
May - polite request, asking for permission, or to show uncertainty.
Might - uncertainty about the past, present or future, very polite questions.
Should - show advice, suggestion, display natural order of things.
Ought to - advice, strong suggestion

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Modal Verbs:
Had better - used for
Be Supposed to - shows the speaker
Must - shows strong
Have to - shows
Will - used for
Be Going to - future tense used to
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Had Better - advice, with a threat of negative reaction/result.
Be Supposed to - expectations, or the natural order of things, NB “be” verb changes according to tense.
Must - strong/personal obligation (verbal) - used to show necessity (written).
Have to - necessity or lack of (neg), in the “neg” must and have to, have very different meanings.
Will - future tense, at the time of utterance.
Be Going to - plans for the future decided in the past, “be” verb changes with tense
I “am going to” travel next year.
We’re “going to” take a swim when I get home

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Modal verbs:
Would - often used as
Used to - shows a repeated behavior
Shall - volunteering a future action

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Would - a repeated past action no longer performed, polite version of “will”, polite requests, preferences.

Used to - repeated behavior in the past, in the negative and question form drop the “d”

Shall - volunteering a future action, or formally expressing certainty.

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Tenses:
Most english speakers think there are only 3 basic tenses. ___________ _____________ and __________

However there are actually _ _, and are used to convey a large amount of information in a sentence.

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Past / Present / Future

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Tenses:
Tenses are created by changing the _____ form in a ___________

When understood fully, tenses can allow insight into the speaker and what they are actually saying.

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Verb form / Clause

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Tenses:
When presenting tenses, it is important to give examples of the language in its:
________________ _________________ and
________________ (interrogative) form

As an EFL teacher it is imperative that you commit all tenses and good teaching examples to memory.

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Positive
Negative
Questio

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Tenses:
The Simple Present. The most basic; it expresses an action that happens regularly or always. The verb should remain in is base form, allowing for voice.

It’s formula is? and when can it occur?

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Subject + (present Verb) + (object)

The action can occur at any time.

P = I “eat” cake, she “eats” cake
N = (use the auxiliary verb do(es) + not
I “don’t eat” cake - she “doesn’t eat” cake
Q = the auxiliary verb comes before the subject.
“Do” you “eat” cake? - When “does” she “eat” cake

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Tenses:
The Simple Past. The simple past is used to explain about an action completed in the past.

It’s formula is? And when was the action completed?

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Subject + (past) Verb + (object)

The action was completed before now.

I “saw” a big explosion.
I “drank” a bottle of soda this morning.
I “didn’t think” about that.

In the simple past negative, “don’t” and “doesn’t” become “didn’t”.

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Tenses:
The Simple Future. We may use the modal verb “will” when discussing future events that are only decided upon at the time of speaking.
We use “(Be) going to” to talk about future events that have been planned with more certainty.
Remember that the choice of “be” verb will depend on the subject.
What is the formula? When will the action be completed ?

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Subject + will + infinitive verb + (object) or
Subject + be verb + going to + infinitive verb + (object)

“Image you proposed to your girlfriend on Sunday”
“Will” you marry me!
Yes I “will”
On Monday his girlfriend tells her friends
We “are going to” get married in a month.

If asked Weekend plans?
We “are going” to have a picnic.

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