Grammar identification Flashcards
Verb in present perfect simple
AUX + PAST PARTICIPLE: Unspecified time (Before, ever, since, yet, already:
HAVE you ever BEEN to NY?
…since a lot of people HAVE HAD…
Verb in the present perfect progressive
Duration: AUX + PAST PARTICIPLE + Present participle (…ing):
How long HAVE you BEEN STUDYING at Laval?
Use since or ever since with a specific period in the past > I HAVE BEEN JOGGING in this park since 2002 / He HAS BEEN STARING at the wall ever since he heard the news.
Use for with a number of hours, days, months, years > SHE IS BEEN TALKING on the phone for 3 hours.
Simple present
Facts, always true:
The average people BREATHES 21k/day
Present progressive
Right now:
I AM EATING my lunch
Present aux + Present participle (Progressive = ing)
Simple past
I ATE / I DID not eat / DID you eat?
Past progressive
Duration: Progress before another activity
I WAS WALKING when it began to rain.
Past aux + Progressive = ing (present participle)
Possessive adjective
My, your, her, his, its, our, your, their
Subject pronoun
I, you, he, she, it , we, you , they
Object pronoun
Replaces a noun: Pink Flyod
Me, you, him, her, it, us, you, them
Irregular plural noun
Boxes, babies, men, mice, theet, thieves, shelves, loaves
indefinite article
a/an, some
definite article
The
Adjective (past participle)
They are CONFUSED students
They looked BORED
Past participle = ed
Adjective (present participle)
This weather is DEPRESSING!
IT is a CONFUSING problem
Active meaning: The problem does something; it confuses
Present participle = ing
Descriptive adjective
Pretty, long, small