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Verb in present perfect simple

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AUX + PAST PARTICIPLE: Unspecified time (Before, ever, since, yet, already:

HAVE you ever BEEN to NY?
…since a lot of people HAVE HAD…

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Verb in the present perfect progressive

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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.

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Simple present

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Facts, always true:

The average people BREATHES 21k/day

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Present progressive

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Right now:
I AM EATING my lunch
Present aux + Present participle (Progressive = ing)

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Simple past

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I ATE / I DID not eat / DID you eat?

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Past progressive

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Duration: Progress before another activity
I WAS WALKING when it began to rain.
Past aux + Progressive = ing (present participle)

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Possessive adjective

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My, your, her, his, its, our, your, their

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Subject pronoun

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

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Object pronoun

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Replaces a noun: Pink Flyod

Me, you, him, her, it, us, you, them

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Irregular plural noun

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Boxes, babies, men, mice, theet, thieves, shelves, loaves

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indefinite article

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a/an, some

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definite article

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The

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Adjective (past participle)

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They are CONFUSED students
They looked BORED
Past participle = ed

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Adjective (present participle)

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This weather is DEPRESSING!
IT is a CONFUSING problem
Active meaning: The problem does something; it confuses
Present participle = ing

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Descriptive adjective

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Pretty, long, small

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Adjective clause

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I thank the woman WHO HELPED ME
The kids WHO WERE CALLED FIRST  will have the best chance of getting a seat.
Refer to the noun: 
Who = people 
That = people/thing
Wich = things
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Simple sentence

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I love this book

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Compound sentence

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2 sentence with a conjonction:

I love this book AND Summer is my favorite character

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Complex sentence

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Using preposition to join 2 clauses:
ALTHOUGH Denise had some doubts, she found the courses very useful.
Computers have come a long way SINCE they first came on the market.

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Preposition

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Across, at, before, since, although, beside, beyond, by, for, in, on, with, until, etc.

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Adverb clause

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The clause can modify or describe verbs, adverbs, and adjectives. In general, adverb clauses add information that elaborates on when, where, why, how, how much or under what condition the action in the sentence takes place. A clause must contain a subject and a verb to be complete. An adverb clause also begins with a PREPOSITION, such as “after,” “if,” “because” and “although.”

BECAUSE HE LOVES HER, he didn’t believe she was having an affair.
ALTHOUGH SHE HAS A BUISNESS DEGREE , she is
WHEN I WAS IN CHICAGO, I visited museums.
He remembered, AFTER HE LEFT THE HOUS, that he needed to mail the thank you cards.
I never knew how wonderful life could be UNTIL I MET YOU

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modal

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Properties, such as possibility, obligation, and emphasis: Could/can, Would/will, should, shall, must/might

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Conjonction

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But, or , and, so

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Transitions

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First of all, In addition, moreover, Furthermore, In cloncusion/to conclude

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Clause

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Subject + Verb

When he arrives.