Inglese grammatica Flashcards

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Present simple form

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  • Base form
  • At the third person we add -s/es
  • Auxiliary do or does
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Present simple uses

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  • Headline
  • Routine or habit
  • Expresions or adverb of frequency
  • Instruction
  • Joke
  • Planned events
  • Summeries
  • Sport commentaries
  • Permanent or general truth
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Third person variation of present simple

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  • verb endind in -s, -sh, -ch, -x, -z, -o
  • verb ending in consonant plus y the y turn into -i
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Remember of present simple

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  • third -s
  • some adverb of frequency like sometimes and normally can go at the end or at the begin of the sentece for emphasis
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Present continuos form

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present of verb be plus the ing form of the main verb

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Spelling variations of the present continuos

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  • Verb ending with a silent -e drop the e
  • End in -ie, this turn into y
  • One, two or more syllabe ending with vowel+ consonant that double the final consonant
  • Two or more verbs ending with a non stressed vowel + L double the final l in british english not in the american
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Present continuos uses

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  • Action that is now happening
  • with always, constantly, continually or forever for habits that annoy us
  • Future plans
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Present continuos remember

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We don’t use the present continuos with stative verbs. But we can use it when the stative verbs change meaning
Example
I see many film (talking aboutnperception)
He is seeing lisa (going out)

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Present perfect simple form

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we form it with the present of verb have plus the past participle of the main verb

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Past perfect simple uses

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  • Recent events with result in the present
  • Action happened at an unspecified moment in the past
  • Action finished very recently
  • Often with the adverbs already, just, yet, ever, never, almost, recently, before, lately, still, so far, up to row, all my life
  • Actions started in the past and continue in the present (since and for)
  • For ephasise the result of an action or how many times it happened
  • With expressionnIt is the first time/ second time or in the question with how long
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Remember of present perfect

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Been or gone. Been i’m already come back and gone when i’m still there

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Present perfect continuos form

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We form it with the present perfect of verb be plus the ing form of the main verb

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Present perfect continuos uses

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  • For actions started in the past and continue in the present for emphasis the duration and the process.
  • For actions very short we don’t use it
  • For empahsise that an action finished very recently and has present results
  • Often used with for since and in the question with how long…?
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Three golden rules of the present perfect continuos

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We don’t use the present perfect continuos with:
- Stative verbs
- Number or quantity
- True negative (Senteces in which i say something that i didn’t do)

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Gerund form

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  • Verb at the ing form
  • Not plus the ing form
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Gerund uses

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  • As the subject or object of a sentence
  • With verb of liking or disliking
  • After preposition
  • With certein verbs like avoid, consider, amdit, risk, suggest
  • With go to talk about physical activities
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Infinitive form

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to + base form
Negative form= not plus infinitive

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Infinitive uses

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  • Explaning why somebody does smoething
  • After adjective
  • After expressions= too, enough, the first, the last
  • After verbs, see the book