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conditions that are happening all the time, or exist now: The sentences "I
live in Madrid", "She doesn't like cheese", and "I think you're wrong" are all
in the present simple. 'I love you' is an example of the present simple.
• Simple Past - the form of a verb used to describe an action that happened
before the present time and is no longer happening. It is usually made by
adding -ed:
• Teach / Teaches
• Go / Goes
• Focus / Focuses
• Wash / Washes
• Mix / Mixes
• The verb HAVE is irregular. Note that -ve is replaced with -s for the third person singular.
• Have / Has
• Write the past forms of the irregular verbs.
• go →
• come →
• buy →
• have →
• do →
• leave →
• sell →
• bring →
• shut →
• spend →
Simple past
• Regular verbs ending in a silent e take /-d/ in the simple past and past participle:
Example:
close / closed
• Regular verbs ending in a vowel + y take /-ed/ in the simple past and past participle:
Example:
play / played
• Regular verbs ending in a consonant + y take /-ied/ in the simple past and past participle (the y becomes
an i followed by /-ed/)
Example:
marry / married
• All the other regular vebs take /-ed/ in the simple past and past participle.
Example:
visit / visited
• Follow these rules when there is a consonant after a vowel (stop, ban, open, offer...)
• If there is a consonant after a stressed vowel at the end of the word, double the consonant
• stop – stopped
• ban - banned
• swap - swapped
• help
• wash
• live
• arrive
• study
• cry
• play
• enjoy
• plan
• stop
• agree
• borrow
• be
• begin
• break
• bring
• build
• buy
• come
• do
• draw
• drink
Future going to and will
• When to use GOING TO
• The structure BE GOING TO is normally used to indicate the future but with some type of connection to the present. We use it
in the following situations:
• 1. When we have already decided or we INTEND to do something in the future. (Prior Plan)
• They're going to retire to the beach - in fact they have already bought a little beach house.
• I'm going to accept the job offer.
• 2. When there are definite signs that something is going to happen. (Evidence)