PAST CONTINUOUS

Basics

     W form the past continuous with the past simple of the verb to be + -ing form of the main verb.

FIRST CONDITIONAL

basics

➢    We use conditional clauses to talk about situations that we think are possible.

➢    We can reverse the order of the clauses

SHOULD AND SHOULDN'T

     We usually use the verb should to give advice.

     As it is a modal verb, it has the same form for all persons and is followed by an infinitive without to.

PRESENT PERFECT

basics

      We form the present perfect with the present simple of the verb have + the past participle of the main verb. We form the past participle of regular verbs by adding -ed to the infinitive.

COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

Comparative adjectives

•    one syllable adjectives form the comparative by adding the suffix -er to the adjective.

•    Adjectives ending in -e: omit his vowel and add the suffix -er

•    One syllable adjectives ending in a short vowel + -t, -d, -g, -m, -n: double the final consonant and end -er

•    Two syllables adjectives ending in -y: chage the -y to -i and add -er

•    Other adjectives of two or more syllables form the comparative with more.

LOVE,LIKE,DISLIKE,HAVE+-ING

     We usually use like + -ing when the verb like means enjoy doing something.

     In English, we say: I like swimming, where swimming is the direct object.

     Other verbs that use the same structure include: love, dislike, hate.

CAN/CAN'T

basics

●    the modal verb can has the same form for all persons and is always followed by an infinitive without to.

●    In interrogative sentences, we invert the order of the subject and the verb can

●    in short answers, we use the model verb and do not repeat the infinitive.

PRESENT SIMPLE

     Most verbs form the third person singular by adding -s to the infinitive.

     Verbs ending in -s, -x, -sh, -ch add -es

     verbs ending in a consonant plus -y change the -y to -i and add -es

     the verbs do and go form the third person singular by adding -es.