vendredi 20 mai 2011

Tenses 1

Review of Tenses
تجدون هنا ملخصا لكيفية تصريف الأفعال
ينبغي معرفة جميع تصاريف الأفعال مع التركيز علىpast pefect and future perfect
معرفة لائحةIrregular Verbs  ضرورية

                         
ENGLISH TENSES
TENSES
FORMS                                                              (Affirmative - A/Negative - N    Question - Q)
USE
TIME  PHRASES
INDEFINITE (SIMPLE)













PRESENT
                                                                                                A:  I                                   work.
      He/she/it                     works.
      You/we/they                work.
                                                                                                        N:  I                     do not  (don’t) work.
     He/she/it        does not (doesn’t) work_.
     You/we/they   do not  (don’t) work.

Q:  Do         I                     work?    
      Does    he/she/it         work_?
      Do        you/we/they    work?

1-to talk about general truth and permanent actions(facts):                                                                   
The Earth rotates round its axis.              It rains a lot in autumn.                           I speak English and French.                   

2-to talk about repeated, customary actions:                                   He gets up at 8 o’clock every morning.                                                    They never listen to their teacher.

3-to talk about a planned future action (a timetable or schedule )          The train leaves at  3 tomorrow. 
                                                                         
always, every day/month/yearnever, often, normally, seldom, sometimes, usually, twice a week/day…,                                 all the time

PAST
                                                                                 




A: I                             worked /went.
     He/she/it               worked/went.
     You/we/they          worked/went . 

N: I                      did not (didn’t) work_/go.
     He/she/it        did not (didn’t) work_/go.
    You/we/they    did not (didn’t) work_/go.

Q: Did I                       work_/go?
     Did he/she/it          work_/go?
     Did you/we/they     work_/go?

1-to talk about actions performed in the past                             (with finished time expressions):                                                    I met my friend yesterday.                                      Did you go to the seaside last summer?           

2-to talk about a succession of past actions (stories):                                                                            He opened the door, switched on the light and fed his cat. 

3- to talk about an action taking place in the middle of another action:                                                      He fell asleep while the teacher was explaining new grammar rules.

yesterday, 2 minutes/hours/days/years ago,                                     in 1970,                          the other day, last
month/year/                    week/ Sunday       

FUTURE

A:  I/we            shall*/ will         work.
     He/she/it     will                     work.
     You/they     will                     work.
   
N:  I/we            shall not (shan’t) * work
                         will not  (won’t)       work.

     He/she/it      will not (won’t) work.
     You/they      will not (won’t) work.

       
Q:  Shall/will         I/we             work?
      Will                 he/she/it      work?
      Will                 you/they      work?
     





1-to talk about future actions:                                          I’ll call you tomorrow.                             Mary will get a present next month.

2-to predict the future                      (with  probably, I expect..., I'm sure..., (I) think..., don't think, I wonder..., perhaps)  I think it will rain tomorrow.   Perhaps she'll be late.
I don't think the exam will be very difficult.      

3- to express intention at the moment of decision:
Do you like these shoes?                                  - Yes, I'll buy them.       

4-in the 1st type of conditional sentences                 If the weather is fine, we’ll go to the country.
                                
tomorrow,                the day after tomorrow,        one of these
days,                                   next week/month/ year etc.,       soon,
in  the near future,                       some day,                   in two days/five minutes/a month etc.

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