Grammar notes - Unit 1

IRREGULAR VERBS LIST

MAIN USES

practice

keywords

PAST SIMPLE

PRESENT SIMPLE

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Grammar notesPRESENT AND PAST SIMPLEUNIT 1 - 6th GRADE

VERB TO BE

OTHER VERBS

(+) I -> I am happy.You/We/They -> They are hilarious.He/She/It -> She is talkative.(-) I -> I'm not happy.You/We/They -> They aren't hilarious.He/She/It -> She isn't talkative.(?) I -> Am I happy ?You/We/They -> Are they hilarious ?He/She/It -> Is she talkative ?

(+) S + VERB ...Every Sunday, you play basket.He/She/It -> On Mondays, he starts a new book.(-) S + DON'T / DOESN'T + VERB ...Every Sunday, you don't play basket.He/She/It -> On Mondays, he doesn't start a new book.(?) DO / DOES + S + VERB ...Do you play basket every Sunday?He/She/It -> Does he start a new book on Mondays?

PRESENT SIMPLE

don't forget to add -s when you are talking in 3rd person singular(he/she/it)

OTHER VERBS

Since you are using the auxiliar DID in the negative and interrogative structures, you will always use the infinitive after it!

VERB TO BE

(+) S + WAS / WERE ...You/We/They -> Yesterday, we were with Mery.I/He/She/It -> Last Monday, he was at the school.(-) S + WASN'T / WEREN'T ...You/We/They -> Yesterday, we weren't with Mery.I/He/She/It -> Last Monday, he wasn't at the school.(?) WAS / WERE + S ...You/We/They -> Were we with Mery yesterday?I/He/She/It -> Was he at the school last Monday?

(+) S + [ VERB(-)ED / IRREGULAR VERB ] ...Yesterday, you played paddle tennis.Last Wednesday, they won the contest.(-) S + DIDN'T + VERB ...Yesterday, you didn't play paddle tennis.Last Wednesday, they didn't win the contest.(?) DID + S + VERB ...Did you play paddle tennis yesterday?Did they win the contest last Wednesday?

PAST SIMPLE

To talk about actions that have finished or things that happened at a specific time in the past.Last year he was in Toronto.Marco bought his apartment last summer.They didn't tell their parents about their plan.

PAST SIMPLE

PRESENT SIMPLE

To talk about habits and routines / General facts / Permanent situationsI drink coffee every morning. (routines)Charles Darwin is the father of evolution. (general facts)I don't live in Madrid. (permanent situations)

MAIN USES

Past Simple

Present Simple

Keywords

present simple (negative form)

present simple (interrogative form)

present simple (I)

present simple (II)

irregular verbs (i)

irregular verbs (Ii)

past simple (i)

verb to be (past simple)

Verb to be (present simple)

Do or did (present or past simple)

DID / WAS or were(past simple)

past simple (iI)

PRACTICE