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Expressions of Time

Past	Present	Future
yesterday	today	tomorrow
last week	this week	next week
an hour ago	now	in an hour
recently	as we speak	soon
a little while ago	at this moment	in the near future
a long time ago	these days	way off in the future
in the past	nowadays	eventually
this morning	at this time	later this evening

Time expressions usually go at the end

or at the beginning of a sentence:

Yesterday I went to school.

I went to school yesterday.

This week I'm going to New York.

I'm going to New York this week.

Other popular time expressions:

In the morning  When I wake up in the morning, I like to drink coffee.  What do you drinkin the morning?
during the day  During the day, they go to school .  What do you doduring the day?
at night  The stars and the moon come out at night. Most people sleepat night, but cats usually stay out late.
in the afternoon  In the afternoon, I come home from school and do my homework.

Using time expressions with the correct verb tense will improve your English: - Last week I went to the movies. (past tense. ) - This week I'm working early in the morning.(present continuous tense to describe the entire week) - Next week I'm going to take a trip to California.(the "going to" future)

Continue practicing checking out these exercises.

We danced all night

Simple Past: Regular Verbs

Introduction

The simple past tense is one of the most common tenses in English. Its form is the same with all subjects. It is usually formed by adding -ED to the verb. This page will explain the rules for forming the tense with regular verbs.

1. Forming the simple past tense

With most verbs, the simple past is created simply by adding -ED. However, with some verbs, you need to add -D or change the ending a little. Here are the rules:

Verb ending in...	How to make the simple past	Examples
e	Add -D	live  lived date  dated
Consonant +y	Change y to i, then add -ED	try  tried cry  cried
One vowel + one consonant (but NOT w or y)	Double the consonant, then add -ED	tap  tapped commit  committed
anything else including w	Add -ED	boil  boiled fill  filled hand  handed show  showed

When you are sure that you understand the lesson, you can continue with the exercises.

Don't do it!

Simple Present: Negatives and Questions

Introduction

In the simple present tense, negative forms and question forms are made using the auxiliary verb “do”. This page explains the rules.

1. Forming a negative

Negatives in the simple present are formed by adding don't or doesn't before the simple form of the verb:

Subject	Auxiliary	Example
I	don't	I don't sing
You	don't	You don't sing
He	doesn't	He doesn't sing
She	doesn't	She doesn't sing
It	doesn't	It doesn't sing
We	don't	We don't sing
They	don't	They don't sing

In other words, only third person singular subjects (he, she and it) have doesn't — the rest have don't.

2. Forming a yes/no question

Yes/no questions are also created using the auxiliary do. This time, the auxiliary is placed before the subject. Here are the rules:

Auxiliary	Subject	Example
Do	I	Do I sing?
Do	you	Do you sing?
Does	he	Does he sing?
Does	she	Does she sing?
Does	it	Does it sing?
Do	we	Do we sing?
Do	they	Do they sing?

3. Forming a WH- question

WH- questions (using words such as “what”, “when”, and “where”) are also created by putting the auxiliary do before the subject. Then, you add the WH- word at the beginning. Here are some examples:

Statement	Yes/no question	WH- question
I sing	Do I sing?	What do I sing?
You fight.	Do you fight?	Why do you fight?
He lives	Does he live?	Where does he live?

When you are sure that you understand the lesson, you can continue with the exercises.

Singers and actors

We talk about simple present tense, but you still have to keep an eye on the rules...

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Simple presente tense

I'm not!

To be - negative forms and contractions

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Full negative forms of the verb to be

I am not a singer. He is not a receptionist. She is not a nurse. It is not my book. We are not not musicians. You are not a shop assistant. They are not taxi drivers.

Contracted negative forms of the verb to be

I'm not  a singer. He isn't a receptionist. She isn't a nurse. It isn't my book. We aren't not musicians. You aren't a shop assistant. They aren't taxi drivers.

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Negative sentences

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Possessive Adjectives

English Grammar Rules

Possessive adjectives are used to show possession or ownership of something. While we use them when we refer to people, it is more in the sense of relationship than ownership.

The possessive adjectives in English are as follows:

The possessive adjective needs to agree with the possessor and not with the thing that is possessed.

Examples

• My car is very old.
• Her boyfriend is very friendly.
• Our dog is black.
• Their homework is on the table.

Like all adjectives in English, they are always located directly in front of the noun they refer to. (Possessive Adjective + Noun)

We do not include an S to the adjective when the noun is plural like in many other languages.

Examples:

• Our cars are expensive. (Correct)
  Ours cars are expensive. (Incorrect)

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Possessive adjectives

Physical appearance

This topic will help us to describe people according to their physical features.

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Characteristics

Physical features