Basic English Grammar I

there is and there are Use there with is and are to say what exists or what you can have. Use there is with singular nouns, and ...

Exercise 5 Complete the following sentences by writing am, is or are in the blank spaces. The weather beautiful tod ...

Exercise 7 Rewrite the following sentences using contractions. The first one has already been done to help you. It is another ...

The Present Progressive Tense The present progressive tense is used to talk about things that are continuing to happen. Make the ...

64 Exercise 8 Fill in the blank spaces with the present progressive tense of the verbs in parentheses. Try to use contractions s ...

The Simple Past Tense Use the simple past tense to talk about things that happened in the past. The simple past ...

was and were The words was and were are the simple past forms of the verb be. n Was is the simple past fo ...

Irregular Verbs Many common verbs have unusual present and past tense forms. These are called irregular verbs ...

Exercise 10 Write each past tense verb below under the correct heading. laughed lived smiled landed cried pinned hurried played ...

Exercise 12 Write was or were in the blank spaces in the following passage. It a beautiful summer’s day and there n’t a cloud in ...

The Past Progressive Tense Use the past progressive tense to talk about things that were happening in the past ...

have, has and had The verb have is used to say what people own or possess. n Use have with the pronouns I ...

Here is a table to help you remember how to use have and has. singular plural first person I have we have sec ...

The Present Perfect Tense The present perfect tense shows action in the indefinite past. The present perfect tense i ...

◗ ◗ Here are more examples of irregular past participles. irregular simple past example verb past tense participle k ...

Some irregular verbs have a past participle that does not change at all. irregular past example verb participle ...

Exercise 16 Complete the sentence with the present perfect tense of the verbs in parentheses. The children (make) the house ver ...

The Future Tense To show future action use the verbs shall and will with another verb that describes the ac ...

To talk about facts in the future or plans that will not change, use the simple present tense. Tomorrow is Sunday. Summe ...

Exercise 18 Decide whether shall and will are used correctly in each sentence. Put a checkmark in the box for a correct use and ...