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Modals

Modals verbs are a category of auxiliary verbs. Modal verbs are also called modal auxiliaries or just manners. Ten English modals:

    can           could
    may           might
    shall           should
    will           would
    must        


Manners express how a verb: the ability, the opportunity, the need or another condition of the main verb.

Estes verbs with main verbs are used to form statements or questions. Manners have no conjugations or time and can not be used without a main verb

 Exercise:

Complete the sentences using the words listed in the box below, then click the "Check" button to check your answers. Don't forget to capitalize when necessary. Some gaps may have more than one correct answer.

can     could     have to     must     might     should

1. Ted's flight from Amsterdam took more than 11 hours. He  be exhausted after such a long flight. He  prefer to stay in tonight and get some rest.

2. If you want to get a better feeling for how the city is laid out, you  walk downtown and explore the waterfront.

3. Hiking the trail to the peak  be dangerous if you are not well prepared for dramatic weather changes. You  research the route a little more before you attempt the ascent.

4. When you have a small child in the house, you  leave small objects lying around. Such objects  be swallowed, causing serious injury or even death.

5. Dave:  you hold your breath for more than a minute?
Nathan: No, I can't.

6. Jenny's engagement ring is enormous! It  have cost a fortune.

7. Please make sure to water my plants while I am gone. If they don't get enough water, they  die.

8. I  speak Arabic fluently when I was a child and we lived in Egypt. But after we moved back to Canada, I had very little exposure to the language and forgot almost everything I knew as a child. Now, I  just say a few things in the language.

9. The book is optional. My professor said we  read it if we needed extra credit. But we  read it if we don't want to.

10. Leo: Where is the spatula? It  be in this drawer but it's not here.
Nancy: I just did a load of dishes last night and they're still in the dish washer. It  be in there. That's the only other place it  be.

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Present Perfect Progressive

The present perfect progressive expresses an action that recently stopped or is still going on, In the picture above we can see the basic structure of present perfect progressive and below and example

• puts emphasis on the duration or course of an action (not the result)
  
  Example: She has been writing for two hours.
• action that recently stopped or is still going on
  
  Example: I have been living here since 2001.
• finished action that influenced the present
  
  Example: I have been working all afternoon.
  
  
  Exercise
  
  
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  Help With Past Participle

Past Continuous Tense

PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

Present Perfect Tense

PRESENT PERFECT TENSE 

Simple Future

The Simple Future tense is used to describe actions to be developed in the future without the need to clarify at what point will occur

The basic structure of simple future in the affirmative would be: (Subject +Will or Going to +Verb + complement), a negative or interrogative way we use the auxiliary: Will or will no or wont or not going to

 Example of tenses

• a spontaneous decision
  
  example: Wait, I will help you.
• an opinion, hope, uncertainty or assumption regarding the future
  
  example: He will probably come back tomorrow.
  • a spontaneous decision
    
    example: Wait, I will help you.
  • an opinion, hope, uncertainty or assumption regarding the future
    
    example: He will probably come back tomorrow.
  
  

  Exercise:

  
  

  1. You (earn) a lot of money.
  2. You (travel) around the world.
  3. You (meet) lots of interesting people.
  4. Everybody (adore) you.
  5. You (not / have) any problems.
  6. Many people (serve) you.
  7. They (anticipate) your wishes.
  8. There (not / be) anything left to wish for.
  9. Everything (be) perfect.
  10. But all these things (happen / only) if you marry me.  
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Simple Past Tense

The simple past tense is used to describe actions that occurred some time ago, or who have already completed

The basic structure of simple past in the affirmative would be: (Subject + Verb + complement past), a negative or interrogative way we use the auxiliary: Did
note if the verbs are regular end with ED
just like this example: 

• action in the past taking place once, never or several times
  
  Example: He visited his parents every weekend.
• actions in the past taking place one after the other
  
  Example: He came in, took off his coat and sat down.
• action in the past taking place in the middle of another action
  
  Example: When I was having breakfast, the phone suddenly rang.
• if sentences type II (If I talked, …)
  
  Example: If I had a lot of money, I would share it with you.
  
  
  here some exercises
  
  
  1. Last year I (spend) my holiday in Ireland.
  2. It (be) great.
  3. I (travel) around by car with two friends and we (visit) lots of interesting places.
  4. In the evenings we usually (go) to a pub.
  5. One night we even (learn) some Irish dances.
  6. We (be) very lucky with the weather.
  7. It (not / rain) a lot.
  8. But we (see) some beautiful rainbows.
  9. Where (spend / you) your last holiday? 
  
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•  As a bonus I invite you to review the list of irregular verbs in past
  
  
  

Simple Present Tense

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

Rule 1: After I, you, we, and they simple form of verb is used. 

Rule 2: After he, she it (3rd person singular) a final -(e)s is added to the simple form of the verb.  

• Mary speaks English every day. • We watch TV every evening. • My girlfriend writes a letter to me every week. • Sally and Tom study grammar on Wednesdays. • My father usually leaves home at 8 o’clock in the morning.

In the negative form of simple present tense, helping verbs (auxiliary verbs “DO and DOES” are necessary to use.  After I, You, We They the helping verb DO   NOT (DON’T) is used with the simple form of the verb.  After He, She, It the helping verb DOES NOT (DOESN’T) is used with the simple form of the verb; -(e)s  is never 

used. It is only used in affirmative sentences.

• Sam doesn’t know French.

• It doesn’t snow in Egypt.

• They don’t have breakfast every morning.

• I don’t get up early on Sundays.

• She doesn’t want to go to school this morning.

• My mother doesn’t watch football matches on TV. 

• Mary and Jack don’t like ice cream.

In question sentences, the helping verbs DO and DOES are used in the beginning of the sentences.

The simple forms of the verbs are used: -(e)s is never used.

• Does Jane live in London?

• Do you watch TV every evening?

• Does your father read newspapers? 

• Do you live in town or a city?

• Does your boyfriend call you every evening?

Exercises: 

1. I usually  (go) to school.
2. They  (visit) us often.
3. You  (play) basketball once a week.
4. Tom  (work) every day.
5. He always  (tell) us funny stories.
6. She never  (help) me with that!
7. Martha and Kevin  (swim) twice a week.
8. In this club people usually  (dance) a lot.
9. Linda  (take care) of her sister.
10. John rarely  (leave) the country.
11. We  (live) in the city most of the year.
12. Lorie  (travel) to Paris every Sunday.
13. I  (bake) cookies twice a month.
14. You always  (teach) me new things. 
15. She  (help) the kids of the neighborhood.

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ANSWERS OF THE EXERCISES

SIMPLE PRESENT  TENSE

SIMPLE PAST  TENSE

PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

SIMPLE FUTURE

PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESIVE

MODALS

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