English grammar workshop. Part 1: Focus on the Active Verb

CONTENTS

I. PREFACE 4

II OVERVIEW OF THE VERB 5

I. SPELLING RULES: ADDING THE ENDINGS: -ed, -ing 7

PRESENT SIMPLE 9

PRESENT CONTINUOUS / PROGRESSIVE 11

I. PRESENT SIMPLE vs. CONTINUOUS / PROGRESSIVE 13

II. NON-CONTINUOUS / NON-PROGRESSIVE VERBS 15

Verbs of Senses 15

Verbs of Attitudes / Verbs expressing Feelings and Emotions 16

Verbs of Mental Activity 17

Verbs of Possession 18

Other Non-Continuous / Progressive Verbs 18

III. IRREGULAR VERBS 20

List of Irregular Verbs 20

IX. PAST SIMPLE 25

PAST CONTINUOUS I PROGRESSIVE 27

T PAST SIMPLE vs. PAST CONTINUOUS / PROGRESSIVE 29

I. PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE 31

II. PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS / PROGRESSIVE 34

IV. PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE vs. CONTINUOUS / PROGRESSIVE 35

V. PAST PERFECT SIMPLE 37

VI. PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS / PROGRESSIVE 39

VIE PAST PERFECT SIMPLE vs. CONTINUOUS / PROGRESSIVE 40

VIII. EXPRESSING FUTURE IN ENGLISH 41

“Will” for the Future 41

Present Continuous / Progressive for the Future 42

Present Simple for the Future 42

“Going to + Bare Infinitive” for the Future 43

“Will”, “Going to + Bare Infinitive”, Present Simple or Present Continuous / Progressive for the Future 44

XIX. FUTURE CONTINUOUS / PROGRESSIVE 45

XX. FUTURE PERFECT SIMPLE 47

XXI. FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS / PROGRESSIVE 48

II. SEQUENCE OF TENSES and SUBORDINATE CLAUSES 49

III. TENSES in TIME CLAUSES 50

IV. CONDITIONAL TENSES 50

XXV. CONDITIONAL SENTENCES 51

Conditional Sentences: Type 1 51

Conditional Sentences: Type 2 52

Conditional Sentences: Type 3 53

Conditional Sentences: Mixed Type 53

Zero Conditionals 54

Implied Conditionals 54

XXVI. USES OF “WISH” / “IF ONLY” and “WOULD” 55

STUDENT’S NOTES - 1 56

VII. EXERCISES for PRACTICE 57

STUDENT’S NOTES - 2 123

VIII. KEY to THE PRACTICE EXERCISES 124

XXIX. TEXTS with COMMON GRAMMATICAL ERRORS 130

STUDENT’S NOTES -3 138

XXX. ANSWER KEY with EXPLANATION 139

XXXI. BIBLIOGRAPHY 145