- •The Present Perfect Tense.
- •Participle II.
- •The usage of definite article. The absence of the article.
- •The Present Continuous Tense.
- •The adjective. Degrees of comparison.
- •The article.
- •Singular number Plural number
- •The Present indefinite tense in the active voice.
- •The Future Indefinite tense in active voice.
- •The Past indefinite tense in the active voice.
- •The Participle I.
- •The equivalents of the modal verbs.
The Future Indefinite tense in active voice.
The ways of formation:
The affirmative form: It's formed by means of auxiliary verb "shall", which is used for the first person singular and "will" for the second and the third singular and plural numbers. For example: I shall pay this sum.
The interrogative form: In this form the auxiliary verb "shall" or "will" is used before the subject.
Kinds of questions.
The general question: Will you go to the cinema with me? The special question: Who will write a report about Banking? In this case after the interrogative word "who" the auxiliary verb "will" is used. Where will you go next summer?
The alternative question: Will your friends go to the well-known show "Miss Tatarstan" or "Miss KBS (c)"?
The disjunctive question: They will call you next week, won't they?
The negative form: It's formed by means of auxiliary verb "shall" or "will" and the negative particle "not". For example: They will not read this novel by Sunday.
The ways of usage:
It's used to denote a future action. For example: I'm tired I shan't go. anywhere after dinner. NOTE! In some case Present Simple is used instead of Future Simple to denote the nearest future the word combination "to be going + Infinitive" is used in Present Simple. For example: There is going to be cheerful evening.
In adverbial clauses of time and condition after the conjunctions: when, till, until, before, after, as soon as etc. The Present Indefinite is used to denote a future action. For example: We shall go to the country if the weather is fine.
The Past indefinite tense in the active voice.
formation:
The affirmative form: It's formed by adding "-ed" or "-d" to the regular verbs or by using the second form of the irregular verbs. For example: I worked as a reporter last year. He wrote an article last month.
The interrogative form: The general question. It's formed by means of the auxiliary verb "did". For example: Did he give you a lift yesterday?
Kinds of questions
The special questions: What language did you learn? Who had a chat by phone a minute ago?
The alternative question: Did your friend go to the cinema or to the theatre last week?
The disjunctive question: My friend sent a message, didn't he?
The negative form: It's formed by means of the auxiliary verb "did" and the negative particle "not". For example: I didn't write a report last lesson.
The ways of usage. It denotes:
An action performed within a period of time which is already over. The action is cut off from the present. The following words are used< such as: yesterday, last year, last week, ago, etc.
For example: The Sun came out a minute ago.
Repeated actions in the past. For example He made an entry in his diary every evening.
The verb "to be" in the past tense: there are two forms, such as: "was" and "were", "was" is used in the singular number, "were" is used in the plural number.
The Participle I.
It's a non-finite form of the verb, which has a verbal and an adjectival of an adverbial character. The PI is formed by adding the suffix "-ing" to the stem of the verb. For example: We visited one of the largest plants, producing tractors in our country.
It's translated into Russian by means of the following suffixes: -ущ, -ющ, -ащ, -ящ. The PI can be active and passive.
I Tense .. |
Active voice |
Passive voice |
1 Simple |
-ing (writing) |
Being + Pll (being written) |
For example: She didn't speak any word, being filled with the sense of silent confidence.