Key English Grammar Rules
English Verb Tenses
Present Simple
I play tennis. She does not play tennis. Does he play tennis? The train leaves every morning at 8 AM. The train does not leave at 9 AM. When does the train usually leave? She always forgets her purse. He never forgets his wallet. Every twelve months, the Earth circles the Sun. Does the Sun circle the Earth?
Present Continuous
You are learning English now. You are not swimming now. Are you sleeping? I am sitting. I am not standing. Is he sitting or standing? They are
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Section 1
1.c) stuff
- a) get rid of c) learned
- b) accurate
- b) cousin
- c) fleet
2. Set up, renewable energy, environmentally friendly, turning out, crews, willing, pastime, start out, get to, amount
3. Preferable, marriage, promotion, sensitive, management
4. Interfere, low prices, they think alike, another option.
1. Aren’t, will walk – wouldn’t have forgotten, had written down – has been cooking, am not waiting, to taste – must have left, hadn’t left
2. Hadn’t experimented – wouldn’t have been
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Pros of Celebrity Status
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Cons of Celebrity Status
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Hythloday’s Perspective: Hythloday
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