future time

Future time

We use will and won’t for

Predictions 

Boca will win the match.

It won’t rain tomorrow.

How will people use computers in 20 years’ time?   

Assumptions

I won’t know anyone at the party tomorrow.

She will be 10 in June.

I won’t be home until late.

Immediate decisions

Are you hungry? I’ll bring a sandwich.

It is hot, I’ll open the window.

I like this coat. I will buy it.

   

We use going to for

Plans already made at the moment of speaking.

I am going to wait here till the shop opens.

Event whose cause is present or evident

The woman is going to have a baby.

The boy is going to fall.

Present continuous describes fixed arrangements, a time reference is usually included. 

We are having a party on Friday.

We are having a test on Thursday. 

SONGS: Eternal Flame - Something stupid

Eternal Flamehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5u56TSu2240&feature=fvst

Something Stupidhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoSbnAFvqfA     (Frank Sinatra)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nmz6RX9gUQ  (Robbie Williams)

Past Simple

Positive statement

We arrived late

They bought the tickets   

The part simple positive form of regular verbs ends in ed, we add ed to the infinitive. Consult the irregular verbs list.

If the infinitive ends in a

consonant + y, we delete the y and add ied.

       

      

    study       y   =   studied

If the infinitive ends in a stressed syllable of one vowel and one consonant (not y or w) we double the consonant.

Trip                    tripped

Step                  stepped

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questions

did + infinitive

  

wh questions

Where did you go?

When did you travel?

Why did your sister come?

What did he do?

Yes/no questions

Did you go out with him?

Did David help you?

negative statements

didn’t + infinitive 

He didn’t call me.

Selena didn’t invite me to the party

We often use time adverbials with the past simple

Example:   An hour ago

             Last week

             Last Saturday

    

                                                                              

Present Perfect Simple

We use the present perfect simple tense to talk about an action in the past that has a result now.   

The present perfect simple tense is often used with the words just, already and yet. The words just and already come between the auxiliary verb have and the main verb. The word yet comes at the end of the sentence.

I have just seen a brilliant film.
They have already told me about it.
Mark has not arrived yet.
We normally use just and already in positive statements.

We normaly use yet in questions and negative statements. 

We use ever in questions and never to make a statement.

Have you ever been to the USA?

Mary has never been to Canada.

Irregular verbs

Infinitive             Past Simple                         Past Participle


be                       was/were                              been
become               became                                become
begin                   began                                   begun
bite                      bit                                       bitten
blow                    blew                                    blown
break                   broke                                  broken
bring                    brought                                brought
build                    built                                     built
burn                    burnt/burned                   burnt/burned
catch                   caught                               caught
choose                chose                               chosen
come                  came                                  come
cost                    cost                                    cost
cut                      cut                                     cut
do                       did                                    done
draw                  drew                                   drawn
dream              dreamt/dreamed                dreamt/dreamed
drink                 drank                                   drunk
drive                drove                                     driven
eat                   ate                                          eaten
fall                   fell                                         fallen
feed                 fed                                           fed
feel                  felt                                           felt
fight                fought                                    fought
find                 found                                     found
fly                    flew                                      flown
forget               forgot                                   forgotten
get                   got                                           got
give                 gave                                         given
grow                grew                                       grown
have                had                                           had
hear                heard                                       heard
hide                 hid                                         hidden
hit                   hit                                             hit
hold                held                                          held
hurt                 hurt                                           hurt
keep                kept                                          kept
know              knew                                       known
lay                   laid                                          laid
lead                 led                                            led
learn               learnt/learned                     learnt/learned 
leave                left                                           left
lend                  lent                                          lent
let                     let                                            let
lose                   lost                                          lost
make                made                                        made
mean                 meant                                      meant
meet                   met                                        met
pay                    paid                                        paid
put                     put                                         put
read                    read                                      read
ride                     rode                                     ridden
ring                    rang                                      rung  
run                      ran                                       run
say                     said                                       said
see                     saw                                       seen
sell                     sold                                       sold
send                   sent                                       sent
set                      set                                         set
shake                shook                                    shaken 
shine                 shone                                    shone
shoot                 shot                                       shot
show                showed                        shown/ showed
sing                      sang                                        sung
sink                    sank                                       sunk
sit                       sat                                         sat
sleep                  slept                                       slept
smell                 smelt                                      smelt
speak                 spoke                                   spoken  
spill                    spilt                                        spilt
stand                  stood                                     stood
steal                   stole                                      stolen
swim                  swam                                    swum
take                    took                                      taken
teach                  taught                                    taught
tell                      told                                       told
think                  thought                                 thought
throw                 threw                                    thrown
understand       understood                            understood
wake                 woke                                   woken  
wear                  wore                                    worn
weep                  wept                                    wept
win                     won                                    won
write                   wrote                                  written