VERB TO BE
INDEFINITE TENSE FORMS
Выражают обычные, повторяющиеся действия в настоящем, прошлом или будущем времени.
Present Simple (Indefinite) Tense.V + (every day, usually, every year, seldom)
| I get up early. Я встаю рано. I do morning exercises. Я делаю зарядку по утрам. I always drink coffee. Я всегда пью кофе. The sun rises every morning. Солнце встает каждое утро The football match starts at 7 o’clock. Футбольный матч начнется в 7 часов. ( запланированное действие в ближайшем будущем |
Affirmative Negative Interrogative (G) Interrogative (WQ)
| I We You They | like sweets. have a shower. get dressed. watch TV. play football. wait for the bus. | I We You They | do not (don’t) | have a shower. get dressed. like sweets. play football. wait for the bus. | Do | I We You They | have a shower? get dressed? like sweets.? play football? wait for the bus? | WQ | Do | I We You They | have a shower? get dressed? like sweets.? play football? wait for the bus? |
| He She It | likes sweets. has a shower. gets dressed. watches TV. plays football. | He She It | does not (doesn’t) | watch TV. | Does | He She It | watch TV? | Does | He She It | watch TV? |
Spelling
| Verbs ending in -ss, -sh, -ch, --x, -o → -es | Verbs ending in consonant + y → -ies |
| I watch – he watches I go – he goes | I study – he studies BUT verbs ending in vowel (a, e, o, u) + y → ys I buy – he buys |
VERB TOBE
Affirmative / Negative Interrogative (G) Interrogative (WQ)
| I | am / am not | a student. a teacher a dancer. | Am | I | a student? a teacher? a dancer? | WQ | am | I? |
| We You They | are / aren’t | students teachers dancers. | Are | we you they | students? teachers? dancers.? | are | we? you? they? | |
| He She It | is / is not isn’t | a student. a teacher a dancer. | Is | he she it | a student? a teacher? a dancer? | is | he? she? it? |
Time Expressions used with Present Simple:
| every day | every morning | every year | at night |
| in the afternoon | in the evening | Always | Usually |
| often | Never | Rarely | sometimes c. |
Past Simple (Indefinite) Tense.
V-ed / was, were +(yesterday, last time, last year, a week ago)
| I was born in 1956. Я родился в 1956 году. I met her yesterday. Я встретил ее вчера. I studied English at school. Я учил английский язык в школе. |
Affirmative Negative Interrogative (G) Interrogative (WQ)
| I He She It We You They | liked sweets watched TV played football waited for the bus broke the vase | yesterday. last year. | I He She It We You They | did not (didn’t) | like sweets watch TV. play football. wait for the bus. break the vase. | Did | I he she it we you they | like sweets? watch TV? play football? wait for the bus? | WQ | did | I he she it we you they | like sweets? watch TV? play football? wait for the bus? break the vase? |
VERB TO BE
Affirmative / Negative Interrogative (G) Interrogative (WQ)
| I He She It | was / was not / wasn’t | a student. a teacher a dancer. | Was | I he she it | a student? a teacher? a dancer? | WQ | was | I? he? she? it? |
| We You They | were / were not / wern/t | students teachers dancers. | Were | we you they | students? tachers? dancers.? | were | we? you? they? |