Monday, November 15, 2010

simple future

it is very simple. it's just like simple present added with will as auxiliary. and after will you do not nedd to put any addition at all such as s or es.
look at this example carefully;

1. + He will go to school.

- He will not go to school.

? Will he go to school?

2. + She will climb the mountain.

- She will not climb the mountain.

? Will she climb the mountain?

3. + They will run to the forest.

- They will not run to the forest.

? Will they run to the forest?

4. + We will listen to the music.

- We will not listen to the music.

? Will we listen to the music?

5. + I will do my homework.

- I will not do my homework.

? Will I do my homework?

6. + You will understand the lesson.

- You will not understand the lesson.

? Will you understand the lesson?

7. + We will speak English.

- We will not speak English.

? Will we speak English?

8. + They will wash their clothes.

- They will not wash their clothes.

? Will they wash their clothes?

9. + The cat will eat fish.

- The cat will not eat fish.

? Will the cat eat fish?

10. + Tony and Andy will swim in the river.

- Tony and Andy will not swim in the river.

? Will Tony and Andy swim in the river?

Thursday, November 11, 2010

past perfect continuous

The important one that you must remember to make a sentence is a sentence must have SUBJECT and VERB. and the second is every tense has its unique auxiliary. in simple present we use do or does in negative and interrogative, in present continuous we use is, am, are followed by Ving, and so on.
In this eighth tense we use the auxiliary HAD BEEN then followed by Ving. so, from this we can say that tenses which has the word continuous at its name will always use Ving.
well, to understand past perfect continuous easier, look at the examples below carefully.

1. + He had been going to school.

- He had not been going to school.

? Had he been going to school?

2. + She had been climbing the mountain.

- She had not been climbing the mountain.

? Had she been climbing the mountain?

3. + They had been running to the forest.

- They had not been running to the forest.

? Had they been running to the forest?

4. + We had been listening to the music.

- We had not been listening to the music.

? Had we been listening to the music?

5. + I had been doing my homework.

- I had not been doing my homework.

? Had I been doing my homework?


Monday, November 8, 2010

past perfect

this is the easiest tense after knowing present tense. You do not need to remember anything but had. Yes, in this tense we just use had as auxiliary after subject and followed by verb3 or past participle.
look at the example given below carefully:

1. + He had gone to school.

- He had not gone to school.

? Had he gone to school?

2. + She had climbed the mountain.

- She had not climbed the mountain.

? Had she climbed the mountain?

3. + They had run to the forest.

- They had not run to the forest.

? Had they run to the forest?

4. + We had listened to the music.

- We had not listened to the music.

? Had we listened to the music?

5. + I had done my homework.

- I had not done my homework.

? Had I done my homework?

6. + You had understood the lesson.

- You had not understood the lesson.

? Had you understood the lesson?

7. + We had spoken English.

- We had not spoken English.

? Had we spoken English?

8. + They had washed their clothes.

- They had not washed their clothes.

? Had they washed their clothes?

9. + The cat had eaten fish.

- The cat had not eaten fish.

? Had the cat eaten fish?

10. + Tony and Andy had swum in the river.

- Tony and Andy had not swum in the river.

? Had Tony and Andy swum in the river?

Thursday, November 4, 2010

past continuous

This tense is very simple. if you understand well about present continuous you will understand this tense easily. you just need to change is and am to be was for subject he, she, it, and I. and to change are to be were for subject they, we, and you.
see the example below:

+ He was going to school.

- He was not going to school.

? Was he going to school?

+ She was climbing the mountain.

- She was not climbing the mountain.

? Was she climbing the mountain?

+ They were running to the forest.

- They were not running to the forest.

? Were they running to the forest?

+ We were listening to the music.

- We were not listening to the music.

? Were we listening to the music?

+ I was doing my homework.

- I was not doing my homework.

? Was I doing my homework?

+ The cat was eating fish.

- The cat was not eating fish.

? Was the cat eating fish?

+ Tony and Andy were swimming in the river.

- Tony and Andy were not swimming in the river.

? Were Tony and Andy swimming in the

+ Roger was hitting that stone.

- Roger was not hitting that stone.

? Was Roger hitting that stone?

+ You were blaming me.

- You were not blaming me.

? Were you blaming me?

+ The cat and the dog were biting that fish.

- The cat and the dog were not biting that fish.

? Were the cat and the dog biting that fish?