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    This document summarizes the main verb tenses in English - past, present, and future - and provides examples of how regular and irregular verbs are conjugated in their simple, continuous, and perfect forms across these tenses. It also includes tips on identifying verb tenses in texts and common grammar rules involving verbs.

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    This document summarizes the main verb tenses in English - past, present, and future - and provides examples of how regular and irregular verbs are conjugated in their simple, continuous, and perfect forms across these tenses. It also includes tips on identifying verb tenses in texts and common grammar rules involving verbs.

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    This document summarizes the main verb tenses in English - past, present, and future - and provides examples of how regular and irregular verbs are conjugated in their simple, continuous, and perfect forms across these tenses. It also includes tips on identifying verb tenses in texts and common grammar rules involving verbs.

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    Tenses

    3 Main
    Past Present Future Tenses

    Future
    Past Simple Present Simple
    Continuous

    Past Present
    Continuous Continuous
    Future Perfect

    Past Perfect Present Perfect


    Future Perfect
    Continuous
    Past Perfect Present Perfect
    Continuous Continuous

    Ref: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/grammar/verb-tenses

    Tips for Question 1 – Error Identification

    Highlight these 8 words to identify the tense(s) of the text. Then LABEL the passage.

    Present Past Generally, there are 3 types of text:


    Is Was 1. Past tense category – story/recount/report
    Are Were 2. Present tense category – factual/habitual
    Has Had 3. Mixed (present & past) – factual + a short paragraph of story
    Does Did

    Be familiar with the words that belong to the same family.
    Refer to the Pizza Chart.

    Read more to learn more irregular verbs and their spelling. It does not only help in Q1
    but also improve in writing essays.


    VERB FORMS [REGULAR VERBS]
    (Different types of verbs)

    Simple Past Participle Continuous

    Save Saved Saved Saving
    Saves


    Affect




    Hate



    Gain




    Glide




    Move




    Pass




    Help




    Addict




    Stay




    VERB FORMS [IRREGULAR VERBS]
    (Different types of verbs)

    Simple Past Participle Continuous

    Eat Ate Eaten Eating
    Eats


    Ring




    Swim




    Sing




    Read




    Give




    Take




    Draw




    See




    Hit



    VERB FORMS [IRREGULAR VERBS - SPECIAL CASES]
    (Different types of verbs)

    Simple Past Participle Continuous

    Be Been Being
    Is Was
    Are Were
    Am (for pronoun ‘I’)


    Have Had Had Having
    Has



    Do Did Done Doing
    Does


    BASIC GRAMMAR RULES
    Rules that use the infinitive form (words in the boxes) are as follow:
    1. to-infinitive: I like to eat Char Kuey Teow. (Find 2 examples from 2015(S12A2), pg. 2)

    2. do, does & did + infinitive

    3. Modal verbs: Mummy Sha Will Cane Me


    Must I must go back home by 6 p.m.
    (Find an example from
    2015(S12A2), pg. 2)
    Shall/Should You shall not speak loudly in the library.
    You should plan your studies before it is too late.
    Will/Would Lina will give us the money tomorrow.
    (Find an example from I would have gone to the party, but I was tired.
    - 2015(S12A2), pg. 2
    - 2015(S12A3), pg. 3)) With that amount of money, we were wondering if that
    would be enough.
    Can/Could I can do it!
    She could have gone to any college she wanted to.
    Might/May David might know where is the key.
    He may lose is job.
    https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/everyday-grammar-could-have-should-have-would-have/3391128.html

    Other common grammar rules:


    Usage of (is, are, was, were) + verb
    (is, are, was, were) + participle (Find 6 sentences in 2015 (S12A1), pg. 1)
    (is, are, was, were) + continuous (She is taking the book.)
    (is, are, was, were) + being + participle (The ball is being kicked) – passive voice
    (is, are, was, were) CANNOT + simple/past form (WRONG)
    Usage of (is, are, was, were) + adjective

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