ENGLISH STRUCTURES IN PHRASES

TIME MOMENT AUXILIARY VERB CONSIDERATIONS

Do – Does V base S, es, ies 3th person in

SIMPLE PRESENT Routine afirmative
SIMPLE PAST PAST Did V base Regular: d, ed,ied
Iregular: changed ////////////////
SIMPLE FUTURE Now Will V base
X----------------
CONTINOUS Now Am, are, is V + ing E: ing
PRESENT C v CC+ing
Y: ying
CONTINOUS PAST Now Was, were V+ ing
---------------x
PRESENT PERFECT X---------------- Has, have V past participle Regular: d, ed, ied
Iregular: changed \\\\\\\\\\\\\\
PAST PERFECT X----------------X Had V past participle

MODALS Capacity Can V base

Permission May V base
Possibility Could V base
Probability Might V base
Advice Should V base
Necessity Must V base
Potential Would V base
 IF PREPOSITION-------- Vb+ing
1. Present x--------- Future Of + Vb+ ing
2. Past x--------- Would For + Vb+ ing
Could By+ Vb+ ing
3. Past perfect x------ Would + have +V past participle About+ Vb+ ing
Could + have +V past participle Before+ Vb+ ing
After+ Vb+ ing
On+ Vb+ ing
without+ Vb+ ing
COMPARISONS RULES
1. As + Adj+ As = 1. S+Vb+C
2. Adj + er than > 2. S+ aux+not+Vb+C
more + Adj + than 3. Aux+S+Vb+C
3. The + adj + est ++++ 4. Wh+Aux+S+Vb+C
The most +Adj 5. Adj ------ Nouns
6. Plurals s, es, ies
Good better The best 7. C v CC
Bad worse The worst 8. Cognates
AGREEMENTS PRONOUNS
++ So do I I do too I My Me
-- Neither do I I do not either You Your You
+- but He His Him
-+ I do / I don`t She Her Her
INVERTER Not only can he It Its Its
ORDER move
USE Parallel structures We Our Us
Who -- Action Vb Whom-- Subject They Their Them
Since --refers to For -- refers to
date period
Still -- in Yet -- in negative Not only _______but also _________
afirmative