The Present Indefinite(Simple) Tense Passive
| Singular | Plural |
| I am asked. Am I asked? I am not asked | We are asked. Are we asked? We are not (aren`t) asked. |
| You are asked. Are you asked? You are not (aren`t) asked. | You are asked. Are you asked? You are not (aren`t) asked. |
| He, she, it is asked. Is he asked? He is not(isn`t) asked | They are asked. They are asked. Are they asked? They are not (aren`t) asked. |
The Past Indefinite (Simple) Tense Passive
| Singular | Plural |
| I was asked. Was I asked? I was not asked | We were asked Were you asked? You were not(weren`t) asked |
| You were asked. Were you asked? You were not (weren`t)asked. | You were asked. Were you asked? You were not (weren`t) asked. |
| He, she, it wasasked. Was he asked? He was not(wasn`t) asked | They were asked. Were they asked? They were not (weren`t) asked |
The Future Indefinite (Simple) Tense Passive
| Singular | Plural |
| I will be asked. Will I be asked? I will not (won`t) be asked | We will be asked. Will we be asked? We will not (won`t) be asked |
| You will be asked. Will you be asked? You will not (won`t)be asked | You will be asked. Will you be asked? You will not (won`t)be asked |
| He, she, it will be asked. Will he, she, it be asked? He, she, it will not (won`t) be asked | They will be asked. Will they be asked? They will not (won`t) be asked |
The Future Indefinite (Simple) Tense in the Past Passive
| Singular | Plural |
| I would be asked. Would I be asked? I would not (wouldn`t) be asked | We would be asked. Would we be asked? We will not (wouldn`t) be asked |
| You would be asked. Would you be asked? You would not (wouldn`t)be asked | You would be asked. Would you be asked? You would not (wouldn`t)be asked |
| He, she, it would be asked. Would he, she, it be asked? He, she, it will not (wouldn`t) be asked | They would be asked. Would they be asked? They will not (wouldn`t) be asked |
The Present Continuous (Progressive)Tense Passive
| Singular | Plural |
| I am being asked. Am I being asked? I am not being asked | We are being asked. Are we being asked? We are not (aren`t) being asked |
| You are being asked. Are you being asked? You are not (aren`t) being asked. | You are being asked. Are you being asked? You are not (aren`t) being asked |
| He, she, it is being asked. Is he being asked? He is not(isn`t) being asked | They are being asked. Are they being asked? They are not (aren`t) being asked |
The Past Continuous (Progressive) Tense Passive
| Singular | Plural |
| I was being asked. Was I being asked? I was not being asked | We were being asked. Were we being asked? We were not (aren`t) being asked |
| You were being asked. Were you being asked? You were not (aren`t) being asked. | You were being asked. Were you being asked? You were not (aren`t) being asked. |
| He, she, it was being asked. Was he being asked? He was not(wasn`t) being asked | They were being asked. Were they being asked? They were not (aren`t) being asked |
The Future Continuous (Progressive) Tense Passive
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The Present Perfect Tense Passive
| Singular | Plural |
| I have been asked. Have I been asked? I have not(haven`t) been asked | We have been asked. Have we been asked? We have not(haven`t) been asked |
| You have been asked Have you been asked? You have not (haven`t) been asked | You have been. asked Have you been asked? You have not (haven`t) been asked |
| He, she, it has been asked. Has he, she, it been asked? He, she, it has not(hasn`t) been asked | They have been asked. Have they been asked? They have not(haven`t) been asked |
The Past Perfect Tense Passive
| Singular | Plural |
| I had been asked. Had I been asked? I had not(hadn`t) been asked | We had been asked. Had we been asked? We had not(hadn`t) been asked |
| You had been asked Had you been asked? You had not (hadn`t) been asked | You had been asked Had you been asked? You had not (hadn`t) been asked |
| He, she, it had been asked. Had he, she, it been asked? He, she, it had not(hadn`t) been asked | They had been asked. Had they been asked? They had not(hadn`t) been asked |
The Future Perfect Tense Passive
| Singular | Plural |
| I will have been asked. Will I have been asked? I will not (won`t) have been asked | We will have been asked. Will we have been asked? We will not (won`t) have been asked |
| You will have been asked. Will you have been asked? You will not (won`t)have been asked | You will have been asked. Will you have been asked? You will not (won`t)have been asked |
| He, she, it will have been asked. Will he, she, it have asked? He, she, it will not (won`t) have been asked | They will have been asked. Will they have been asked? They will not (won`t) have been asked |
The Future Perfect Tense in the Past Passive
| Singular | Plural |
| I would have been asked. Would I have been asked? I would not (wouldn`t) have been asked | We would have been asked. Would we have been asked? We would not (wouldn`t) have |
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| You would have been asked. Would you have been asked? You would not (wouldn`t)have been asked | You would have been asked. Would you have been asked? You would not (wouldn`t)have been asked |
| He, she, it would have been asked. Would he, she, it have asked? He, she, it would not (wouldn`t) have been asked | They would have been asked. Would they have been asked? They would not (wouldn`t) have been asked |
Modal Verbs
Must ; I, you, he(she,it) must do it. Must I (you, he(she,it) do it?
Can ; I, you, he(she,it) can do it. Can I (you, he(she,it) do it?
Could ; I, you, he(she,it) could do it. Could I (you, he(she,it) do it?
May- () I, you, he(she,it) may do it. May I (you, he(she,it) do it?
Might-; I, you, he(she,it) might do it. Might I (you, he(she,it) do it?
Should-; I, you, he(she,it) should do it. Should I (you, he(she,it) do it?
Complex Object ( )
+ ( ) + ing-
| I want my friend to help me | , |
| I would like my friend to help me | , |
| I expect my friend to help me | (), |
| I know him to be a true friend | , |
| I like him to help me | , |
| I hate her to be late | , |
| I made (had) him help me. I got him to help me | |
| I saw him come (coming) into the house | , () |
| I heard him open(opening) the door | , () |
| I had my hair cut |
The Conditional Mood
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| Conditional 0 | If Pr. Simple + Pr. Simple | If I am (come)home early, I always cook dinner myself- , | |
| Conditional I | , | If Pr. Simple + Future Simple | If I am (come)home early tomorrow, I will cook dinner myself- , |
| Conditional II | , () | If Past Simple + Future-in the past Simple | If I were (came) home early tomorrow, I would cook dinner myself- ( ) , ( ) |
| Conditional III | ( )() | If Past Perfect + Future | If I had been (had come) home early yesterday, I would have cooked dinner myself- |
| Perfect in the past | , ( ) |
I-wish construction
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| I wish I (he, she, they, we, you) were (came) home early | , -( ) |
| I wish I (he, she, they, we, you) had been (had come) home early yesterday | , ( ) |
| I wish h e would stop smoking- , | , |
Miscellaneous Ideas
Types of questions
John worked as a teacher last year.
1) Yes/No question: Did John work as a teacher last year?
2) Alternative question: Did John work as a teacher last year or the year before?
3) Tag-question: John worked as teacher last year, didn`t he?
4) Wh-question: Where did John work last year? What did John do last year?
5) Subject question: Who worked as a teacher last year?
(greetings), (farewells)
| Good morning Good afternoon Good evening Hello, Hi Good bye Bye Cheerio So long Have a nice weekend The same to you. | ! ! |
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| I think I suppose It seems to me In my opinion To my mind I am afraid As for me Well By the way According to the text The way I see it is that I tend to think that I support the author`s opinion about I tend to disagree If I am not mistaken As far as I remember | , |
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I have read the text
The story is called (headlined)
The title of the story is
The story is about
The text is dedicated to
The author touches on the problem of
The author deals with the problem of
The text contains(provides) information on
The text gives detailed coverage of
The author gives a brief outline of
The author stresses the fact that
The author makes a special mention of
Particular attention is paid to
The author makes the reader believe
The main idea of the story is
The action of the story takes place in
The main characters of the story are
Major emphasis is placed on
The text consists of
The bulk of the material is devoted to
To illustrate the point, the author cites
In conclusion it is possible to say that
In this extract we find numerous descriptions of
The author seems to be a master of psychological analysis (description, dialogue)
The text can be divided into two (three etc) parts, each of which has its own theme
The author gives a vivid picture of
Writing File
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September 7th, 1996
7 September, 1996
7th September, 1996
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CONGRATUlations
Dear Mabel and Kevin,
Best wishes for a merry Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year.
Yours sincerely,
Joe
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THANK-YOU LETTERS
Dear Marian,
I was both surprised and grateful at winning the Women's Club Prize. Thank you so much for your kind congratulations and good wishes.
Sincerely,
Jane
EXCUSES
Dear Hugh,
I feel so guilty! I haven't written to you for such a long time, and I always think "I must write". But I'm too lazy. I haven't written to anyone for a long time. I telephone instead of writing. Such a long time passed. But I hope you will forgive me.
Yours,
Natalie
REQUESTS
Dear Sirs,
I have been trying to find some good English books which I can recommend to my pupils. I have in mind prose works which are short, easy and entertaining. Can you suggest a few, say half a dozen or so? I should appreciate it.
Sincerely yours, Jack Tailor
