A.
PRESENT
PERECT AND PAST SIMPLE
1.
Present
Perfect
The
present perfect simple expresses an action that is still going on or that
stopped recently, but has an influence on the present. It puts emphasis on the
result.
·
Puts
emphasis on the result
Example: She has written five
letters.
·
Action
that is still going on
Example:
School has not started yet.
·
Action
that stopped recently
Example:
She has cooked dinner.
·
Finished
action that has an influence on the present
Example: I have lost my key.
·
Action
that has taken place once, never or several times before the moment of speaking
Example:
I have never been to Australia.
2.
Simple
Past
The
simple past expresses an action in the past taking place once, never, several
times. It can also be used for actions taking place one after another or in the
middle of another action.
·
Action
in the past taking place once, never or several times
Example: He visited his
parents every weekend.
·
Action
in the past taking place in the middle of another action
Example: When I was having
breakfast, the phone suddenly rang.
B.
SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT
Subject
Verb Agreement simply means the subject and verb must agree in number. This
means both need to be singular or both need to be plural.
The example o Subject Verb Agreement
:
1. My cat
always growls at the postal carrier.
2. Basketballs
roll across the floor.
3. They don’t understand
the assignment.
4. These skirts are
too small for me.
5.
Daniela doesn’t like vegetables
C.
PRONOUNS, POSSESIVE ADJECTIVE & POSSESIVE PRONOUN
1.
Forms of
Possessive Pronouns and Adjectives
Person
|
Pronoun
|
Adjective
|
1st singular
|
mine
|
my
|
2nd
|
yours
|
Your
|
3rd (female)
|
hers
|
Her
|
3rd (male)
|
his
|
His
|
3rd (neutral)
|
its
|
Its
|
1st plural
|
ours
|
Our
|
3rd plural
|
theirs
|
Their
|
2.
Using
Possessive Pronouns and Adjectives
a.
A possessive pronoun is used instead
of a noun:
Julie's car is red. Mine is blue.
b.
A possessive adjective is
usually used to describe a noun, and it comes before it, like
other adjectives:
My car is bigger than her car.
