Grammar Lessons
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đ Definition:
Used for habitual actions, general truths, and permanent situations
āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻžāĻ, āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āϏāϤā§āϝ āĻāĻŦāĻ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ
đ Structure:
Subject + verb (base form) / verb+s (3rd person singular)
đ Examples:
đ Important Rules:
- âĸAdd "s" or "es" to verbs for he/she/it
- âĸUse base form for I/you/we/they
- âĸFor negative: do not / does not + base verb
- âĸFor question: Do/Does + subject + base verb?
đ Definition:
Used for actions happening now or around now
āĻāĻāύ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻāύāĻāĻžāϰ āĻāĻļā§āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§ āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻžāĻā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ
đ Structure:
Subject + am/is/are + verb+ing
đ Examples:
đ Important Rules:
- âĸUse am with I
- âĸUse is with he/she/it
- âĸUse are with you/we/they
- âĸAdd -ing to the main verb
đ Definition:
Used for completed actions in the past
āĻ āϤā§āϤ⧠āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāύā§āύ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻžāĻā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ
đ Structure:
Subject + verb (past form)
đ Examples:
đ Important Rules:
- âĸRegular verbs: add -ed
- âĸIrregular verbs: use special forms
- âĸFor negative: did not + base verb
- âĸFor question: Did + subject + base verb?
đ Definition:
Used for actions that were in progress at a specific time in the past
āĻ āϤā§āϤā§āϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāϞāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻāĻŋāϞ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻžāĻā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ
đ Structure:
Subject + was/were + verb+ing
đ Examples:
đ Important Rules:
- âĸUse was with I/he/she/it
- âĸUse were with you/we/they
- âĸOften used with "when" or "while"
- âĸShows interrupted action in past
đ Definition:
Used for actions that will happen in the future
āĻāĻŦāĻŋāώā§āϝāϤ⧠āĻāĻāĻŦā§ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻžāĻā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ
đ Structure:
Subject + will + verb (base form)
đ Examples:
đ Important Rules:
- âĸUse "will" with all subjects
- âĸFor negative: will not (won't)
- âĸFor question: Will + subject + verb?
- âĸCan also use "going to" for planned actions
đ Definition:
Used for past actions with present relevance or unspecified time
āĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϏāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻāϤāĻž āϏāĻš āĻŦāĻž āĻ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧā§āϰ āĻ āϤā§āϤ āĻāĻžāĻā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ
đ Structure:
Subject + have/has + verb (past participle)
đ Examples:
đ Important Rules:
- âĸUse have with I/you/we/they
- âĸUse has with he/she/it
- âĸOften used with: just, already, yet, ever, never
- âĸShows connection between past and present
đ Definition:
Used to express ability, possibility, permission, obligation
āϏāĻžāĻŽāϰā§āĻĨā§āϝ, āϏāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāύāĻž, āĻ āύā§āĻŽāϤāĻŋ, āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤā§āĻŦ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ
đ Structure:
Subject + modal verb + base verb
đ Examples:
đ Important Rules:
- âĸModal verbs do not change form
- âĸNo -s for third person singular
- âĸFollowed by base verb without "to"
- âĸEach modal has specific meaning
đ Definition:
Used to express hypothetical situations and their results
āĻāĻžāϞā§āĻĒāύāĻŋāĻ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĢāϞāĻžāĻĢāϞ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ
đ Structure:
If + condition, result (various forms)
đ Examples:
đ Important Rules:
- âĸZero conditional: If + present, present (general truths)
- âĸFirst conditional: If + present, will (real future)
- âĸSecond conditional: If + past, would (unreal present)
- âĸThird conditional: If + past perfect, would have (unreal past)
đ Definition:
Used when the focus is on the action, not who performs it
āϝāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻā§āϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻžāĻā§āϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āĻā§āϰ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ
đ Structure:
Object + be + past participle (+ by + subject)
đ Examples:
đ Important Rules:
- âĸUse appropriate form of "be" + past participle
- âĸThe doer can be omitted or mentioned with "by"
- âĸCommon in formal and scientific writing
- âĸObject of active becomes subject of passive
đ Definition:
Used to compare two or more things
āĻĻā§āĻ āĻŦāĻž āϤāϤā§āϧāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏā§āϰ āϤā§āϞāύāĻž āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ
đ Structure:
Adjective + -er/more (comparative), -est/most (superlative)
đ Examples:
đ Important Rules:
- âĸShort adjectives: add -er (comparative), -est (superlative)
- âĸLong adjectives: use more/most
- âĸIrregular forms: good/better/best, bad/worse/worst
- âĸUse "than" with comparatives
đ Definition:
Used before nouns to specify or generalize
āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻŦāĻž āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϤ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώā§āϝā§āϰ āĻāĻā§ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ
đ Structure:
a/an (indefinite), the (definite)
đ Examples:
đ Important Rules:
- âĸUse "a" before consonant sounds
- âĸUse "an" before vowel sounds (a, e, i, o, u)
- âĸUse "the" for specific things
- âĸNo article for general plural or uncountable nouns
đ Definition:
Used to show relationships of time, place, and direction
āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻāύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻā§āĻļā§āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻ āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāϤ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ
đ Structure:
Preposition + noun/pronoun
đ Examples:
đ Important Rules:
- âĸin: months, years, cities, countries
- âĸon: days, dates, surfaces
- âĸat: specific times, places
- âĸCommon prepositions: for, from, to, with, by, about
đ Definition:
Used to ask for information using question words
āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰ⧠āϤāĻĨā§āϝ āĻāĻžāύāϤ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ
đ Structure:
Wh-word + auxiliary + subject + main verb?
đ Examples:
đ Important Rules:
- âĸWhat: asks about things
- âĸWhere: asks about places
- âĸWhen: asks about time
- âĸWho: asks about people
- âĸWhy: asks for reasons
- âĸHow: asks about manner
đ Definition:
Words that replace nouns to avoid repetition
āĻĒā§āύāϰāĻžāĻŦā§āϤā§āϤāĻŋ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώā§āϝā§āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
đ Structure:
Subject pronouns, Object pronouns, Possessive pronouns
đ Examples:
đ Important Rules:
- âĸSubject pronouns: I, you, he, she, it, we, they
- âĸObject pronouns: me, you, him, her, it, us, them
- âĸPossessive adjectives: my, your, his, her, its, our, their
- âĸPossessive pronouns: mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs
đ Definition:
Words that modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs
āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώāĻŖ āĻŦāĻž āĻ āύā§āϝ āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώāĻŖāĻā§ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤāύ āĻāϰ⧠āĻāĻŽāύ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
đ Structure:
Usually verb + adverb or adverb + adjective
đ Examples:
đ Important Rules:
- âĸManner: how something happens (quickly, carefully, badly)
- âĸTime: when something happens (now, yesterday, tomorrow)
- âĸFrequency: how often (always, usually, sometimes, never)
- âĸMany adverbs end in -ly
đ Definition:
Words that connect words, phrases, or clauses
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ, āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻļ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻā§ āϏāĻāϝā§āĻā§āϤ āĻāϰ⧠āĻāĻŽāύ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
đ Structure:
Clause + conjunction + clause
đ Examples:
đ Important Rules:
- âĸand: adds information
- âĸbut: shows contrast
- âĸor: shows choice
- âĸbecause: shows reason
- âĸso: shows result
- âĸalthough: shows contrast despite
đ Definition:
Verbs combined with prepositions or adverbs with new meanings
āύāϤā§āύ āĻ āϰā§āĻĨ āϏāĻš āĻ āĻŦā§āϝāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻž āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώāĻŖā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻŽāĻŋāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž
đ Structure:
Verb + particle (preposition/adverb)
đ Examples:
đ Important Rules:
- âĸwake up: get out of bed
- âĸlook after: take care of
- âĸturn off/on: switch off/on
- âĸgive up: stop doing something
- âĸlook for: search
- âĸfind out: discover