English Tenses and Verb Structures

Welcome to Lesson 2

Note: This is a long lesson, but you can do it!

The Present Simple tense is used to talk about an action that is happening now or something that happens on a regular basis.

We use Present Simple to refer to our daily routines and activities, habits, and general truths.

You will learn:

• When to use the Present Simple tense

• Sentence Structure

• Time Markers

• Adverb to Frequency

• Tips and tricks that you need to know

People think that Present Tense is the easiest tense, because we use it the most. But be careful!

Often students make many mistakes with it.

So let's see if you guys are good at Present Simple.

Back to the Basics!

Note: Please check and memorize the "Helping Verbs" attachment.

Note: This is a long lesson, but you can do it!

In this lesson, you will learn different types of sentences in English and their forms.

I want you to learn the most common sentence patterns, that everyone must know.

You will learn:

• Types of sentences and examples

• Helping Verbs (auxiliary verbs) that you need to know

• Techniques to form Negative and Question sentences

In this lesson we will learn about the "Verb to be",

It's something that we often hear.

"Verb to be” can act as a Main Verb or as a Helping Verb.

"Verb to be” is used to describe something or someone.

The most common use of the "Verb to be" is to talk about names, ages, feelings, nationalities, and professions.

Especially when talking in the Present Tense.

We also use "Verb to be" in the Present Continuous Tense, but it works as a Helping verb in the sentence.

Welcome to Lesson 5!

In this lesson, we will talk about "Verb to do".

Verb to do is, "do / does / did".

The words "do / does / did" mean the same thing, to carry out an action.

But it can also be used as a Helping Verb. When do / does /did is used as a Helping verb it will not have any translation, but it will help to complete the sentence.

Note: Remember that the full list of Helping verbs can be found in your Student Book. Or in Lesson 3.

In this lesson we will learn "Verb to have".

"Verb to have" is: have / has / had.

"Have" as a Main verb means "to have", and it shows ownership.

It can be translated as "to eat", if it is followed by food or meals.

"Verb to have" can also be used as a Helping verb.

We always use "have / has" with one tense. Does anyone know what tense that is?

Check out this lesson :)

In this lesson, we will talk about Negative sentences.

No not never!!!

The simple way to change a Positive sentence to a Negative sentence, is to just add "NOT" to the sentence.

That is it!

But where exactly do you put "not"? 

We will take a look at it in detail.

Let's cover the basics!

In this lesson, we will practice making questions.

Maybe you think this is too easy, but please be careful. Sometimes it can be tricky.

How many types of Question sentences are there in English?

Watch the video to find out:)

Welcome to Lesson 9!

In this lesson we will talk about the easiest tense. Do you know what it is?

You guessed right, Present Continuous.

In some textbooks, Present Continuous is also known as Present Progressive.

Note: Remember to do the extra exercises in the Student Book (attached).

This lesson we continue with the Present Continuous tense.

It's more about how to form Negative and Question sentences.

Steps to form a Question sentence:

1. Look for a Helping verb in the sentence.

2. Add "NOT" after the Helping verb.

In this lesson we will check your understanding about the difference between:

Present Continuous and Present Simple.

Please read the exercise questions and write down what you think the answer is.

Answers are in the video and in the Student Book.

Welcome to Lesson 12!

In this lesson, we will learn about the Present Perfect tense.

It is a tense that some people are still confused about, or do not use correctly.

We need to learn:

• the sentence structure

• when to use it (the usage)

• the Time Markers that will help us identify the tense

Are you ready? Let's go!

It's time for.. the Present Perfect Continuous tense.

It's not that difficult, so don't worry.

When you see the word "Continuous", you will think of an event that is still happening.

So we add Verb+ing (V.ing)

We use this tense to emphasize that something is still happening.

Note: It is similar to the Present Continuous so focus on the Present Perfect Continuous sentence structure!

Let's go back into the past, with...

the Past Simple tense.

What changes when the tense changes? The Verb changes.

You need to be fast when changing from V.1 to V.2.

Verbs can be either Regular or Irregular.

Note: If you learn to identify the Time Markers it will help a lot!

Are you ready for irregular verbs?

I'm going to give you a list of around 100 irregular verbs, which you must please memorize.

These words are the most common irregular verbs you will find!

Together we will pronounce them, so please read them with us.

There are 2 types of verbs when we talk about V.1 V.2 V.3

One is "Irregular Verbs"

e.g. run ran run, go went gone.

And there are "Regular verbs" that end in "-ed."

For example, loved, lived, wanted.

There are 3 different ways of pronouncing Regular verbs -ed /t/, /d/, /id/

Let's continue to talk more about the Past Simple tense.

This lesson is not difficult, so think about it as a grammar review.

We are going to make Negative sentences.

Note: If you know how to do this, you can skip to the next lesson.

We just want to include this information to make sure that everyone really understands.

In this lesson, we are going to check your understanding.

Do you understand the difference between the Present Perfect and the Past Simple?

These two tenses still confuse many people.

But there is a difference that I want everyone to understand.

Present Perfect sentences are usually "unfinished actions" or or actions that have recently been completed.

Past Simple is an event that happened in the past. So they are "finished actions".

In this lesson, we will look at some examples and practice.

Let's go!

This is our 18th lesson. You are doing great!

Don't give up.

In this lesson, we will learn about the "Past Continuous"

If you see the word "Continuous", you can guess that the event is ongoing.

But the Past Continuous means the event was happening in the past.

Note: "The Past Continuous" is also known as "The Past Progressive".

Welcome to Lesson 19.

Now we will talk about the events that happened even before the past.

The Past Perfect tense!

We use the Past Simple together with the Past Perfect.

The Present Simple sentence might be written first,

but the Past Perfect will always be the event that happens first.

Note: Don't forget to do the extra exercises in the Student Book :)

English tenses are getting harder and harder, but we can do it.

In this lesson, we will talk about the Past Perfect Continuous tense.

We use this tense to put emphasis on "continuous" or "ongoing" events.

People forget this tense because it is not used often.

But it's important to know!

Note: Please memorize the sentence structure; it's very important.

Let's talk about our bright future.

The Future Simple tense.

There are 4 forms of Future Tenses.

• Future Simple

• Future Continuous

• Future Perfect

• and the Future Perfect Continuous.

We can use "will" in a few different situations.

We will also look at the word "shall" and when to use it.

Are you ready?

Welcome to Lesson 22, the Future Continuous tense.

Remember continuous means "ongoing" events.

The event has not finished or ended.

And it is happening in the future.

How do we identify the Future Continuous tense?

There must be a "will". And continuous means it must have a "V.ing"

Note: Some people call this tense the Future Progressive.

It's time for the Future Perfect tense.

In this lesson, we will learn when to use the tense,

and compare the Future Perfect tense with the Future Continuous.

How are they different?

Note: If you know all the Verb 3 forms this tense will be much easier!

Welcome to the last tense of this course!

It is really amazing that you have studied so much already. Well done.

It's time to learn about the Future Perfect Continuous.

This tense can be tricky, but try to understand the definition well.

When you are done with the lesson,

Please do the exercises in your Student Book :)

Note: Some people call this tense the Future Perfect Progressive.

It's time to check if you really understand all the tenses in English.

Let's take a test. There are 30 questions in total.

This test will be in your Student Book.

Please complete the test to see your progress and to check your understanding.

Take your time and check each question for Time Markers to help you identify the correct tense.

• If you get 27 - 30 questions, I think it's amazing because that is 90% - 100%.

• If you get 24 - 26 questions right, it's 80%. It's still pretty good.

• If you get 21 - 23 questions right is still a pass at 70%.

• But if the score is less than 20 points, don't stress. You can always go back and review the lessons again.

Congratulations!

You are at the end of this course.

Let's see what we want to tell you :)

Note: The Complete Student Book is attached for you to download.