GRAMMAR CLUES
Keywords
to
do
did
does
verb in root word
can
(all modals should could ,
would , may, might)
e.g; a) She did not go to school yesterday.
b) My mother wants to cook chicken rice
for lunch.
c) she can draw very well.
Key words
am
is
are
verb + ing
was
were
e.g.: a) I am listening to the radio.
b) We were playing football last night.
ADJECTIVES CLUES
SEE ONLY IS POSITIVE DEGREE
e.g: big, strong, good, expensive
SEE IS AND THAN COMPARATIVE
e.g: bigger, stronger, better, more
expensive
SEE IS THE SUPERLATIVE
e.g: biggest, strongest, best, most
expensive.
ITS A MATTER OF TIME
1
Time Frame
Tenses
Verb
eg
today, now,
everyday
Present
tense
s, es, ies
Singular
1. She comes to school today.
2. He brushes his teeth now.
Plural
1.They study together everyday.
comes, brushes, studies
yesterday,
last week, last
night
Past
tense
d, ed, ied,
change of spelling,
no change
She closed the window just now.
She walked to school with her friends
yesterday
They tidied their room last week,
closed, walked, studied
The bell rang a few minutes ago.
ate, rang
Last night she put her bag on the shelf.
put, cut, hit, beat, shut,
hurt, spread,
3
tomorrow,
soon , next
week, later
Future
tense
Will
shall
already
Present
or past
participle
(perfect
tense)
has
have
had
verb root
word
He will eat the burger later
I will go tomorrow.
. (and other subjects use will)
I shall call you tomorrow.
We shall meet soon.
She has taken her breakfast. (already)
Ali has bought a new bicycle.
The boy has come to my party.
No change, e.g.,
Present bet Past, past participle bet
bid bid
broadcast broadcast
burst burst
cast cast
cost cost
cut cut
fit fit (esp. U.S.)
hit hit
hurt hurt
knit knit
let let
put put
quit quit
rid rid
set set
shed shed
shut shut
slit slit
split split
spread spread
thrust thrust
8 wives 1 husband
What
people, animal,places
Whom
to whom, for whom,
with whom
Who
people
Whose
belonging, belong to
whom
Where
place
Which
choice, to make a
choice
When
time
Why
How
reasons
How many? , How much?
Demonstrative Pronouns
This
is
That
These
are
Those
Form of Verbs
Present
Continuous
Past
Perfect
go
going
am, is, are,
was were
went
Gone
has , had ,
gone
take
taking
took
Taken
eat
eating
ate
eaten
catch
catching
caught
caught
buy
buying
bought
bought
make
making
made
made
become
becoming
became
became
come
coming
came
came
run
running
ran
run
I, You, We, They, * go, go
He, She, It, One, * goes, goes
Yesterday we * went, went
Everybody * goes
*walk
*pray
*sleep
*cut