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Introductory
Verb Tenses 1
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Conditional/Subjunctive/Passive
Bonus
100
We should / should have invited Jim to our party last week.
What is should have? modal + have + past participle = degree of necessity in past
100
The Smith's are traveling / will to travel to Indonesia in January.
What is are traveling? Present progressive can be used to show future time along with simple present, will, be going to, be going to be.
100
A machine / Machine is used to do something.
What is a machine? Generic nouns use a/an + count noun; plural count noun; noncount noun Computers make life easier./Air is essential to all life function.
100
Some stories are never verify / verified. The money is take / was taken by a child. El Chapo is been caught / has been caught. He could of been / could have been arrested sooner. Manchester United got beat / got beaten by Barcelona. He have / had his car detailed at the place on 1960.
What is verified/was taken/has been caught/could have been/got beaten/had...detailed. Passives are formed with be + past participle, occur in present/past/future, can be used with modal, may have 'by' phrase, can be used with get/have (causative passive)
100
The result of the game was shocking / shocked?
What is shocking? -ing participial adjectives describe someone or something that causes a feeling.
200
You don't have to / have not to take everything they give you.
What is don't have to? don't/doesn't have to + base verb = something is not necessary What is it in the past?
200
How many Americans considered / have considered an arranged marriage?
What is have (ever) considered? Present perfect is used to express action, event, or state happening at an indefinite time in past.
200
Grand Canyon / The Grand Canyon is an amazing site to visit. The Colorado River / Colorado River is the main water source for millions of acres of land.
What is The Grand Canyon? Use defininte article with public places, geographical regions and features, a few countries, names of ships
200
They are consider / are considered the number 1 team.
What is are considered?
200
Ken is the man whom / whose sister I met at UT. Ji Lin, whose / who's brother is Li, is my roommate.
What is whose? Shows possession.
300
Had you better / You had better leave before dark.
What is you had better? It is used for what?
300
We use to / used to play outside for hours when we were young. We would present a program at Christmas every year.
What is used to? Shows a habitual action, event, or state that was true in past but is no longer true. would + base verb=regular actions/events during a period in past
300
I bought dozen roses / a dozen roses. She has lot of friends / a lot of friends. We have a little / some chips left in the bag. Our family bought few / a little souvenirs on the trip.
What is a dozen/a lot of? Quantifiers state number or amount of something. Can be words or phrases.
300
I'll contact her as soon as I'll hear / I hear from you. If Bob doesn't finish work on time, he won't be / will be late. She wouldn't have made the wrong decision if she listened / had listened to her conscience.
What is I hear(pres.real)/he will be/had listened(past unreal)?
300
We propose to get / getting another estimate first.
What is getting? Insist(on), propose, recommend, suggest can be followed by gerund phrase.
400
You have traveled everywhere. You must have visit / had to have visited France.
What is had to have visited? Use must have/had to have + past participle when speculating about past (and are nearly certain).
400
By May 13, the semester had ended / ended and the campus was empty. Maria and Jagdip new / had known each other for five days when they got married.
What is had ended? Past perfect = action,state,event that happened before a certain time in past.
400
She has not plans / no plans to go. They have not cash / no cash to get home with.
What is no plans/no cash? With plural count and noncount nouns use: no, any, some, enough, a lot of/lots of, plenty of, most, all...
400
I wish I was / were good at writing poetry. She hoped her husband would buy / would bought the house. If only he was / were a better soccer player.
What is were/would buy/were? In unreal conditionals, use wish/hope/dream...+ noun clause to show regret, sadness, desire for different situation.
400
Maribel learned managing / to manage her stress well.
What is to manage? learn is followed by infinitive
500
Do you have a rice / any rice ?
What is rice? Don't forget to review count/noncount nouns. Check how to make noncount nouns countable: some, any, a little, a few....
500
Manu might go / might have gone to the party. I'm not sure; I didn't see him.
What is might have gone? Speculation (<50%) may have/might have/could have + past participle
500
Most of / Most of the coins are silver, not gold. Most of / Most of the gold was pure.
What is most of the? In phrases with the preposition 'of', use of + the Noun
500
The professor suggested we will talk / talk. Had I know / known he was so cute, I would have said 'yes'. The doctor recommended he sold / sell his car.
What is talk/known/sell? Subjunctive uses base verb in the noun clause; inverts subject/verb in unreal past perfect; base verb after verbs of advice, necessity, urgency.
500
Students will continue using / to use their cell phones in class.
What is either one? continue can be followed by gerund or infinitive