Let’s continue with more basic English lessons that provide the most important learning points for beginning level English learners.
Lesson 5: How to Use the Present Simple Tense
Use the present simple to talk about activities or routines which take place on a regular basis.
Positive Sentences: Subject + present conjugation of verb + objects
- I / You drive to work every day.
- She / He / It drives to work every day.
- You / We / They drive to work every day.
Negative Sentences: Subject + do not + base form of verb + objects
- I / You don’t (do not) use a computer every day.
- She / He / It doesn’t (does not) use a computer at work.
- You / We / They don’t (do not) use a typewriter at work.
Question Form: Wh question words + do + subject + base form of verb
- When do I / you arrive at work?
- What does he / she / it use at work?
- Where do we / you / they keep the paper?
lesson 6: Forming the Past Tense of Irregular Verbs
The past form of regular verbs ends in ‘ed’. Irregular verbs must be studied and learned individually. Here is a list of past forms of some of the most common irregular verbs.
- be – was/were
- become – became
- begin – began
- break – broke
- bring – brought
- build – built
- buy – bought
- come – came
- cost – cost
- cut – cut
- do – did
- drink – drank
- eat – ate
- find – found
- fly – flew
- get – got
- give – gave
- go – went
- have – had
- keep – kept
- know – knew
- leave – left
- make – made
- meet – met
- pay – paid
- put – put
- read – read
- say – said
- see – saw
- sell – sold
- send – sent
- speak – spoke
- spend – spent
- take – took
- teach – taught
- tell – told
- think – thought
Source: thoughtco.com
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