01 INTERMEDIATE: Tenses │ Auxiliary

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-Hi! Here is a video of a new series of review lessons of English Grammar according to our English course. Level: INTERMEDIATE -------------------------------------- * -------------------------------------- You can go to my blog or/and fan page for more free lessons and resources: ✍ https://englishwithrik.blogspot.com/ Join our group to practice your English: 👬👭👫🧑‍🤝‍🧑 https://www.facebook.com/groups/engli... ---------------------------------------*-------------------------------------- 1.1 Tenses We use tenses to describe when and how actions happen. The verb form changes. 1 There are three classes of verbs in English - auxiliary verbs, modal auxiliary verbs, and full verbs. Auxiliary verbs: do, be, and have form tenses make questions and negatives Modal auxiliary verbs: must, can, should, might, will, would used with other verbs have their own meaning "must" expresses obligation "can" expresses ability Full verbs: all the other verbs For example, play, run, help, think, want, go, see, eat, enjoy 2 Do, be, and have can also be full verbs with their own meanings. do I do my washing on Saturdays. She does a lot of business in Eastern Europe. be We are in class at the moment. They were at home yesterday. have He has a lot of problems. They have three children. 3 There are two forms of have in the present. have - possession / some actions We have breakfast in the kitchen. Do you have a flat? He doesn't have a car. have + got - possession only We've got a big kitchen. Have you got a flat? She hasn't got a car. We use auxiliary verbs to form tenses. 1 be and the continuous forms be + verb + -ing continuous forms Describe activities in progress or temporary activities. 2 be and the passive voice be + past participle —0 passive Move the focus from the subject to the object of the active sentence. 3 have and the perfect forms have + past participle → perfect verb forms Describe actions which were completed before a time in the present or past. 1.4.1 Auxiliary verbs and negatives 1 negatives → auxiliary + not If there is no auxiliary verb, use don't / doesn't / didn't to make a negative. 2 be/have → possible to contract be/have or not He's not playing today. (= He isn't playing today.) We're not going to Italy. (= We aren't going to Italy.) I've not read that book. (= I haven't read that book.) BUT I am = I'm I'm not working. NOT I amn’t woking: Examples She's not working at the moment. They're not staying in a hotel. I'm not enjoying this food. I've not been to Mexico. Question → auxiliary verb + subject + verb ? Are you playing ? If there is no auxiliary verb, use do / does / did. We often use short answers in spoken English to answer a Yes/No question. Short answer → Yes/No + auxiliary verb Present Simple and Past Simple → Yes/No + do/does/did