University of Lome, grammar, revision, question tag, reported speech, direct speech, indirect speech
This 6 pages revision sheet will help you to master the English grammar. No mistake anymore! It can be addressed to an English public or to anyone learning the basics of the English language.
[...] The use of If Clauses If + Simple Present + Simple future Example : If John have time, he will come. If + Simple Past + Present Conditional Example : You would succeed, if you learnt your lessons. If + Past Perfect + Conditional Perfect Example: If you had drunk that water, you would have got sick. Question tag It is a short question which is added to a sentence in order to have people's agreement about what we have said or check an information. [...]
[...] Grammar Revision Worksheet The tenses The present tense The simple present Subject + verb Simple verb Example : to want ; to sleep ; to sell . I want ; he wants Verbs end in « » Vowel + y : y / ys ( third person singular ) Example : To play ; to buy . I play ; He plays Consonant + y : y / ies Example : To copy ; to fly . I fly ; he flies . [...]
[...] Example : John is a physician, isn't he ? Tom will call the pastor, won't he ? Question tag is always put in contracted form : don't, can't couldn't Example : We could seen a wonderful song last yesterday, couldn't we ? Positive sentence always carry negative tag whereas negative sentence take positive tag. [...]
[...] Conditionals Conditional Present Tense Subject + would / should + verb Example : Sister would come Conditional Perfect Tense Subject + would have + Past Participle Example : I would have taken it away The use of Since / For / ago Since - For Since / For + Present Perfect / Continuous Since + beginning of an action Example : Ama has done her homework since yesterday. For + duration Example : He has been working in this hospital for 10 year. [...]
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