MARCO SUCUPIRA LANGUAGE MATERIALS
It's really incredible how this exercise can change your English in one month. The idea is to create a blueprint of the verb tense system in your head. It works with key words. You should change the sentence, which you can make up, according to the given time words.
E.g. Gary (to work) here.
Everyday | Gary works here everyday. |
Now | Gary is working here now. |
For two years | Gary has worked here for two years. |
For two years now | Gary has been working here for two years now. |
Yesterday | Gary worked here yesterday. |
Yesterday at 3 o'clock | Gary was working here at 3 o'clock yesterday. |
Before I met him | Gary had worked here before I met him. |
For two years when I met him | Gary had been working here for two years when I met him. |
If he has time | Gary will work here if he has time. |
Tomorrow at 3 o'clock | Gary will be working here tomorrow at 3 o'clock. |
Before he goes to England | Gary will have worked here before he goes to England. |
For two years before he goes to England | Gary will have been working here for two years before he goes to England. |
If he had time | Gary would work here if he had time. |
If he had time now | Gary would be working here if he had time now. |
If he had had time | Gary would have worked here if he had had time. |
For two years if he had gone on | Gary would have been working here for two years if he had gone on. |
Possibility | Gary can work here. |
Permission | Gary may work here. |
Desirability | Gary should work here. |
Moral Desirability | Gary ought to work here. |
Necessity | Gary has to work here. |
Strong Necessity | Gary must work here. |
Discontinued Habit | Gary used to work here. |
Can you guess how I organized these blocks??
KEY WORD CHART
ASPECT TIME |
SIMPLE | CONTINUOUS | PERFECT | PERFECT CONTINUOUS |
PRESENT | (NO
TIME) EVERY DAY/ WEEK / MONDAY ... ON TUESDAYS .. ALWAYS, NEVER, OFTEN .... |
NOW,
RIGHT NOW AT THE MOMENT |
JUST, EVER, ALREADY, NEVER, YET, SINCE, FOR, (JEANY S. FRANCISCO) BEFORE |
SINCE ... (UNTIL NOW) FOR .... (UNTIL NOW) |
PAST | YESTERDAY,
LAST WEEK, MONTH ... 3 DAYS, 5 YEARS, 1 SEC. AGO |
YESTERDAY
AT 4 O'CLOCK WHEN ... (+S. Past) |
BEFORE
I ...... (+ PAST TENSE) |
FOR
..... BEFORE I ...... (TIME & PAST TENSE) |
FUTURE | TOMORROW NEXT WEEK, MONTH ... |
TOMORROW AT .... | BEFORE I ...... (PRESENT TENSE) |
FOR .... BEFORE .... (TIME & PRESENT TENSE) |
CONDITIONAL | HMM!NOW (I'D LOVE SOME COKE NOW) (DESIRE) |
NOW IF I WEREN'T .. (S. Past) (UNREAL PRESENT) |
BEFORE IF I HADN'T .... (Past
Perfect) (UNREAL PAST) |
FOR TWO HOURS IF I HAD ..... (Past Perfect) (UNREAL PAST + PERIOD OF TIME) |
TRY THIS!!!
The first
time you
do it, it should take you about 30' to do the whole battery, as you get more familiar with the words, time should be reduced until you are doing it
automatically (3
to 5 minutes).
You will not believe your mastery of verb tenses after one month!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Choose a sentence)
ALWAYS | |
LAST WEEK | |
TOMORROW | |
HMM! (DESIRE) |
RIGHT NOW | |
WHEN I ARRIVED | |
WHEN I ARRIVE | |
NOW, IF HE/SHE COULD |
JUST | |
BEFORE I SAW HIM/HER | |
BEFORE I SEE HIM/HER | |
IF HE HAD HAD TIME |
FOR TWO HOURS NOW | |
FOR TWO HOURS WHEN I SAW HIM/HER | |
FOR TWO HOURS BEFORE I SEE HIM/HER | |
FOR TWO YEARS/HOURS IF HE/SHE HAD CONTINUED TO |
Possibility | |
Permission | |
Desirability | |
Moral Desirability | |
Necessity | |
Strong Necessity | |
Discontinued Habit |
HOW DID I ORGANIZE THESE ONES????????????
MARCO SUCUPIRA LANGUAGE MATERIALS
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