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01. Present Continuous Tense

• Present Continuous Tense is the English tense that talks about

something happening now or something/ someone is doing now.
• (An action happening now)

The structure of Present Continuous Tense

Subject
Helping verb ing
(am/is/are) Verb
(singular or plural noun/
nouns/Pronoun)

Positive sentence form

• We must add “ing” to the verb stem.

• We must use a helping verb along with the verb.

Example

I am sleeping. We are sleeping.

You are sleeping. You are sleeping.
He is sleeping. They are sleeping.
She is sleeping.
It is sleeping.

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Positive Question form

• We put the helping verb before the subject.

• We add “ing” to the verb stem.
• The sentence finishes with a question mark.

Example

Am I sleeping? Are we sleeping?

Are you sleeping? Are you sleeping?
Is he sleeping? Are they sleeping?
Is she sleeping?
Is it sleeping?

Negative sentence form

• We must use the helping verb.

• We must add “ing” to the verb stem.
• But we use “not” between the helping verb and the verb.

Example

I am not sleeping. We are not sleeping.

You are not sleeping. You are not sleeping.
He is not sleeping. They are not sleeping.
She is not sleeping.
It is not sleeping.

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Negative Question form

• We should start with the helping verb.

• We put “ not “ between subject and the verb.
• The verb form is “ing” form.
• The sentence finishes with a question mark.

Example

Am I not sleeping? Are we not sleeping?

Are you not sleeping? Are you not sleeping?
Is he not sleeping? Are they not sleeping?
Is she not sleeping?
Is it not sleeping?

****Are not = Aren’t Is not = Isn’t

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Look at the four different aspects of the same sentence.

Positive Positive Negative Negative

sentence question sentence question

I am sleeping. I am not sleeping. Am I not sleeping?

Am I sleeping?
I’m sleeping. I’m not sleeping.

You are not

You are sleeping. Are you sleeping? Are you not sleeping?
sleeping.
You’re sleeping - Aren’t you sleeping?
You aren’t sleeping.

He is not sleeping. Is he not sleeping?

He is sleeping. Is he sleeping?
He’s sleeping. -
He isn’t sleeping. Isn’t he sleeping

She is not sleeping. Is she not sleeping?

She is sleeping. Is she sleeping?
She’s sleeping. -
She isn’t sleeping. Isn’t she sleeping?

It is not sleeping. Is it not sleeping?

It is sleeping. Is it sleeping?
It’s sleeping. -
It isn’t sleeping. Isn’t it sleeping?

We are sleeping. Are we sleeping? We are not sleeping. Are we not sleeping?
We’re sleeping. - We aren’t sleeping. Aren’t we sleeping?

You are not sleep-

You are sleeping. Are you sleeping? Are you not sleeping?
ing.
You’re sleeping - Aren’t you sleeping?
You aren’t sleeping
They are not Are they not sleeping?
They are sleeping. Are they sleeping? sleeping. Aren’t they
They’re sleeping. - They aren’t sleeping?
sleeping.

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02. Simple Future Tense

• We talk about future actions in Simple Future Tense.

The structure of Simple Future Tense

Subject
Verb
Helping verb
(singular or plural noun/ (The verb must be
(Will)
nouns/Pronoun) in its original form)

Positive sentence form

• We use the helping verb “will” all the time before the verb stem.
• We use the “ verb stem” as the verb form.

Example

I will sleep. We will sleep.

You will sleep. You will sleep.
He will sleep. They will sleep.
She will sleep.
It will sleep.

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Positive question form

• We use the helping verb “will” all the time before the
verb stem.
• We use the “ verb stem” as the verb form.

Example
I will sleep. We will sleep.
You will sleep. You will sleep.
He will sleep. They will sleep.
She will sleep.
It will sleep.
Negative sentence form

• We put “will not” before the verb all the time.

• We keep the verb on its original form .

Example

I will not sleep. We will not sleep.

You will not sleep. You will not sleep.
He will not sleep. They will not sleep.
She will not sleep.
It will not sleep.

• Negative question form

• The question form must be started with the helping verb.

• We keep the verb stem.

• The sentence finishes with a question mark.

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Example:

Will I not sleep? Will we not sleep?

Will you not sleep? Will you not sleep?
Will he not sleep? Will they not sleep?
Will she not sleep?
Will it not sleep?

****will not = won’t

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Look at the four different aspects of the same sentence

Positive Positive Negative Negative

sentence question sentence question

I will sleep. I will not sleep. Will I not sleep?

Will I sleep?
I’ll sleep I won’t sleep Won’t I sleep?

You will not sleep.

You will sleep. Will you sleep? Will you not sleep?
You won’t sleep.
You’ll sleep. - Won’t you sleep?

Will he sleep? He will not sleep. Will he not sleep?

He will sleep.
- He won’t sleep. Won’t he sleep?
He’ll sleep.

Will she sleep? She will not sleep.

She will sleep. Will she not sleep?
- She won’t sleep.
She’ll sleep. Won’t she sleep?

It will not sleep.

It will sleep. Will it not sleep?
Will it sleep? It won’t sleep.
It’ll sleep. Won’t it sleep?

We will not sleep.

We will sleep. Will we not sleep?
Will we sleep? We won’t sleep.
We’ll sleep. Won’t we sleep?

Will you not sleep?

You will sleep. You will not sleep.
Will she sleep? Won’t you sleep?
You’ll sleep. You won’t sleep.

They will sleep. They will not sleep. Will they not sleep?
Will you sleep?
They’ll sleep. They won’t sleep Won’t they sleep?

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03. Simple Past Tense

• We talk about the past actions (the actions that already

happened) in the Simple Past Tense.

The structure of Simple Past Tense

With regular verbs

The structure

Subject
Verb
(singular or plural noun/
nouns/Pronoun) ed

Positive sentence form

• We must add “ed” at the end of the regular verbs.

• We don’t use any helping verbs.
Example:

I washed.
You washed.
He washed.
She washed.
It washed.
We washed.
You washed.
They washed.

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Positive question form

• We use “did” as the helping verb in Simple Past Tense.

• We keep the verb stem
• The sentence should be started with the helping verb
• The sentence finishes with a question mark?
Examples:

Did I wash? Did we wash?

Did you wash? Did you wash?
Did he wash? Did they wash?
Did she wash?
Did it wash?

Negative sentence form

• We put “did not” before the verb all the time.

• We keep the verb on its original form.

I did not wash. We did not wash.

You did not wash. You did not wash.
He did not wash. They did not wash.
She did not wash.
It did not wash.

Negative question form

• The sentence should be started with the helping verb

• We keep the original form of the verb.
• We use “not” between the subject and the verb.
• The sentence finishes with a question mark.

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Example:

Did I not wash? Did we not wash?

Did you not wash? Did you notwash?
Did he not wash? Did they not wash?
Did she not wash?
Did it not wash?

****did not = didn’t

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Look at the four different aspects of the same sentence

Positive Positive Negative Negative

sentence question sentence question

I did not wash. Did I not wash?

I washed. Did I wash?
I didn’t wash. Didn’t I wash?

You did not wash. Did you not wash?

You washed. Did you wash?
You didn’t wash. Didn’t you wash?

Did he not wash?

He did not wash.
He washed. Did he wash? Didn’t he wash?
He didn’t wash.

She did not wash. Did she not wash?

She washeed. Did she wash?
She didn’t wash. Didn’t she wash?

It did not wash. Did it not wash?

It washed. Did it wash?
It didn’t wash. Didn’t it wash?

We did not wash. Did we not wash?

We washed. Did we wash?
We didn’t wash. Didn’t we wash?

You did not wash. Did you not wash?

You washed Did you wash?
You didn’t wash. Didn’t you wash?

They did not wash. Did they not wash?

They washed. Did they wash?
They didn’t wash. Didn’t they wash?

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With irregular verbs

The structure

Subject
Verb (use simple
past form of the
(singular or plural noun/
irregular verbs)
nouns/Pronoun)

Positive sentence form

• We must use the simple past form of the irregular verb.

• We don’t use any helping verbs.
Example:

I slept
You slept
He slept
She slept
It slept
We slept
You slept
They slept

Positive question form

• We use “did” as the helping verb in Simple past tense.

• We keep the verb stem.
• The sentence should be started with the helping verb.
• The sentence finishes with a question mark.

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Examples:

Did I sleep? Did we sleep?

Did you sleep? Did you sleep?
Did he sleep? Did they sleep?
Did she sleep?
Did it sleep?

Negative sentence form

• We put “did not” before the verb all the time.

• We keep the original form as the verb form.
I did not sleep. We did not sleep.
You did not sleep. You did not sleep.
He did not sleep. They did not sleep.
She did not sleep.
It did not sleep.

Negative question form

• The sentence should be started with the helping verb

• We keep the original form of the verb.
• We use “not” between the subject and the verb.
• The sentence finishes with a question mark.
Example:

Did I not sleep? Did we not sleep?

Did you not sleep? Did you not sleep?
Did he not sleep? Did they not sleep?
Did she not sleep?
Did it not sleep?

****did not = didn’t

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Look at the four different aspects of the same sentence

Positive Positive Negative Negative

sentence question sentence question

I slept Did I sleep ? I did not sleep Did I not sleep?

- - I didn’t sleep. Didn’t I sleep?

You slept Did you not sleep?

Did you sleep? You did not sleep.
- Didn’t you sleep?
- You didn’t sleep.

Did he not sleep?

He slept Did he sleep? He did not sleep
Didn’t he sleep?
- - He didn’t sleep.

Did she not sleep?

She slept Did she sleep? She did not sleep.
Didn’t she sleep?
- - She didn’t sleep.

She did not sleep. Did it not sleep?

It slept Did it sleep?
She didn’t sleep. Didn’t it sleep?
- -

We did not sleep Did we not sleep?

We slept Did we sleep?
We didn’t sleep. Didn’t we sleep?
- -

You did not sleep. Did you not sleep

You slept Did you sleep?
You didn’t sleep. Didn’t you sleep?
- -

They did not sleep.

They slept Did they sleep? Did they not sleep?
They didn’t sleep.
- - Didn’t they sleep?

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4.Simple Present Tense

We talk about :

1. Daily actions
2. Periodical actions
3. Usual actions
4. Habitual actions

The structure of Simple Present Tense

Verb
Subject
(Keep the verb in its
original from,
(singular or plural noun/
only in the third
nouns/Pronoun)
person singular we
must add “s”)

Positive sentence form

• We keep the verb on the original form, but in third person

singular we must add a “s” after the verb.
• We don’t use any helping verbs.

Examples:

I sleep. We sleep.
You sleep. You sleep.
He sleeps. They sleep.
She sleeps.
It sleeps.

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Negative sentence form

• We must add “do not” before the verb, but in the third
person singular we must add “does not” before the verb.
• We always keep the verb in its original form.
(don’t add “s” to the verb)

Example:

I do not sleep. We do not sleep.

You do not sleep. You do not sleep.
He does not sleep. They do not sleep.
She does not sleep.
It does not sleep.

Negative Question form

• We put “do” before the subject, but we must put “does”

before the third person singular.
• We put “not” between the verb and the subject.
• We always keep the verb on its original form. (don’t add “s”)

Example:

Do I not sleep? Do we not sleep?

Do you not sleep? Do you not sleep?
Does he not sleep? Do they not sleep?
Does she not sleep?
Does it not sleep?

****do = don’t does not=doesn’t

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Look at the four different aspects of the same sentence

Positive Positive Negative Negative

sentence question sentence question
I sleep. Do I sleep?
I do not sleep. Do I not sleep?
- -
I don’t sleep Don’t I sleep?

Do you not sleep?

You sleep. Do you sleep? You do not sleep.
Don’t you sleep?
- - You don’t sleep.

He does not Does he not sleep?

He sleeps. Does he sleep?
sleep. Doesn’t he sleep?
- -
He doesn’t sleep.

She does not Does she not sleep?

She sleeps. Does she sleep?
sleep. Doesn’t she sleep?
- -
She doesn’t sleep

Does it not sleep?

It sleeps. Does it sleep? It does not sleep.
Doesn’t it sleep?
- - It doesn’t sleep.

Do we not sleep?
We sleep. Do we sleep? We do not sleep.
Don’t we sleep?
- - We don’t sleep.

Do you not sleep

You sleep. Do you sleep? You do not sleep.
Don’t you sleep?
- - You don’t sleep.

They sleep. Do they sleep? They do not

Do they not sleep?
- - sleep.
Don’t they sleep?
They don’t sleep.

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5.Future Continuous Tense

• Future Continuous Tense is the English tense that talks about
something happening in the future. (An action happening in
the future)

The structure of Future Continuous Tense

Subject
Helping verb
Verb
(Will be)
(singular or plural noun/
nouns/Pronoun) ing

Positive sentence form

• We must add “ing” to the verb stem.

• We must use “will be” along with the verb
Example:

I will be sleeping. We will be sleeping.

You will be sleeping. You will be sleeping.
He will be sleeping. They will be sleeping.
She will be sleeping.
It will be sleeping.

Positive Question form

We put “will” before the subject and we put “be” after the subject
We add “ing” to the verb stem.
The sentence finishes with a question mark.

Example:

Will I be sleeping? Will we be sleeping?

Will you be sleeping? Will you be sleeping?
Will he be sleeping? Will they be sleeping?
Will she be sleeping? Will it be sleeping?
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Negative sentence form

• We must add “ing” to the verb stem.

• We use “not” between “will” and “be”
Example:

I will not be sleeping. We will not be sleeping.

You will not be sleeping. You will not be sleeping.
He will not be sleeping. They will not be sleeping.
She will not be sleeping.
It will not be sleeping.

Negative Questions form

• We must use “will” before the subject

• We must add “ing” to the verb stem.
• But we use “not” between subject and “be”
• The sentence finish with a question mark.
Example:

Will I not be sleeping? Will we not be sleeping?

Will you not be sleeping? Will you not be sleeping?
Will he not be sleeping? Will they not be sleeping?
Will she not be sleeping?
Will it not be sleeping?

****will not be =won’t be

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Look at the four different aspects of the same sentence

Positive Positive Negative Negative

sentence question sentence question

I will be sleeping. Will I be I will not be sleeping. Will I not be sleeping?

I’ll be sleeping. sleeping? I won’t be sleeping. Won’t I be sleeping?

Will you be
You will be sleeping. You will not be sleeping. Will you not be sleeping?
sleeping?
You’ll be sleeping. You won’t be sleeping. Won’t you be sleeping?

Will he be
He will be sleeping. He will not be sleeping. Will he not be sleeping?
sleeping?
He’ll be sleeping. He won’t be sleeping. Won’t he be sleeping?

Will she not be sleeping?

She will be sleeping. Will she be She will not be sleeping.
Won’t she be
She’ll be sleeping. sleeping? She won’t be sleeping.
sleeping?

It will be sleeping. Will it be It will not be sleeping. Will it not be sleeping?

It’ll be sleeping. sleeping? It won’t be sleeping. Won’t it be sleeping?

We will be sleeping. Will we be We will not be sleeping. Will we not be sleeping?

We’ll be sleeping. sleeping? We won’t be sleeping. Won’t we be sleeping?

You will be sleeping. Will you be You will not be sleeping. Will you not be sleeping?
You’ll be sleeping. sleeping? You won’t be sleeping. Won’t you be sleeping?

They will not be Will they not be

They will be sleeping. Will they be
sleeping. sleeping?
They’ll be sleeping sleeping? They won’t be sleeping. Won’t they be sleeping?

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6.Past Continuous Tense

• Past Continues Tense is the English tense that talks about
something happening in the past. (An action happening in the
past)

The structure of Past Continuous Tense

Subject
Helping verb
Verb
(Was/Were)
(singular or plural noun/
nouns/Pronoun) ing

Positive sentence form

• We must add “ing” to the verb stem.

• We must add “ing” at the end of the irregular verbs.
• We use “was” for (I ,he ,she ,it)
• We use “were” for (you(singular), you(plural), we, they)

Example:

Regular Verb – Wash Irregular Verb - Sleep

I was washing. I was sleeping.

You were washing. You were sleeping.
He was washing. He was sleeping.
She was washing. She was sleeping.
It was washing. It was sleeping.
We were washing. We were sleeping.
You were washing. You were sleeping.
They were washing. They were sleeping.

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Positive Question form

• We must add “was” or “were” all the time before the subject.
• We keep the verb on its “ing” form.
• The sentences must finish with a question mark.
Example:

Was I sleeping? Was it sleeping?

Were you sleeping? Were we sleeping?
Was he sleeping? Were you sleeping?
Was she sleeping? Were they sleeping?

Negative sentence form

• We put “was not” for (I, he, she, it) before the verb.
• We put “were not” for (you, we, they) before the verb.
Examples:

I was not sleeping. We were not sleeping.

You were not sleeping. You were not sleeping.
He was not sleeping. They were not sleeping.
She was not sleeping.
It was not sleeping.

(No difference with regular or irregular verbs)

Negative Question form

• We put “not” between the subject and the verb.

• The sentences finish with the question mark.

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Example:

Was I not sleeping? Was it not sleeping?

Were you not sleeping? Were we not sleeping?
Was he not sleeping? Were you not sleeping?
Was she not sleeping? Were they not sleeping?

****was not =wasn’t

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Look at the four different aspects of the same sentence

Positive Positive Negative Negative
sentence question sentence question
Was I sleeping?
I was sleeping. I was not sleeping. Was I not sleeping?
-
- I wasn’t sleeping Wasn’t I sleeping?

Were you not

You were not
Were you sleeping?
You were sleeping. sleeping.
sleeping? Weren’t you
- You weren’t
- sleeping?
sleeping.
Was he not
Was he He was not sleeping.
He was sleeping. sleeping?
sleeping? He wasn’t sleeping.
- Wasn’t he sleeping?
-
She was not Was she not
Was she
She was sleeping. sleeping. sleeping?
sleeping?
- She wasn’t sleeping. Wasn’t she sleeping?
-

Was it It was not sleeping. Was it not sleeping?

It was sleeping.
sleeping? It wasn’t sleeping. Wasn’t it sleeping?
-
-
Were we not
Were we We were not
We were sleeping. sleeping?
sleeping? sleeping.
- Weren’t we
- We weren’t sleeping.
sleeping?

Were you not

You were not
You were sleeping. Were you sleeping?
sleeping.
- sleeping? Weren’t you
You weren’t
- sleeping?
sleeping.
They were They were not Were they not
Were they
sleeping. sleeping. sleeping?
sleeping?
- They weren’t Weren’t they
-
sleeping. sleeping?

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7. Present Perfect Tense

• We use the Present Perfect Tense to say that an action happened

at an unspecified time before now.

The structure of Present Perfect Tense

Subject
Helping verb Verb
(Have/Has) (Past participle
(singular or plural noun/
form)
nouns/Pronoun)

Positive sentence

• We must put “have” or “has” before the past participle form.

• We use the past participle form of the verb.
Example:

Regular Verb – Wash Irregular Verb - Sleep

I have washed. I have slept.

You have washed You have slept.
He has washed. He has slept.
She has washed. She has slept.
It has washed. It has slept.
We have washed. We have slept.
You have washed. You have slept.
They have washed. They have slept.

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Positive Question form

• We must add “have” or “has” all the time before the subject.
• We use the past participle form of the verb.
• The sentence finishes with a question mark.
Example :
Regular Verb – Wash Irregular Verb - Sleep

Haven’t I washed? Haven’t I slept?

Haven’t you washed? Haven’t you slept?
Hasn’t he washed? Hasn’t he slept?
Hasn’t she washed? Hasn’t she slept?
Hasn’t it washed? Hasn’t it slept?
Haven’t we washed? Haven’t we slept?
Haven’t you washed? Haven’t you slept?
Haven’t they washed? Haven’t they slept?

Example :
Negative sentence form

• We use “not” after the helping verb.

• We use the past participle form of the verb.
Regular Verb – Wash Irregular Verb - Sleep

I have not washed. I have not slept.

You have not washed. You have not slept.
He has not washed. He has not slept.
She has not washed. She has not slept.
It has not washed. It has not slept.
We have not washed. We have not slept.
You have not washed. You have not slept.
They have not washed. . They have not slept.

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Negative question form

• We put “not” between the subject and the verb.

• We use the past participle form of the verbs
Example

Regular Verb – Wash Irregular Verb - Sleep

Have I not washed? Have I not slept?

Have you not washed? Have you not slept?
Has he not washed? Has he not slept?
Has she not washed? Has she not slept?
Has it not washed? Has it not slept?
Have we not washed? Have we not slept?
Have you not washed? Have you not slept?
Have they not washed? Have they not slept?

****have not=haven’t has not =hasn’t

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Look at the four different aspects of the same sentence

Positive Positive Negative Negative

sentence question sentence question

I have slept. I have not slept. Have I not slept?

Have I slept?
I’ve slept. I haven’t slept. Haven’t I slept?

You have slept. You have not slept. Have you not slept?
Have you slept?
You’ve slept. You haven’t slept. Haven’t you slept?

He has not slept. Has he not slept?

He has slept. Has he slept?
He hasn’t slept. Hasn’t he slept?

She has not slept. Has she not slept?

She has slept. Has she slept?
She hasn’t slept. Hasn’t she slept?

It hasn’t not slept. Has it not slept?

It has slept. Has it slept?
It hasn’t slept. Hasn’t it slept?

We have not
We have slept. Have we not slept?
Have we slept? slept.
We’ve slept. Haven’t we slept?
We haven’t slept.

You have slept. You have not slept. Have you not slept?
Have you slept?
You’ve slept. You haven’t slept. Haven’t you slept?

They have not Have they not slept?

They have slept. Have they
slept. Haven’t they slept?
They’ve slept. slept?
They haven’t slept.

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8. Present Tense (facts)

• The Present Tense is a grammatical tense which explains a

situation or an event (fact) in present time.

The structure of Present Tense (facts)

Subject
Helping verb
(A singular or plural
(Am/is/are) Facts
noun/nouns,
pronouns)

Positive sentence

• We can only use the “am, is, are” as helping verb.

• We don’t have any real verbs in present tense.

Example:

I am a doctor. As the fact, can be used :

You are tall.
He is an actor. - proper nouns
She is a teacher. - nouns
It is black. - adjectives
We are friends. - preposition +
You are beautiful. -combination
They are brothers.

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Look at the four different aspects of the same sentence

Positive Positive Negative Negative

sentence question sentence question

I am a doctor.
Am I a doctor? I am not a doctor. Am I not a doctor?
(noun).

I am tall.
Am I tall? I am not tall. Am I not tall?
(adjective).

I am a John.
Am I John? I am not John. Am I not John?
(proper noun).

I am in Italy.
Am I in Italy ? I am not in Italy. Am I not in Italy?
(preposition +)

I am John, a tall
Am I John, a tall I am not John, a tall Am I not John, tall
doctor in Italy.
doctor in Italy? doctor in Italy. doctor in Italy?
(combination)
You are not a Are you not a
Are you a doctor. doctor?
You are a doctor.
doctor? You aren’t a doctor. Aren’t you a doctor?

You are not tall. Are you not tall?

You are tall. Are you tall?
You aren’t tall. Aren’t you tall?

You are not John. Are you not John?

You are John. Are you John?
You aren’t John. Aren’t you John?

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Positive Positive Negative Negative

sentence question sentence question

He is not a doctor. Is he not a doctor?

He is a doctor. Is he a doctor?
He isn’t a doctor. Isn’t he a doctor?

He is not tall. Is he not tall?

He is tall. Is he tall?
He isn’t tall Isn’t he tall?

He is not John. Is he notJohn?

He is John. Is he John?
He isn’t John. Isn’t he John?

She is not a doctor. Is she not a doctor?

She is a doctor Is she a doctor?
She isn’t a doctor Isn’t she a doctor?

She is not tall. Is she not tall?

She is tall. Is she tall?
She isn’t tall. Isn’t she tall?

She is not Mary. Is she not Mary?

She is Mary. Is she Mary?
She isn’t Mary. Isn’t she Mary?

It is not a dog. Is it not a dog?

It is a dog. Is it a dog?
It isn’t a dog. Isn’t it a dog?

It is not tall. Is it not tall?

It is tall. Is it tall?
It isn’t tall. Isn’t it tall?

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Positive Positive Negative Negative

sentence question sentence question
It is not Rex. Is it not Rex?
It is Rex
Is it Rex? It isn’t Rex. Isn’t it Rex?
It’s Rex.

We are doctors
We are not doctors. Are we not doctors?
Are we
We aren’t doctors. Aren’t we doctors?
doctors?

We are tall.
We are not tall. Are we not tall?
Are we tall? We aren’t tall. Aren’t we tall?

We are boys.
We are not boys. Are we not boys?
Are we boys? We aren’t boys. Aren’t we boys?

They are doctors. They are not Are they not

Are they doctors. doctors?
doctors? They aren’t doctors. Aren’t they doctors?

They are tall.

They are not tall. Are they not tall?
Are they tall? They aren’t tall. Aren’t they tall?

They are Alex and Are they not Alex

They are not Alex
Ann. and Ann.?
Are they Alex and Ann.
Aren’t they Alex and
and Ann? They aren’t Alex and
Ann?
Ann.

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9. Past Tense (facts)

• The Past Tense is a grammatical tense whose principle function

is to locate a situation or event (fact) in past time.

The structure of Past Tense (facts)

Subject
Helping verb
(A singular or plural
(Was/were) Facts
noun/nouns ,
Pronouns)

Positive sentence

• We can only use the “was, were” as helping verb

• We do not use real verbs for the past tense.
Example:

I was a doctor.
You were a doctor.
He was tall.
She was tall.
It was john.
We were doctors.
You were friends.
They were doctors.

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Look at the four different aspects of the same sentence

Positive Positive Negative Negative

sentence question sentence question

I was not a doctor. Was I not a doctor?

I was a doctor. Was I a doctor?
I wasn’t a doctor Wasn’t I a doctor?

I was not tall. Was I not tall?

I was tall. Was I tall?
I wasn’t tall. Wasn’t I tall?

I was not John. Was I not John?

I was John. Was I John?
I wasn’t John. Wasn’t I John?

You were not a Were you not a

You were a doctor. doctor?
Were you a doctor?
doctor. You weren’t a Weren’t you a
doctor. doctor?

he was not tall. Was he not tall?

He was tall. Was he tall ?
he wasn’t John. Wasn’t he tall?

You were not tall. Were you not tall?

You were tall. Were you tall?
You weren’t tall. Weren’t you tall?

He was not a doctor. Was he not a doctor?

He was a doctor. Was he a doctor?
He wasn’t a doctor. Wasn’t he a doctor?

He was not John. Was he not John?

He was John. Was he John?
He wasn’t John. Wasn’t he John?

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Positive Positive Negative Negative

sentence question sentence question
He was not John. Was he not John?
He was John. Was he John?
He wasn’t John. Wasn’t he John?

She was not a

Was she not a
doctor.
She was a doctor. Was she a doctor? doctor?
She wasn’t a
Wasn’t she a doctor?
doctor.

She was not tall. Was she not tall?

She was tall. Was she tall?
She wasn’t tall. Wasn’t she tall?

She was not Mary. Was she not Mary?

She was Mary. Was she Mary?
She wasn’t Mary. Wasn’t she Mary?

It was not a Was it not a

doctor. doctor?
It was doctor. Was it a doctor?
It wasn’t a doctor. Weren’t it a doctor?

It was not tall. Was it not tall?

It was tall. Was it tall?
It wasn’t tall. Wasn’t it tall?

It was not John. Was it not John?

It was John. Was it John?
It wasn’t John. Wasn’t it John?

We were not Were we not

doctors. doctors?
We were doctors. Were we doctors?
We weren’t Weren’t we
doctors. doctors?
Were they not tall?
They were not tall.
They were tall. Were they tall? Weren’t they tall?
They weren’t tall.

Were they not

They were not boys. boys?
They were boys. Were they boys?
They weren’t boys Weren’t they
boys?

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10. Future Tense (facts)

• The Future Tense is a grammatical tense whose principle

function is to locate a situation or event (fact) in future time.

The structure of Future Tense (facts)

Subject
Helping verb
(A singular or plural noun/
(will be Facts
nouns/ Pronouns)

Positive sentence

• We can only use the “will be” as helping verb

• We are not using verbs for the future tense
Example:

I will be a doctor.
You will be tall.
He will be a doctor.
She will be tall.
It will be Brown.
We will be doctors.
You will be friends.
They will be doctors.

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Look at the four different aspects of the same sentence

Positive Positive Negative Negative

sentence question sentence question
I will not be a Will I not be a
I will be a doctor. doctor. doctor?
Will I be a doctor?
I’ll be a doctor. I won’t be a Won’t I be a
doctor. doctor

I will be tall. I will not be tall. Will I not be tall?

Will I be tall?
I’ll be tall. I won’t be tall. Won’t I be tall?

I will be John. I will not be John. Will I not be John?

Will I be John?
I’ll be John. I won’t be John. Won’t I be John?

You will not be a Will you not be a

You will be a doctor. doctor. doctor?
Will you be a doctor?
You’ ll be a dcotor. You won’t be a Won’t you be a
doctor. doctor?

You will be tall. You will not be tall. Will you not be tall?
Will you be tall?
You’ll be tall. You won’t be tall. Won’t you be tall?

Will you not be

You will be John. You will not be ohn.
Will you be John? John?
You’ll be John. You won’t be John.
Won’t you be John?

He will not be a Will he not be a

He will be a doctor. Will he be a doctor. doctor?
He’ll be a doctor. doctor? He won’t be a Won’t he be a
doctor. doctor?

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Positive Positive Negative Negative

sentence question sentence question

He will be tall. He will not be tall. Will he not be tall?

Will he be tall?
He’ll be tall He won’t be tall. Won’t he be tall?

He will beJohn. He will not be John. Will he not be John?

Will he be John?
He’ll be John. He won’t be John. Won’t he be John?

She will not be a Will she not be a

She will be a doctor. Will she be a doctor. doctor?
She’ll be a doctor. doctor? She won’t be a Won’t she be a
doctor doctor?

She will be tall. She will not be tall. Will she not be tall?
Will be she tall?
She’ll be tall. She won’t be tall. Won’t she be tall?

She will not be Will she not be

She will be Mary.
Will she be Mary? Mary. Mary?
She’ll be Mary.
She won’t be Mary. Won’t she be Mary?

It will be tall. It will not be tall. Will it not be tall?

Will it be tall?
It’ll be tall. It won’t be tall. Won’t it be tall?

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Positive Positive Negative Negative

sentence question sentence question

It will be angry. It will not be angry. Will it not be angry?

Will it be angry?
It’ll be angry. It won’t be angry. Won’t it be angry?

We will not be Will we not be

We will be doctors. doctors. doctors?
Will we be doctors?
We’ll be doctors. We won’t be Won’t we be
doctors. doctors?

We will be tall. We will not be tall. Will we not be tall?

Will we be tall?
we’ll be tall. We won’t be tall. Won’t we be tall?

We will not be Will we not be

We will be friends.
Will we be friends? friends. friends?
We’ll be friends.
We won’t be friends. Won’t we be friends?

They will not be Will they not be

They will be
doctors. doctors?
doctors. Will they be doctors?
They won’t be Won’t they be
They’ll be doctors.
doctors. doctors?

They will be tall. They will not be tall. Will they not be tall?
Will they be tall
They’ll be tall. They won’t be tall. Won’t they be tall?

They will be They will not be Will they not be

teachers. teachers. teachers?
Will they be teachers?
They’ll be They won’t be Won’t they be
teachers. teachers. teachers?

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