 Present Simple

I do, I do do
 Present Continuous
I am doing
 Present Perfect
I have done
 Present Perfect Continuous
I have been doing
 Past Simple
I did, I did do
 Past Continuous
I was doing
 Past Perfect
I had done
 Past Perfect Continuous
I had been doing
 Future Simple
I will do
 Future Continuous
I will be doing
 Future Perfect
I will have done
 Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been doing
A summary of the 9 parts of speech

part of function or "job" example words example sentences

speech

Verb action or state (to) be, have, do, EnglishClub is a web site.
like, work, sing, I like EnglishClub.
can, must

Noun thing or person pen, dog, work, This is my dog. He lives in

music, town, my house. We live in London.
London, teacher,
John

Adjective describes a noun good, big, red, My dogs are big. I like big dogs.

well, interesting

Determiner limits or a/an, the, 2, I have two dogs and some rabbits.

"determines" a some, many
noun

Adverb describes a verb, quickly, silently, My dog eats quickly. When he

adjective or adverb well, badly, very, is very hungry, he
really eats really quickly.

Pronoun replaces a noun I, you, he, she, Tara is Indian. She is beautiful.

some

Preposition links a noun to to, at, after, on, We went to school on Monday.

another word but
 part of function or "job" example words example sentences
speech

Conjunction joins clauses or and, but, when I like dogs and I like cats. I like
sentences or words cats and dogs. I like dogs but I
don't like cats.

Interjection short exclamation, oh!, ouch!, hi!, Ouch! That hurts! Hi! How are
sometimes inserted well you? Well, I don't know.
into a sentence

Parts of Speech Examples

Here are some examples of sentences made with different English parts of
speech:

verb

Stop!

noun verb

John works.
nou verb verb
n

John is working.

pronoun verb noun

She love animals.

s

nou verb noun adverb

n

Tara speaks Englis well.

h

nou verb adjective noun

n

Tara speaks good English.

pronoun ver preposition determiner noun Adverb

b
She ran to the station quickly.

pron ver adj noun conjunctio pron ver pron.

. b . n . b

She like big snake but I hat them

s s e .

 verb, noun, adverb, pronoun, preposition and conjunction!

word part of speech example

work noun My work is easy.

verb I work in London.

but conjunction John came but Mary didn't come.

preposition Everyone came but Mary.

well adjective Are you well?

word part of speech example

adverb She speaks well.

interjection Well! That's expensive!

afternoon noun We ate in the afternoon.

noun acting as adjective We had afternoon tea.

Prepositions of Time - at, in, on

We use:

 at for a PRECISE TIME

 in for MONTHS, YEARS, CENTURIES and LONG PERIODS
 on for DAYS and DATES

at in on
PRECISE MONTHS, YEARS, CENTURIES and DAYS and DATES
TIME LONG PERIODS

at 3 o'clock in May on Sunday

 at 10.30am in summer on Tuesdays

at noon in the summer on 6 March

at dinnertime in 1990 on 25 Dec. 2010

at bedtime in the 1990s on Christmas Day

at sunrise in the next century on Independence

Day

at sunset in the Ice Age on my birthday

at the in the past/future on New Year's Eve

moment

Look at these examples:

 I have a meeting at 9am.
 The shop closes at midnight.
 Jane went home at lunchtime.
 In England, it often snows in December.
 Do you think we will go to Jupiter in the future?
 There should be a lot of progress in the next century.
 Do you work on Mondays?
 Her birthday is on 20 November.
 Where will you be on New Year's Day?
Notice the use of the preposition of time at in the following standard
expressions:

Expression Example

at night The stars shine at night.

at the weekend* I don't usually work at the weekend.

at Christmas*/Easter I stay with my family at Christmas.

at the same time We finished the test at the same time.

at present He's not home at present. Try later.

*Note that in some varieties of English people say "on the weekend" and "on
Christmas".

Notice the use of the prepositions of time in and on in these common

expressions:

In On

in the morning on Tuesday morning

in the mornings on Saturday mornings

 in the afternoon(s) on Sunday afternoon(s)

in the evening(s) on Monday evening(s)

When we say last, next, every, this we do not also use at, in, on.

 I went to London last June. (not in last June)

 He's coming back next Tuesday. (not on next Tuesday)
 I go home every Easter. (not at every Easter)
 We'll call you this evening. (not in this evening)

1. Choose the correct prepositions: "Let's meet _______ midday _______

Saturday."

at, at
 in, on
 at, on

2. "The manager isn't here _______ present, but she'll be back _______ half
an hour."

at, in
 at, at
 in, in
3. Which are correct? "You won't be working _______ Saturday nights
_______ the future, will you?"

 at, in
 on, in
 on, at

4. Which are correct? "I'm busy _______ moment, but I'll be free ______
evening."

at the, in this
 in the, at this
 at the, this

1. at, on
2. at, in
3. on, in
4. at the, this