Sentence structure -word order

+ Subject (auxiliary*) verb object place time

-Subject auxiliary+not verb object place time
? (Question word) auxiliary Subject verb object place time
* in the + sentence there is always an auxiliary verb except Past Simple,Present Simple
* Except the verb BE in the Past Simple and Present Simple

FORM
TENSES Past Present Future (will)
Simple + I worked + I work/he works +will work
-I didn’t work -I don’t/(he doesn’t) work -won’t work
? Did you work ? do/(does) you/(he) work ?will I work
Continuous Be verb+ing
I was working I am working I will be working
Perfect Simple Have Verb 3rd form
I had worked I have/he has worked I will have worked
Perfect Continuous Have been verb+ing
I had been working I have been working I will have been working
Be going to do sg
Auxiliary verbs
BE, Have, do,
Modals: Can, could, may, might, should/ought to, would, will, shall

- cannot be without a verb;

- helps me to decide the time past: was/were, did, had;
BE, DO, HAVE, WILL present: am/are/is; do/(does); have/(has)
future: will
- modify the meaning of the verbs Modals (must,will,would, should,can,could, may,might)

BE DO HAVE can be auxiliary verbs and verbs in the sentence

DEFINING VERB FORMS

To work=infinitive
Work=bare infinitive
Worked = Past form of the verb = 2nd form (regular or irregular)
Worked = Past Participle form of the verb = 3rd form (regular or irregular)

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