VOCABULARYuseful words : VOCABULARYuseful words Pernicious harmful
Futile useless
Rectify correct
Deportment behavior
Jeopardize put in danger
Amiable friendly
Garrulous talkative
Oblivious unaware
Make at least two sentences with each word. Then
Speak them to yourself.
Continuation of Simple Present : Continuation of Simple Present There are many other rules to simple present tense. Here are a few topics of them.
Habitual actions
State facts
Universal truths
Historical facts
Future planned action
Commands and Directions
Reference to poets and authors
Time clauses
If clauses
Mental activities: senses, thoughts, desires, appearance, possessive
Dramatic effect
Headlines in newspapers
Proverbs
Bet you didn’t know there were so many, but don’t let it scare you. We use few.
UNIVERSAL TRUTHS : UNIVERSAL TRUTHS Rule? To express something which is
always true.
The earth moves around the sun.
The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
The moon shines at night.
Volcanoes have lava in them.
PROVERBS
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
A stitch in time saves nine.
English Lesson Two Simple Past Tense : English Lesson Two Simple Past Tense He killed a snake yesterday.
She went out at 6 o’clock.
They wrote a letter this morning.
You helped a beggar the other day.
I was born in 1993.
I finished my work ten minutes ago.
We arrived last night.
Rule? We use simple past tense to tell about an event in the past. We use it for one action only. If you want to say two actions then use past perfect tense.
Forming past continuous : Forming past continuous We use was and were + v1 = ing
I was You were
He was They were
She was We were
It was Ram and Nancy were
Ram was
Now add the rest She was playing chess.
It is important to learn this table
Slide 6 : PAST CONTINUOUS
RULE? To show an action started before and finished after a given moment in the past.
At four o’clock yesterday afternoon, I was playing chess.
What was she doing when you called her?
It was raining when we reached the station.
Do you notice that there are two verbs in the sentence?
The first action gets the was/were + V1 + ing form.
example: was raining
The second action goes into simple past tense or V2 form.
Ex: reached
Now the first action is what happened first and the second action is what happened second but that does not mean it will always be in the same order.
Ex: My hat fell down while I was walking.
Now the first action is at the end or after the first verb.
CONFUSSED?
Let me explain how this happened.
Past continuous continued : Past continuous continued It was raining before we reached the station.
Do you notice there are two verbs here.
The 1st action gets was/were + V1 + ING
Ex: was raining
Second action gets V2 Simple past tense
Ex: reached
Now the 1st action is what happened first and the second is what happened next.
That doesn’t mean that it will always be in the same order
Ex: My hat fell down while I was walking. The first action is at the end here.