2017年5月29日星期一

Present Simple Tense

Present Simple Tense 
Used to talk about:  
  • Habits and routines 
Example: I talk to my brother once a week on the phone. 
  • Things that are generally true 
Example: Animals often use body language to talk to each other. 
Present Continuous Tense 
Used to talk about: 
  • Things that are happening now/around now 
Example: My sister is talking to her friend on the phone. 
Present Perfect Tense 
Used to talk about: 
  • Experiences with no specific time reference 
Example: Ive met a lot of interesting people through my work.

Past Participle

Past Participle 
Use the past participle to form perfect tenses (with have) and passive voice (be). 
Perfect tenses 
Passive voice 
Have + past participle 
Be + past participle 
Present perfect: I’ve (have-present perfect) never been (past participle) to New York. 
Past perfect: I’d (had-past perfect) just finished (past participle) work for the day. 

Present simple passive: It’s (be verb) made by hand. 
Past simple passive: It was (be verb) built in 1996. 
Present perfect passive: The house has (be verb) been sold. 
Modal + passive voice: It can (modal verb- can/could/may/might) be used several times.