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AUXILIARY VERBS VS. MODEL VERBS

Auxiliary verbs are helper verbs, used alongside the infinitive form of the main verb of a sentence with certain tenses.

ex: I eat an apple ---> I have eaten an apple.

 

Modal verbs are a type of auxiliary verbs which add meaning to the main verb: possibility, intent, ability, necessity...

ex: I swim ---> I can swim.

AUXILIARY VERBS

BE

HAVE

DO

MODAL VERBS

can              could

may            might

will              would

shall         should

must       have to

need to                 

I have eaten. Did you eat?

I need to eat. You can't eat.

COMPARATIVE & SUPERLATIVE FORMS

Short adjectives: 

1 syllable 

ex: clean, nice, fat...

Comparative form: + "ER" 

--> cleaner, nicer, fatter

Superlative form: + "EST"

--> cleanest, nicest, fattest

Long adjectives:

 3 or more syllables 

ex: expensive, beautiful

Comparative form: + "MORE"

---> more expensive, more beautiful 

Superlative form: + "THE MOST"

---> The most expensive

---> The most beautiful

Adjectives with 2 syllables 

Usually they behave like short adjectives: 

happy ---> happier, happiest

simple ---> simpler, simplest

But certain 2-syllable adjectives behave like long ones:

patient ---> more patient, the most patient

Irregular forms

For example:

Adjective	Comparative	Superlative
good	better	best
bad	worse	worst
little	less	least

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THE PASSIVE FORM

PASSIVE TENSE

PRESENT PERFECT AND PRESENT SIMPLE

PRESENT PERFECT

- action that started in the past and continues or has consequences in the present

- with time adverbials linked to the present: always, ever, till now...

PAST SIMPLE

- the action is finished and in the past

- with time adverbials marking a specific time in the past: yesterday, last week, ten years ago....

THE FUTURE

WILL or BE + GOING TO

GOING TO: is for intentions you have already made earlier and to make predictions that are very likely to be true.

WILL: is used to talk about plans decided at the moment of speaking, for things in the future that you did not plan or to make predictions that are not based on present or past evidence.

Example: We are going to France next week! 

Do you need any help carrying this heavy box? I'll do it for you!