Grammar recap advanced

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Recap all tenses, passive and would

Today

- Recap tenses

- Passive voice

- Will and would

Present perfect:

1. has some connection with the future
2. Describes an event that began in the past but still continues to happen in the present.
3. Describes an event as being in progress in the present and likely continuing into the future.
4. Describes an event as happening in the present.

Past continuous:

1. describes a past event that occurred before another past event.
2. describes events that began and ended in the past.
3. describes an event that began in the past, continued for a length of time
4. describes a past event that occurred before another past event

Past perfect continuous:

1. had danced
2. had been dancing
3. have been dancing
4. will have been dancing

be going to + infinitive

1. personal plan or intention+ prediction with evidence
2. al ready made a booking or an arrangement
3. fixed schedule or time table
4. offer or promise

Future continuous

1. Describes a future event that will happen before another future event.
2. Describes an event that will begin and end in the future.
3. Describes an event that will begin in the future and continue for a length of time.
4. continue for a length time, in progress when another future occurs.

I will be working all afternoon, so I can’t help Olivia with her report.

1. simple future
2. future perfect
3. future continuous:
4. Future perfect continuous:

By tomorrow afternoon, Olivia will have finished her report

1. simple future
2. future perfect
3. future continuous:
4. Future perfect continuous:

Shelly has been babysitting for years.

1. Present perfect
2. Present perfect continuous
3. present continuous
4. past continuous

passive voice

Make a passive sentence

Someone might have stolen the valuable jewels.

They are monitoring the whole area with TV cameras.

Everyone must wear hard hats when working on the building site.

Scientists have not tested the new product on humans.

The company normally delivers cars within a month

They saw the suspect entering the building.

Would

“Would” has several functions. First, it functions as the past tense of “will”.

Second, it functions as the conditional mood of “will”. Third, it is used to be polite. The

negative of would is “would not” or the contraction “wouldn’t”.

Example: I would try to act like my father when I was young.

In this example “would” functions as the past tense of “will”.

Example: I would get a tan if I worked at the pool.

In this example “would” functions as the conditional mood of “will”. 

Will

Will” is used when you are volunteering to do something in the future, or when

you are deciding at the time of speaking to do something in the future. The negative of

will is “will not” or the contraction “won’t” (See “Using will and going” in the future

tense folder of the advanced section of this website for more information on “will”).

My dog and I (would, will) go for walks when she was younger.

1. would
2. will

I (will, would) buy new shoes if I had enough money.

1. will
2. would

I am feeling tired. I think I (would, will) go to sleep now.

1. will
2. would