GRAMMAR & RULES & EXERCISES
COLLECTED BY"GUELLIL MABROUK"
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Unit One: articles and NounsII/answers key
Unit One: articles and Nouns
Unit Two: Verb Tenses
The following are some rules about the most common English verb tenses:
1) Use the present continuous tense for action in progress right now. It can also be used for a “temporary”
situation (for example, doing something just for “this month”):
I am studying English right now.
I am living with my uncle for this month.
2) Use the simple present tense (also called the present habitual tense) for action that is repeated, a habit,
or with verbs that do not represent action (for example, the verbs like, hate, hope, think believe, etc.). Note
that we use “s” on the verb if the subject is “third person singular” (he, she, or it):
I study English every day.
Yelena studies English every day.
I like coffee.
Maria likes tea.
3) Use the future tense to describe future action (Either will or going to can be used for future action):
I will study English tomorrow.
(or “I am going to study English tomorrow.”)
4) Use the simple past tense most of the time in speaking or writing about past action, unless there is a
special reason to use one of the other past tenses, which can be considered “special” past tenses. Note that we
use sometimes use “-ed” (study/studied) to make a verb past tense (for “regular” verbs) but that many verbs
have “irregular” past forms (such as do/did, write/wrote, think/thought, read/read, etc.):
I studied English yesterday.
I wrote an essay last night.
5) Use the past continuous tense for action in progress at a specific time in the past. This tense can also be
used for a long continuous action which was interrupted by a short action, or for action which lasts through a
long period of time, such as “all day”:
I was studying English at 9 o’clock last night.
I was walking in the street yesterday afternoon when I saw a car accident.
I was working all day yesterday.
6) We use the present perfect tense in several specific situations. Note that in many situations when we use
the present perfect tense, we can also use the present perfect continuous tense. Since advanced students
often have trouble using this tense, we will look more carefully at this tense in the next section. One situation
when we use this tense is for action started in the past which continues up to now:
I have studied English for three years.
I have been studying English for three years.
(from three years ago up to now)
The Present Perfect Tense
Use the present perfect tense in the following situations:
1) In response to the questions How long and Since when?
How long have you been in the U.S.?
- I have been in the U.S. for 2 years.
Since when has Juan been studying at Brooklyn College?
- Juan has been studying at Brooklyn College since September, 2005.
2) In response to the question Have you ever? Note that if you ask a question beginning with the word When,
you must use the simple past tense.
Have you ever been to the top of the Empire State Building?
- Yes, I have been there.
When did you go there? (or “When were you there?”)
- I went there two months ago. (or “I was there two months ago.)
Has your brother ever studied Spanish?
- Yes he has.
When did he study Spanish?
- He studied it two years ago.
3) With a time which is not yet finished, which “includes now,” such as this morning (if it is still morning),
today, this week, this month, this semester, this year, etc.:
Have you had anything to eat yet today?
- No, I haven’t yet had anything to eat.
Has Maria had any tests yet this semester?
- Yes, she has had some tests.
When did she have a test?
- She had a chemistry test last week.
Proofreading Exercise One
Correct the errors in the use of verbs in the following sentences:
1. Everyone is looking for someone who always listens to his or her feelings, and who sometimes suggest a
right way to move forward.
2. Laura made a high, invisible wall, which protect her from anyone who tried to approach her.
3. This is something that a person who do not have a brother cannot describe.
4. When a sister likes a dress and her brother says that she look bad, sometimes it is good to listen to him.
5. Tom doesn’t like the way that his mother treat him.
6. Tom doesn’t like to hear about things that happen when his mother was young.
7. Tom has this plan for a long time.
8. My sister is controlled by her husband. Sometimes, she doesn’t has the right to choose.
9. Women had to stay married even if they don’t love their husbands.
10. Just because she is younger than me, that do not mean that she knows less.
11. Since the time we immigrated, we had some misunderstandings and fights.
12. There is no two identical people on this planet.
13. She lose me when she thought I belong to her.
14. As a result of love, people got married.
15. If two people living together cannot trust each other, it is, certainly, will end in divorce.
16. Women work more and taking financial responsibility to support their families.
17. In history, we had many wars, and it seems like we going to have more, though nobody wish that.
18. Everyone in this world had problems: Some has physical problems and some has emotional problems.
19. Love is something that change the world.
20. Steven had encouragement from his family and his condition had improved.
21. The writer doesn’t tell the reader about what kind of decision he need to make.
22. I was pleased that I make the right decision.
23. She is pushing her daughter to get married and don’t understand her.
24. The mother did not had her own private life.
25. In 2002, I have met a very good person.
Proofreading Exercise Two
Correct the errors (indicated in the margin) in the use of articles, nouns and verbs in the following paragraphs:
v,a 1) The human life begin when one is conceived, and it culminates with the
v death. This reality make us try to live and enjoy every single day of our life the
v best that we can. In the poem “The Wake,” the poet show us a view of how death
v-2, a affect us humans when it take away an important member of our family. The
v death is not expected ever, but when it comes and take someone close to you, it
v can’t be accepted right away. When this happen, you feel that inside you,
v-2 something missing; it is a feeling of emptiness. But after a while, this feeling go
a, v away. The people accepts the fact that this person is no longer there and is not
coming back ever again.
a 2) There could be many reasons why person is shy. Maybe she or he was raised
v in a certain environment that cause the development of shyness. This concept is
a-2 connected with one of characters in play “The Glass Menagerie”- Laura
v Wingfield. Laura chose to avoid social situations because they give no reward to
v-2 her, and she find the sensory input overwhelming. Laura fear such situations and
v-2 feel that she has to avoid them And in order to avoid this, she create her own
imaginary reality, Laura’s private world.
a 3) In ancient China, there was law that men were allowed to get married with
more than one woman. So nobody would think about those women’s happiness,
v because they had to share their husband with other women when they had
v married. Moreover, most of these women had married someone who was older
v-2 than them, by more than ten years, so when they live together, there were no
v communication, and the feelings of these women was controlled by men. At that
v time, there are two kinds of people who let their daughter get married with
v-3 someone they does not love and who is older than them. One is to make more
a, v money and get higher status, such as letting their daughter marry king. Another is
to avoid threats because in ancient China some governors would punish people
v who do not let their daughters marry them.
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