English Grammar Review: Verb Tenses, Modals, and Sentence Structure

English Grammar Review

Modal Verbs: Would

Affirmative: I would organize a clean-up day.

Negative: I wouldn't throw garbage on the streets.

Questions: What would you do to make it a better place?

Conditional Type 2

We use "if I were you..." when we want to give advice.

If I were you, I would + bare infinitive.

Examples:

• If you worked hard, you would have a better chance of getting good grades.
• If I were you, I would quit the school team and join a local team instead.

Present Perfect Tense

Use the present perfect tense for:

• Actions that started in the past and continue to the present.
• Actions that happened in the past and we can see their results in the present.

Note: When we use "never" in the negative, we use "have/has."

[has/have + past participle]

Examples:

• I think I have seen that movie before.
• He has never traveled by train.
• Joan has studied two foreign languages.
• A: Have you ever met him?
  B: No, I have not met him.

Present Perfect Simple

We use "ever" in questions: Have you ever seen sea lions?

Present Perfect: Already, Yet, Since

We use "already" in affirmative sentences.

We use "yet" in negative sentences.

We use "since" to say when something began.

Gerunds

Verbs followed by verbs in gerund (ing):

Example: I like watching movies.

Adjectives

Adjectives ending in "ed" indicate emotions.

Adjectives ending in "ing" indicate characteristics.

Examples:

• John is interested in art. Art lessons are interesting.
• Denise was bored in class. Science class is so boring.
• Luke is excited about his new job. Having a new job is always exciting; it is a new experience.

Module 4 Review

Relative pronouns: who, which, whose, where, that

Suffixes: -less

Order of Adjectives

1. Opinion: expensive, cheap, ugly
2. Size: small, big, huge
3. Age: modern, traditional
4. Color: pink, red, blue
5. Origin: Spanish, Italian
6. Material: leather, silver