A Guide to English Grammar: Present Perfect and Continuous, Vocabulary, and Phrasal Verbs

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Present Perfect

He/She/It + Has + past participle or 3rd column

Hasn't worked

               Been

Has … worked?

               Been?

VERBS IN 3RD COLUMN

Be – Been                           Say – Said                           Go - Gone

Buy - Bought                     See – Seen                        Hear - Heard

Come – Came                   Sing – Sung                        Lose - Lost

Do – Done                          Sit – Sat                               Make - Made

Eat – Eaten                        Spend – Spent                 Meet - Met

Find – Found                     Take – Taken                    Put - Put

Get – Got                           Thing – Thought              Read - Read

Run - Ran                                 Begin-Begun                       Break-Broken

Drink-Drunk                     

Do

  • A subject
  • Some exercise
  • Your best
  • Your homework
  • Some work
  • The housework
  • Some / The shopping
  • Nothing
  • Something

Make

  • A decision
  • A drink
  • A cake
  • A sandwich
  • A meal
  • A mess
  • A noise
  • Friend (with)
  • A mistake
  • A difference
  • An appointment (with)
  • (Some) money

(+) USED TO + Infinitive

(-) Didn't USE TO + Infinitive

(?) Did … USE TO + Infinitive

Present Perfect Continuous

(+) Have/Has + Been + V-ing

(-) Haven't/Hasn't + Been + V-ing

(?) Have/Has … Been + V-ing

Places

Sport Center - Petrol station - Museum - Art gallery - Tourist office - Square (parquet cuadrado con caminos rectos) - Park - Restaurant - Library - Swimming pool - Hotel - Supermarket - Carpark - Bank - Police station - Pharmacy - Newsagent - Music shop - Café - Cinema - Playground (Plaza con juegos)

Turn Right - Doblar a la derecha                 Turn left - Dobla a la izquierda

Take the first/second on the right/left - Dobla a la derecha/izquierda en la primera/segunda calle

Cross the road - Cruza la carretera

Go straight on - Sigue derecho

Opposite - En frente

Go right out of the station - Sal hacia la derecha de la estación

Enough (Suficiente) - The film was rubbish. After 20 minutes I had had enough (La película es horrible. Después de 20 minutos ya había tenido suficiente)

Too (Excesivo/Demasiado) - The disco is too far to walk (La disco está demasiado lejos para ir caminando)

Time Adverbials:

Ever—D Have you EVER been to Europe?

Never—D No, I have NEVER been to Europe.

Just (Recién)—D I have JUST had a test

Already (Ya)—D I have ALREADY studied for the test

Yet (Todavía/Ya)—D I haven't studied YET.

          Have you studied YET?

Phrasal Verbs with "Look"

Look at (mirar) – I'm looking at these old pictures.

Look up (buscar en libro, diccionario, etc.) – I looked it up in the dictionary.

Look forward to (ansiar) – I'm looking forward to the summer vacations.

Look after (Cuidar) – Mothers look after their babies all day.

Look for (Buscar algo físico) - I'm looking for my mobile. I can't find it.

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