English exam January
UNIT 1: Present simple / Present Continuous
UNIT 2: Past simple / Past Continuous
UNIT 3: Present Perfect / Present Perfect Continuous
UNIT 4: Past Perfect / Past Perfect Continuous
UNIT 5: Future -----
UNIT 6: Future Perfect / Future Perfect Continuous----
UNIT 7: Conditionals
UNIT 8: Passive
UNIT 9: Adjectives / Adverbs
UNIT 10: Relative Clauses
UNIT 11: Gerund / Infinitive / Participles
UNIT 12: Modals
UNIT 13: Miscellaneous
UNIT 14: The Articles
UNIT 15: Possessive Pronouns/Genitive
,Present Simple
Used when we talk about fixed habits or routines- Things that don’t
change.
I Play Tennis
Subject+ Verb
Present continuous
Used when we talk about actions which are happening at the present
moment, but will soon finish
I Am Playing Tennis
Subject+ am/is/are (not)+ Verb+ing
Past Simple
Used to show that an action was in the past.
I Played Tennis yesterday
Subject verb+ed
Negative
My parents didn’t call me yesterday
Question
Did you wake up early this morning?
Past Continuous
The past continuous shows us that the action was already in progress
at a certain time in the past
What were you doing at 8 pm last night? I was studying
,Present Perfect
The present perfect refers to an action or state that either occurred
at an indefinite time in the past (We have walked here before) or
began in the past and continued to the present time (He has grown
impatient over the last hours)
Have/has+ past particle
Statement: You have seen that movie many times.
Question: Have you seen that movie many times?
Negative: You have not seen that movie many times
Present Perfect Continuous
Is used to show that an action started in the past and has continued
up to the present moment.
Usually emphasizes duration, or the amount of time the action has
been taking place.
has/have + been + present participle
Statement: You have been waiting here for two hours.
Question: Have you been waiting here for two hours?
Negative: You have not been waiting here for two hours.
, Past Perfect
Is used to show that an action took place once or may times before
another point in the past.
Had+ past participle
Statement: You had studied English before you moved to New York.
Question: Had you studied English before you moved to New York?
Negative: You had not studied English before you moved to New York.
Past Perfect Continuous
Is used to show that an action started in the past and continued up to
another point in the past
had + been + present participle
Statement: You had been waiting there for more than two hours
when she finally arrived.
Question: Had you been waiting there for more than two hours
when she finally arrived?
Negative: You had not been waiting there for more than two hours
when she finally arrived.
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