GRAMMAR CLUES

Keywords
to
do
did
does

verb in root word

can
(all modals should could ,
would , may, might)

e.g; a) She did not go to school yesterday.

b) My mother wants to cook chicken rice
for lunch.
c) she can draw very well.

Key words
am
is
are

verb + ing

was
were

e.g.: a) I am listening to the radio.

b) We were playing football last night.

ADJECTIVES CLUES
SEE ONLY IS POSITIVE DEGREE
e.g: big, strong, good, expensive
SEE IS AND THAN COMPARATIVE
e.g: bigger, stronger, better, more
expensive
SEE IS THE SUPERLATIVE
e.g: biggest, strongest, best, most
expensive.

ITS A MATTER OF TIME

1

Time Frame

Tenses

Verb

eg

today, now,
everyday

Present
tense

s, es, ies

Singular
1. She comes to school today.
2. He brushes his teeth now.
Plural
1.They study together everyday.

comes, brushes, studies

yesterday,
last week, last
night

Past
tense

d, ed, ied,
change of spelling,
no change

She closed the window just now.

She walked to school with her friends
yesterday
They tidied their room last week,

closed, walked, studied

The bell rang a few minutes ago.
ate, rang
Last night she put her bag on the shelf.
put, cut, hit, beat, shut,
hurt, spread,
3

tomorrow,
soon , next
week, later

Future
tense

Will
shall

already

Present
or past
participle
(perfect
tense)

has
have
had

verb root
word

He will eat the burger later

I will go tomorrow.
. (and other subjects use will)
I shall call you tomorrow.
We shall meet soon.
She has taken her breakfast. (already)
Ali has bought a new bicycle.
The boy has come to my party.

No change, e.g.,
Present bet Past, past participle bet
bid bid
broadcast broadcast
burst burst
cast cast
cost cost
cut cut
fit fit (esp. U.S.)
hit hit
hurt hurt
knit knit
let let
put put
quit quit
rid rid
set set
shed shed
shut shut
slit slit
split split
spread spread
thrust thrust

8 wives 1 husband
What

people, animal,places

Whom

to whom, for whom,

with whom

Who

people

Whose

belonging, belong to
whom

Where

place

Which

choice, to make a
choice

When

time

Why

How

reasons

How many? , How much?

Demonstrative Pronouns
This

is
That

These

are
Those

Form of Verbs
Present

Continuous

Past

Perfect

go

going
am, is, are,
was were

went

Gone
has , had ,
gone

take

taking

took

Taken

eat

eating

ate

eaten

catch

catching

caught

caught

buy

buying

bought

bought

make

making

made

made

become

becoming

became

became

come

coming

came

came

run

running

ran

run

I, You, We, They, * go, go

He, She, It, One, * goes, goes
Yesterday we * went, went
Everybody * goes
*walk
*pray
*sleep
*cut