Table of Contents
Week 1 | English Grammar
Day 4 |I am doing (present continuous)
Day 5 |Are you doing? (present continuous questions)
Day 6 |I do/work/like (present simple)(present continuous questions)
Week 2 | English Grammar
Day 1 |I don't... (present simple negative)
Day 2 |Do you...? (present simple questions)
Day 3 |I am doing (present continuous) I do (present simple)
Day 4 |I have... and I've got...
Day 6 |Worked/got/went etc (past simple)
Week 3 | English Grammar
Day 1 |I didn't... did you...? (past simple negative and questions)
Day 2 |I was doing (past continuous)
Day 3 |I was doing (past continuous) and I did (past simple)
Day 4 |I have done (present perfect 1)
Day 5 |I've just... I've already... I haven't...yet (present perfect 2)
Day 6 |Have you ever...? (present perfect 3)
Week 4| English Grammar
Day 1 |How long have you...? (present perfect 4)
Day 3 |I have done (present perfect) and I did (past)
Day 4 |Is done, was done (passive 1)
Day 5 |Is being done, has been done (passive 2)
Day 6 |Be/have/do in present and past tenses
Week 5| English Grammar
Day 1 |Regular and irregular verbs
Day 2 |What are you doing tomorrow?
Week 6| English Grammar
Day 2 |Must, mustn't, don't, need to
Day 6 |Do this! Don't do that! Let's do that
Week 7| English Grammar
Day 2 |There is... There are...
Day 3 |There was/were... There has/have been... There will be...
Day 6 |Have you? Are you? Don't you? etc
Week 8| English Grammar
Day 1 |Too/either/so am I/neither do I etc
Day 2 |Isn't/haven't/don't etc (negatives)
Day 3 |Do they? Is it? Have you?
Day 4 |Forming questions (who/what/why/where/when/which)
Day 5 |What...? Which...? How...?
Day 6 |How long does it take...?
Week 9| English Grammar
Day 1 |Do you know where...? I don't know what... etc
Day 2 |He/she said that... He/she told me that...
Day 3 |Work/working Go/going Do/doing
Day 4 |I want you to... I told you to...
Day 5 |I went to the shop to...
Day 6 |Go to... Go on... Go for... Go -ing... Get…
Week 10| English Grammar
Day 4 |I/me He/him They/them etc
Day 6 |Whose is this? It's mine/yours/hers etc
Week 11| English Grammar
Day 1 |Myself/yourself/themselves etc
Week 12| English Grammar
Day 2 |All/most/some/any/no/none etc
Week 13| English Grammar
Day 2 |If we go... if you see... etc
Day 3 |If I had... If we went... etc
Day 4 |A person who... A thing that/which (relative clauses 1)
Regular Verbs
The past simple and past participle of regular verbs end in -ed.
More examples of present perfect simple:
- clean -> cleaned
- finish -> finished
- cook -> cooked
- shower -> showered
- jump -> jumped
- wait -> waited
I cleaned my bedroom. (= past simple)
She cooked dinner yesterday (=past simple)
have/has + past participle (= present perfect)
be (is/are/were/has been )+ past participle (= passive)
I have cooked dinner.
She has cleaned her bedroom.
The dishes are washed.
My phone has been repaired.
Irregular Verbs
The past simple and past participle of irregular verbs do not end in -ed.
Sometimes the past simple and the past participle are the same:
| Irregular verb | Past simple | Past participle |
|---|---|---|
| Make | I made | I have made… |
| Find | I found | I have found… |
| Buy | I bought | I have bought… |
| Cut | I cut | I have cut… |
| Catch | I caught | I have caught… |
| Loose | I lost | I have lost… |
Examples
- I made a cake. (=past simple)
- I have made a cake. (=present perfect)
- The cake is made from eggs, flour and sugar. (=passive present)
- I found the ball.
- I have found the ball.
- I bought a new bag.
- I have bought a new bag.
Sometimes the past simple and the past participle are different:
| Irregular verb | Past simple | Past participle |
|---|---|---|
| fall | I fell | I have fallen… |
| see | I saw | I have seen… |
| write | I wrote | I have written… |
| take | I took | I have taken… |
| know | I knew | I have known… |
| give | I gave | I have given… |
| forget | I forgot | I have forgotten… |
| fly | I flew | I have flown… |
| eat | I ate | I have eaten |
| do | I did | I have done… |
| break | I broke | I have broken… |
Examples
- I fell down the stairs.
- I have fallen down the stairs.
- I knew her.
- I have known her for a long time.
- I ate breakfast already.
- I broke the chair. (=past simple)
- I have broken the chair. (=present perfect)
- The chair was broken. (=passive present)
| Present simple | Past simple |
|---|---|
| Sleep | Slept |
| Forget | Forgot |
| Eat | Ate |
| Feel | Felt |
| Run | Ran |
| Catch | Caught |
| Become | Became |
| Take | Took |
| Throw | Threw |
| Wake | Woke |
| Build | Built |
| Stink | Stank |
| Copy | Copied |
| Get | Got |
| Present simple | Past simple |
|---|---|
| Bleed | Bled |
| Break | Broke |
| Come | Came |
| Drink | Drank |
| Drive | Drove |
| Fall | Fell |
| Lead | Led |
| Hide | Hid |
| See | Saw |
| Teach | Taught |
| Write | Wrote |
| Try | Tried |
| Stop | Stopped |
| Hear | Heard |
| Present simple | Past simple |
|---|---|
| Fly | Flew |
| Leave | Left |
| Lie | Lied |
| Stop | Stopped |
| Think | Thought |
| Forgive | Forgave |
| Spell | Spelt |
| Tell | Told |
| Wear | Wore |
| Begin | Began |
| Say | Said |
| Study | Studied |
| Plan | Planned |
| Lose | Lost |
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Write whether the following verbs are regular or irregular| clean |
| cook |
| build |
| run |
| wash |
| make |
| walk |
| study |
| roll |
| laugh |
| leave |
| pay |
2. Fill in the missing gaps using the correct verb.
brushed,switched,finished,had,fell,woke,washed,drank,found,ate,watched,sat,finished,showered,went,jumped
Yesterday, I up at 9am. I got out of bed and went to the bathroom. I my teeth and I a glass of orange juice. When I had , I up the bowl and glass. Then I went into the living room and on the sofa. I on the sofa and I on the television. I the news. I the news really boring so I asleep on the sofa.
3. Create sentences using the verb given.
| (washed) |
| (bought) |
| (lived) |
| (found) |
| (cut) |
| (left) |
4. Challenge: can you think of any other irregular verbs that have not been mentioned so far? If so, write them down. See how many you can come up with.
