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7 GENERAL RULE OF TENSES

 What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?


 What word begins and ends with an E but only has one letter?
 What has a neck but no head?
 What gets wetter as it dries?
 Which letter of the alphabet has the most water?

LET DO SOME ICE BREAKING…


infinitive

to modal

Do, does…

Double
Has,have
verbs

instructions
GENERAL RULE OF GRAMMAR

 After to must always be followed by the INFINITIVES

go eat like cut have


goes eats likes cuts has
went ate liked cut had
going eating liking cutting having
gone eaten liked cut
 After “do”, “does”, “did”, “do not”, “did not”, “don’t”, “doesn’t”
“didn’t” MUST be followed by the INFINITIVIES.

do
Does
Did go eat
Do not goes eats
Does not went ate
going eating
Did not
gone eaten
Don’t
Doesn’t
Didn’t
 After modals MUST always use the INFIVITIES
can
can’t
cannot
could
go eat have
will
goes eats has
would went ate had
must going eating having
mustn’t gone eaten

shall
should
needn’t
 After “am”,”is”, “are”, “was”, “were”, MUST always be followed /by either the
PRESENT PARTICIPLE, or PAST PARTICIPLE.
am
is Present Participle
are (words ending in –ing/present or past continuous tense)

was
were Past Participle
(PASSIVE voice – done by someone or something)

 He is eating. ( meaning “he” is the one eating. – PRESENT PARTICIPLE)


 He is eaten. ( meaning “ someone/ something” is eating “him”- PAST PARTICIPLE)
 If “instructions” , “orders”, “request”, “commands”, ALWAYS use the INFINITIVES
(original words)
Stop ! Play with me.
Please go. Switch on the light.
Come on. Walk straight and turn right.
Don’t run. Put up your hand.
 After “has”, “have”, “had”, “hasn’t “, “hadn’t “, “ has not”, “have not”, “had not”
MUST always be followed by the PAST PARTICIPLE.

has
have go eat

had goes eats


went ate
has not
going eating
have not gone eaten
had not
hasn’t
haven’t
Hadn’t
 After “let”, “lets”, “letting”, “make”, “makes”, “made”, “making”, “see”, “saw”,
“seeing”, “hear”, “ hears” “ heard”, “ hearing”.

 let him go.


 lets him go.
 letting him go.
 let us go / let’s go.
 make her run.
 makes her run.
 made her run.
 making her run.
 Which month has 28 days?
 What has to be broken before you can use it?
 What is so delicate that saying its name breaks it?
 What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?
 What is next in this sequence? JFMAMJJASON . .

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 Riddle answer
 Clock
 Envelope
 Bottle
 towel
 C
 All
 Egg
 Silence
 Palm
 D

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