Flashcard: Mastering English Grammar and Usage — 14 carte

Present simple — use?

Habits, facts, general truths.

Present be + V-ING — role?

Actions in progress or planned.

Stative verbs — avoid?

Be + V-ING with them.

Past simple — describes?

Finished past actions.

Present perfect — links?

Past to present, ongoing relevance.

Past perfect — shows?

Earlier past event.

Passive voice — structure?

BE + past participle.

Type 0 conditional — pattern?

If + present, then present.

Type I conditional — pattern?

If + present, then will + base.

Type II conditional — pattern?

If + past, then would + base.

Type III conditional — pattern?

If + past perfect, then would have + past participle.

Modal 'would' — use?

Past habitual or characteristic.

Used to — describes?

Old actions no longer happening.

Quantities — plural suffix?

Add -S or -ES depending on ending.