EF 2/3 Review

*** modals, modal auxiliaries

can

could

should

might

must

will

would

should

may

subject + modal + simple for of verb

She + can + speak + English well.

He

I

We

You

She could speak English.

I must eat more healthy food.

I must ate had to eat more healthy food.

***verb tenses

simple              progressive                  perfect

present             YES                            YES                                        YES

past                              YES                            YES                                        NO

future              YES                            NO                                          NO

vf- verb form

I am be living live in Richmond.

I am live am living in Vancouver.

***causative verbs

help

ask

invite

allow

ask

The teacher tells the students to do their homework.

I ask you to pick me up at the airport.

He allows his son to play Xbox.

She invites her sister to come for supper.

We help our friends to settle in Canada.

let- does not translate well

Canada lets my son have a good education.

I let my daughter play with my phone.

***active/passive voice

PASSIVE VOICE

The socks were lost.  lose lost lost- participle

ACTIVE VERB

My son lost his socks.

***fragments, sentence fragments

When she calls.

When she calls, he will answer the phone.

***run ons

She called him he answered the phone.

She called him. He answered the phone.

She called him, so he answered the phone.

He answered the phone when she called him.

***paragraphs

descriptive, narrative, process, persuasive