Use of the articles and Keywords of tenses 22062019

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Use of   a / an / the  –     the articles

Rules :

1.    “a/ an” :       To denote “any”  Before countable singular nouns ( “an” before words       beginning with vowel sounds)

2.   “the”  before something referred to earlier and before nouns which representa unique    postion/place / person

(There are other  rules too)

Now try to complete the following

1. Would you like __ apple ?  2. Could you close __ door, please?  3. We live in __ small flat near __ centre of the city. 4. Have you finished with __ book I lent you last week?   5. We went out for __ meal last night. __ restaurant we went to was excellent. 6. Did __ police find __ person who stole your bicycle?  7. This is a nice house. Has it got __ garden?  8. It was warm and sunny, so we decided to sit in __ garden.  9. This morning I had __ boiled egg and __ toast for breakfast.

10. __ President of United States is elected every four years.  11. As I was walking along the street, I saw __ 10 rupee note on __ pavement.  12. I went into the shop and asked to speak to __ manager.

13. Have you got __ car?  No, I've never had __ car in my life.  14. There's no need to buy any milk. __ milkman brings it every morning.

Answers given below
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Tense and Keywords

Simple Present

I work. / She lives in Hamburg.Used for:Permanent actions ,Regular actions, routines, habits Facts

Scheduled events in the near future : always, usually, often, sometimes,seldom, never,occasionally, frequently, regularly,every day, week, month etc.,now and again, as a rule, from time to time

Present Continuous :I am planning an event. I am looking for a new job. Used for:Temporary actions Actions “right now” /Actions around the present time / Personal arrangements in the near future : now ,currently, presently at the moment today this week, month, year

Present Perfect Simple : I have worked. Used for:finished actions with a sense of continuity which have a connection to the present

just, recently, lately,never, ever (talk about experiences) / for (time period) + since (time point) /already and yet (negatives and questions).

Present Perfect Continuous: I have been working for 8 hours Used for:Unfinished actions Actions started in the past and still true in the present  /   ……………  for (time period) + since (time point) / since morning / since 1945

Simple Past:I worked. Used for: Finished actions in the past ,Regular routines in the past which are  no longer true today : a few days ago. yesterday last night, week, month ,in the 1990s etc.

Past Continuous :I was working when she reached my house .Used for: Actions over a longer time in the past / while /during / as / when ….+ past clause

Past Perfect Simple :  Actions that happened before another action in the past : I had worked in a factory before I reached this firm.( Past in the past ) when…before… already….+ past clause

Past Perfect Continuous : I had been working for 25 years when he retired from there / Used while reporting Present Perfect Continuous;  while describing an unfinshed action in the past ……………when + clause in past tense

Future Simple I will do./  Facts in the future /actions that take place at a specific time in the future/ next week, month,year , Christmas, in 2030  etc

Future Continuous I will be doing. Used for:      ……at this time next week, at 2.00pm tomorrow

Future perfect : We will have repaired the road by next July/ within 2 years / by next year/by this time tomorrow…….

Future perfect CONTINUOUS: He will have been teaching there for 15 yrears when he retires from there next month.  clue words  …………..for 11 years by 2014 /   for many days  by next week

am/is/are going to (Future) 

I am going to learn  code next month./ It is going to rain./The Prime Minister is visiting Maldives next month    / immediate future ……today/tomorrow/ this week /next week /this month

Used for: Fixed plans /  Predictions that we know will be true

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