Present Continuous Present Past simple Past Past Perfect

Simple Perfect Continuous

ever/never now ever/never ago when 1st in past

always at the moment the first time yesterday while
sometimes always- criticism before (last) last year
everyday tonight since in 1995
usually temporary just last night
frequently still already
rarely today for 2 weeks when
often so far
yet I used to
recently
lately

Future- am going Future-will Future Future Perfect Future Words

to (plan) continuous
decide now by next June about to
tomorrow predictions by this time by this time next are bound to
tomorrow year
in a week I hope am to
I think am about to
I believe due to
soon on the point of
next year
10 years from
now
in a week

Time Expressions Use present tense after these expressions

It’s time you left. It’s time to go.
It’s high time you did your homework.
I wish I had a million euros. (now)
I wish I had gone to Mykonos last summer.
(past)
If only I had more time. (now)
If only I had listened to my mother. (past)
I wish he would get lost.
I wish it would snow tomorrow.
When I get home, I’ll call you.
As soon as I reach New York, I’ll send you can e-mail.
Once I finish, I’ll take a break.
Unless it rains, we’ll go on a picnic tomorrow.
After I finish the book, I’ll give it to you.
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Infinitives in Passive:
He is believed to live/to be living in Athens.
He is believed to have lived/to have been living on Bali in the
1980’s.

I hope you have a good time. 25 Y is thought to be the answer.

I’d rather stay here. Smoking is known to cause heart attacks.

I’d prefer to play basketball. Asbestos is known to have caused serious illness.

You’d better go to bed early.

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Conditional sentences

Zero: Water boils at 100 degrees Centigrade.

First: If I feel better, I will go to the party tonight .
Second: If I had a helicopter, I would travel everywhere in it.
Third: If I had remembered my umbrella, I wouldn’t have got wet

VERBS with to VERBS with ING

Both

 agree to  admit
 advise (him) to  avoid  like
 afford to  congratulate (him)  love
 allow (me) to on  hate
 appear to  consider  begin
 arrange to  delay  continue
 attempt to  deny  start
 ask (him)to  detest
 choose to  dislike
 dare to  enjoy
 decide to  fancy
 demand to  finish EXCEPTIONS
 deserve to  imagine
 encourage (me)  I am used to/get He admitted to + ING
 expect to used to
 fail to  involve I object to + ING
 forbid (her) to  like
 happen to  mention In addition to + ING
 hope to  mind
 intend to  miss
 invite (me) to  postpone
 learn how to  practice
 manage to  recommend
 neglect to  risk
 offer to  suggest
 persuade (her) to  It’s not worth
 plan to  I can’t stand
 pretend to  I can’t help
 promise to  It’s no use
 remind (me) to  feel like
 require to  give up
 refuse to  keep on
 seem to  I look forward to
 I am supposed to  put off can’t stand
 threaten to  spend time
 want to  There’s no point in
 warn (them) to  waste time

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VERBS- 2 DIFFERENT MEANINGS
TO ING

1. I forgot to lock the door. 1. I’ll never forget visiting Paris.

2. I must remember to call the doctor. 2. I’ll always remember spending the
summers in Spain.
3. She tried to open the door.
3. Why don’t you try hitting it with a
4. I meant to call him last night. hammer.

5. We regret to inform you that your flight 4. That’s means getting up early.
is delayed.
5. He regrets spending all his money on
6. She stopped to tie her shoelace. cars.

6. He stopped smoking last year.

MODALS: Present Past

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 Have to – I have to study now.
 Don’t have to- not necessary
 Can
 Should- advice. You should eat less
 Ought to- You ought to study for
your math test.
 Must- rules/laws. You must be
quiet in school.
 Mustn’t- forbidden You mustn’t
smoke here
 Must- (I think) That must be John.
 Can’t-(I don’t think). No that’s
can’t be him, he’s in New York.
 Needn’t- You needn’t take your
passport with you.
 Had better- advice. You had better
hurry up.
 Need to- it’s necessary. I need to
get ready now.
SUBJUNCTIVE
I demand that he answer the question.
We insist that she take her passport with her.
The suggested that he take the early train.
MAKE and LET
 She made me clean my room.
 Had to- I had to study last night.
 Didn’t have to- I didn’t have to
study because my teacher is sick.
 Could
 May/might- possibility
 Should have + 3rd. I should have
fastened my seat belt.
 Ought to have- You ought to have
studied for the test.
 Must have + 3rd. He must have
known the correct answer.
 Can’t have + 3rd – That’s can’t have
been John, he’s in London.
 Needn’t have + 3rd- I did it anyway.
I needn’t have brought my
umbrella, because it didn’t rain.
 Didn’t need to- I didn’t need to
pack tonight.
 May have been/might have been
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  My parents let me stay out
late on Fridays.

Stative Verbs- don’t use ING

 believe
 belong to
 contain
 doubt
 fit
 know
 like
 love
 matter
 need
 own
 prefer
 seem
 suppose
 understand
 want
 wish
 depend

INVERSIONS

 Not only did he lose his watch, but he also lost his passport.
 Never had Jennifer ever seen such a beautiful dress.
 Rarely do children behave all the time.
 Seldom have they known what they were doing.
 No sooner had I opened the door, than a bat flew in my face!
 Only after I got home, did I remember that I had forgotten my umbrella. ****** 2nd
 Under no circumstances, are you to open that door.
 At no time are you allowed to smoke during class.
 Not until I had finished the exam, did I realize that I was in the wrong class! ***2nd

Reported Speech
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Change from -> To

Present Simple -> Past simple

Present Continuous -> Past continuous

Present Perfect/Past Simple-Past Perfect Past Perfect

->

Will/can -> Would/could

Tomorrow/yesterday -> The day after/the day before

Note: In reporting questions, we don’t change the word order.

He wondered why she was always late.

She asked how often she goes to the movies.

Prepositions

 absorbed in  afraid of  in advance

 accuse him of  ashamed of  in any case
 am concerned about  aware of  in charge of
 am used to + ing  am capable of  in comparison with
 apologize for  am fond of  in comfort
 appeal to  am full of  in demand
 argue about  am jealous of  in the end
 benefit from  annoyed about  in favour of
 anxious about
 blame (him) for  in good condition
 certain about
 boast about  in jeopardy
 excited about
 charged with  in harmony
 pleased about
 coincide with  serious about  in response to
 collide with  sorry about  in short
 complain about  upset about  in theory
 concentrate on  angry with  in time

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  confess to
 convicted of
 deal with
 depend on
 devote myself to
 differ from
 discuss about
 expel from
 glance at
 insist on
 insure against
 involved in
 pay (for)
 prefer (x) to
 pride myself on
 protest about
 protest against
 react to
 refer to
 see to
 specialize in
 succeed in
 suffer from
 translate from->into
 write about
 is known as
 is regarded as
 is described as
 room for
 responsible for
 annoyed with  in trouble
 bored with  in turn
 good at  with regard to
 happy with  at any rate
 obsessed with  at first sight
 pleased with  at the end
 bad at  at large
 surprised at  on a regular basis
 keen on
 on behalf of
 addicted to
 on good terms
 grateful to
 on the market
 kind to
 married to  on purpose
 engaged to  on the verge of
 shocked by  beyond belief
 surprised by  by coincidence
 early for  by mistake
 eligible for  by the time
 famous for  by surprise
 late for  for life
 liable for  for the time being
 ready for  out of breath
 responsible for  out of control
 interested in  out of danger
 absent from  out of doors
 different from  out of the ordinary
 deprived of  out of practice
 ban on  out of stock
 comment on
 under control
 have an effect on
 under pressure
 influence on
 under stress
 access to
 an exception to
 under suspicions
 a solution to  without exception
 craving for  without a word
 cure for  after all
 recipe for

Phrasal Verbs

 Break down- Her car broke down.
 Break of relations- Greece and
Turkey broke off relations.
 Carry out (orders)- You must carry
out the General’s orders.
 Come about- How did that come
about?
 Come out – His new book comes out
next month.
 Come up against- I’ve never come
up against such a situation before.
 Come up with- find an answer
 Le me down- Why do you always let
me down? I can never count on you.
 Look into- The police are looking into
the matter.
 Make out- I can’t make out his name
on the bell.
 Make up- He’s always making up
crazy stories.
 Pull of- Greece managed to pull of
the most successful Olympics ever!
 Put across- He is not able to put his
ideas across.

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  Drop in- visit on the spur of the
moment
 End up- He end up in prison for life.
 face up to life’s challenges
 fall for the wrong man
 Fall through- plans fell through
 Get across- He couldn’t get his ideas
across.
 Get at- What are you getting at?
 Get down to- Let’s get down to
work.
 Get over- It took him a month to get
over the flu.
 Get round to- Be patient- I’ll get
round to it one of these days.
 Give away- He gave away all his
money.
 Give up- I give up- what’s the
answer.
 Go of- The bomb went off
unexpectedly.
 Go on- He went on talking for hours.
 Have it in for- My new boss has it in
for me.
 Hit it of- We hit it off immediately
and became fast friends.
 Hold up- The robbers held up the
National Bank last night.
 Keep up- Keep up the good work!
Odds and Ends
Too/Enough
He is too short to play basketball.
He isn’t tall enough to play basketball.
By/Until
The doctor will be in his office
until 6 o’clock.
 Put of- They put off their wedding
for a month.
 Put me up – Can you put me up
when I’m in London next week?
 Put up with- I can’t put up with nosy
people.
 Rip of- That restaurant really ripped
us off- 200 euros for a hamburger and
fries!
 Run into- Yesterday I ran into Dimitri
in Kifissia.
 Run over- He ran over a cat.
 See (her) of- We’re going to see
grandma off to the airport tomorrow.
 Set out for- He set out for London on
foot.
 Stand for- The flag stands for Greece.
 Take in- Don’t tell me you were taken
in by the gypsies again!
 Take over- Vodafone is going to take
over OTE.
 Take up- He took up skiing when he
was 60 years old.
 Tell of- You shouldn’t tell your
teacher off.
 Turn down- He turned down the
offer.
 Turn up- Don’t worry your missing
ring will turn up somewhere.
Has gone to/has been to
Where’s your mom? She gone to the
supermarket.
My mother has been to Paris many
times.
Such a/Such/So
Such a thrilling sport- singular
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the 16th. (the latest)
Such awful food /such ugly
shoes- uncountable or plural

She’s so happy. He played so

In spite of/despite
well.

In spite of the snow, we Although/even though

drove to school.
In spite of the pouring rain,
they played the football
game.
Even though he got lost on the way,
he had a good time at the party.
(complete sentence after even though)

Although she is the smartest math

Despite having a bad cold,
student in the class, she failed her
she took her math exam.
first math test.

Despite a terrible headache, (complete sentence after although)

she finished her homework.

Causitive- someone does something

for you (have/got + 3rd column verb)

I got my hair cut. I had my hair cut.

We had our house painted.
He had his car serviced.