SMRT 115 - UNIT 12 - Present Perfect - How long? Now. Past Simple

Irregular Verb List


The following link is just a list of common irregular verbs--easy to copy
http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/irregular-verbs-list.htm

Irregular Verb exercises (past simple and past participles)


http://www.englishpage.com/irregularverbs/interactiveirregularverbs1.htm

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/irregular-verbs/exercise

Here is a very very long list of irregular verbs to put in past simple and past participle form. You can check your answers online.
http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/verbs/5.htm

Great Verb Tense Chart

Great Verb Chart for all Tenses. This is a link to a very good verb chart for all tenses with 'key' or 'signal' words that are used with different tenses. This chart also gives questions and negative forms and when to use each tense, with examples. Go to the link and bookmark it for yourself or copy it into a file to keep on your computer.
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/tenses_table.pdf
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/english_tenses.htm

How long? (duration)  Explaining now.
Exercises

Present perfect simple or continuous?
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/prepersim-preperpro

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs8.htm

IDIOMS

Here are some links to idioms:

Pictures
http://www.boredpanda.com/funny-english-idioms-meanings-illustrations-roisin-hahessy/

20 Essential Idioms to sound like a Native
http://www.fluentu.com/english/blog/essential-english-idioms/

This link has no pictures
http://oels.byu.edu/student/idioms/idiomsmain.html

50 Famous Idioms
http://www.smart-words.org/quotes-sayings/idioms-meaning.html

The 7 Strangest American Idioms
http://matadornetwork.com/life/7-strangest-american-idioms/

A few more
http://www.eslmania.com/students/idioms/Everyday_idioms.htm

Good list
http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/country/american+english.html

SMRT 115 - Unit 10 Second Conditional, Wishes and Hopes and Advice

SMRT 115 - UNIT 10 - Second Conditional

Exercise links and some grammar notes

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/second-conditional-exercise-1.html

First or Second?
http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/3g18-first-second-conditional-exercise.php

Exercise
https://docs.google.com/document/d/19vwYngxE5DgNf0ze8PywPw5qU--7fqrK3qRa0-5BEj8/edit?ts=560ac90a


Hopes, Wishes, Advice with First and  Second Conditional

Second conditional advice:  

What would you do if you were me?

If I were you, I would...

If you were Tom, what would you do?

If I were Tom, I would...
I ate so much at Christmas.  I gained so much weight.  What should I do?

If you gain too much weight, you should...

Click on the document link below and make a copy to complete it.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1a2ga0VGEnxZ5Rw9OVF0tdiqtO-kWSSWOtOvIa8GwEBA/edit?ts=560aaf37

Activity:
Write a future email to yourself about your hopes and wishes. Use the chart to make notes on your hopes and your wishes (use correct grammar--present simple for 'hopes' and past simple for 'wishes'.) Then go to the link below the chart and open it. You will find an email form: Fill in your own email, then below the text box there is a place where you can choose the future date: to be delivered on whatever date you choose for the future.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CsBMBe2wM7_EQWyWHi-r3N71T3G5ArSq5T-xhQaNAd4/edit

SMRT 115 - UNIT 9 - Another Blog Link for Practice

blog link Unit 9
http://115smrt.blogspot.ca/p/unit-9.html

SMRT 115 - UNIT 9 First Conditional and Time Clauses

SMRT 115 - UNIT 9 - FIRST CONDITIONAL AND TIME CLAUSES

Links to First conditionals: For example: If it rains, I will cancel the picnic.

Example exercise
http://www.english-online.org.uk/beginners12a/beg12gram1.htm

Grammar Form and exercise
https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-conditional_2.htm
Grammar and exercises
http://www.englishteachermelanie.com/grammar-the-1st-first-conditional/

http://www.englishteachermelanie.com/grammar-the-1st-first-conditional/

List of conditional exercises
http://www.agendaweb.org/verbs/conditional-first-exercises.html

you tube video on first conditional
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSDxMaC0QYc

Time Clauses Exercises

Note--with this exercise 'till' is used instead of 'until' but it is the same meaning.
http://www.e-grammar.org/time-clauses/test1-exercise1/

http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-13727.php

http://www.english-test.net/esl/learn/english/grammar/ii142/esl-test.php

http://www.egeacademy.com/blog/exercises/future-time-clauses-when-before-after-as-soon-as-until/

http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/8-5.html#show1

SMRT 115 - Unit 5 - 8 Review

SMRT 115 - GRAMMAR REVIEW UNITS 5 - 8

Use the exercises on the links below to practice grammar from Units 5 - 8

Unit 5 - Verb Patterns and Future Forms
Verb Patterns
Remember the two verb patterns: to ski (the infinitive) and skiing (gerunds--verb+ing) AND which one you use depends on the main verb in the sentence. There is a list that shows which verbs use the infinitive and which verbs use the geruns ( verb+ing) form.

Practice Exercises:

This website has a verb list for using infintive or gerund plus an exercise
http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-16361.php
http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-7616.php
http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/1g151-verb-patterns-gap-fill-exercise.php

Future Forms:

BE GOING TO for a PLAN (like travel, parties, activities) you know in your mind already. e.g. I am going to go to France next year. I am going to have a live band at my wedding.
Also use it to PREDICT the FUTURE because of WHAT you SEE NOW. e.g. You see dark clouds in the sky so you predict the future weather. It is going to rain.

WILL for SOMETHING YOU JUST THOUGHT OF (NO PLAN) We usually use this in a conversation, or when we order food at a restaurant because we usually do not plan what we will eat. We look at a menu and then decide then.The phone is ringing and your friend is busy so you say, "I will answer it." "I will have a cheeseburger with fried."
Also for OFFERS OR REQUESTS. For example, "Will you help me move this desk." or "I will help you study tonight."
Also when with I THINK (opinion) For example: I think Real Madrid will win the game. I think Justin Beiber is a bad singer.

Practice Exercises
http://www.english-grammar-lessons.com/goingtoorwill/exercise4.swf
http://www.rafamoreno.com/Rafa/Goingto.htm
http://www.better-english.com/grammar/willgo.htm

Unit 6 - LIKE as a VERB or PREPOSITON and COMPARTIVE & SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES
LIKE as a VERB is used to say what you choose or prefer. For example, I like coffee. I don't like beer. I like watching action movies and playing video games.

LIKE as a PREPOSITION
1. Is used when we want DESCRIPTIONS OR INFORMATION ABOUT something, someone, or someplace and the verb in the sentence is usually the 'be' verb. e.g. What is your mother like? (Is she kind and loving?) What is your job like? What is your hometown like?
2. Is used to say someone, someplace or something IS SIMILAR TO ot THE SAME AS someone, someplace, or something else. e.g. You look like your father, but you act like your mother. Vancouver is a lot like Sydney, which are both by the ocean. Your dress is like mine, except it is a different colour.
3. Is used the SAME USE as FOR EXAMPLE or SUCH AS. e.g. He does not go to see movies like "Saw" or "The Ring". She buys many designer clothes like Versace, Calvin Klein or Channel.

Practice Exercises
http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/2g84-pre-intermediate-like-verb-preposition-reordering.php
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mwcRmLAkZAR-sSnLIcydBDbbx4FLo__lR_R7otGAaQ0/edit#heading=h.h202q8blu9w


Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

Comparative add 'er' to adjective and add 'than' used to compare two things. e.g. Jim is shorter than George. Canada is bigger than the U.S.
Superlative add 'the' + 'est' to the adjective-used to talk about one thing only. e.g. Apple is the biggest smartphone company in the world. I-phones are the best smartphones. Samsung is one of the biggest technology companies in the world. Bill Gates has the most money in the world.

Website for adjective endings http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/rules/comp.htm

Practice Exercises
http://www.agendaweb.org/exercises/grammar/comparison/superlatives-1
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/regcom2.htm
http://www.agendaweb.org/exercises/grammar/comparison/comparative-superlative-2
http://www2.arnes.si/~oskksavokl2/adjectives.htm


Unit 7 - Present Perfect and Past Simple

Present Perfect - 'have' or 'has' + past participle of verb
Key words used with this tense are: just, already, yet, recently, lately, ever, never, for, since, AGO.

Uses:
1. Past actions or experiences--Have you ever tried sushi? I have never snowboarded. 'ever and never' OFTEN USED. Do not use time words like 'ago, yesterday, last year, in January, in 2007. etc"
2. Duration -- some started in the past and continues until now. I have worked here since 2007. She has been on a diet for three months.
3. Recent actions (close to now) There just been a robbery at the bank. Have you finished your homework yet? I have already finished it.

Practice Exercises
shttp://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/present-perfect-exercises.html
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/present_perfect_statements.htm
http://www.englich-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/simple_past_present_perfect.htm


Past Simple- Add 'ed' or check irregular verb list
Use: for past finished events and actions.
Comparing Past Simple with Present Perfect--when writing about people you must use past simple tense if the person is not alive, but if the person is alive you can use both. e.g. William Shakespeare wrote many plays. J.K. Rowling has written many books.

Practice Exercises
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpas-preper/exercises
http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-simple-present-perfect-4.html
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/ppvpast1.htm

SMRT 115 - UNIT 7 - Irregular Verb and Present Perfect Exercises

Irregular Verb List


The following link is just a list of common irregular verbs--easy to copy
http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/irregular-verbs-list.htm

Irregular Verb exercise (past simple and past participles)


http://www.englishpage.com/irregularverbs/interactiveirregularverbs1.htm

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/irregular-verbs/exercise

Here is a very very long list of irregular verbs to put in past simple and past participle form.  You can check your answers online.
http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/verbs/5.htm

Great Verb Tense Chart

Great Verb Chart for all Tenses. This is a link to a very good verb chart for all tenses with 'key' or 'signal' words that are used with different tenses. This chart also gives questions and negative forms and when to use each tense, with examples. Go to the link and bookmark it for yourself or copy it into a file to keep on your computer.
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/tenses_table.pdf
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/english_tenses.htm



Present Perfect Exercises--Experience and Duration

http://www.agendaweb.org/exercises/verbs/present-perfect-sentences

http://www.agendaweb.org/exercises/verbs/present-perfect-mixed

http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/2g11-past-simple-present-perfect-gap-fill.php

https://elt.oup.com/student/solutions/preint/grammar/grammar_05_022e?cc=ca&selLanguage=en

http://mrbrownslearningspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Present_Perfect_3.htm