English Grammar Review

Flashcards for reviewing English tenses, parts of speech, determiners, and degrees of comparison.

What are the uses of the simple present tense?

Habits, general truths, scheduled events.

What are the uses of the present continuous tense?

Actions happening now, temporary actions, developing situations.

What are the uses of the present perfect tense?

Actions started in the past and continuing to the present, past actions with present results, experiences.

What are the uses of the present perfect continuous tense?

Actions started in the past and continuing up to the present, often with an emphasis on duration.

What are the uses of the simple past tense?

Completed actions at a specific time in the past.

What are the uses of the past continuous tense?

Actions ongoing at a specific time in the past, or an action interrupted by another.

What are the uses of the past perfect tense?

An action completed before another past action or specific past time.

What are the uses of the past perfect continuous tense?

An action ongoing up to a specific point in the past, emphasizing duration.

What are the uses of the simple future tense?

Predictions, spontaneous decisions, promises.

What are the uses of the future continuous tense?

Actions that will be ongoing at a specific time in the future.

What are the uses of the future perfect tense?

An action that will be completed before a specific time in the future.

What are the uses of the future perfect continuous tense?

An action that will be ongoing up to a specific point in the future, emphasizing duration.

What are the uses of the simple future in the past tense?

Expresses future plans or predictions from a past viewpoint.

What are the uses of the future in the past continuous tense?

An action that would be ongoing in the future from a past perspective.

What are the uses of the future in the past perfect tense?

An action that would have been completed by a certain time in the future from a past perspective.

What are the uses of the future in the past perfect continuous tense?

An action that would have been ongoing up to a specific point in the future from a past perspective.

What is the function of a noun?

Name a person, place, thing, idea, or quality.

What is the function of a pronoun?

Replace nouns to avoid repetition.

What is the function of a verb?

Express an action, state, or occurrence.

What is the function of an adjective?

Describe or modify a noun or pronoun.

What is the function of an adverb?

Describe or modify a verb, an adjective, another adverb, or a whole sentence.

What is the function of a preposition?

Show the relationship between a noun/pronoun and other words in a sentence.

What is the function of a conjunction?

Join words, phrases, clauses, or sentences.

What is the function of an interjection?

Express strong emotion or surprise.

What is the role of determiners?

Introduce a noun and provide information about quantity, possession, or specificity.

When is the definite article 'the' used?

Used when referring to a specific, particular, or unique noun.

When are the indefinite articles 'a' and 'an' used?

Used when referring to a non-specific or general noun, or when introducing a noun for the first time.

What is the function of the positive degree?

Describes a quality without comparison.

What is the function of the comparative degree?

Compares two things or people.

What is the function of the superlative degree?

Compares three or more things/people, showing which one has the highest or lowest degree of a quality.