Irregular Verbs

  • Infinitive, Past Simple, Past Participle
      - Beat – beat - beaten
      - Begin - began - begun
      - Bend - bent - bent
      - Bite - bit - bitten
      - Bring – brought - brought
      - Choose – chose - chosen
      - Cut - cut - cut
      - Draw - drew - drawn
      - Drink - drank - drunk
      - Drive - drove - driven
      - Feed - fed - fed
      - Forbid – forbade - forbidden
      - Grow - grew - grown
      - Hide - hid - hidden
      - Kneel - knelt - knelt
      - Know - knew - known
      - Lead - led - led
      - Lie – lay - lain
      - Lose - lost - lost
      - Meet - met - met
      - Ride - rode - ridden
      - Ring - rang - rung
      - Rise – rose - risen
      - Sew – sewed – sewn
      - Shake - shook - shaken
      - Shrink - shrank - shrunk
      - Sing - sang - sung
      - Sink – sank - sunk
      - Steal - stole - stolen
      - Take – took - taken
      - Tear - tore - torn
      - Throw - threw - thrown
      - Wake - woke - woken
      - Wear – wore - worn

Present Perfect Simple

  • Formulas
      - Positive:
         - Structure: Subject + have / has + Verb (Past Participle) + Complement
         - Example: She has written the report.
      - Negative:
         - Structure: Subject + have / has + not + Verb (Past Participle) + Complement
         - Example: They haven't finished yet.
      - Questions:
         - Structure: Have / Has + Subject + Verb (Past Participle) + Complement ?
         - Example: Have you seen this movie?

Present Perfect Continuous

  • Type of Sentence, Structure, Example
      - Positive:
         - Structure: Subject + have / has + been + Verb (-ing) + Complement
         - Example: I have been studying all day.
      - Negative:
         - Structure: Subject + have / has + not + been + Verb (-ing) + Complement
         - Example: He hasn't been sleeping well.
      - Questions:
         - Structure: Have / Has + Subject + been + Verb (-ing) + Complement ?
         - Example: Have they been working here long?

Compound Words

  • Examples:
      - Lifelong
      - Lifestyle
      - Life expectancy
      - Life story
      - Life-size
      - Heartbroken
      - Heart attack
      - Heartbeat
      - Heart-warming
      - Homework
      - Homemade
      - Hometown
      - Home-coming
      - Homesick
      - Homeless
      - Housewife
      - House-proud
      - House-warming
      - Housebound
      - Houseplant
      - House-grown
      - Seafood
      - Seaside
      - Bookcase
      - Bookmark
      - Bookshelf
      - Bookstore
      - Junk food
      - Junk mail
      - Headlines
      - Headphones
      - Head office
      - Textbook
      - Text message
      - Open-air
      - Businessman
      - Businesswoman
      - Business card
      - Fire alarm
      - Fire escape
      - Fireman
      - Sleeping pill
      - Sleeping bag
      - Air conditioning
      - Airline

MAKE (Focused on Creating Impact or Result)

  • Examples:
      - Make a good impression
      - Make arrangements
      - Make a profit / a loss
      - Make a start / a move
      - Make an effort
      - Make a difference
      - Make a decision
      - Make a suggestion
      - Make something clear

DO (Focused on the Process, Work, or Fulfillment of Something)

  • Examples:
      - Do business
      - Do research
      - Do your best
      - Do somebody a favor
      - Do a good job
      - Do a degree