MORE BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT CORONAVIRUS

What is coronavirus?
 

Do I have Coronavirus?
 

10 key Coronavirus vocabulary you need to understand:
- SOCIAL DISTANCING
- SELF-ISOLATION
- HERD IMMUNITY
- HIGH-RISK INDIVIDUALS
- FLATTENING THE CURVE
- STOCKPILING & PANIC BUYING
- ZOONOTIC
- VACCINE
- CORONAVIRUS vs COVID-19
- BEST PRACTICE

CONFUSING: THERE / THEIR / THEY'RE

DAYS OF THE WEEK & MONTHS OF THE YEAR

ENGLISH QUESTION PATTERN

ENGLISH QUESTION PATTERN

(Qword) + AUX.VB + subject + MAIN VERB +... ...(prep)?                                           DO (simple tenses) + infinitive                                           BE (continuous tenses) + -ing form                                           BE (passive tenses) + past participle                                           HAVE (perfect tenses) + past participle                                           HAVE (possession) + GOT                                           MODAL verbs + infinitive

Only exception, when asking for a subject. No auxiliary verb is needed: Who wrote “Hamlet”? Shakespeare did. How many people came to the party? 20 people came.

- Check you know all the question words at this previous post on this blog HERE.

ENGLISH VERB TENSE PATTERNS

SIMPLE TENSES

Affirmative Present Verb from without any change. Except 3rd person singular (HE/SHE/IT): verb form + -(E)S Past Regular verbs: verb form + -ED Irregular verbs: second column of irregular verb list.

Negative Present We need auxiliary verb: DO+NOT (DON'T) + verb form Except 3rd person singular (HE/SHE/IT): DOES+NOT (DOESN'T) + verb form Past We need auxiliary verb in the past: DID+NOT (DIDN'T) + verb form

Interrogative We need auxiliary verb: DO + subject + verb form? We need auxiliary verb in the past: DID + subject + verb form?

CONTINUOUS TENSES

Affirmative BE (in any tense) + -ING form of verb

Negative BE NOT (in any tense) + -ING form of verb

Interrogative BE (in any tense) + subject + -ING form of verb

PERFECT TENSES

Affirmative HAVE (in any tense) + PAST PARTICIPLE (reg: -ED / irreg: 3rd column verb list)

Negative HAVE NOT (in any tense) + PAST PARTICIPLE (reg: -ED / irreg: 3rd column verb list)

Interrogative HAVE (in any tense) + subject + PAST PARTICIPLE (reg: -ED / irreg: 3rd column verb list)

MODAL VERBS

Affirmative MODAL VERB + verb form in infinitive (without to)*

Negative MODAL VERB+NOT + verb form in infinitive (without to)*

Interrogative MODAL VERB + subject + verb form in infinitive (without to)*

* except OUGHT TO and some semimodals: HAVE TO / BE ABLE TO

PASSIVE TENSES

Affirmative BE (in any tense) + PAST PARTICIPLE (reg: -ED / irreg: 3rd column verb list)

Negative BE NOT (in any tense) + PAST PARTICIPLE (reg: -ED / irreg: 3rd column verb list)

Interrogative BE (in any tense) + subject + PAST PARTICIPLE (reg: -ED / irreg: 3rd column verb list)

INDEFINTE ARTICLE - A(N)

+ info on 'A(N)'

DEFINITE ARTICLE - THE

+ info on 'THE'

PLURAL SPELLING RULES

This chart shows the basic spelling rules for plural formation of nouns in English.

For complete information on how to make the plural of nouns, click HERE to go to a previous post in this blog.

PREPOSITION 'ON' + DAYS & DATES

Basic: preposition ON + day of week or date, but with no article.

TYPES OF ARTICLES

QUANTIFIER BASIC CONCEPTS

All the posts about quantifiers in this blog HERE

TOP 20 PREFIXES

This chart shows 20 top basic prefixes. Extended list of prefixes HERE.

MEN IN THE FAMILY

For complete family vocabulary link HERE.

WOMEN IN THE FAMILY

For complete family vocabulary link HERE.

PHONEMIC CHART VIDEO

Watch this animated phonemic chart video to hear the different possible sounds in English from cambridgeenglishonline.com.

Video:

SPELLING ARTICLE 'A(N)': RULE & EXCEPTION

This chart shows the rule to spell the article 'A' or 'AN' and the exception.

FAMILY VOCABULARY REVISION

You can revise the vocabulary of family members with this chart above and the video below.
Previous posts on the topic of FAMILY.

Video:

AT, ON, IN: PREPOSITIONS OF TIME

BASIC QUESTIONS: PERSONAL INFO, EVERYDAY & TIME Qs

Bringing together a collection of basic everyday questions on personal info, habits and time.

ADJECTIVES vs ADVERBS

Basic to chart to distinguish adjectives from adverbs: when they appear, typical collocations and word order.