Basic English Grammar Book
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S t r a t e g y :
strategy text:
writing is a good exercise to detect, work on, and correct grammar errors .
Write about a strange or funny experience that you have undergone or that one of your friends or relatives has undergone in the past.
Verbs are defined as words that with nouns make a statement, a command or a request, or ask a question about someone or something.
I/ MOOD OF VERBS: Verbs are divided into three moods:
A/ the indicative mood that indicates facts and realities ➢ John is a doctor ➢ Are the students in class? ➢ Please forgive me !
B/ the imperative mood which is used to give orders. ➢ Do your homework right now. ➢ Don’t smoke in class.
C/ the subjunctive mood is used for hypothetical or contrary to fact conditions. ➢ Indicative : Zineb exercises every day. ➢ Subjunctive : it’s necessary that Zineb exercise every day. it’s necessary that Zineb Be on time. it’s necessary that Zineb Were on time.
N.B :
← The subjunctive mood is always used in sentences introduced by expressions of influencing, asking, ordering and demanding such as:
← With sentences that contain the words if or wish we always use the plural form of be (were) in the past never was:
➢ Zineb wishes she were born in USA. ➢ If I were you I would choose to go to Dallas.
II/ CAUSATIVE VERBS:
Causative verbs are the
←
S t r a t e g y :
strategy text:
writing is a good exercise to detect, work on, and correct grammar errors .
Write about a strange or funny experience that you have undergone or that one of your friends or relatives has undergone in the past.
Verbs are defined as words that with nouns make a statement, a command or a request, or ask a question about someone or something.
I/ MOOD OF VERBS: Verbs are divided into three moods:
A/ the indicative mood that indicates facts and realities ➢ John is a doctor ➢ Are the students in class? ➢ Please forgive me !
B/ the imperative mood which is used to give orders. ➢ Do your homework right now. ➢ Don’t smoke in class.
C/ the subjunctive mood is used for hypothetical or contrary to fact conditions. ➢ Indicative : Zineb exercises every day. ➢ Subjunctive : it’s necessary that Zineb exercise every day. it’s necessary that Zineb Be on time. it’s necessary that Zineb Were on time.
N.B :
← The subjunctive mood is always used in sentences introduced by expressions of influencing, asking, ordering and demanding such as:
← With sentences that contain the words if or wish we always use the plural form of be (were) in the past never was:
➢ Zineb wishes she were born in USA. ➢ If I were you I would choose to go to Dallas.
II/ CAUSATIVE VERBS:
Causative verbs are the