English Grammar: Verb Tense Forms and Phrasal Verbs
Verb Tense Forms
Active and Passive Voice
Simple Tenses
Active Voice
- Present Simple: buy – is/are/am bought
- Past Simple: bought – was/were bought
- Future Simple: will buy – will be bought
Passive Voice
- Present Continuous: is/are/am buying – is/are/am being bought
- Past Continuous: was/were buying – was/were being bought
- Future Continuous: will be buying – will be being bought
Perfect Tenses
- Present Perfect: has/have bought – have/has been bought
- Past Perfect: had bought – had been bought
Other Tenses
- Going to Future: is/am/are going to buy – is/am/are going to be bought
- Conditional Simple: would buy – would be bought
- Modal Verbs: can buy – can be bought
Examples of Active and Passive Voice
- Active: He bought me flowers (2 objects)
- Passive with object: Flowers were bought to me by him (cd)
- Passive without object: I was bought flowers by him (ci)
Impersonal and Causative Structures
Impersonal
- People say that the strike will continue for 2 days
- It is said that the strike will continue for 2 days
- The strike is said to continue for 2 days
Causative
- The nurse took my temperature
- I had/got my temperature taken
Phrasal Verbs
Vocabulary List
Nature and Environment
- fierce: feroz, violento
- predators: depredadores
- deadly: mortal, letal
- dry up: secar(se)/agotarse, consumirse
- wipe out: exterminar, anaquilir
- rare: poco común, raro
- native: nativo
- poachers: cazadores furtivos
- wilderness: tierra salvaje, naturaleza
- prey: presa
Daily Activities and Time
- tidy: organizar, limpiar
- dawn: amanecer, alba
- rise: subir, alzarse, elevarse
- cool down: refrescar
Descriptive Words
- rough: áspero, duro
- bushes: arbusto
- peak: cima, punto más alto
- landscape: paisaje
- soil: tierra, campo
- tides: mareas
Other Words
- object: objeto/oponerse
- bravery: valentía
- beyond: más allá de
- rotten: podrido/deteriorado
- admirable: admirable
- trap: trampa, atrapar
- decline: rechazar
Prefixes and Suffixes
Negative Prefixes
- dis-: disconnect, irresponsible, impatient, inactive, illogical, disapprove, invisible, unpredictable
- in-: inactive, illogical, invisible, unpredictable
- im-: impatient, illogical, improbable
Common Phrasal Verbs
A comprehensive list of phrasal verbs with their meanings and example sentences.