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Все глаголы могут употребляться в Present Continuous

Все глаголы могут употребляться в Present Perfect Continuous

Все глаголы образуют прошедшее время одинаково

Все глаголы чувства и восприятия употребляются в этом времени с наречием always

Глаголом (The Verb) в английском языке называется часть речи, которая обозначает действие или состояние, представленное в виде действия

Глаголы бывают личные и неличные

К неличным формам глагола относятся инфинитив (the Infinitive), герундий (the Gerund) и причастие (the Participle)

Личные формы глагола употребляются в единственном и множественном числе и в трех лицах - первом, втором, третьем

Наряду с Present Continuous Tense для выражения действия в будущем часто употребляется глагол to go в форме Present Continuous Tense + инфинитив

Правильные глаголы образуют Past Simple и Past Participle путем прибавления к форме инфинитива окончания -ed

Предлог for + отрезок времени часто употребляется с Present Perfect Tense

Составные глаголы представляют собой сочетания глаголов с наречиями

"But for" means "if it were not for/if it hadn't been for"

"He looks as if he French" means "Fact - it is perfectly possible that he is"

"He looks as if he were French" means "Non-fact - we know he isn't"

"Otherwise" means "if this doesn't happen/didn't happen/hadn't happened"

A combination of types 2 and 3 is possible

A suggestion in type 2 is a little more polite than a suggestion in type 1, just as would you is a more polite request form than will you

Conditional sentences have three parts

If + should can be used in type 1 to indicate that the action, though possible, is not very likely

If + subject + auxiliary can be replaced in formal English by inversion of auxiliary and subject with if omitted

The Present Conditional Tense is formed with would/should + infinitive for the first person and would + infinitive for the other persons

The Present Conditional Tense is formed with would/should and the Perfect Infinitive

The Present Conditional Tense is used in conditional sentences

We cannot use unless in place of if...not when if...not doesn't mean 'except if'

We often use unless (never if...not) to introduce and afterthought

When if is used to mean as/since, a variety of tenses can be used in the main clause

Условное предложение второго типа имеет вид: The verb in the if-clause is in the Past Tense; the verb in the main clause is in the Conditional Tense

Условное предложение третьего типа имеет вид: The verb in the if-clause is in the Past Perfect Tense; the verb in the main clause is in the Perfect Conditional

A comma should be used to separate short noun phrases that directly follow a noun, are the grammatical equivalent of a noun they follow, and are not essential to the meaning of the sentence

A comma should be used to separate two or more adjectives modifying the same noun, unless all the adjectives are joined by conjunctions

A comma should be used to set off dates with years; place a comma before and after the year if the month and day precede the year

A comma should be used to set off names and titles of persons that are parenthetical to the description of that person within the sentence

A direct quote structure is any structure which shows that you are reporting what someone said or wrote (or sometimes thought) as if you were using their own words

A question mark is used at the end of an interrogative sentence

A question mark should be used to set off a direct quotation from the the rest the sentence

An ellipsis a series of three periods, with spaces between, before, and after, that is used to show an omission of a word, words, or sentences from within a quoted passage

An excplamation point is used in excplamatory sentences to show strong feelings, surprise, or emotion

An indirect report structure is used to show that you are reporting what someone said or wrote in your own words rather than in the words they actually used

Apostrophes have two primary functions: to form contractions and to show possession

Colons are used to join words when we want the words to be either a compound noun or a compound adjective

Punctuation shows how words and strings of words are related, separated and emphasized, its main purpose should be to help the reader understand the construction of the sentence

The basic purpose of parentheses is to present explanatory material in a way that does not disturb the flow of the sentence

The period is used with two types of sentences: declarative and imperative

To use merely commas as dividers would produce chaos because commas already exist within some of the listed items

When an abbreviation falls at the end of an excplamatory sentence, both the period and excplamation point are used

While the semicolon and colon noticeably indicate that the reader should pause, the dash does so more forcefully and draws great attention to what follows in the sentence

A compound-complex sentence consists of five or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses

A noun clause does the work of a noun. It answers the questions "Who?" or "What?"

A relative pronoun in a relative clause can be the object of a preposition