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GRAMMAR GRAMMAR - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Form
        
        Affimative :check:
        
        SUBJECT+WAS/WERE+VERB+ING
        
        EG: I WAS RUNNING
        
        Negative :no_entry:
        
        SUBJECT+WASN´T/WEREN´T+VERB+ING
        
        EG: SHE WEREN´T COOKING
        
        Interrogative :question:
        
        WAS/WERE+SUBJECT+VERB-ING?
        
        EG: WAS THEY WATCHING TV?
      - Uses :star:
        
        A)-Is used for an action developing in the past when another action interrupts it
        
        EG: THE STUDENTSWERE STUDYING WHEN THE POWER WENT OUT
        
        B)-Is used to talk about actions at a specific time in the past.
        
        EG: PAULAWASN´T LIVING IN SPAIN IN 2005
        
        C)-Is used for two actions that were occurring at the same time in the past.
        
        EG: I WAS WAITING FOR LUKE WHILE HE WAS BUYING FRUITS
    - - Form
        
        Negative:no_entry:
        
        SUBJECT+DIDN´T+VERB IN INFINITE
        
        EG: YOU DIDN´T WORK VERY HARD LAST WEEK.
        
        Affirmative :check:
        
        SUBJECT+VERB
        
        REGULAR VERBS
        
        EG: I LIVED IN LONDON
        
        IRREGULAR VERBS
        
        EG: HE ATE PIZZA
        
        Interrogative :question:
        
        DID+SUBJECT+VERB IN INFINITE
        
        EG: DID I FAIL THIS EXAM?
      - Uses :star:
        
        A)- Actions which happened at a definitive time in the past
        
        EG: SHE WORKED FOR A COMPANY IN 2007
        
        B)- Actions which happened repeatdly in the past but don´t happen any more
        
        EG: HE PLAYED FOOTBALL WITH HIS DAD WHEN HE WAS FIVE
        
        C)- Actions which happened inmediately one after the other in the past
        
        EG: THEY COOKED THE MEAL AND ATE IT WITH THEIR FRIENDS
        
        D)- To talk about people who are no longer alive
        
        EG: NELSON MANDELA SPENT MANY YEARS IN PRISION
- - - - Affirmative:check:
        
        SUBJET+TO BE+VERB-ING
        
        EG: I AM READING A BOOK
      - Interrogative:question:
        
        TO BE+ SUBJET+ VERB-ING?
        
        EG: ARE YOU EATING MY SANDWICH?
      - Negative :no_entry:
        
        SUBJET+TO BE,NOT+ VERB-ING
        
        EG: SHE IS NOT STUDYING
    - - A)- For Temporary Situations
        
        EG: HE IS STUDYING FOR HIS FINAL EXAMS
      - B)- Action Happening at the moment of speaking
        
        EG: DON'T RUSH ME. I AM WORKING AS FAST AS I CAN
      - C)- For planned future events
        
        EG: I AM HAVING TREATMENT FOR MY BAD BACK THE FOLLOWING DAYS
      - D)- For repeated actions that annoy you
        
        EG: THE CHILDREN ARE ALWAYS SHOUTING
  - - - Interrogative :question:
        
        DO/DOES+SUBJECT+VERB:BASE FORM+?
        
        EG: DO WE DRINK TEA?
      - Negative :no_entry:
        
        SUBJECT+ AUX VERB (DOESN'T, DON'T) + VERB: BASE FORM
        
        EG: YOU DON'T WORK
        
        EG: SHE DOESN'T HAVE MANY
      - Affirmative :check:
        
        SUBJECT+VERB
        
        EG: SHE WORKS EVERY DAY
        
        EG: THEY EXERCISE EVERY DAY
    - - A)- Permanent states
        
        EG: SHE LIVES IN BUENOS AIRES
      - B)- Repeated Actions or Daily Routines
        
        EG: HE AND HIS WIFE USUALLY GET UP LATE ON SATURDAYS
        
        Often with adverbs of frequency such as: ALWAYS, SOMETIMES, NEVER, USUALLY, ETC.
      - C)- General Truths or Laws of Nature
        
        EG: THE MOON MOVES ROUND THE EARTH
      - D)-Programmes or Timetables
        
        EG: OUR BUS LEAVES IN TEN MINUTES
        
        The schedule for trains, buses, flights, school, etc.