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Grammar Reference

Let’s... / How about...? / Why don’t we/you...? Stative Verbs

To make suggestions we use: The following verbs are not normally used in progressive tenses:
• let’s + the base form of the verb.
Let's go to Jim’s house. • Verbs of the senses:
• How about...? + -ing form. feel, hear, smell, taste, seem, look (=seem), appear, etc.
How about playing computer games?
• Why don’t we/you...? + the base form of the verb. • Verbs of emotion:
Why don’t we go shopping today? like, dislike, love, hate, want, need, prefer, etc.

Module 1 • Verbs of perception and opinion:
Present Simple vs Present Progressive know, mean, think, understand, remember, forget, imagine,
hope, believe, etc.

• Other verbs:
be, have, own, belong, cost, etc.

Affirmative PRESENT SIMPLE Adverbs of frequency
Negative     
never rarely sometimes often usually always
I work I don’t work
He/She/It works He/She/It doesn’t work We use adverbs of frequency to talk about how often
We/You/They work We/You/They don’t work we do something. We place them:

Questions • before the main verb.
John often plays football on Thursdays.
Do I work? Peter doesn't always eat breakfast.
Does he/she/it work?
Do we/you/they work? • after the verb be.
Musa is never late for school.
PRESENT PROGRESSIVE
Affirmative Negative How often...?

I am working I ’m not working We use How often...? to ask about the frequency of an
action:
He/She/It is working He/She/It isn’t working A: How often do you go to the gym?
B: I go to the gym twice a week, but I never go on
We/You/They are working We/You/They aren’t working
Wednesdays.
Questions
Past Simple
Am I working? Affirmative

Is he/she/it working?

Are we/you/they working? I/He/She/It
We/You/They
worked/went

We use the We use the Present Negative
Present Simple: Progressive:
I/He/She/It
• for permanent states. • for temporary states. We/You/They didn’t work/go

Ben lives in London. I’m taking driving lessons Questions

• for habits or actions that this month.

happen regularly. • for actions happening at Did I/he/she/it work/go?
we/you/they
We always have breakfast at the moment of speaking.

eight. Mark is sleeping now.

• for general truths. • for future arrangements. NOTE

The Earth goes round the sun. We’re flying to Acapulco Irregular verbs in the past simple don’t take -ed.
Look at the list of irregular verbs on page 89.
tonight.
We use the past simple for:
TIME EXPRESSIONS • actions that started and were completed at a specific time

Present Simple Present Progressive in the past.
We bought our house five years ago.
usually, always, often, etc. now, at the moment, • habitual or repeated actions in the past.
every day/week, etc. today, these days, I always went to bed early when I lived with my parents.
in the morning/spring, etc. this week/year, etc. • completed actions that happened one after the
on Mondays/Monday tonight, tomorrow, etc. other in the past.
next week/year, etc. I made a sandwich, turned on the TV and watched the match.
morning, etc.
at the weekend, etc. TIME EXPRESSIONS
once/twice/three times, etc.
last night / week / year, etc.
a week/day, etc. yesterday, ago, in 1999, etc.

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