Verbs
Verb talar om vad någon eller något gör.
Också ord som: heter, är.
Grundform (infinitiv)
- to cry
- to sing
- to skate att åka skridsko
- to talk att prata
Dåtid (har gjort: i morse, igår, förra veckan, förr i tiden osv)
- call - called
- cry – cried (y→i)
- skate åker skridsko – skated åkte skridsko (Det redan slutar på -e)
- sing – sang sjung (Det är långt ifrån alltid att man lägger till -ed)
- talk – talked
- Använd alltid has när det gäller vad hon/han har gjort: he/ she has talked
But: I have talked • you have talked • we have talked • they have talked
Framtid (ska göra, kommer att göra)
- I'll will do it. = I'll do it. = I'm going to do it.
Informell: I'm gonna do it.
(Det är inte standard att säga: "I gonna do it")
Pågående - det som håller på att hända
- I am singing. You are eating. He is running. She is painting. We are talking. You all are reading. They are sleeping.
- Skilj på "She is swimming" just nu, kanske första gången i sitt liv och "She swims" (regelbundet, eller som en vana).
Tredje person singular: I eat, he eats
•När han eller hon gör nåt, lägg till s
I eat → he eat s
I talk → he talk s
I sing → he sings
I play → he plays
I cry → he cries
Använd alltid -s när det gäller vad han/hon gör. Enda udantaget: att vara
att vara
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I am jag är you are du är he is / she is / it is you-all are ni är they are dom är |
I was jag var you were du var he was / she was / it was you-all were ni var they were dom var |
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• Öva: 1
Simple Present Tense source
Write the correct form of the verb "to be" in present tense nutid.
Example: I (be) __am__ happy.
1) I (be) _____ tired.
2) I (be) _____ hungry.
3) I (be) _____ late! Example: You / We / They (be) are happy.
4) He (be) _____ cool.
5) She (be) _____ pretty.
6) I (be) _____ late.
7) You (be) _____ nice.
8) We (be)_____sleepy.
9) They (be)_____funny.
Now we’ll use nouns substantiv instead of pronouns...
10) John (be) _____ excited.
11) Tiffany and Uma (be) _____ my friends.
12) Ricardo, John and I (be) _____ watching a movie.
13) Hadil (be) _____ kind.
14) Alisa (be) _____ young.
15) The hammer (be) _____ new.
16) My mother and father (be) _____ cooking dinner.
17) Rachel (be) _____ driving to the mall.
18) Nikkos and Billy (be) _____ playing at the park.
19) The students (be) _____ studying English.
20) The test (be) _____ hard!
21) My best friend (be) _____ coming to my house.
Regular verbs
600 common regular verbs.
Note spelling variations. (For example, practise becomes practice in 
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Irregular verbs
"Det finns otroligt många oregelbundna engelska verb, fler än i de flesta andra språk.
Det är nästan omöjligt att lära sig dem alla — men de vanligaste bör man känna till." källa
139 common irregular verbs Öva: 1 2 3
Note: got
gotten
More differences 1': 1 2
Change the verbs
2. The film was very good. I (enjoy) __________________it very much.
3. I was so tired, so I (go) ________________________to bed early.
4. It was a funny situation but nobody (laugh) _______________________.
5. The window was open and a bird (fly) ____________________into the room.
6. The hotel was very expensive. It (cost) ________________very much.
7. The bags (be)______________very heavy.
8. We (see) __________Rose in town a few days ago.
9. I (go) _______________to the cinema three times last week.
10. She (have) ______________dinner with some friends yesterday.
11. Ann (meet) _____________Tom at the airport a few weeks ago.
12. Thomas (drive) _________________too fast.
13. I (hear) _____________some noises behind me.
Charlie Chaplin
1. Watch Chaplin on  2. Answer the questions. |
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Describe Charlie Chaplin: _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ |
He (catch) ___________________ a fish.
He (take) ___________________ off his gloves.
He (light) ___________________ a cigarette.
He (walk) ___________________ along a road.
A car (drive) ___________________ past him and he (fall) ___________________ backwards.
He (kick) ___________________ another man.
He (be) ___________________ a soldier and ___________________(dance).
He (have) ___________________ a gun and was (hit) ___________________ by a snowball.
He (run) ___________________ to the water and ____________________(dive) into it.
He (eat) ___________________ spaghetti.
A woman (hit) ___________________ him with her umbrella.
He (lift) ___________________ a heavy bag and (swing) ___________________ it around.
He (walk) ___________________ backwards.
He (come) ___________________ out of the sand and a gun (point) at him.
He (dig) ___________________ back down again.
He(fly) ___________________ in an old plane.
He (throw) ___________________ food at another man.
He (be) ___________________ a policeman and he _________________(knock) a big
man on the head.
He (try) ___________________ to put out a fire on a woman’s dress.
He (balance) ___________________ on a rope and a monkey ______________(hang) on
to him.
He (chase) ___________________ a man along the road.
Some people (jump) ___________________ off a car.
He (make) ___________________ potatoes dance on the table.
He (clap) ___________________ his hands.
He (stand) ___________________ under a lamp shade.
He (jump) ___________________ into a big chest.
He (rub) ___________________ a baby’s stomach.
He (run) ___________________ away dressed as a tree.
He (slide) ___________________ down a roof.
In the end he (eat) ___________________ a baby’s cake.
