7 English Verbs
Basic Grammar Tenses through Sentence Examples
Artsun Akopyan
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Introduction
This short guide is for learners of English as a second / foreign language (ESL / EFL). Study the example sentences and dialogues. They will help you construct similar sentences in other situations using various English verbs in the past, present and future tense.
Drink
Translate the sentences and dialogues:
1. Drink the juice!
A: I am thirsty. (= I want to drink water.)
B: Drink the orange juice!
2. A thirsty man is drinking water from a bottle.
A: Why is the man drinking water from a bottle?
B: He is very thirsty.
3. A girl is drinking a smoothie from a glass through a straw.
(smoothie = crushedfruit + milk / yoghurt / ice cream)
A: What is the girl drinking through a straw?
B: She is drinking a smoothie.
Study the examples in the past, present and future tense:
Past: I drank some juice yesterday.
Present: I drink orange juice every day.
Present: He isdrinking water now.
Present: The girl hasjustdrunk a smoothie.
Future: I will drink some orange juice tomorrow.
(The underlined words help to understand the tense of the examples.)
Eat
Translate the sentences and dialogues:
1. Eat the apple!
A: I am hungry. (= I want to eat.)
B: Eat this red apple!
2. A hungry woman is eating cookies in a café.
A: Why is the woman eating cookies?
B: She is hungry.
3. I am eating noodles from a blue and white plate with a black spoon.
A: What are you eating?
B: I am eating noodles.
Study the examples in the past, present and future tense:
Past: I ate two apples in the morning.
Present: I eat