THESE
F IVE
V ERB
F ORM
R ULES
A LSO
M EAN
à
O THER
C OMBINATIONS
A RE
N OT
P OSSIBLE
When
y ou
k now
t he
r ules
a nd
u se
t hem
t o
c heck
y our
w ork,
y ou
c an
a void
m any
e rrors
a nd
i mprove
your
w riting.
F or
e xample,
w e
c an
p ut
v erbs
t ogether
i n
m any
w ays,
b ut
a ll
o f
t hese
a re
w rong.
X
-‐
H e
g o.
X
-‐
H e
d id
g one.
H e
d idn’t
g one.
X
-‐
H e
h as
w ent.
H e
h asn’t
w ent.
X
-‐
H e
g oing.
X
-‐
H e
h ave
w ent.
H e
h aven’t
w ent.
X
-‐
H e
g one.
X
-‐
H e
i s
g o.
H e
i sn’t
g o.
X
-‐
H e
i s
w ent.
H e
i sn’t
w ent.
X
-‐
H e
h ave
b een
g o.
X
-‐
H e
d o
g o.
H e
d on’t
g o.
X
-‐
H e
w as
g o.
H e
w asn’t
g o.
X-‐
H e
h ave
b een
w ent.
X
-‐
H e
d o
g oing.
H e
d on’t
g oing.
X
-‐
H e
w as
w ent.
H e
w asn’t
w ent.
X
-‐
H e
h aven’t
b een
g o.
X
-‐
H e
d o
w ent.
H e
d on’t
w ent.
X-‐
H e
h aven’t
b een
w ent.
X
-‐
H e
d o
g one.
H e
d on’t
g one.
X
-‐
H e
h as
g o.
H e
h asn’t
g o.
X
-‐
H e
h as
b een
g o.
H e
h as
b een
w ent.
X
-‐
H e
h ave
g o.
H e
h aven’t
g o.
X
-‐
H e
h asn’t
b een
g o.
X
-‐
H e
d id
g oing.
H e
d idn’t
g oing.
X
-‐
H e
h as
g oing.
H e
h asn’t
g oing.
X-‐
H e
h asn’t
b een
w ent.
X
-‐
H e
d id
w ent.
H e
d idn’t
w ent.
X
-‐
H e
h ave
g oing.
H e
h aven’t
g oing.
When
y ou
k now
t he
r ules,
y ou
c an
s ee
h ow
l arge,
c onfusing
v erbs
r eally
d o
f ollow
t he
r ules,
a nd
y ou
c an
make
l onger
v erb
f orms
e asily
a s
w ell
a s
n ot
m aking
u p
i mpossible
f orms:
POSSIBLE:
C OULD
H AVE
B EEN
W ORKING
NOT
P OSSIBLE:
C AN
H AS
B EING
W
ORKS
NOW
Y OU
T RY!
U se
o ne
o f
t hese
v erbs:
F ALL,
T EACH,
F EEL,
S EE,
B UY,
W RITE,
T AKE
THE
5
F ORMS:
____________________ß
B ASE
F ORM
You’ll
l earn
s ome
o f
t hese
i n
G 50,
t he
r est
i n
G 310
[PRESENT
P ERFECT]
[FUTURE
/
M ODALS
]
have
_ _______________
h as
_ _______________,
will
_ _______________,
w on’t
_ _______________
haven’t
_ _____________,
h asn’t
_ _______________,
is
g oing
t o
_ _______________,
i sn’t
g oing
t o
_ _______________
should
/
m ust/
c an
_ _______________
[PAST
P ERFECT]
isn’t
a ble
t o
_ _______________,
i s
s upposed
t o
_ _______________
had
_ _______________,
h adn’t
_ _______________,
[PRESENT
S IMPLE]
[PRESENT
P ERFECT
P ROGRESSIVE]
________________,
_ _______________(-‐s/-‐es/-‐ies),
have
b een
_ _______________ing,
h as
b een
_ _______________ing,
do
-‐ -‐-‐
_ _______________,
d oes
-‐ -‐-‐
g ________________,
haven’t
b een
_ _______________ing,
h asn’t
b een
_ _______________ing
don’t
_ _______________,
d oesn’t
g ________________
[PAST
P ERFECT
P ROGRESSIVE]
[PAST
S IMPLE]
had
b een
_ _______________ing,
h adn’t
b een
_ _______________ing
________________,
did
_ _______________,
d idn’t
_ _______________
[ FUTURE
P ROGRESSIVE]
will
b e
_ _______________ing,
w on’t
b e
_ _______________ing
[PRESENT
P ROGRESSIVE]
am
_ _______________ing,
a m
n ot
_ _______________ing
[FUTURE
P ERFECT]
are
_ _______________ing,
a ren’t
_ _______________ing
will
h ave
_ _______________
w on’t
h ave
_ _______________
is
_ _______________ing,
i sn’t
_ _______________ing
[FUTURE
P ERFECT
P ROGRESSIVE]
[PAST
P ROGRESSIVE]
will
h ave
b een
_ _______________ing,
was
_ _______________ing,
w asn’t
_ _______________ing
won’t
h ave
b een
_ ______________ing
were
_ ______________ing,
w eren’t
_ _______________ing