As its name suggests, Grammar for Everyone seeks to provide practical tools for learning and teaching grammar - for everyone. Grammar for Everyone provides a thorough reference guide for the different types of word, guidance for correct punctuation, instruction for optimal sentence structure and advice for a correct, clear and persuasive way to speak and write. | 46 GRAMMAR FOR EVERYONE Compare this with the continuous form in which the action of the verb is still going on. Thus I was cooking I am cooking I shall be cooking The ing ending conveys continuity but the sense is not complete without the addition of a helper or auxiliary verb see pages 49-52 . A Activities simple and continuous verbs 1. Provide a scenario such as My brother is looking for a job . Each student in turn takes the part of the brother. The others ask him what he can do. He acts out one thing that he can do for the others to guess for example a. Load a truck b. Fill ice-cream cones 2. Students change tenses by filling in the spaces Past a. I shivered Present I Future I b Jack leaves c will break d. I did not e who will work 3. Students now fill in the tense tables. A sample table of tenses Singular Past Present Future 1st person I gave I give I shall will give 2nd person You gave You give You will give 3rd person He she gave He she gives He she will give VERBS 47 Plural 1st person We gave We give We shall will give 2nd person You gave You give You will give 3rd person They gave They give They will give A a. Students complete the table with the verb to sing . Singular Past Present Future 1st person I shall 2nd person 3rd person He Plural 1st person 2nd person You 3rd person A sample table of tenses for an irregular verb Singular Past Present Future 1st person I was I am I shall will be 2nd person You were You are You will be 3rd person He she was He she is He she will be Plural 1st person We were We are We shall will be 2nd person You were You are You will be 3rd person They were They are They will be 48 GRAMMAR FOR EVERYONE A b. Students complete the table with the verb to go . Singular Past Present Future 1st person 2nd person 3rd person He Plural 1st person We shall 2nd person 3rd person They A sample table of continuous tenses using the present participle Singular Past Present Future 1st person I was speaking I am speaking I shall will be .
