Examples: There is little doubt in my mind. (Not much), have almost the force of a negative. ii) Sugar? ~ A little, please (A small amount) B) Few: before countable & plural (Not many, almost none) Examples: Few people understand the plan. (Not many). had a few replies. (a small number) We’ve Some : I ate a date/ some dates. They bought some honey. (affirmative) Do some of you sleep on the floor? (I expect so) Would you like some wine? (offers/requests) Any : I any matches. (negative) haven’t I have hardly any spare time. (almost negative) Others: One more, please! only room for one person. There’s It was the first time they had ever met. All the men had weapons. All the people are ready. Both doors were open. Half of the fruit was bad. He has a half share in the company. Many people feel that the law should be changed. TENSES Time Structures Uses Examples VOICE Active tenses and their passive equivalents Tense Active Passive Simple S + V1 + O O + to be + V3(pp) S + V2 + O S + shall/will + V1 + O Continuous/progressive S + to be + V-ing + O O + to be + being + V3(pp) Perfect S + to have + V3 O + to have + been + v3(pp) Imperative V + O Let + O + be + V3 V1=base form of the verb. V2=past tense of the verb V3=past participle V-ing=present participle Form of to be=am, is, are (present); was, were (past); will be/shall be(future)
Examples: There is little doubt in my mind. (Not much), have almost the force of a negative. ii) Sugar? ~ A little, please (A small amount) B) Few: before countable & plural (Not many, almost none) Examples: Few people understand the plan. (Not many). We’ve had a few replies. (a small number) Some : I ate a date/ some dates. They bought some honey. (affirmative) Do some of you sleep on the floor? (I expect so) Would you like some wine? (offers/requests) Any : I haven’t any matches. (negative) I have hardly any spare time. (almost negative) Others: One more, please! There’s only room for one person. It was the first time they had ever met. All the men had weapons. All the people are ready. Both doors were open. Half of the fruit was bad. He has a half share in the company. Many people feel that the law should be changed. TENSES Time Structures Uses Examples VOICE Active tenses and their passive equivalents Tense Active Passive Simple S + V1 + O O + to be + V3(pp) S + V2 + O S + shall/will + V1 + O Continuous/progressive S + to be + V-ing + O O + to be + being + V3(pp) Perfect S + to have + V3 O + to have + been + v3(pp) Imperative V + O Let + O + be + V3 V1=base form of the verb. V2=past tense of the verb V3=past participle V-ing=present participle Form of to be=am, is, are (present); was, were (past); will be/shall be(future)