English
My English green card:
Green card:
To do + infinitive/ to have + past participle:
- ‘Do’ = followed by infinitive
For example:
Does he go to school in Brussels?
Did she have breakfast yet?
- ‘Have’ = followed by past participle
For example:
The journalist has interviewed the Prime Minister.
Have you ever paid in dollars?
Irregular verbes:
- Verb = regular → +ed
For example:
I finished
I have finished
- Irregular verbs → list
Verbs + adverbs:
- Adjectives = like ‘young, small, fat, cold, beautiful’. They are used before
nouns, or after some verbs to say how something is, seems, becomes,
sounds, smells, tastes, feels or looks.
For example:
The young journalist sounds honest
That greasy meal tastes horrible
- Adverbs are linked with verbs. They express how, when, where something
happens: easily, slowly, tomorrow, here…
For example:
She speaks English well
- Many adverbs end in -ly (silently, carefully, terribly)
For example:
He always drives slowly
- Some words ending in -ly are adjectives, not adverbs: friendly, lively,
lonely, silly, lovely, elderly, ugly, deadly, cowardly
1
, For example:
Jana is a friendly girl
She often smiles in a friendly way
- Some words can be both adjectives and adverbs: fast, loud, daily
For example:
We have to act fast
Do you have to play that music so loud?
The post come twice daily
Their/ they’re/ there:
- Their = possessive pronoun
For example:
Children found out that their bikes had been stolen.
- They’re = they are
For example:
Our friends are coming over, they’re already at the airport
- There = to talk about something that ‘exists’
For example:
There is a new neighbour in our street
- There = adverb of place
For example:
He had bel living there for ages
Then/ than:
- Then = adverb of time
For example:
Then she ordered a cup of tea
- Than = to compare things
For example:
My brother is older than my sister
To/ too:
- To = preposition
For example:
The dog ran to the next tree.
- Too = te/ ook
For example:
Kurt Cobain was too young to die.
She went to the doctor too.
It’s/ its:
- It’s = it is
For example:
It’s snowing outside
- Its = the possessive form of ‘it’
For example:
The car had lost one of its wheels.
2
,Words ending in ‘ll’:
- Words take a double ‘l’ at the end when they are used on their own
For example:
all, full, fill
The form was full of mistakes.
You can fill in that form.
We all had to wait for hours.
- Words ending in ‘ll’ drop one of the ‘l’s when used in compounds (two or
more words combined into one)
For example:
That album is full of wonderful songs.
All right, I will fulfil my promise.
But: overall
Tenses: difference between simple past and present perfect:
- The simple past = talk about past (completely over)
- The present perfect = link with the present
For example:
Last Thursday I lost my wallet, but a friendly girl brought it to my house the
day after.
I have lost my key: I can’t get into the house. (the result in the past is more
important → present perfect)
I have never been to South America. (You can always think: ‘up to now’ →
present perfect)
Concord: relation between the subject in the sentence and the
conjugated verb:
- It + a singular verb
For example:
It is the Germans who started World War Two.
- Words ending in ‘-ics’ take a singular verb
For example:
Politics is boring
Physics wasn’t my favourite course at school.
- Names of teams, companies take a plural verb
For example:
BMW have launched a new model.
AA Gent have just scored.
- As well as: the verb form agrees with the subject with the subject which is
mentioned first
For example:
John, as well as James, is to blame
- Percentages, concord is made with the noun that follows
For example:
3
, 25% of the population lives in poverty.
25% of our students were absent at resit.
Irregular verbes:
ontwaken to awake awoke awoken
zijn to be was, were been
worden to become became become
beginnen to begin began begun
buigen to bend bent bent
wedden to bet bet bet
binden to bind bound bound
bijten to bite bit bitten
bloeden to bleed bled bled
blazen to blow blew blown
breken to break broke broken
brengen to bring brought brought
bouwen to build built built
(ver)branden to burn burned burned
kopen to buy bought bought
vangen to catch caught caught
kiezen to choose chose chosen
komen to come came come
kosten to cost cost cost
snijden to cut cut cut
handelen to deal dealt dealt
graven to dug dug dig
doen to do did done
trekken to draw drew drawn
dromen to dream dreamt dreamt
drinken to drink drank drunk
rijden to drive drove driven
eten to eat ate eaten
vallen to fall fell fallen
voeden to feed fed fed
voelen to feel felt felt
vechten to fight fought fought
vinden to find found found
vluchten to flee fled fled
vliegen to fly flew flown
verbieden to forbid forbade forbidden
vergeten to forget forgot forgotten
vergeven to forgive forgave forgiven
vriezen to freeze froze frozen
krijgen to get got got
geven to give gave given
gaan to go went gone
groeien to grow grew grown
hangen to hang hung hung
4
My English green card:
Green card:
To do + infinitive/ to have + past participle:
- ‘Do’ = followed by infinitive
For example:
Does he go to school in Brussels?
Did she have breakfast yet?
- ‘Have’ = followed by past participle
For example:
The journalist has interviewed the Prime Minister.
Have you ever paid in dollars?
Irregular verbes:
- Verb = regular → +ed
For example:
I finished
I have finished
- Irregular verbs → list
Verbs + adverbs:
- Adjectives = like ‘young, small, fat, cold, beautiful’. They are used before
nouns, or after some verbs to say how something is, seems, becomes,
sounds, smells, tastes, feels or looks.
For example:
The young journalist sounds honest
That greasy meal tastes horrible
- Adverbs are linked with verbs. They express how, when, where something
happens: easily, slowly, tomorrow, here…
For example:
She speaks English well
- Many adverbs end in -ly (silently, carefully, terribly)
For example:
He always drives slowly
- Some words ending in -ly are adjectives, not adverbs: friendly, lively,
lonely, silly, lovely, elderly, ugly, deadly, cowardly
1
, For example:
Jana is a friendly girl
She often smiles in a friendly way
- Some words can be both adjectives and adverbs: fast, loud, daily
For example:
We have to act fast
Do you have to play that music so loud?
The post come twice daily
Their/ they’re/ there:
- Their = possessive pronoun
For example:
Children found out that their bikes had been stolen.
- They’re = they are
For example:
Our friends are coming over, they’re already at the airport
- There = to talk about something that ‘exists’
For example:
There is a new neighbour in our street
- There = adverb of place
For example:
He had bel living there for ages
Then/ than:
- Then = adverb of time
For example:
Then she ordered a cup of tea
- Than = to compare things
For example:
My brother is older than my sister
To/ too:
- To = preposition
For example:
The dog ran to the next tree.
- Too = te/ ook
For example:
Kurt Cobain was too young to die.
She went to the doctor too.
It’s/ its:
- It’s = it is
For example:
It’s snowing outside
- Its = the possessive form of ‘it’
For example:
The car had lost one of its wheels.
2
,Words ending in ‘ll’:
- Words take a double ‘l’ at the end when they are used on their own
For example:
all, full, fill
The form was full of mistakes.
You can fill in that form.
We all had to wait for hours.
- Words ending in ‘ll’ drop one of the ‘l’s when used in compounds (two or
more words combined into one)
For example:
That album is full of wonderful songs.
All right, I will fulfil my promise.
But: overall
Tenses: difference between simple past and present perfect:
- The simple past = talk about past (completely over)
- The present perfect = link with the present
For example:
Last Thursday I lost my wallet, but a friendly girl brought it to my house the
day after.
I have lost my key: I can’t get into the house. (the result in the past is more
important → present perfect)
I have never been to South America. (You can always think: ‘up to now’ →
present perfect)
Concord: relation between the subject in the sentence and the
conjugated verb:
- It + a singular verb
For example:
It is the Germans who started World War Two.
- Words ending in ‘-ics’ take a singular verb
For example:
Politics is boring
Physics wasn’t my favourite course at school.
- Names of teams, companies take a plural verb
For example:
BMW have launched a new model.
AA Gent have just scored.
- As well as: the verb form agrees with the subject with the subject which is
mentioned first
For example:
John, as well as James, is to blame
- Percentages, concord is made with the noun that follows
For example:
3
, 25% of the population lives in poverty.
25% of our students were absent at resit.
Irregular verbes:
ontwaken to awake awoke awoken
zijn to be was, were been
worden to become became become
beginnen to begin began begun
buigen to bend bent bent
wedden to bet bet bet
binden to bind bound bound
bijten to bite bit bitten
bloeden to bleed bled bled
blazen to blow blew blown
breken to break broke broken
brengen to bring brought brought
bouwen to build built built
(ver)branden to burn burned burned
kopen to buy bought bought
vangen to catch caught caught
kiezen to choose chose chosen
komen to come came come
kosten to cost cost cost
snijden to cut cut cut
handelen to deal dealt dealt
graven to dug dug dig
doen to do did done
trekken to draw drew drawn
dromen to dream dreamt dreamt
drinken to drink drank drunk
rijden to drive drove driven
eten to eat ate eaten
vallen to fall fell fallen
voeden to feed fed fed
voelen to feel felt felt
vechten to fight fought fought
vinden to find found found
vluchten to flee fled fled
vliegen to fly flew flown
verbieden to forbid forbade forbidden
vergeten to forget forgot forgotten
vergeven to forgive forgave forgiven
vriezen to freeze froze frozen
krijgen to get got got
geven to give gave given
gaan to go went gone
groeien to grow grew grown
hangen to hang hung hung
4
