Let’s skip around a bit and then we can go back to study some of the patterns from the past. There are several tenses in the language but as noted before most verbs only have four forms. The forms are the “ing” form, the present form, the past form and the past participle form.

Examples: running, run, ran, run
talking, talk, talked, talked

Now, you might say, “Hey, you have only put three different forms not four. Many times the past form and the past participle are the same. Sometimes these two forms are different.

Examples: driving, drive, drove, driven
eating, eat, ate, eaten

The past form is most often formed by adding “ed”. The past participle is most often formed by adding “ed” or “en”. Then there are verbs that are irregular.
Sometimes the changes or additions are very small but these small changes could make a great difference in the meaning of the sentence.
These tenses are used to demonstrate the time that the action took place.

I am running now.
I ran yesterday.

Think about these facts and we will do more tomorrow on tenses.

Idiom for the Day

.....under the weather….

This idiom has nothing to do with the atmosphere outside. If you are under the weather, you are ill or feeling sick.

Example: Peter did not go to school because he was under the weather.
I didn’t do well on my examination because I was under the weather.

Synonyms for the Day

Some new synonyms – depressing, gloomy, bleak

Examples: Jonathan is negative and a day out with him can be depressing.
The sky was gloomy so the beach was empty.
Bankers have made a bleak forecast about the economy.


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