Big Grammar Book 2

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by Matt Purland

101 worksheets for English lessons

Elementary Level (A1 / A2)


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ISBN 978 0 9557015 0 4 (print edition)
ISBN 978 0 9557015 3 5 (pdf ebook edition)
First published in the UK by English Banana.com 2014

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Big Grammar Book

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Introduction

Hello again . . . !
. . . and welcome to big grammar book 2! Why another Big Grammar Book? Wasn’t the first
one big enough? Well, it’s eleven years since I wrote the first book and it has been, without a
doubt, the most popular of all my English Banana books. It’s always the first book that people
ask me about; it’s always cited as the most useful and valuable of my books; indeed it has
been downloaded for free hundreds of thousands of times! No matter how much I love and
promote my other children (I mean, books!) BGB is what people want. So, I often used to joke
about making a sequel: give the people what they want. This summer I thought: why not?
Like its older sibling, BGB 2 is packed with 101 printable worksheets for teaching and
improving grammar skills in English. The topics are wide and varied, starting with Essential
English worksheets that cover the basics, like the alphabet, days, months, and telling the
time; then tenses (a lot about tenses!), then irregular verbs, question forms, word order in
sentences, parts of English, uncountable nouns, and so on! If you have used the first BGB,
you will know what to expect from this one. Around 25% of the worksheets in this book are
closely modelled on activities in BGB 1, for example Full Stops 1 & 2 (pp.68-69).
The material starts off at beginner level, with the alphabet worksheets, then gets
progressively more difficult, while staying in Elementary (A1 / A2) level. Only towards the end
do things get “tougher”, with articles, conditionals, and phrasal verbs making their inevitable
appearance! Don’t worry – all the answers and notes for use are included at the back of this
book.
English teachers can use big grammar book 2 in class, although it may be better to use the
worksheets for homework and let students focus on speaking and listening and group work –

producing language – in class. It is ideal for private study – i.e. homework or self-study – and
also for use in online lessons. Teachers can adapt the worksheets in this book, and I would
positively encourage them to treat many of the pages as templates for producing their own
activities. For example, the sentence building worksheets (from p.60) would be ideal for
adaptation, among many others. Please feel free to download and adapt the .doc Word
document files for each page which are available at our website. By the way, this is the first
English Banana.com book to be published straight into the public domain. This means that
anybody can print, copy, adapt, sell, give away, and otherwise use this work – for commercial
and non-commercial purposes. I hope you enjoy learning English with big grammar book 2!
Remember, a good understanding of English grammar will open doors of opportunity.
Thank you to all my students who have good-naturedly tried out these worksheets in class.
Special thanks to my friends Iramaia and Marcelo who have been kind enough to read
through and test out different parts of this book. Your feedback has been invaluable! If you
have any questions or comments, I would love to hear your feedback too! You can email me
at:

Matt Purland
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Ostróda, Poland, 27 June 2014

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Contents
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Introduction
Contents

Part One
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Essential Spellings
Essential Spellings – Correct 15 Errors
Trace the Letters of the English Alphabet
Writing the Alphabet
Alphabet Fun 1
Alphabet Fun 2
Trace the Days of the Week
Trace the Months of the Year
What’s the Time? – Blank Clocks Template
What’s the Time? 1
What’s the Time? 2
The 40 Most Common Verbs in English (in order)
The 40 Most Common Verbs in English (in order) – Gap-Fill
The Most Important Verbs in English – Present Simple
The Most Important Verbs in English – Past Simple
The Most Common Times and Tenses in English

The Most Common Times and Tenses in English – Question Sheet
Match Time, Tense, and Form
Match Time, Tense, and Form – Error Correction
Identifying 5 Forms of the Verb
Troubling Tenses – What’s the Best Time? 1
Troubling Tenses – What’s the Best Time? 2
Everyday Actions – Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Daily Routines – What did Billy Do Last Week?
Daily Routines – What has Billy’s Mum Done This Week?
English Tenses Revision Test
English Tenses Revision Test – Sample Answers
English Tenses Revision Test – Sample Answers (Gap-Fill)
Sentence Blocks – Present Simple
Sentence Blocks – Present Continuous
Sentence Blocks – Past Simple
Sentence Blocks – Present Perfect
Sentence Blocks – Future Simple
Tense Conversion – Practise English Tenses

Part Two
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Learn 40 Common Irregular Verbs in English
Learn 40 Common Irregular Verbs in English – Practice

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Learn 40 Common Regular Verbs in English
Learn 40 Common Regular Verbs in English – Practice
Irregular or Regular Verbs?
Write Your Own Verbs Challenge
Question Forms (Present Simple Tense)
Question Forms (Present Continuous Tense)
Question Forms (Past Simple Tense)
Question Forms (Present Perfect Tense)

Question Forms (Future Simple Tense)
Yes / No Questions – Match the Answers
Yes / No Questions – Positive and Negative Gap-Fill
‘Wh - ’ Questions 1
‘Wh - ’ Questions 2

Part Three
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Make a Sentence with SVOPT – Subject Verb Object Place Time 1
Make a Sentence with SVOPT – Subject Verb Object Place Time 2
Make a Sentence with SVOPT – Subject Verb Object Place Time 3
Make a Sentence with SVOPT – Subject Verb Object Place Time 4
Using Capital Letters 1
Using Capital Letters 2
Basic Sentence Punctuation 1
Basic Sentence Punctuation 2
Full Stops 1
Full Stops 2
Using Capital Letters 3
Using Capital Letters 4
Using Numbers 1
Using Numbers 2
Working Out Prices 1
Working Out Prices 2
Word Classes in English – Revision
Word Classes in English 1
Word Classes in English 2
80 Opposite Adjectives – Complete the Table
Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
40 Verbs, Nouns, and Adjective Pairs
-ing Adjective or -ed Adjective? 1
-ing Adjective or -ed Adjective? 2
Order of Adjectives in English 1
Order of Adjectives in English 2

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Part Four
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Really Useful List of 100 Irregular Plural Nouns in English
Irregular Plural Nouns
Singular and Plural Nouns
100 Common Uncountable Nouns in English
100 Common Uncountable Nouns in English – Add the Vowel Letters
Countable and Uncountable Nouns 1
Countable and Uncountable Nouns 2
Understanding Articles in English
Noun Categories
Which Article Is Correct? 1
Which Article Is Correct? 2
How to Use Pronouns 1 – I, me, my, mine, myself
How to Use Pronouns 2 – you, you, your, yours, yourself
How to Use Pronouns 3 – he, him, his, his, himself
How to Use Pronouns 4 – she, her, her, hers, herself
How to Use Pronouns 5 – we, us, our, ours, ourselves
How to Use Pronouns 6 – they, them, their, theirs, themselves
1st, 2nd, or 3rd Conditional? 1

1st, 2nd, or 3rd Conditional? 2
20 Basic English Phrasal Verbs – Mixed Tenses 1
20 Basic English Phrasal Verbs – Mixed Tenses 2
Complete the Sentences 1
Complete the Sentences 2
Complete the Sentences 3
Complete the Sentences 4
Big Grammar Book 2 – Big Quiz!

114. Answers to worksheets and notes for use

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Essential English
Essential Spellings
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

January, February, March, April, May, June
July, August, September, October, November, December

spring, summer, autumn, winter

0
¼
½
¾
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18

19
20

zero
quarter
half
three quarters
one
two
three
four
five
six
seven
eight
nine
ten
eleven
twelve
thirteen
fourteen
fifteen
sixteen
seventeen
eighteen
nineteen
twenty

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22

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24
25
26
27
28
29
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
101
1,000
1,001
10,000
100,000
1,000,000
1,000,000,000

twenty one
twenty two
twenty three
twenty four
twenty five
twenty six
twenty seven

twenty eight
twenty nine
thirty
forty
fifty
sixty
seventy
eighty
ninety
a hundred
a hundred and one
a thousand
a thousand and one
ten thousand
a hundred thousand
a million
a billion

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Essential English
Essential Spellings – Correct 15 Errors
a b c d e f j h i g k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N Q P O R S T U V W X Y Z

Monday, Tuesday, Wenesday, Thursday, Friday, Satuday, Sunday

january, February, March, Avril, May, June
July, August, September, November, October, December

spring, summer, autum, winter

0
¼
½
¾
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17

18
19
20

zero
quarter
harf
three quarters
one
two
tree
four
five
six
seven
eight
nine
ten
eleven
twelve
therteen
fourteen
fifteen
sixteen
seventeen
eigteen
nineteen
twenty

21

22
22
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25
26
27
28
29
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
101
1,000
1,001
10,000
100,000
1,000,000
1,000,000,000

twenty one
twenty two
twenty three
twenty for
twenty five
twenty six

twenty seven
twenty eight
twenty nine
thirty
fourty
fifty
sixty
seventy
eighty
ninety
a hundred
a hundred and one
a thousand
a thousand and one
ten thousand
a hundred thousand
a milion
a billion

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Essential English
Trace the Letters of the English Alphabet

AAaa BBbb CCcc DDdd
EEee FFff GGgg HHhh
IIii JJjj KKkk LLll MMmm
NNnn OOoo PPpp QQqq
RRrr SSss TTtt UUuu
VVvv WWww XXxx YYyy
ZZzz1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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Essential English
Writing the Alphabet
Fill in the gaps:

Aa B
F Gg
K Ll
Pp Q
U Vv
Zz

Cc D Ee
Hh I Jj
M Nn O
Rr S Tt

W Xx Y

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Alphabet Fun 1
Which letter is in the wrong place? Draw a circle around it and write the correct letter:

1.

m

u

o

p

q

r

2.

k

l

m

n

u

p

3.

r

s

t

c

v

w

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f

j

k

l

m

n

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a

p

q

r

s

t

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c

d

a

f

g

h

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u

v

w

x

g

z

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q

r

s

t

u

w

9.

f

g

h

l

j

k

10.

a

h

c

d

e

f

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Essential English
Alphabet Fun 2
Complete each gap with either a lower case or upper case letter:

1.

j

k

__

m

n

2.

Q

S

T

__

V

3.

__

J

K

4.

e

f

5.

U

__

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a

b

7.

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8.

t

u

v

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B

C

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p

q

r

R
G

H
g

I
h

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W
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M

X
d

N

e

Z
f

P

x
E

j
Y

O

w

s

o

Q

__
F

__

G
u

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Essential English
Trace the Days of the Week

Monday Monday Monday Monday
Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday
Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday
Thursday Thursday Thursday Thursday
Friday Friday Friday Friday Friday
Saturday Saturday Saturday Saturday
Sunday Sunday Sunday Sunday
last week last week last week
yesterday yesterday yesterday
today today today today today today
tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow
next week next week next week
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Essential English
Trace the Months of the Year

January January January January
February February February February
March March March March March
April April April April April April April
May May May May May May May May
June June June June June June
July July July July July July July
August August August August August
September September September
October October October October
November November November
December December December
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Essential English
What’s the Time? – Blank Clocks Template

A)

11

12

B)

1

10

2

9

8

11

6

12

8

9

11

12

8

1

4

6

5

6

12

5

1

10

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4

11

F)
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10

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10

3

E)

11

D)
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7

1

8

2

3

5

10

1

9

4
7

12

10

3

C)

11

2

9

3

8

4
7

6

5

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What’s the Time? 1 – Draw hands on the clocks

A)

11

12

B)

1

10

11

2

9

6

2

9

4
7

3

8

5

4
7

It’s quarter past eight.

11

C)

12

11

D)
2

9

6

11

12

3

8

5

4
7

1

11

F)
2

9

8

4

It’s half past two.

5

5

12

1

10

3

6

6
It’s ten past twelve.

10

7

1
2

It’s one oh five.

E)

12

9

4
7

5

10

3

8

6
It’s ten forty.

1

10

1

10

3

8

12

2

9

3

8

4
7

6

5

It’s nine o’clock.

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Essential English
What’s the Time? 2 – Write the time below each clock in words

A)

11

12

B)

1

10

2

9

8

11

6

12

8

9

11

12

8

1

4

6

5

6

12

5

1

10

3

7

4

11

F)
2

8

2

7

9

1

3

5

10

12

5

9

4

6

6

10

3

E)

11

D)

2

7

4
7

1

8

2

3

5

10

1

9

4
7

12

10

3

C)

11

2

9

3

8

4
7

6

5

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Test Your Grammar Skills
The 40 Most Common Verbs in English (in order)
Each English verb has five forms. We use different forms to make different tenses:

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1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28

29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40

infinitive
be
have
do
say
go
get
make
know
think
take
see
come
want
use
find
give

tell
work
call
try
ask
need
feel
become
leave
put
mean
keep
let
begin
seem
help
show
hear
play
run
move
live
believe
bring

s form

past tense

am, are, is

has
does
says
goes
gets
makes
knows
thinks
takes
sees
comes
wants
uses
finds
gives
tells
works
calls
tries
asks
needs
feels
becomes
leaves
puts
means
keeps
lets
begins
seems

helps
shows
hears
plays
runs
moves
lives
believes
brings

was, were
had
did
said
went
got
made
knew
thought
took
saw
came
wanted
used
found
gave
told
worked
called
tried

asked
needed
felt
became
left
put
meant
kept
let
began
seemed
helped
showed
heard
played
ran
moved
lived
believed
brought

past
participle
been
had
done
said
been / gone
got
made

known
thought
taken
seen
come
wanted
used
found
given
told
worked
called
tried
asked
needed
felt
become
left
put
meant
kept
let
begun
seemed
helped
shown
heard
played
run
moved

lived
believed
brought

ing form
being
having
doing
saying
going
getting
making
knowing
thinking
taking
seeing
coming
wanting
using
finding
giving
telling
working
calling
trying
asking
needing
feeling
becoming
leaving

putting
meaning
keeping
letting
beginning
seeming
helping
showing
hearing
playing
running
moving
living
believing
bringing

regular or
irregular
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I

R
R
I
I
I
R
R
R
R
R
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
R
R
I
I
R
I
R
R
R
I

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The 40 Most Common Verbs in English (in order) – Gap-Fill
Each English verb has five forms. We use different forms to make different tenses:

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1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18

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20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40

infinitive

s form

past tense

past

participle

ing form

regular or
irregular

be
have
do
say
go
get
make
know
think
take
see
come
want
use
find
give
tell
work
call
try
ask
need
feel

become
leave
put
mean
keep
let
begin
seem
help
show
hear
play
run
move
live
believe
bring

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The Most Important Verbs in English – Present Simple
BE

I
you
he
she
it
we
they

Positive:

Negative:

Question:

am / I’m
are / you’re
is / ’s
is / ’s
is / ’s
are / we’re
are / they’re

am not / ’m not
are not / ’re not
is not / isn’t
is not / isn’t
is not / isn’t
are not / aren’t
are not / aren’t

Am I?
Are you?
Is he?
Is she?
Is it?
Are we?
Are they?

DO

I
you
he
she
it
we
they

Positive:

Negative:

Question:

do
do
does
does
does
do

do

do not / don’t
do not / don’t
does not / doesn’t
does not / doesn’t
does not / doesn’t
do not / don’t
do not / don’t

Do I?
Do you?
Does he?
Does she?
Does it?
Do we?
Do they?

HAVE

I
you
he
she
it
we
they

Positive:

Negative*:

Question:

have / ’ve
have / ’ve
has / ’s
has / ’s
has / ’s
have / ’ve
have / ’ve

have not / do not have
have not / do not have
has not / does not have
has not / does not have
has not / does not have
have not / do not have
have not / do not have

Have I? / Do I have?
Have you? / Do you have?
Has he? / Does he have?
Has she? / Does she have?
Has it? / Does it have?
Have we? / Do we have?
Have they? / Do they have?

GO

I
you
he
she
it
we
they

Positive:

Negative:

Question:

go
go
goes
goes
goes
go
go

do not go / don’t go
do not go / don’t go
does not go / doesn’t go
does not go / doesn’t go
does not go / doesn’t go
do not go / don’t go
do not go / don’t go

Do I go?
Do you go?
Does he go?
Does she go?
Does it go?
Do we go?
Do they go?

*contractions are possible, e.g. I have not = I haven’t; he does not have = he doesn’t have, etc.

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The Most Important Verbs in English – Past Simple
BE

I
you
he
she
it
we
they

Positive:

Negative:

Question:

was
were
was
was
was
were
were

was not / wasn’t
were not / weren’t
was not / wasn’t
was not / wasn’t
was not / wasn’t
were not / weren’t
were not / weren’t

Was I?
Were you?
Was he?
Was she?
Was it?
Were we?
Were they?

DO

I
you
he
she
it
we
they

Positive:

Negative:

Question:

did
did
did
did
did
did
did

did not / didn’t
did not / didn’t
did not / didn’t
did not / didn’t
did not / didn’t
did not / didn’t
did not / didn’t

Did I?
Did you?
Did he?
Did she?
Did it?
Did we?
Did they?

HAVE

I
you
he
she
it
we
they

Positive:

Negative*:

Question:

had
had
had
had
had
had

had

had not / did not have
had not / did not have
had not / did not have
had not / did not have
had not / did not have
had not / did not have
had not / did not have

Had I? / Did I have?
Had you? / Did you have?
Had he? / Did he have?
Had she? / Did she have?
Had it? / Did it have?
Had we? / Did we have?
Had they? / Did they have?

GO

I
you
he
she
it
we
they

Positive:

Negative:

Question:

went
went
went
went
went
went
went

did not go / didn’t go
did not go / didn’t go
did not go / didn’t go
did not go / didn’t go
did not go / didn’t go
did not go / didn’t go
did not go / didn’t go

Did I go?
Did you go?
Did he go?
Did she go?
Did it go?
Did we go?
Did they go?

*contractions are possible, e.g. I had not = I hadn’t; she did not have = she didn’t have, etc.

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The Most Common Times and Tenses in English

general time
present simple
infinitive / s form

past up to now (unfinished time)
present perfect
past participle
now
present continuous
ing form

past (unfinished time)
past simple
past tense / infinitive

future
future simple
infinitive

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The Most Common Times and Tenses in English – Question Sheet
To avoid making errors, it is important that time, tense, and form match in English:

1. We use ______________ tense to talk about actions in the future.
2. If an action happened today I would use ______________ tense.
3. We use ______________ tense to talk about actions in the past.
4. To make present continuous tense I need to use ‘be’ + ______________ form.
5. If an action happened yesterday I would use ______________ tense.
6. We use ______________ tense to talk about regular actions.
7. To make questions and negative sentences in past simple I need to use
______________ form.
8. If an action just happened I would use ______________ tense.
9. We use ______________ tense to talk about actions at the moment.
10. To make future simple tense I need to use ‘will’ + ______________ form.
11. If an action happened two days ago I would use ______________ tense.
12. We use ______________ tense to talk about actions in the past but in unfinished
time.
13. If an action happened tomorrow I would use ______________ tense.
14. To make present simple tense I need to use ______________ form for I, you, we,
they, and ______________ for he, she, it.
15. If an action happened every day I would use ______________ tense.
16. To make past simple tense I need to use ______________ form.
17. If an action happened next week I would use ______________ tense.

18. To make present perfect tense I need to use ‘have’ + ______________ form.
19. If an action happened now I would use ______________ tense.
20. ______________ tense is the most common tense in English.

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