7 English Verbs. Basic Grammar Tenses through Sentence Examples

© Artsun Akopyan, 2019

ISBN 978-5-0050-6855-2

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Introduction

This short guide is for learners of English as a second / foreign language (ESL / EFL). Study the example sentences and dialogues. They will help you construct similar sentences in other situations using various English verbs in the past, present and future tense.

Drink

Translate the sentences and dialogues:

1. Drink the juice!

A: I am thirsty. (= I want to drink water.)

B: Drink the orange juice!

2. A thirsty man is drinking water from a bottle.

A: Why is the man drinking water from a bottle?

B: He is very thirsty.

3. A girl is drinking a smoothie from a glass through a straw.

(smoothie = crushed fruit + milk / yoghurt / ice cream)

A: What is the girl drinking through a straw?

B: She is drinking a smoothie.

Study the examples in the past, present and future tense:

Past: I drank some juice yesterday.

Present: I drink orange juice every day.

Present: He is drinking water now.

Present: The girl has just drunk a smoothie.

Future: I will drink some orange juice tomorrow.

(The underlined words help to understand the tense of the examples.)