В пособии рассматриваются основные моменты английской грамматики: части речи имя существительное, имя прилагательное и наречие; видо-временные формы глагола; модальные глаголы; неличные формы глагола

B. It is used, chiefly with the verb say, when we are asking about, or quoting
from books, notices or very recently received letters
What does that notice say? - It says, ‘No parking.’
What does the book say? - It says, ‘Cook very slowly.’
I see you’ve got a letter from your mother. What does she say?
- She says, she is coming next week.
C. It is common in stories told in the present, in describing the action of a play,
opera etc., and is often used by radio commentators at sports events:
When the curtain rises, Juliet is writing at her desk. Suddenly
the window opens and a masked man enters.


D. It can be used for a planned future action or series of actions particularly
when they refer to a journey. Travel agents use it a lot.
We leave London at 10.00 next Tuesday and arrive in Paris at 13.00.
We spend two hours in Paris and leave again at 15.00.


E. It must be used instead of the present continuous with verbs which cannot be
used in the continuous form, e.g. love, see, believe etc. (see 4 – 6)
F. It is used in conditional sentences after if and unless and in time clauses
after when, as soon as, before, while, until/till:
If I see Ann I’ll ask her.
When it stops raining we’ll go out.
Wait here until I come back.

THE PAST AND PERFECT TENSES

THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE

1. Form

The simple past in regular verbs is formed by adding ed to the infinitive:
to work worked
The negative and interrogative of regular and irregular verbs are formed
with did:
I did not/didn’t work did you work? Didn’t you work