Mina teen, mina ei tee … (Kestev olevik)
Kasuta kestvat olevikku, kui räägid, et keegi on midagi tegemas just nüüd, praegu.
Pööra tegusõna olema ja lisa peaverbile (peategevusele) lõpp -ing.
Jaatav lause
Eitav lause
Küsilause ja vastus
Are you playing ice hockey?
Yes, I am.
No, I’m not.
Kas sa mängid jäähokit?
Jah, mängin küll.
Ei, ei mängi.
Is he playing the piano?
Yes, he is.
No, he’s not.
Kas ta mängib klaverit?
Jah, mängib küll.
Ei, ei mängi.
Are they making a video?
Yes, they are.
No, they’re not.
Kas nad teevad videot?
Jah, teevad küll.
Ei, ei tee.
Mina kavatsen, mina ei kavatse …
Kasuta am/are/is going to, kui räägid, et keegi kavatseb lähitulevikus midagi teha.
I was, you were ...
Lihtminevik (mina olin, mina tegin...)
Kasuta lihtminevikku, kui räägid, et keegi tegi midagi või midagi juhtus varem, st minevikus.
Jaatav lause
Eitav lause
Küsiv lause
He was happy. They were happy.
He wasn’t happy. They weren’t happy.
Was he happy? – Yes, he was.
No, he wasn’t.
Were they happy? – Yes, they were.
No, they weren’t.
Küsimuses muuda sõnade järjekorda.
Were they on holiday in the US?
Kas nad olid puhkusel USA-s?
Was Tom happy to see Yellowstone?
Kas Tom oli rõõmus, kui ta nägi Yellowstone’i?
I played, you played ...
Jaatav lause lihtminevikus
Eitav lause lihtminevikus
Kasuta abiverbi didn’t. Põhiverb on algvormis.
Küsilause lihtminevikus
Kasuta abiverbi did. Põhiverb on algvormis.
We played basketball.
We didn’t play basketball.
Did you play basketball?
Yes, we did.
No, we didn’t.
What did you play?
Reeglipärased ja ebareeglipärased tegusõnad
Inglise keeles on tegusõnad kas reeglipärased või ebareeglipärased.
Tegusõna on reeglipärane, kui lihtmineviku vormis lisame -ed.
We often watch films at the weekend. – We watched an interesting film last weekend.
Ebareeglipäraste tegusõnade minevikuvormid peab meelde jätma.
I eat a lot of fruit. – I ate a lot of fruit last night.
They often build snowmen in winter. – They built a snowman yesterday.
Mõned ebareeglipärased tegusõnad
Põhivorm
be [biː]
come [kʌm]
do [duː]
drink [driŋk]
cut [kʌt]
go [ɡəu]
have [hæv]
know [nəu]
read [riːd]
run [rʌn]
Minevik
was/were [wɔz/wəː(r)]
came [keim]
did [did]
drank [dræŋk]
cut [kʌt]
went [went]
had [hæd]
knew [njuː]
read [red]
ran [ræn]
