iii Contents Introduction vii
1 To Be: Present Tense 1
2 To Be: Present Tense: Negative Form 5
3 To Be: Present Tense: Question Form 9
4 To Be: Past Tense 13
5 To Be: Past Tense: Negative Form 17
6 To Be: Past Tense: Question Form 21
7 Exceptional Uses with the Verb To Be 25
8 Adjectives 29
9 To Have: Present Tense 33
10 To Have: Present Tense: Negative Form 37
11 To Have: Present Tense: Question Form 41
12 The Simple Present Tense 45
13 The Simple Present Tense: Negative Form 49
14 The Simple Present Tense: Question Form 53
15 Possessive Adjectives 57
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16 The Simple Past Tense 61
17 The Simple Past Tense with Irregular Verbs: 1 65
18 The Simple Past Tense with Irregular Verbs: 2 69
19 The Simple Past Tense with Irregular Verbs: 3 73
20 The Simple Past Tense: Negative Form 77
21 The Simple Past Tense: Question Form 81
22 Prepositions: In and On 85
23 There Is and There Are: Present Tense 89
24 There Is and There Are: Present Tense: Negative Form 93
25 There Is and There Are: Present Tense: Question Form 97
26 There Is and There Are: Past Tense 101
27 There Is and There Are: Past Tense: Negative Form 106