The Verb Mantra
The Verb Mantra is a simple framework for understanding the whole verb tense system.
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Simple … Easy.
Past simple … All the same.
Present simple … He/she/it – S.
Future simple … All the same.
Continuous … To be, i n g.
An action happening … at a point in time.
Past continuous … past of to be.
Present continuous … present of to be.
Future continuous … future of to be.
Perfect … Have, P.P.
An action completed … before a point in time.
Past perfect … past of have.
Present perfect … present of have.
Future perfect … future of have.
Perfect continuous … Have, P.P. , to be, i n g.
An action happening … up to, or just before a point in time.
Past perfect continuous … past of have.
Present perfect continuous … present of have.
Future perfect continuous … future of have.
The Six Circles Mantra
The Six Circles Mantra is a simple framework for understanding and memorising the six persons and the different kinds of pronouns.
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First person, second person, third person singular
First person, second person, third person plural
I, you, he/she/it
We, you, they
Me, you, him/her/it
Us, you/them
To me, to you, to him/to her/to it
To us, to you, to them
My car, your car, his car/her car/its car
Our car, your car, their car
It’s mine, it’s yours, its his/its hers/-
It’s ours, it’s yours, it’s theirs
I love myself, you love your self, he loves himself/she loves herself/it loves itself
We love ourselves, you love yourselves, they love themselves