IELTS Scout Unit 4

Negative: Add 'DID NOT' for actions: "I did not (didn't) decide to go."

Questions: The word order changes for states: Are you good at sports?

We add 'DO' for actions: Do you study French?

Negative: Add 'DO NOT' for actions (I do not/don't study French.)

We use this to talk about an action completed in the past: I. decided to go . . .

We use this talk about habits and things people do regularly: I go to French lessons twice a week.

Negative: Add 'NOT' for states: Seville was not very nice.

Questions: We add 'DID' for actions (Did you decide to go?)

We use this for past states that may or may not still be true: Seville was very nice (when I visited it). 

Note: For regular verbs, the third person (he/ she/ it) changes from the infinitive form to -s or -(i)es. There are more changes for irregular verbs.

Questions: The word order changes for states: Was Seville nice?

We use this to talk about states in the present: I'm (not) good at sports.

Note: For regular verbs, there is no change to the infinitive form for the past simple. However, there are changes for irregular verbs.

Negative: add 'NOT' for states (I'm not good at sports.)