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Verb
form
Subject Example Meaning
Present Art
Environme
nt
Mathemati
cs
Science
I’m using primary colors in the still
life painting.
The climate is getting warmer.
A cube has six faces.
Warm air rises.
an action happening
now
a changing situation
a general truth
a process
Past Economics
istory
Music
Interest rates fell last year.
She had ruled for thirty years
before the revolution began.
The pianist was playing slowlywhen the !rummer
beat the
triangle lou!ly.
a "nishe! event
loo#ing bac# at an
earlier past event
an interrupte! action
Future $eography
%iteracy
&olitics
The erosion of the coast is going
to get worse.
Who are you playing in the "lm'
The constitution will change next
year.
a pre!iction from
evi!ence
a future activity
giving !e"nite
information
Modal
verbs
Economics
I(T
Environme
nt
Art
&E
Science
Mathemati
cs
Music
Environme
nt
Some employees can be
sharehol!ers.
)ou could * may * might "n! a lin#
on this website.
Some plastic will * won’t
bio!egra!e.
The painting must * can’t be
Egyptian.
We thin# the result will be a !raw.
)ou must wear goggles in the lab.
)ou have to estimate before you !o
the calculation.
)ou don’t have to stu!y music
theory.
possibility
certainty
!e!uction
pre!iction
obligation
obligation
not necessary
recommen!ation
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&eople should recycle paper+ glass
an! organic pro!ucts.
onditio
nals
Mathemati
cs
Music
Economics
istory
!f you add two o!! numbers+ the
answer is always an even number.
,obo!y will hear the choir if theorchestra
plays so lou!ly.
!f interest rates fell+ savers would
be a"ected.
!f the enemy had been defeated+
the country wouldn’t have
changed.
general rule
pre!iction
hypothesis
unreal past situation
Passive
Forms
I(T
%iteracy
$eography
Economics
,ew software is going to be * will
be installed soon.
,ew a!vertisements are being
designed to promote the play.
The roc#s were formed as a result
of volcanic activity.
An increase in pro"ts has been
announced by two global "rms.
formal+ impersonal
