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ENGLISH GRAMMAR IN USE 🇺🇸
1 Present and past
1 Present continuous (I am doing) 2 Present simple (I do) 3 Present continuous and present simple 1 (I am doing and I do) 4 Present continuous and present simple 2 (I am doing and I do) 5 Past simple (I did) 6 Past continuous (I was doing)
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2 Present perfect and past
7 Present perfect 1 (I have done) 8 Present perfect 2 (I have done) 9 Present perfect continuous (I have been doing) 10 Present perfect continuous and simple (I have been doing and I have done) 11 how long have you (been) … ? 12 for and since when … ? and how long … ? 13 Present perfect and past 1 (I have done and I did) 14 Present perfect and past 2 (I have done and I did) 15 Past perfect (I had done) 16 Past perfect continuous (I had been doing) 17 have and have got 18 used to (do)
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3 Future
19 Present tenses (I am doing / I do) for the future 20 I’m going to (do) 21 will and shall 1 22 will and shall 2 23 I will and I’m going to 24 will be doing and will have done 25 when I do and when I’ve done if and when
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4 Modals
26 can, could and (be) able to 27 could (do) and could have (done) 28 must and can’t 29 may and might 1 30 may and might 2 31 have to and must 32 must mustn’t needn’t 33 should 1 34 should 2 35 I’d better … it’s time … 36 would 37 can/could/would you … ? etc. (Requests, offers, permission and invitations)
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9 -ing and to …
53 Verb + -ing (enjoy doing / stop doing etc.) 54 Verb + to … (decide to … / forget to … etc.) 55 Verb (+ object) + to … (I want you to …) 56 Verb + -ing or to … 1 (remember, regret etc.) 57 Verb + -ing or to … 2 (try, need, help) 58 Verb + -ing or to … 3 (like / would like etc.) 59 prefer and would rather 60 Preposition (in/for/about etc.) + -ing 61 be/get used to … (I’m used to …) 62 Verb + preposition + -ing (succeed in -ing / insist on -ing etc.) 63 there’s no point in -ing, it’s worth -ing etc. 64 to … , for … and so that … 65 Adjective + to … 66 to … (afraid to do) and preposition + -ing (afraid of -ing) 67 see somebody do and see somebody doing 68 -ing clauses (He hurt his knee playing football.)
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11 Pronouns and determiners
82 myself/yourself/themselves etc. 83 a friend of mine my own house on my own / by myself 84 there … and it … 85 some and any 86 no/none/any nothing/nobody etc. 87 much, many, little, few, a lot, plenty 88 all / all of most / most of no / none of etc. 89 both / both of neither / neither of either / either of 90 all every whole 91 each and every
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12 Relative clauses
92 Relative clauses 1: clauses with who/that/which 93 Relative clauses 2: clauses with and without who/that/which 94 Relative clauses 3: whose/whom/where 95 Relative clauses 4: extra information clauses (1) 96 Relative clauses 5: extra information clauses (2) 97 -ing and -ed clauses (the woman talking to Tom, the boy injured in the accident)
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13 Adjectives and adverbs (copy)
98 Adjectives ending in -ing and -ed (boring/bored etc.) 99 Adjectives: a nice new house, you look tired 100 Adjectives and adverbs 1 (quick/quickly) 101 Adjectives and adverbs 2 (well, fast, late, hard/hardly) 102 so and such 103 enough and too 104 quite, pretty, rather and fairly 105 Comparative 1 (cheaper, more expensive etc.) 106 Comparative 2 (much better / any better etc.) 107 Comparative 3 (as … as / than) 108 Superlative (the longest, the most enjoyable etc.) 109 Word order 1: verb + object; place and time 110 Word order 2: adverbs with the verb 111 still any more yet already 112 even
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13 Adjectives and adverbs
98 Adjectives ending in -ing and -ed (boring/bored etc.) 99 Adjectives: a nice new house, you look tired 100 Adjectives and adverbs 1 (quick/quickly) 101 Adjectives and adverbs 2 (well, fast, late, hard/hardly) 102 so and such 103 enough and too 104 quite, pretty, rather and fairly 105 Comparative 1 (cheaper, more expensive etc.) 106 Comparative 2 (much better / any better etc.) 107 Comparative 3 (as … as / than) 108 Superlative (the longest, the most enjoyable etc.) 109 Word order 1: verb + object; place and time 110 Word order 2: adverbs with the verb 111 still any more yet already 112 even
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14 Conjunctions and prepositions
113 although though even though in spite of despite 114 in case 115 unless as long as provided 116 as (as I walked … / as I was … etc.) 117 like and as 118 like as if 119 during for while 120 by and until by the time …
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15 Prepositions
121 at/on/in (time) 122 on time and in time at the end and in the end 123 in/at/on (position) 1 124 in/at/on (position) 2 125 in/at/on (position) 3 126 to, at, in and into 127 in/on/at (other uses) 128 by 129 Noun + preposition (reason for, cause of etc.) 130 Adjective + preposition 1 131 Adjective + preposition 2 132 Verb + preposition 1 to and at 133 Verb + preposition 2 about/for/of/after 134 Verb + preposition 3 about and of 135 Verb + preposition 4 of/for/from/on 136 Verb + preposition 5 in/into/with/to/on
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16 Phrasal verbs
137 Phrasal verbs 1 Introduction 138 Phrasal verbs 2 in/out 139 Phrasal verbs 3 out 140 Phrasal verbs 4 on/off (1) 141 Phrasal verbs 5 on/off (2) 142 Phrasal verbs 6 up/down 143 Phrasal verbs 7 up (1) 144 Phrasal verbs 8 up (2) 145 Phrasal verbs 9 away/back
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Prepositions
121 at/on/in (time) 122 on time and in time at the end and in the end 123 in/at/on (position) 1 124 in/at/on (position) 2 125 in/at/on (position) 3 126 to, at, in and into 127 in/on/at (other uses) 128 by 129 Noun + preposition (reason for, cause of etc.) 130 Adjective + preposition 1 131 Adjective + preposition 2 132 Verb + preposition 1 to and at 133 Verb + preposition 2 about/for/of/after 134 Verb + preposition 3 about and of 135 Verb + preposition 4 of/for/from/on 136 Verb + preposition 5 in/into/with/to/on
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Phrasal verbs
137 Phrasal verbs 1 Introduction 138 Phrasal verbs 2 in/out 139 Phrasal verbs 3 out 140 Phrasal verbs 4 on/off (1) 141 Phrasal verbs 5 on/off (2) 142 Phrasal verbs 6 up/down 143 Phrasal verbs 7 up (1) 144 Phrasal verbs 8 up (2) 145 Phrasal verbs 9 away/back
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Irregular Verbs
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Unit 15: Past Perfect (I had done)


A. Що таке Past Perfect?

Past Perfect використовується для опису подій, які сталися до певного моменту в минулому.

1. Формула Past Perfect

Особа Форма
I / we / you / they had + past participle (I had gone)
He / she / it had + past participle (He had seen)

2. Приклад ситуації

  • Sarah and Paul went to the same party last week, but they didn’t see each other. Paul left the party at 10:30, and Sarah arrived at 11:00.
    (Сара і Пол були на одній вечірці минулого тижня, але вони не побачилися. Пол пішов о 10:30, а Сара приїхала об 11:00.)

Результат:

  • When Sarah arrived at the party, Paul wasn’t there. He had gone home.
    (Коли Сара приїхала на вечірку, Пола там не було. Він уже пішов додому.)

Пояснення:
had gone — це Past Perfect, тому що подія (Пол пішов) сталася до іншої події в минулому (Сара приїхала).


B. Коли використовувати Past Perfect

1. Щоб описати події, які сталися до іншої події в минулому

Приклади:

  • When we got home last night, we found that somebody had broken into the flat.
    (Коли ми повернулися додому вчора ввечері, ми виявили, що хтось зламав квартиру.)
  • Karen didn’t come to the cinema with us. She’d already seen the movie.
    (Керін не пішла з нами в кіно. Вона вже бачила цей фільм.)
  • At first, I thought I’d done the right thing, but I soon realised I’d made a big mistake.
    (Спочатку я думав(-ла), що зробив(-ла) правильно, але потім зрозумів(-ла), що припустив(-ла)ся великої помилки.)

2. Заперечення в Past Perfect

Приклади:

  • The people sitting next to me on the plane were nervous. They hadn’t flown before.
    (Люди, які сиділи поруч зі мною в літаку, нервували. Вони ніколи раніше не літали.)
  • I wasn’t sure who she was. I’d never met her before.
    (Я не був(-ла) впевнений(-а), хто вона. Я ніколи раніше її не зустрічав(-ла).)

C. Порівняння Present Perfect і Past Perfect

Present Perfect Past Perfect
Використовується для подій, які мають зв’язок із теперішнім. Використовується для подій, які сталися до іншої події в минулому.
I’ve seen her before, but I can’t remember where. I’d seen her before, but I couldn’t remember where.
We aren’t hungry. We’ve just had lunch. We weren’t hungry. We’d just had lunch.
The house is dirty. They haven’t cleaned it for weeks. The house was dirty. They hadn’t cleaned it for weeks.

D. Порівняння Past Simple і Past Perfect

Past Simple Past Perfect
Використовується для опису подій, що сталися в певний момент у минулому. Використовується, щоб показати, що подія сталася раніше за іншу подію в минулому.
Was Tom there when you arrived? Yes, but he left soon afterwards. Was Tom there when you arrived? No, he’d already left.
Kate wasn’t at home when I phoned. She was at her mother’s house. Kate had just got home when I phoned. She’d been at her mother’s house.

E. Таблиця для швидкого розуміння

Ситуація Приклад
Подія до іншої події When Sarah arrived, Paul had already left. (Коли Сара приїхала, Пол уже пішов.)
Щось сталося до того, як щось інше сталося I’d locked the door before I left. (Я замкнув(-ла) двері, перш ніж піти.)
Заперечення в минулому They hadn’t seen the movie before. (Вони не бачили цього фільму раніше.)

F. Глосарій ключових термінів

Термін Пояснення українською
Past Perfect Час, який описує події, що сталися до іншої події в минулому (I had done).
Past Simple Час, що описує події, які сталися в конкретний момент у минулому (I did).
Had + Past Participle Формула Past Perfect (I had gone, you had seen).
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