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 The 1990s

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Events during the 1990s

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Grammar

Regular VerbsBase formWant, study, hat, ry, !lay

 "im!le !ast formWanted, studied, hatted,

!layed

#rregular Verbs Base formRead, $nd, meet, ome,thin%"im!le !ast formRead, found, met, thought

Walter &ants a ne& ar'Walter &anted a ne& ar'Walter didn(t &ant  a ne&ar'

)id Walter &ant a ne& ar* +es, he did'o, he didn(t'

 -essia reads a boo% everyday'

 -essia read a boo%yesterday'

 -essia didn(t read a boo%')id -essia read a boo%yesterday* +es, she did'o, she didn(t'

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Verb be / resent# → Am / ‘m not

 +ouWe re aren(t They3e"he #s isn(t

#t

Verb be / ast#

3e"he Was Wasn(t#t

 +ouWe Were Weren(t 

 They

# am a student'We are teenagers'We aren(t teenagers'

"he is si%'m # a student*

 +es, # am' o, #(m not'#s she si%* +es, she is'o, she isn(t'

# &as a student'We &ere teenagers'We &eren(t teenagers'

"he &asn(t si%'Was # a student*

 +es, # &as' o, # &asn(t'Was  she si%* +es, she&as'o, she &asn(t' 4

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ast rogressive#

3e"he Was &asn(t  5 verb /ing 3e &as studying "iene'#t

 +ou

We Were &eren(t 5 verb /ing We &ere eating !i66a'

 They

7rmativeBoris &as &athing  TV&hen the tele!hone rang'ast !rogressive "im!le !ast 

egativeany &asn(t ta%ing  asho&er  &hen  someonebro%e the &indo&'ast !rogressive 

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)e!endent and #nde!endent lausesWhile  -essia &as slee!ing,  someone too%  her

!urse'ast !rogressive  sim!le !ast 

)e!endent lause #nde!endent lause

#t doesn(t have meaning #t has meaning byitself

When the de!endent lause begins the sentene,it re:uires a omma right after it' 3o&ever, if theinde!endent lause begins the sentene, there isno need for a omma'

"omeone  too%  -essia(s !urse &hile  she &asslee!ing'

E;am!les1' Gre &as &al%in  in the ar% &hen she met her

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ronoun RefereneWhen they !ublished the last 3arry otter boo%, ourloal store had a big !arty &ith s!eial food andgames' # &ent there &ith some friends' We dressedu! as haraters in the boo%s and got !ri6es' Thene;t &ee% our !iture &as in the loal ne&s!a!er /you an see it here> They started selling the boo% at

midnight and everyone started reading it immediately'

!ronoun is a &ord that refers to a noun or a noun!hrase already mentioned'

 There ? loal storeWe ? # and some friends ? &e @ourAur ? from the !revious C&eD used before#t ? !iture

#t ? the boo%

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