Study this example:
A: What time will you call me tonight?
B: I’ll call you when I get home from work.
“I’ll call you when I get home from work” is a sentence with two parts: “I’ll call you” (the main part) and “when I get home from work” (the when part). The sen tence is future (tonight), but you cannot use will or going to in the when part of the sentence. Instead we use a present tense, usually simple present (I do).
•I can’t talk to you now. I’ll talk to you later when I have more time. (not when I’ll have)
• When the rain stops, we’ll go out. (not when the rain will stop)
The same thing happens after:
while after before until/till as soon as
•Can you take care of the children while I am out? (not will be)
• Before you leave, you must visit the museum. (not will leave)
• Wait here untill I come back. (not will come)
You can also use the present perfect (I have done) after when/after/until, etc., to shos that the first action will be finished before the second:
•After I’ve read this hook, you can have it.
• Don’t say anything while Tom is here. Wait until he has gone.
It is often possible to use either the simple present or the present perfect:
• I’ll come as soon as I finish, or I’ll come as soon as I’ve finished.
• You’ll feel better when you have something to eat. or You’ll feel better when you’ve had something to eat.
After if we also use the simple present (I do) for the future:
• It’s raining. We’ll get wet if we go out. (not if we will go)
• Hurry up! If we don’t hurry, we’ll he late. (not if we won’t hurry)
Be careful not to confuse when and if. Use when for things that are sure to happen:
I’m going shopping this afternoon. When I go shopping, I’ll buy some food.
Study this example situation:
Tom wants to call Sue, but he can’t because he doesn’t know her telephone number.
He says:
If I knew her number, I would call her.
Tom says “If I knew her number…" This tells us that he doesn’t know her number.
He is imagining the situation. The real situation is that he doesn’t know her number.
When you imagine a situation like this, you use a past tense form (“I did / I had /1 knew,” etc.) after if. But the meaning is present, not past:
• Tom would travel if he had more money. (but he doesn’t have much money)
• If I didn’t want to go, I wouldn’t. (but I want to go)
• We wouldn’t have any money if we didn’t work. (but we work)
We also use the past for a present situation after wish. We use wish to say that we regret something, that something is not as we would like it to be:
• I wish I knew Sue’s telephone number. (I don’t know it.)
•Do you ever wish you could fly? (You can’t fly.)
•I wish it didn’t rain so much in this city. (It rains a lot.)
It’s crowded here. I wish there weren’t so many people. (There are a lot of people.)
•I wish I didn’t have to work. (I have to work.)
In if sentences and after wish we use were instead of was:
• If I were you, I wouldn’t buy that coat. (hut I am not you)
• I’d go out if it weren’t raining. (but it is raining)
• I wish my room were larger. (but it isn’t very large)
Do not use would in the if part of the sentence or after wish:
• If I were rich, I would buy a castle. (not if I would be rich)
• I wish I were taller. (not I wish I would he taller.)
But sometimes I wish. . . would.. . is possible.
You're My Heart, You're My Soul
Deep in my heart - there's a fire - a burning heart
Deep in my heart - there's desire - for a start
I'm dying in emotion
It's my world in fantasy
I'm living in my, living in my dreams
You're my heart, you're my soul
I'll keep it shining everywhere I go
You're my heart, you're my soul
I'll be holding you forever
Stay with you together
Your my heart, you're my soul
Yeah, I'm feeling that our love will grow
You're my heart, you're my soul
That's the only thing I really know
Let's close the door and believe my burning heart
Feeling alright come on open up your heart
Keep the candles burning
Let your body melt in mine
I'm living in my, living in my dreams
You're my heart, you're my soul
I'll keep it shining everywhere I go
You're my heart, you're my soul
I'll be holding you forever
Stay with you together
Your my heart, you're my soul
Yeah, I'm feeling that our love will grow
You're my heart, you're my soul
That's the only thing I really know
You're my heart, you're my soul
I'll keep it shining everywhere I go
You're my heart, you're my soul
I'll be holding you forever
Stay with you together
Your my heart, you're my soul
Yeah, I'm feeling that our love will grow
You're my heart, you're my soul
That's the only thing I really know
If and wish sentences (past)
Study this example situation: این مثال را بخوانید
Last month Ann was sick. Tom didn’t know this, and he didn’t go to see her. They met again after Ann got better. Tom said:
If I had known that you were sick, I would have gone to see you.
The real situation was that Tom didn’t know Ann was sick. So he says if I had known... When you are talking about the past, you use the past perfect (I had done/I had been/I had known, etc.) after if.
• If I had seen you when you passed me in the street, I would have said hello. (but I didn’t see you)
• I would have gone out if I hadn’t been so tired. (but I was too tired)
• If he had been looking where he was going, he wouldn’t have walked into the wall. (but he wasn’t looking)
Do not use would (have) in the If part of the sentence:
• If I had seen you, I would have said hello (not it I would have seen)
• If I’d seen (= had seen) you, I’d have said (= would have said) hello.
Use the past perfect (I had done) after wish when you say that you regret something
Happened or didn’t happen in the past: بعد از wish ماضی بعید استفاده کنید برای بیان چیزی که در گذشته اتفاق نیفتاده است و یا اتفاق افتاده و شما برای اینکه اتفاق نیفتاده ناراحت هستید.
• I wish I had known that Ann was sick. I would have gone to see her. (I didn’t know that she was sick.)
• I feel sick. I wish I hadn’t eaten so much. (I ate too much.)
• Do you wish you had studied science instead of languages? (You didn’t study science.)
• The weather was terrible. I wish it had been warmer. (It wasn’t warm.)
You cannot use would have after wish:
• I wish it had been warmer. (Not would have been)
Might have and could have are possible instead of would have:
• If we’d played better, we might have won. (= perhaps we would have won)
• We could have gone out if the weather hadn’t been so had. (= we would have been able to go out)
Base Form |
Past Simple |
Past Participle |
awake |
awoke |
awoken |
be |
was, were |
been |
beat |
beat |
beaten |
become |
became |
become |
begin |
began |
begun |
bend |
bent |
bent |
bet |
bet |
bet |
bid |
bid |
bid |
bite |
bit |
bitten |
blow |
blew |
blown |
break |
broke |
broken |
bring |
brought |
brought |
broadcast |
broadcast |
broadcast |
build |
built |
built |
burn |
burned/burnt |
burned/burnt |
buy |
bought |
bought |
catch |
caught |
caught |
choose |
chose |
chosen |
come |
came |
come |
cost |
cost |
cost |
cut |
cut |
cut |
Dave: Have you traveled a lot?
Jane: yes, I’ve been to 47 different countries.
Dave: Really? Have you ever been to
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Here are some of the main differences in vocabulary between British and North American English.
British | Canadian | American |
anywhere | anywhere | anyplace |
autumn | autumn/fall | fall |
barrister | lawyer | attorney |
beeper, pager | pager | beeper |
bill (restaurant) | bill | check |
biscuit | cookie | cookie |
block of flats | apartment block | apartment building |
bonnet | hood | hood |
boot (of car) | trunk (of car) | trunk (of automobile) |
car | car | automobile |
caravan | trailer | trailer |
chemist | drugstore | drugstore |
chest of drawers | dresser | bureau |
chips | French fries/chips | French fries |
chocolate bar | chocolate bar | candy bar |
the cinema | movies | the movies |
clothes peg | clothes peg | clothespin |
coffin | coffin | casket |
condom | condom | rubber |
crisps | potato chips | potato chips |
crossroads | intersection | intersection |
cupboard | cupboard | closet |
cutlery | cutlery | silverware |
diversion | diversion, detour | detour |
drawing-pin | thumbtack | thumbtack |
driving licence | driver's licence | driver's license |
dummy (for babies) | soother | pacifier |
dustbin | garbage can, trash can | ashcan, garbage can, trashcan |
dustman | garbageman | garbage collector |
engine | engine | motor |
estate agent | real estate agent | realtor |
film | movie | movie |
flat | apartment | apartment |
flat tyre | flat tire | flat |
flyover | overpass | overpass |
galoshes | galoshes | toe rubbers |
gear-lever | gearshift | gearshift |
Girl Guide | Girl Guide | Girl Scout |
ground floor | ground floor, main floor | first floor |
handbag | handbag | purse |
holiday | holiday | vacation |
jam | jam | jelly |
jeans | jeans | blue jeans |
jug | jug | pitcher |
lift | elevator | elevator |
lorry | truck | truck |
luggage | luggage | baggage |
mad | crazy | crazy |
main road | main road, main thoroughfare | highway |
maize | corn | corn |
maths | math | math |
mobile (phone) | cellular phone | cellular |
motorbike | motorbike, motorcycle | motorcycle |
motorway | highway, thoroughfare | freeway, expressway |
motorway | freeway | freeway |
napkin | serviette, table napkin | napkin |
nappy | diaper | diaper |
naughts and crosses | tick-tack-toe | tic-tack-toe |
pants | shorts | shorts |
pavement | sidewalk, pavement | sidewalk |
petrol | gas, gasoline | gas, gasoline |
The Plough | Big Dipper | Big Dipper |
pocket money | pocket money | allowance |
post | mail, post | |
postbox | mailbox, post-box | mailbox |
postcode | postal code | zip code |
postman | mailman, letter carrier | mailman |
pub | bar, pub | bar |
public toilet | bathroom | rest room |
puncture | flat | flat |
railway | railway | railroad |
return (ticket) | return | round-trip |
reverse charge | collect call, reverse the charges | call collect |
ring road | ring road | beltway |
road surface | road surface, asphalt | pavement |
roundabout | roundabout | traffic circle |
rubber | eraser | eraser |
rubbish | garbage, trash, refuse | garbage, trash |
rubbish-bin | garbage can, trashcan | garbage can, trashcan |
saloon (car) | sedan (car) | sedan (automobile) |
shop | shop, store | store |
single (ticket) | one-way (ticket) | one-way |
solicitor | lawyer | attorney |
somewhere | somewhere | someplace |
spanner | wrench | wrench |
spirits | spirits | hard liquor |
sweets | candy, sweets | candy |
tap (indoors) | tap (indoors) | faucet |
tap (outdoors) | tap (outdoors) | spigot |
taxi | taxi | cab |
tea-towel | dish-towel | dish-towel |
telly, TV | TV | TV |
third-party insurance | third-party insurance | liability insurance |
timetable | schedule | schedule |
tin | tin can | can |
toll motorway | toll highway | turnpike |
torch | flashlight | flashlight |
trousers | pants | pants |
tube (train) | subway, metro | subway |
underground (train) | subway, metro | subway |
underpants | shorts | shorts |
van | truck | truck |
vest | undershirt | undershirt |
waistcoat | vest | vest |
wallet | wallet | billfold |
wellington boots | rubber boots | rubbers |
whisky | whisky, scotch | whiskey, scotch |
windscreen | windshield | windshield |
zip | zipper | zipper |