The Matrix Verb System
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Verb Tenses Practice Videos
Verb Tenses Practice Audios
MVS - The Book of Situations
Every language uses verb tenses its own way but the situations of life that we describe exist independently of the language used to describe them.
Study the Book of Situations to think like a novelist or a movie director and understand which verb tenses we use to describe the actions, states and situations that occur in the past, the present and the future on THE LINE OF TIME!
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MVS - Situation Cards Templates
MVS Mantras
The Verb Mantra
Simple… Easy.
Past simple… All the same.
Present simple… He/she/it – S.
Future simple… All the same.
Continuous… To be, i n g.
An action happening… at a point in time.
Past continuous… past of to be.
Present continuous… present of to be.
Future continuous… future of to be.
Perfect… Have, P.P.
An action completed… before a point in time.
Past perfect… past of have.
Present perfect… present of have.
Future perfect… future of have.
Perfect continuous… Have, P.P. , to be, i n g.
An action happening… up to, or just before a point in time.
Past perfect continuous… past of have.
Present perfect continuous… present of have.
Future perfect continuous… future of have.
MVS - The Six Circles Mantra
First person, second person, third person singular
First person, second person, third person plural
I, you, he/she/it
We, you, they
Me, you, him/her/it
Us, you/them
To me, to you, to him/to her/to it
To us, to you, to them
My car, your car, his car/her car/its car
Our car, your car, their car
It’s mine, it’s yours, its his/its hers/-
It’s ours, it’s yours, it’s theirs
I love myself, you love your self, he loves himself/she loves herself/it loves itself
We love ourselves, you love yourselves, they love themselves
The Six Circles Mantra
First person, second person, third person singular
First person, second person, third person plural
I, you, he/she/it
We, you, they
Me, you, him/her/it
Us, you/them
To me, to you, to him/to her/to it
To us, to you, to them
My car, your car, his car/her car/its car
Our car, your car, their car
It’s mine, it’s yours, its his/its hers/-
It’s ours, it’s yours, it’s theirs
I love myself, you love your self, he loves himself/she loves herself/it loves itself
We love ourselves, you love yourselves, they love themselves
About the MVS - Six Circles Mantra
The Six Circles represent the Six Persons of English, and the six personal reference forms.
The Personal Reference forms are:
- Subject Pronouns
- Direct Object Pronouns
- Indirect Object Pronouns
- Possessive Adjectives
- Possessive Pronouns
- Reflexive Pronouns.
Memorise them as soon as possible so that you can use them in sentences without mistakes and continue your progress.
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