Wielka gramatyka języka angielskiego

8 VERB (CZASOWNIK) Jeœli chodzi o czas przeszły i imiesłów bierny, czasowniki dzielimy na regularne i nie - regularne (patrz: The Past Simple Tense oraz The Present Perfect Tense ). Reguły pisowni dotycz¹ce tworzenia formy imiesłowu czynnego czasownika – patrz The Present Continious Tense . Czasowniki be , have , will i would maj¹ formę skrócon¹ (œci¹gnięt¹ – contracted form): be I am I'm You are You're He is He's have I have I've He has He's I had I'd will I will I'll would I would I'd Czasowniki posiłkowe be , have , will , would , shall , should , do w formie przecz¹cej maj¹ następuj¹ce formy skrócone (œci¹gnięte): be I am not I'm not He is not He isn't You are not You aren't have I have not I haven't He has not He hasn't I had not I hadn’t will I will not I won't shall I shall not I shan't do I do not I don't He does not He doesn’t I did not I didn't would I would not I wouldn't should I should not I shouldn't Pytania tworzymy umieszczaj¹c słówko posiłkowe przed podmiotem. I have had breakfast.  Have you had breakfast? Reguła ta nie dotyczy:  pytañ o podmiot Who did it?  (Kto to zrobił?) What happened?  (Co się stało?)  mowy zale¿nej He asked where they had gone.  (Spytał, dok¹d poszli.)