Friday, November 8, 2019

Example Sentences of the Verb Bring for ESL Learners

Example Sentences of the Verb Bring for ESL Learners This page provides example sentences of the verb bring in all tenses in English. Study examples of positive and negative sentences, as well as questions. Make sure   Infinitive: To Bring Use the infinitive form to bring when combining with verbs that take infinitives as an object: She hopes to bring that up at the meeting. Base Form: bring Use the base form bring together with helping verbs in the present simple, past simple, and future simple: Do you usually bring your homework to class?They didnt bring any news of the situation.They wont bring anything to eat. Past Simple: brought Use the past simple brought in positive sentences with the past simple: Peter brought his racket last weekend.   Past Participle: brought Use the past participle brought in past, present, and future perfect forms: Hes brought a number of friends to the party. They hadnt brought anything to eat, so they went out.She will have brought enough food for everyone. Present Participle: bringing Use the present participle, or ing form, for present, past, and future continuous tenses, as well as for all perfect continuous tenses: Shes bringing the drinks tonight.Tom was bringing up the idea when she interrupted him.They have been bringing a lot of new information to the discussion. Each of these forms is used with different tenses. Bring is an irregular verb and should be memorized.   Present Simple She often brings friends to work.How often do they bring their children to work?Peter doesnt usually bring anything for lunch. Present Continuous Mary is bringing Jack to the party. Why are they bringing up that topic?We arent bringing our friends to the show.   Present Perfect I havent brought much food today.How much money have they brought to the table?She hasnt brought any homework with her. Present Perfect Continuous She has been bringing her friends along for years.How long have you been bringing up that topic?They havent been bringing much to our potluck lately. Past Simple Alice brought a new friend to the party.When did you bring that subject up with him?She didnt bring any luggage with her last weekend. Past Continuous I was bringing out the present when she burst into the room.What were you bringing up when he interrupted you?He wasnt bringing about any change when they let him go. Past Perfect The others had brought the food before they arrived.How many books had you brought to the study session?She hadnt brought up that topic until you mentioned it.   Past Perfect Continuous She had been bringing different friends to work for years before her boss told her to stop.How long had they been bringing their lunch to work before they started eating in the cafeteria?She hadnt been bringing many friends around when he asked her to stop bringing anyone.   Future (Will) Janice will bring the dessert.What will you bring to the party?She wont bring that up at the meeting.   Future (Going to) I am going to bring the drinks to the party.When are you going to bring your friends around for a visit?They arent going to bring her instrument to the concert.   Future Continuous This time next week we will be bringing about a number of changes.What will you be bringing up at the next meeting?She wont be bringing anything to eat, so were going out.   Future Perfect They will have brought enough food by six oclock.How many times will you have brought a dessert by the end of the year?We wont have brought enough steaks, so Ill go shopping. To continue learning, make sure you study other irregular verbs and practice using a variety of tenses. Continue your focus on irregular verbs and practice using a variety of tenses. Continue your focus on bring with the following quiz. Bring Quiz Use the verb bring in the correct tense in the sentences below: I __________  the cake to the party before he arrived.We  __________  the product out twenty years ago.Who  __________ the wine to the party?I think Tom  __________ his girlfriend to the party, but Im not sure.Alex always  __________  work home with him.She ______________ up the topic when he rudely interrupted.They  __________  many friends to dinner since they moved here two years ago.Susan ____________ a few friends over before I arrived.She  __________ the list right now. Dont worry.My neighbor  _______ up a few topics at the meeting last week.   Answers: had broughtbroughtwill bring/is going to bringwill bringbringswas bringinghave brought  had brought  is bringingbrought

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