Utter below speech initiators 4-5 times aloud. 

Group 1:

I have.

I haven’t.

I had.

I hadn’t.

I have a.

I haven’t a.

I had a.

I hadn’t a.

I have got a.

I haven’t got a.

I have to.

I had to.

I have got to.

I have been.

I haven’t been.

I had been.

I hadn’t been.

I have been the.

I haven’t been the.

I had been the.

I hadn’t been the.

I have been able to.

I haven’t been able to.

I had been able to.

I hadn’t been able to.

Group 2:

I don’t.

I didn’t.

I don’t have to.

I didn’t have to.

I don’t have an.

I didn’t have an.

Note: Repeat the exercise with the word groups in Group 1 and Group 2 by substituting for the word ‘I’ – (i) first ‘We’, (ii) then ‘They’ and (iii) then ‘You’. That is utter the word group in these two groups first by using ‘We’ in place of ‘I’, then by using ‘They’ in place of ‘I’ and then by using ‘You’ in place of ‘I’.

Group 3:

He has.

He hasn’t.

He had.

He hadn’t.

He has a.

He hasn’t a.

He had a.

He hadn’t.

He has got a.

He hasn’t got a.

He has to.

He has got to.

He had to.

He has been.

He hasn’t been.

He had been.

He hadn’t been.

He has been the.

He hasn’t been the.

He had been the.

He hadn’t been the.

He has been able to.

He hasn’t been able to.

He had been able to.

He hadn’t been able to.

Group 4:

He is.

He isn’t.

He is an.

He isn’t an.

He was.

He wasn’t.

He was a.

He wasn’t a.

He was the.

He wasn’t the.

He is to.

He isn’t to.

He was to.

He wasn’t to.

He is able to.

He isn’t able to.

He was able to.

He wasn’t able to.

He is going to.

He isn’t going to.

He was going to.

He wasn’t going to.

He is going to be a.

He isn’t going to be the.

He is going to be.

He isn’t going to be.

Group 5:

He doesn’t.

He didn’t.

He doesn’t have to.

He didn’t have to.

He doesn’t have a.

He didn’t have the.

Note: Repeat the exercise with the word groups in groups 3, 4 & 5 by substituting for word ‘He’ (i)‘She’ and then (ii) ‘It’.

Group 6:

I am.

I am not.

I am a.

I am not a.

I was.

I wasn’t.

I was an.

I wasn’t the.

I am to.

I am not to.

I was to.

I was not to.

I am able to.

I am not able to.

I was able to.

I wasn’t able to.

I am going to.

I wasn’t going to.

I am going to be an.

I am not going to be a.

I am going to be.

I am not going to be.

Group 7:

We are.

We aren’t.

We are the.

We are not the.

We were.

We weren’t.

We were the.

We were not the.

We are to.

We are not to.

We were to.

We were not to.

We are able to.

We are not able to.

We were able to.

We weren’t able to.

We are going to.

We are not going to.

We were going to.

We weren’t going to.

We are going to be the.

We aren’t going to be the.

We are going to be.

We aren’t going to be.

Note: Repeat the exercise first by substituting the word ‘They’ for the word ‘We’. That is, say. ‘They are’, ‘They aren’t’, ‘They are the’ etc. several times. Thereafter, repeat the exercise by substituting ‘You’ for ‘We’.

Group 8:

I can.

I can’t.

I could.

I couldn’t.

I can’t have.

I could have.

I couldn’t have.

I can be.

I can’t be.

I can be the.

I can’t be the.

I can’t have been.

I could have been.

I couldn’t have been.

I can’t have been the.

I couldn’t have been the.

Group 9:

I may.

I may not.

I might.

I might not.

I may have.

I may not have.

I may be.

I may not be.

I may have been.

I may not have been.

I may be the.

I may not be the.

I may have been the.

I may not have been the.

I may have been able to.

I may not have been able to.

Group 10:

I must.

I mustn’t.

I must have.

I mustn’t have.

I must be.

I mustn’t be.

I must have been.

I mustn’t have been.

I must be the.

I mustn’t be the.

I must have been the.

I mustn’t have been the.

I must have been able to.

I mustn’t have been able to.

Group 11:

I needn’t.

I needn’t have.

I needn’t be.

I needn’t have been.

I needn’t be the.

I needn’t have been the.

I needn’t have been able to.

Group 12:

I ought to.

I oughtn’t to.

I ought to have.

I oughtn’t to have.

I ought to be.

I oughtn’t to be.

I ought to have been.

I oughtn’t to have been.

I ought to be the.

I oughtn’t to be the.

I ought to have been the.

I oughtn’t to have been the.

I ought to be able to.

I oughtn’t to be able to.

Group 13:

I should.

I shouldn’t.

I should have.

I shouldn’t have.

I should be.

I shouldn’t be.

I should have been.

I shouldn’t have been.

I should be the.

I shouldn’t be the.

I should have been the.

I shouldn’t have been the.

I should be able to.

I shouldn’t be able to.

Group 14:

I used to.

I didn’t used to.

I never used to.

Group 15:

I had better.

I had better not.

Note: Repeat the exercise with the word groups in Group 8 to 15 by substituting for the word ‘I’ (i) ‘He’, (ii) then ‘She’, (iii) then ‘It’, (iv) then ‘We’, (v) then ‘They’ and (vi) then ‘You’.

Group 16:

I shall.

I shan’t.

I’ll.

I won’t.

I would.

I wouldn’t.

I shall have.

I shan’t have.

I’ll have.

I won’t have.

I’d have.

I wouldn’t have.

I shall be.

I shan’t be.

I’ll be.

I won’t be.

I’d be.

I wouldn’t be.

I shall be the.

I’ll be the.

I won’t be the.

I’d be the.

I wouldn’t be the.

I’ll have been.

I won’t have been.

I’d have been.

I wouldn’t have been.

I’ll be able to.

I won’t be able to.

I’d be able to.

I wouldn’t be able to.

Group 17:

I should like to.

I shouldn’t like to.

I’d like to.

I wouldn’t like to.

I’d have liked to.

I wouldn’t have liked to.

Note: Repeat the exercise with the word groups in groups 16 and 17 by using ‘We’ in place of ‘I’.

Group 18:

He will.

He won’t.

He would.

He wouldn’t.

He’ll have.

He won’t have.

He’d have.

He wouldn’t have.

He’ll be.

He won’t be.

He’d be.

He wouldn’t be.

He’ll have been.

He won’t have been.

He’d have been.

He wouldn’t have been.

He’ll be able to.

He wouldn’t be able to.

He’d be able to.

He wouldn’t be able to.

Group 19:

He’d like to.

He wouldn’t like to.

He’d have liked to.

Note: Repeat the exercise with the word groups in Groups 18 and 19 by substituting for ‘He’ – (i) first the word ‘She’, (ii) then ‘It’, (iii) then ‘They’ and (iv) then ‘You’.

Group 20:

There is.

There is a.

There is no

there are.

There are no.

There was.

There was a.

There was no.

There were.

There were no.

There isn’t.

There aren’t.

There wasn’t.

There weren’t.

There has been.

There hasn’t been.

There have been.

There haven’t been.

There had been.

There hadn’t been.

There has been no.

There have been no.

There had been no.

There’ll be.

There won’t be.

There’d be.

There wouldn’t be.

There’ll be no.

There’d be no.

There can be.

There can’t be.

There could be.

There couldn’t be.

There can be no

There could be no

There may be.

There may not be.

There might be.

There might not be.

There may be no.

There might be no.

There must be.

There mustn’t be.

There must be no.

There ought to be.

There oughtn’t to be.

There ought to be no.

There can’t have been.

There could have been.

They couldn’t have been.

They could have been no.

There may have been.

They may not have been.

There might have been.

There might not have been.

There may have been no.

There might have been no.

There must have been.

There mustn’t have been.

There must have been no.

There ought to have been.

There oughtn’t to have been.

There ought to have been no.

There is going to be.

There isn’t going to be.

There are going to be.

There aren’t going to be.

There was going to be.

There wasn’t going to be.

There were going to be.

There weren’t going to be.

There is going to be no.

There are going to be no.

There was going to be no.

There were going to be no.

There seems

There appears.

There remains.

Note: Don’t worry about when to use each of these initiators or where. At present, pay attention only to uttering each word group ALOUD – several times.