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PRESENT TENSE BE
The verb BE has three forms: AM, IS, ARE, which we have to use according to the pronoun or subject.BE TO
Occupations Nouns Adjectives Places
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AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES
Subject I You He She It We They Verb Form AM ARE IS IS IS ARE ARE Example I am a teacher. You are a student. He is in the lab. She is my sister. It is a city. We are friends. They are doctors.
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NEGATIVE SENTENCES
You can make negative sentences similar to the sentences before. The only different is to add NOT after am, is, are, as you can see in the following chart.
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NEGATIVE SENTENCES
I am not I`m not
He She It
We You They
is not
He`s not = He isnt Shes not = She isnt Its not = It isnt
Were not = We arent Youre not = You arent Theyre not = They arent
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are not
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YES / NO QUESTIONS
In English we have to kind of questions: Yes/No questions and Wh-questions. The Yes / No Questions are called that because the answers always start with Yes or No Remember to answer Yes/No questions you have to pay attention to the subject.
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YES / NO QUESTIONS
Affirmative Statement: Yes / No question: Short Answers: Full /Complete Answers: Affirmative Statement: Yes / No question: Short Answers: Full /Complete Answers: John and Peter are students. Are John and Peter students? Yes, they are / No, they arent Yes, they are students. / No they are not students. Mary is tall and thin. Is Mary tall and thin? Yes, she is / No, she isnt Yes, she is tall and thin. / No, she is not tall and thin 7
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WH - QUESTIONS
The wh-questions look for information accoding to the question word. In this kind of questions you never answer Yes or No, because they are asking for some information. The answer is a statement with the information according to the question word.
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WH - QUESTIONS
Wh-word What Information about Things Name Occupations Activities People Places State Form / manner Example What is this? It is a book. What is your name? Roberth. What do you do? I am a driver. What is he doing? Hes working Who is the director of the school? Carlos Samaniego. Where is he? In the house. How are you? I am sad. How is Loja? It is small.
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REVIEW
Statement I am a teacher. You are a student. He is in the lab. She is my sister. It is a city. Negative Statements I am not a teacher. You are not a student. He is not in the lab. She is not my sister. It is not a city. Yes/No Question Am I a teacher? Are you a student? Is he in the lab? Is she my sister? Is it a city? Short Answers Yes, you are / No, you are not Yes, I am / No, I am not Yes, he is / No, he is not Yes, she is / No, she is not Yes, it is / No, it is not Yes, we are / No, we are not Yes, they are / No they 10 are not
We are friends.
They are doctors.
Are we friends?
Are they doctors?
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DEMONSTRATIVES
We use THIS / THESE when the objects are near to the speaker.
This is a blackboard
THIS +Singular Nouns
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DEMONSTRATIVES
We use THAT / THOSE when the objects are far from the speakers.
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DEMONSTRATIVES
Questions What is that? That is an airplane. Is that a bird? No, it is an airplane. What are those? Those are books Are those books? Yes, they are books.
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PLURAL NOUNS
Noun ending s, x, ch or sh Forming the plural Add -es Examples boss - bosses tax - taxes bush - bushes fly - flies try - tries curry curries
consonant + y
most others
Add -s
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IRREGULAR PLURAL
Noun type Ends with -fe Forming the plural Change f to v then Add s Change f to v then Add es Add es Examples knife - knives life - lives wife - wives half - halves wolf - wolves loaf - loaves potato - potatoes tomato - tomatoes volcano 15 volcanoes
Ends with f
Ends with - o
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IRREGULAR PLURAL
Noun type ALL KINDS Forming the plural Change the vowel or Change the word or Add a different ending Singular and plural are the same Examples man - men foot - feet child - children person - people tooth - teeth mouse - mice sheep deer fish (sometimes)
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Unchanging
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POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES
I You He She It We They My Your His Her Its Our Their
NOUN
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POSSESSIVE ADJTECTIVES
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POSSESSIVE FORM S
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PREPOSITION OF PLACE
IN (dentro de) In the house In a room In a car in a shop in a town in a garden
On a shelf on a wall On a plate on the table On a balcony on a door At the bus station at home At the door at the top At work at the end of
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PRESENT CONTINOUS
The present continous tense is used to describe activities that happen now, that means activities that are develop in the moment of speaking Subject BE I He She It We You They Am -ING FORM Singing
Is
Singing
Are
Singing
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PRESENT CONTINOUS
AFFIRMATIVE I am dancing You are eating He is sleeping She is reading It is running We are walking They are studying NEGATIVE I am not dancing You are not eating He is not sleeping She is not reading It is not running We are not walking They are not studying YES/NO QUESTIONS Am I dancing? Are you eating? Is he sleeping? Is she reading? Is it running? Are we walking? Are they studying?
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RULES
Verb ending in...
1 vowel + 1 consonant 1 vowel + 1 consonant + E[anything else] How to make the -ING form Double the consonant, then add ING Remove E, then add INGcome Add ING
Examples
swim - swimming hit - hitting get getting coming lose - losing live living say - saying go - going walk - walking
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CAN / CANT
Can is used to show ability
He can swim
He can skate
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You can dance You can not dance He can play She can swim It can run We can sing He can not play She can not swim It can not run We can not sing
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