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1A
possessive s
Use the possessive s to say who something belongs to.
after a singular noun apostrophe + s Annas surname is Conde.
My dogs name is Rover.
after a plural noun
that doesnt end with s
apostrophe + s Our childrens names are Sue and
Rod.
after a plural noun
that ends with s
apostrophe My brothers names are Ruy and
Edson.
>> Now go to exercise 1.1 to practise.
1B
present simple -s / -es endings
Use s / es to make the third person singular.
most verbs + s I / You / We / They start
He / She / It starts
verbs ending with
o / s / sh / ch / x
+ es I / You / We / They fnish
He / She / It fnishes
verbs ending with y y + ies I / You / We / They study
He / She / It studies
>> Now go to exercise 1.2 to practise.
1C
be and do in questions
be do
present Are you the new boss?
How is Holly?
Do you like your job?
Where does Anna work?
past Were you late for work?
Where was Justin?
Did they go to work?
Which watch did he buy?
>> Now go to exercise 1.3 to practise.
present simple and present continuous
Use the present simple to talk about things that happen sometimes
or all the time, and things that are generally true.
+ ?
I / You / We / They go to
work.
I / You / We / They dont
go to work.
Do I / you / we / they go
to work?
He / She / It goes to work. He / She / It doesnt go
to work.
Does he / she / it go to
work?
Use the present continuous to talk about whats happening now.
+ ?
Im driving to work. Im not driving to work. Am I driving to work?
You / We / Theyre driving
to work.
You / We / They arent
driving to work.
Are you / we / they driving
to work?
He / She / Its driving to
work.
He / She / It isnt driving
to work.
Is he / she / it driving to
work?
>> Now go to exercise 1.4 to practise.
subject pronouns and possessive adjectives
Use subject pronouns with verbs.
Use possessive adjectives with verbs.
subject pronouns I you he she it we they
possessive adjectives my your his her its our their
>> Now go to exercise 1.5 to practise.
1.1 Right or wrong? Tick (3) or correct the sentences.
Example My friends name is Jane. My friends name is Jane.
1 Her parents names are Luis and Eva.
2 Mr Jones is my brothers teacher. They dont like him.
3 Our teachers name is Marcus.
4 Guy Ritchie is Madonnas husband.
5 Their names are Mike and Joe.
6 Thats Mrs Smiths childrens school.
1.2 Complete the text with the verbs in the correct form.
Duane s be an English teacher. He
1
teach in a
university in Libya. He
2
work from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
every day. When he
3
fnish work, he
4
walk home
and
5
have dinner. In the evenings, he
6
watch
football on TV or he
7
study Arabic. At the weekend, he
8
go to an Internet caf and
9
read his emails.
1.3 Complete the questions. Use the correct form of be or do.
Example What is his mobile phone number?
1 these your children?
2 Who your teacher last year?
3 Peter work in an offce?
4 What she doing now?
5 you like your job?
6 you send Tom an email last week?
7 Where they yesterday?
8 Which your desk?
1.4 Complete the sentences. Put the verb in the present continuous
or the present simple.
Example Who is Anna speaking to now? speak
1 Justins lazy. He much work. not / do
2 you an email now? write
3 I on Saturdays. not / work
4 Justin the computers every day. check
5 Shh! I to the teacher. listen
6 Where they from? come
7 We now. not / study
8 She to work by bus. go
1.5 Right or wrong? Tick (3) or correct the sentences.
Example This is Hans. His my secretary.
This is Hans. Hes my secretary.
1 Are these your books?
2 Its is a very good dictionary.
3 Mr Crawley is we English teacher.
4 My birthday is in June.
5 Him watches football a lot.
6 Whats they address?
7 How old is she?
8 What does him do?
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