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Review

1. Alphabet
Five of the letters in the English Alphabet are vowels: A, E, I, O, U.
The remaining 21 letters are consonants: B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R,
S, T, V, X, Z, and usually W and Y.
Written English includes the digraphs: ch ci ck gh ng ph qu rh sc sh th ti wh wr zh.
These are not considered separate letters of the alphabet.

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2. Numbers
The cardinal numbers (one, two, three, etc.) are adjectives referring to quantity,
and the ordinal numbers (first, second, third, etc.) refer to distribution.

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3. Verb to be
BE is the most important verb in the English language. It is used as a main verb
and as an auxiliary verb, and it is also used in the passive voice. BE is the only
English verb that has three conjugations in the simple present (am | are | is). All
other verbs have just two conjugations. BE is also the only verb that has two
conjugations in the simple past (was | were). All other verbs have only one past
tense conjugation.

Here are the conjugations for BE in the simple present


Singular Plural
1st person I am We are
2nd person You are You are
3rd person He, she, it is They are

Here are conjugations for the verb BE in the simple past.


Singular Plural
1st person I was We were
2nd person You were You were
3rd person He, she, it was They were
4. There is/ there are
If we want to say that something exists or doesn't exist somewhere or at some time,
we often use 'there + be'. It's often used to talk about something for the first time in
a conversation.
There's a cup on the table.
There's a restaurant next to the station.
There isn't any money in the house.
There aren't any banks in this street.
Is there a supermarket near here?
Are there any potatoes in the cupboard?

In theory, we use 'there is + singular' and 'there are + plural'.


There is a cafe in my village.
There are two cafes in my village.
5. Simple present
The simple present (also called present simple or present indefinite) is a verb tense
which is used to show repetition, habit or generalization. Less commonly, the simple
present can be used to talk about scheduled actions in the near future and, in some
cases, actions happening now. Read on for detailed descriptions, examples, and
simple present exercises.

Simple Present Forms


The simple present is just the base form of the verb. Questions are made with do
and negative forms are made with do not.

Statement: You speak English.


Question: Do you speak English?
Negative: You do not speak English. (You don´t speak English)

In the third person singular, -s or -es is added. Questions are made with does and
negative forms are made with does not.

Statement: He speaks English.


Question: Does he speak English? (notice when we use “Does” the “s” of the verb
is gone)
Negative: He does not speak English. (He doesn´t speak English)
6. Simple past
The simple past (also called past simple, past indefinite or preterite) is a verb tense
which is used to show that a completed action took place at a specific time in the
past. The simple past is also frequently used to talk about past habits and
generalizations. Read on for detailed descriptions, examples, and simple past
exercises.

Simple Past Forms


The simple past is formed using the verb + ed. In addition, there are many verbs with
irregular past forms. Questions are made with did and negative forms are made with
did not.

Statement: You called Debbie.


Question: Did you call Debbie? (Notice when we use “Did” the “-ed” is gone)
Negative: You did not call Debbie. (You didn´t call Debbie)

An English verb can be regular or irregular.


Regular verbs form their past and past participle forms by adding –ed.
Examples are given below.
Walk – walked – walked
Dance – danced – danced
Paint – painted – painted
Work – worked – worked

Irregular verbs form their past and past participle forms in different ways.
There are mainly three types of irregular verbs.
Verbs in which all the three forms are the same (e.g. put – put – put)
Verbs in which two of the three forms are the same (e.g. sit – sat – sat)
Verbs in which all three forms are different (e.g. drink – drank – drunk)

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