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Present Simple: To Be…………………………………………………………………… 4
Possessives…………………………………………………………………………………… 6
Present Simple……………………………………………………………………………… 10
Present Continuous………………………………………………………………………… 23
Comparative Adjectives………………………………………………………………… 31
Superlative Adjectives…………………………………………………………………… 34
Adverbs…………………………………………………………………………………………… 36
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Present Simple: Be
Positive:
Negative:
Question:
Am I beautiful?
Is he / she / it tall?
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Present Simple: Be
Name:
I’m Joanna.
He’s Paulo.
They’re Aki and Yuta.
Country / Nationality:
Age:
Emotions:
I’m sad.
She’s excited.
You’re angry.
We’re happy.
Jobs:
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Possessives
NOUN POSSESSIVE EXAMPLE
I my My name is Sandra.
you your What’s your name?
he his His name is John.
she her Her computer is fast.
it its My car is old, so its engine isn’t powerful.
we our Our apartment is in the city center.
they their My parents sold their house.
Mary Mary’s Mary’s phone number is 555-4321.
Joe Joe’s Joe’s favorite color is green.
the boy the boy’s The boy’s clothes are dirty.
friends friends’ My friends’ names are Patrick and Gloria.
cat cat’s My cat’s name is Ginger.
country country’s My country’s flag is red, white, and blue.
Don’t confuse its (possessive) with it’s (contraction for “it is”)!
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I’m going to eat an apple. I’m going to eat the red apple.
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an apple
an egg
an open door
an umbrella
an hour
Use “a” if the word starts with the sound of any other letter.
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he / she / it works
Examples:
I work in a bank.
Special Case #1
Special Case #2
For verbs that end in -o, -sh, -s, -ss, -ch, -x, we add -es.
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Examples:
Common Errors
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Examples:
Common Errors
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Grammar Exercises:
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You can ride your bike here. You can’t smoke here.
You mustn’t smoke here.
FREE
FOOD!
You have to stop here. You don’t have to pay
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TIME PLACE
Cities and countries
Months
IN In January In Tokyo
In October In Japan
(exception: at night)
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TIME PLACE
Dates and days Transportation
ON On Monday On the bus
th
On February 14 On a bike
(exception: in a car)
Surfaces
On the table
On the wall
TIME PLACE
Times Contexts / Events
AT At 6:00 At school
At half past three At work
At noon At a party
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Past Simple: To Be
Positive:
Negative:
Questions:
Yesterday
Last Sunday / last week / last month /
last November / last year
1 hour ago / 5 days ago / 3 months ago / 10 years ago
When I was a child… / When we were in college…
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Negative:
Question:
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Examples:
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go went didn’t go
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(+) There’s a pillow on the sofa. There are two pillows on the bed.
(-) There isn’t a mirror in the There aren’t any windows in the
bathroom. bedroom.
There’s a pillow on the sofa. There are two pillows on the bed.
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I am watching
he / she / it is watching
Examples:
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Examples:
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Is he / she / it working?
Examples:
Grammar Exercises:
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They always talk to their boss in It’s 9:00 AM. They’re talking to
the morning. him now.
Does it usually rain in the winter? No, but it’s raining at the
moment. Take an umbrella.
Words that are often used with the present simple or continuous:
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Countable Uncountable
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Positive:
I am I’m
You are You’re
going to take a test
He / she / it is He’s / She’s / It’s
tomorrow.
We are We’re
They are They’re
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Question:
Am I
Are you
going to take a test tomorrow?
Is he / she / it
Are we
Are they
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Comparative Adjectives
Use comparatives to compare two things:
Tall Taller
Old Older
Fast Faster
Long Longer
New Newer
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Comparative Adjectives
Big Bigger
Hot Hotter
Thin Thinner
Easy Easier
Happy Happier
Busy Busier
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Comparative Adjectives
Bad Worse
Far Farther
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Superlative Adjectives
Use superlatives to compare three or more things:
Adjective Superlative
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Superlative Adjectives
Examples:
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Adverbs
Use adjectives to describe nouns (things or people).
Common adverbs:
Adjective Adverb
slow slowly
quiet quietly
bad badly
beautiful beautifully
dangerous dangerously
careful carefully
easy easily
healthy healthily
good well
fast fast
hard hard
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Adverbs
Examples:
My grandfather drives slowly, but I drive fast.
The teacher spoke so quietly that I couldn’t hear her.
I can read English well, but I speak badly.
Evan lives dangerously. He loves radical sports.
We wrote the letter carefully so as not to make a mistake.
I opened the jar easily.
Soccer players need to eat healthily to stay in good shape.
Janet works very hard. She arrives at work early and leaves late.
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Examples:
Examples:
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I have I’ve
You have You’ve
been to Paris.
We have We’ve
They have They’ve
Negative
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Irregular verbs
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past present future
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past last week present future
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“I’ve lived in Brazil for three years.” (and I live in Brazil now)
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past 3 years ago present future
“I lived in Brazil for three years.” (and I don’t live in Brazil now)
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past period of 3 years present future
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The End!
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