Índice

Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Summary of units 1 to 12.................................................................................................................3
Unit 10. Comparatives and Superlatives.........................................................................................4
Comparative.....................................................................................................................................5
Superlative.......................................................................................................................................5
Unit 11. The past tense....................................................................................................................5
Unit 12. The past continuous tense..................................................................................................5
Exercises..........................................................................................................................................6
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................10
Bibliography..................................................................................................................................11

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Introduction
English is an international language used throughout the world. It is taught in Mozambican
schools as one of the subject because makes part of the syllabus. Because of its importance there
is a need for the students to face the English language as the one that should be used for
communication. Therefore some people learn it in order to get certificate only, as result they end
up not applying the language in their daily life.

For university students it is an obligation that everyone has to acquire the skills, so that they can
apply the language in all circumstances they may face.

In the present work the readers will find the summary of the units 1 to 12 of the Module –
English year I. Resolved exercises of following pages: 34,35,40,41, and 60.

We are sure that this work will enable the reader to get the basic knowledge toward the effective
and efficient English language learning as we also believe that learning is a process and for a
better achievement depends on a good starting.

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Summary of units 1 to 12
Unit 1. This unit is about the verb to Be. Being the most important in English language study,
the students have the privilege of studying at the first time the present simple long and short
forms, negative form, and question form as well.

Unit 2. In this unit the students have the opportunity to learn cardinal and ordinal numbers. The
cardinal numbers are used to count things while the ordinal numbers are for dates and birthdays.

Unit 3. It is about the verb to have. The unit deals with present tense long and short forms,
negative form, and question form. The verb to have is used to talk about possession and family
relationship.

Unit 4. The unit is about the verb to do. It teaches how to use the verb in present simple, past
simple, negative form and the use of the same verb as auxiliary verb to form negative and
interrogative sentences.

Unit 5. This unit deals with the use of the tense. It focus on present simple, we use present
simple to talk about things that we do every day, usually, etc.

Unit 6. Telling the time. This unit teaches the various ways to tell the time in English. Teaches
how to use AM and PM. We use AM after the time in the morning, that is, from 00: 00 to 12:00,
while PM is used for time at noon from 12:00 to 00:00.

Unit 7. It is about the present continuous. The present continuous talks about what we are doing
now, at the moment. The present continuous is done using the verb Be + gerund, the gerund is
the ing form of the verb.

Unit 8. This unit deals with the various way of spelling plurals in English.

 Most words can be changed to plural simply by adding –s; as, book – books, house –
houses, etc.
 Words that end with –s, -z, -x, -sh, -ch, are changed to plural by adding –es; as, bus –
buses, box – boxes, etc.

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  Words that end with consonant –y lose the –y and add -ies; as, body – bodies, cry –
cries, etc.
 When a word ends with –f or –fe, we lose the –f or –fe and change into –ves; as, wife
– wives, leaf – leaves, etc.
 A word that end with –o change the plural by adding –es; as, potato – potatoes, but
borrowed words simply we add –s; as, piano – pianos.
 Some words do not normally have plurals, example sheep, fish, etc.
 Some words are always plural; as, glasses, trousers, scissors, etc.
 There are some irregular words in English, they have no rules to change them to plural.
Some examples.

Singular plural singular plural

Foot feet child children

Tooth teeth ox oxen

Man men goose geese

Woman women person people

Unit 9. The unit is about the prepositions of place, position, and preposition of movement.

We use to when there is movement and we use at or in to indicate place or position; as,

I want to go to Italy.

The best shops are in the city.

Unit 10. Comparatives and Superlatives

Comparative and superlative adjectives are formed in three ways:

1. With –er and -est ; as, the novel is smaller than the dictionary
2. With –ier and iest; as, the dictionary is heavier than the novel
3. With more and most; as, the dictionary is more useful than the novel

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Comparative
The novel is smaller than the dictionary

The dictionary is heavier than the novel

The dictionary is more useful than the novel

Superlative
The dictionary is the thickest of the three books

The dictionary is the most expensive of the three books

There are some irregular adjectives

Positive comparative superlative

Good better best

Bad worse worst

Many more most

Unit 11. The past tense

The simple past is used to talk about activities or situations that began and ended in the past; as, I
slept for eight hours last night.

Most simple past verbs are formed by adding – ed to a verb; as, stop – stopped, wait – waited.

Some verbs have irregular past forms; as, eat – ate, put – put, make – made.

Unit 12. The past continuous tense

To talk about a temporary situation that existed at or around a particular time in the past, we use
the past continuous:

At the time of the robbery, they were staying with my parents.

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We often use the past continuous to describe the situation that existed at the time. We don’t
normally use the past continuous with certain verbs describing states; as, this house (belonging)
to the king of Sweden.

When we talk about two past actions or events that went on over the same period of time, we can
often use the past continuous for both; as, Mario was working in a restaurant when I was living
in London. However, the past continuous can also be used when we want to emphasise that the
repeated actions only went on for a limited and temporary period of past time; as, when Carlos
was in hospital, we were visiting him twice a day.

We use the past continuous when the repeated actions or events provide a longer background to
something else that happened; as, during the time I started to get chest pains, I was playing tennis
a lot.

Exercises
I. Try to write the plurals of the following words.

singular plural singular plural

elephant elephants class classes
monkey monkeys student students
army armies match matches
toothbrush toothbrushes television televisions
fax Faxes lady ladies
country countries tomato tomatoes
house houses wolf wolves
donkey donkeys ostrich ostriches
kiss kisses dog dogs
church churches fly flies
thief thieves tooth teeth
trousers trousers baby babies
person people street streets
possibility possibilities doctor doctors
leaf leaves mouse mice
scissors scissors student students
watch watches foot feet
library libraries woman women

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dream dreams child children
brush brushes thief thieves

II. Complete the following sentences using to or at. Sometimes it is not necessary to
put a preposition.
1. Ann is ill. She has gone to the doctor.
2. Are you going to the party on Saturday morning?
3. I talked to some nice people at the party.
4. Where were you this morning? I was at work.
5. Do you usually walk to work? No I go by bus.
6. We had good meal at a restaurant and then we went back to the hotel.
7. What time are you going home?
8. Will you be at home this afternoon?
9. I went to Mary`s house but wasn’t at home.
10. There were no taxi s so we walked home.
11. How often do you go to the dentist?
12. What time do you usually arrive at work in the morning?
13. It was very late when we arrived at home.
14. The boy jumped into the river and swam to the other side.
15. Would you like to study at university?
16. There were 20.000 people at the football match.
17. Are your children here? No they are at school.

III. Complete the sentence with at or in.

1. Hamid works at a restaurant in Oxford.
2. We live at number 32 Redland Road now.
3. We had a wonderful time in Madrid.
4. The accident happened because the driver didn’t stop at the traffic lights.
5. We had a great fun last night at Mick’s party.
6. Are there any fish in this river?

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 7. It’s too cold to go out I’m staying at home tonight.

IV. Here is a description of my house. Fill in the gaps using in or at.

We live in an old house at the end of a quiet street in Birminghan. There are four
rooms downstairs. I have my study on the left in front of the house. There are a few
chairs in the room and at one corner there is a table with a computer that’s where I do
most of my work. The sitting room is also at the front of the house, on the right as
you come in. The kitchen is at the back. It looks out over the garden. There are four
bedrooms upstairs, two at the back. There is a bedroom at the end of the corridor.
V. Complete with to or in
1. I am going to the shop to buy some milk.
2. Tom went to the kitchen to make some coffee.
3. Where’s Tom? He’s in the kitchen making some coffee.
4. Would you like to go to the theatre this evening?
5. I got a postcard from Sue this morning. She’s on holiday in Switzerland.
6. John lives in a small village in the southwest of England.
7. What time do you usually go to bed?
8. Kevin’s sister is very ill. She’s in hospital.
9. The train left Brussels at 7 o’clock and arrived in Paris at 9:00
10. I was tired this morning. I stayed in bed until 10 o’clock.
11. Next year we hope to go to Canada to visit some friends.
12. Would you like to live in another country?

VI. Complete the sentences by using the SIMPLE PAST of the given verbs. Use each
verb only one time. All the verbs have irregular past forms.

Bite, feel, leave, draw, forget, lend, drive, get, ride, fall, hear, steal, feed, hurt, take.

1. Mary walked to a school yesterday. Rebecca drove her car, Alison rode her bicycle.
Sandy go the bus.

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 2. When Alan slipped on the icy sidewalk yesterday he fell down and hurt his back. His
back is very painful today.
3. I didn’t have any money yesterday, so my roommate fed me enough so I couldn’t pay for
lunch.
4. The children had a good time at the party yesterday. They took the ducks small pieces of
bread.
5. Alice called the police yesterday because someone stole her bicycle while she was in the
library studying, she is very angry.
6. Dick left his apartment in hurry this morning because he was late to school. That’s why
he forgot to bring his books to the class.
7. The children drew pictures of themselves in art class yesterday.
8. I have a cold. Yesterday I felt terrible, but I am feeling better today.
9. Last night I heard a strange noise in the house around 2: 00 am, so I had to investigate
10. My dog isn’t very friendly. Yesterday she bit my neighbour’s leg. Luckily, my dog is
very old and doesn’t have sharp teeth, so she didn’t hurt my neighbour.

Conclusion
A person is said that knows English fluently when knows grammar, vocabulary,
pronunciation, speaking, writing, reading, and other aspects related to proficiency of the
language. Therefore the knowledge of the English language may enable the learner to link

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 with the other subjects as area of knowledge in order to equip the learner with tools which
will enable them to develop some skills for critical analyses of subjects’ contents.

Bibliography
DICKIE, Amalia. English Year I, Módulo Único. UCM – CED.

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