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Edelmira Rosa de Chávez

Topic3: My everyday life

VERB TO BE (IN PRESENT)

 EXAMPLES WITH VERB "to be"
AND MEANING.
1. FOR SOMETHING THAT EXISTS ALREADY.

There is a rabbit inside.

There is nothing in the fridge.

There is a problem...
 There is a difference.

2. FOR SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS.

The party is tonight.

 The meeting is down the hall.

Come, it is over there.

3. TO SHOW LOCATION.

She is at school.
 She is home.

The food is on the table.

4. TO SHOW IDENTITY.

She is Alexis and this is Bob.

 He is a singer.

He is not a singer.
5. TO SHOW QUALITY.

She is beautiful.

It is stinky.

This is dangerous.
 THE ARTICLE: A/AN
WE USE A WHEN THE WORD STARTS WITH
A CONSONANT SOUND

WE USE AN WHEN THE WORD STARTS WITH

A VOWEL SOUND.

EXAMPLES:

Consonant Sound (in color yellow)

Vowel Sound ( in color green)

There is an apple in the refrigerator. (Vowel Sound)

This is a pen. (Consonant Sound)

This is an umbrella. (Consonant Sound)

DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS

THIS-THAT-THOSE-THESE

A demonstrative pronoun
represents a thing or things:
 near in distance or time (this, these)
 far in distance or time (that, those)
near far

singular this that

plural these those

Here are some examples with demonstrative pronouns, followed by an illustration:

AS YOU CAN SEE: THIS is use for singular and NEAR and THAT for singular but FAR

THESE for singular and NEAR and THOSE for plural and FAR

 This tastes good.

 Have you seen this?
 These are bad times.
 Do you like these?

 That is beautiful.
 Look at that!
 Those were the days!
 Can you see those?

 This is heavier than that.

 These are bigger than those.
ANALYZE THE DISTANCE IN THIS TREES. LOOK
ATA THE DISTANCE!
STUDY THIS EXAMPLE. NOTICE THE DISTANCE THAT IS
BETWEEN THE PEOPLE AND THE OBJECT.