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6A object pronouns: me, you, him, etc. Prono uns lake Ih(> place o f nouns.
We use s ubject pronouns when the noun is the subject ora \'crb (Le. the
person who does the action): Jo"" is a doelor. He lives ill LOlldoll ,
subj cc l obj ec t 3 211») We use object pro nouns when the no un is the o bject of a verb (i.e. the
pro no un pronoun
person who receives rhe act ion): AIl1I11 meeu ) a/lll . She ill1'ites "i". 1011
me C lIl you hel p me? cOllccr/ .
you ),ou J kll o\\ y ou . Object pronouns go afu:.r
I" him S he i ~ n'( in lovc wi t h him . the \'crb:
she he< He phones her evcry day. l io"(' ),011 . NOT Iymrfot't:.
;, ;, I don"! like it.
• We also use object pro noun s
we 0' Wail fo r u s!
after prepositions (lI'ilh , /0 .
t h c~ them Ca ll1hcm Ihis e\'ening.
f rom. etc.):
U SICII /0 m e! I 'm iu/oI'e wilh
her, NOT f!tn-irt-101"t"11-f'h-m~
He loves her but she doesn·t love him,

68 like (+ verb + -ing) • We use vcrb + -i1l8 a ft er like. IDI·e, dO Il '1 milld. and hale.

~ " ~" I love shopping. 3 3 4 »)


spelling rules for the ·ing form
spelling -1
~" I like goin g to the ci nema .
cook l cooking add ·ing
study studying
" I don't mind gCllingupearl y.
dance dancing e + ·;ng
~" I don't like doing housework . shop shopping one vowel + one consonant -
~ " ~" , hare driving at night. double consonant +-ing

6e bear do?
be do/does
P do a s a main verb
HLI'm Jim . 3 36 »)} Do you spea k Engli sh? 3 37» ) Remember. we also use do as a
main verb.
She is n't vcry fri endly. Where do they li\'c?
"m doing my homework.
Are YOII German? Thcy don't ha\·echildrcn.
Does he do the housework?
2 J ca n't tal k. I'm
dri ving. Does your sister have a job?
The}' aren't working today. Wh at does your father do?
Is it rain ing? Alan does n 't li ke j:l'l.z.

1 \Ve use lJeas a main \·erb. We use dof does and dO li ' , fdoeslI 'lto
2 We also use be to fo rm the prese ll! make questions and negatives in the
continuous. Be here is an auxiliary present sim ple.
vcrb, Remember ASI and QUASI (Sec
G r ammar Bank 3C 1'.128).

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