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1 GRAMMAR BANK 4A word order in questions questions with do / does / in present simple and past simple ‘questions with be and can ‘Question word Auxillary Subject Infinitive Os Do you live with your parents? Are feel hat Oia Did you have holiday last year? s there abbank nearhere? . : ark Where does yoursister work? ie mn When did you——_start studying English? What [yas tit | nol What id they tall about? Where were you _born? ‘ oe - : + You can use ASI (Auxiliary, Subject, Infinitive) or QUASI (Question word, ‘+ We make questions with the verb be and can by Auxiliary, Subject, Infinitive) to remember word order in questions. inverting the verb end the subject. If there's a preposition, we often put it a the end of a question, e.g She isa teacher. ~ Is she a teacher? Who do you ive with? He can drive. + Can he ceive? 4B present simple adverbs and expressions of frequency 1. We often go out on Friday night. 1.16 fiend wtshey he Qi," este slsuay ar cestents El usually work at home. My brother works inthe city centre. irnmera E]_Myparents don’t live near here. It doesn’t often rain here. He's always late for work. [1 Doyouspeak French? Does he like pop music? 2 She gets up early every day. TG Yes, 1d. / No, I don't Yes, he does. No he doesn't. + We use the present simple for things we do every day / week / year, or which are generally true or always happen. * We use don't/ doesn'tin negative sentences, and do/ does in questions. We have English classes twice a week. 1 We often use the present simple with adverbs of frequency (alnays, often, sometimes, usually, hardly ever, never). *+ Adverbs of frequency go before the main verb, + Adverbs of frequency go after be. She's never il. NOT She'sithnever + Remember to use a verb with never Itnever rains. NOT ttdeesn'tneverrain: 2 Expressions of frequency (every day, once a week, et) usually go at the end of @ sentence, 1C present continuous: be + verb + -ing 1.26 1. A What are you doing? 8 I'm sending a message to Sarah 2 My brother is doing a two-month course in the UK. 3 In this picture the woman is standing near a table. * We use the present continuous: 1 for things happening now, at this moment. 2 for temporary things that are happening around now, this week, et. 3 to describe what's happening in a picture. present simple or present continuous? 1A What do you do? Ou B I work for an IT company. 2 A What are you doing? B I'm checking my messages. 3 lke this painting, it's beautiful 1 We use the present simple for things that are ‘generally true or always happen. 2 We use the present continuous for an action happening now, at this moment. 3 We normally use verbs which describe states or feelings (non-action verbs), e.g. want, need, like, in the prasent simple, not continuous, e.g Ulke Italian food. NOT #m-Hking-talionfood-

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