ENGLISH III

UNIT 1
MAKING FRIENDS
Mg. Fiorella Ciocca Solis
 TOPICS: UNIT 1

Present of Be and simple present.

Responses with too and either.
Grammar Study:

Present
Simple
To refer to habits or to
things which happen
repeatedly.
To refer to permanent
situations.

To talk about general

statements of truth.
Affirmative .

He / She / It plays .
I / You / We / They play.

Negative.
He / She / It doesnt play
.
I / You / We / They dont
play.
Interrogative:
Does He / She / It play ?
Do I / You / We / They
play?
Short forms:
Does not = Doesnt

Do not = dont
How to make he /
she/ it forms:
General rule

It takes s.
Example:

Play Plays.
With verbs ending
in :o, s, x, sh or ch:

It takes es .

Example:
Teach Teaches
Miss Misses
Go Goes
With verbs ending in
vowel + y:

It takes s .

Example:

Play Plays.
With verbs ending in
consonant + y:

It changes y into I and

takes es.
Example:

Study Studies.
Note that:

Adverbs of frequency like

usually, sometimes, almost,
never, etc, are used to
express how often things
happen.
They come:
Before the verb. For
example: I usually go to
school by bus.
After the verb To Be. For
example: She is often
with her friends at
ME TOO / ME NEITHER
 ME TOO / ME NEITHER
We use me, too and me, neither when we want to say
that we have the same opinion as, or are in the same
situation as, another person.
Me, too

We say me, too when we are reacting to a grammatically positive statement:

Sam: I love tennis.

Mary: Me, too.
(= Sam loves tennis and Mary loves tennis.)

Sam: Im hungry.
Mary: Me, too.
(= Sam is hungry and Mary is hungry.)

Me, neither

We say me, neither when we are reacting to a grammatically negative statement:

Sam: I dont like football.

Mary: Me, neither.
(= Sam doesnt like football and Mary doesnt like football.)

Sam: Im not tired.

Mary: Me, neither.
(= Sam isnt tired and Mary isnt tired.)
A: Ive been to Antalya.
B. Me too.
A: Ive never been to Antalya.
B. Me neither.
A: I havent been to Africa.
B: Me neither.
A: I have watched a lot of
cartoons.
B: Me too.
A: Selma hasnt flown in a plane.
B: Me neither.
Please, go to the TOUCHSTONE
PLATFORM and complete the
Mandatory Activities.

Regards

Mg. Ciocca