English Grammar

• Phrase construction
• CVC Pattern
• Personal Pronouns
• Possessive Adjectives vs Possessive Pronouns
• Who’s vs Whose
• Prepositions
Hi, I’m Susanna. You need a verb to have a sentence.

To use the modal verb CAN we must put the

I can play the
following verb in the BARE infinitive (without
piano
to)

The verb CAN is a modal verb, so it also works

Can you come as an auxiliary itself. We don’t need the
tonight? auxiliary verb do, as we normally do in
questions to form the Present Simple with any
other verb (except to be)

I hate doing Verbs + V(ing). In some cases the second verb

housework. goes to the –ing form. Ex.: hate, love, enjoy,
like.
Words ending with a Consonant-Vowel-Consonant Pattern

Do you like swimming?

One-syllable words:
ING = If the word ends in a CVC pattern, it gets a double consonant
+ ING. *

Examples:
ING = HOP > hopping, SIT > sitting *Except for words
ending in:
w,x,y,z
 PERSONAL PRONOUNS
I like it. In the end she kills him.

In transitive verbs we
Kelly loves John. She loves John.
need objects.
She loves him.

I like Madonna. I like her.

I Me Paul loves Chocolate.

You You
He Him He loves it.
She Her
It
We
≠ It
Us
Julia and Peter eat hamburgers
every day.
You You
They eat them every day.
They Them
I like you. We are curious, tell
You like ME. US.
Subject – DOER
Object
“BEFORE” the
AFTER the verb He doesn’t love her.
verb
 Possessive adjectives VS
This book is mine. POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS

Where do your parents

live? Is this your book? No, it’s not mine.

It’s not my book.

Possessive
It’s Paula’s.
‘s
My Mine It’s hers.
Your Yours
His His
Her Hers
Its
Our
≠ Its
Ours
Kelly -Is this our bus?
John- No, it’s not ours. It’s theirs.
Your Yours Kelly - Our bus/ Ours is over there.
Their Theirs

Possessive Possessive
adjectives. PRONOUNS. I’m yours./Yours truly.
Before nouns - instead of noun –
AlWAYS ALWAYS
 Whose is that bag? Who’s VS Whose

Who’s = Who is Whose = Possessive of who

• Who's watching TV? • Whose book is this?

• Do you know who's going to • Do you know whose car this

speak? is?

• Who's ready to go? • I know a woman whose kids

study there.
• Who's in the kitchen?
• Whose side are you on?
• Who's this?
 Prepositions (V + Preposition)

Look at something.
Wait for
someone/something.
Fall in love with someone.

Look for something

Talk to/with someone.