Modulo II Andrea1

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MODULO II

Dra. Andrea Mogni S.


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ACTIONS


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ACTIONS

Action verbs need s at the end with third-

person, singular subjects.

He eats bread.

She walks to the station.

It floats on the sea.


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NEGATIVES

Negative sentences need do not, does not, or

did not.

I do not eat bread. He does not eat bread.

You did not walk to the station.

It does not float on the sea.


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QUESTIONS

Interrogative sentences begin with do, does, or

did.

Do you eat bread? Does he eat bread?

Does she walk to the station?

Did they finish it?


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Affirmative Sentence Negative Sentence Interrogative Sentence

I sing a song. I do not (don't) sing a song. Do I sing a song?

You sing a song.You do not (don't) sing a

song.

Do you sing a song?

He (she) sings a song.He (she) does not (doesn't)sing a song.

Does he (she) sing a song?

We sing a song.We do not (don't) sing asong.

Do we sing a song?

They sang a song.They did not (didn't) sing asong. Did they sing a song?


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ADJECTIVES


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ADJECTIVES

Adjectives generally appear immediately before

the noun.

A pretty girl

Red flowers

A long stick

Heavy boxes

Warm weather


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ADJECTIVES

Commonly, adjectives of opposite meaning are

formed by adding a prefix such as un, in, or dis.

clearunclear, importantunimportant,predictableunpredictable, believable

unbelievable, commonuncommon, conventional

unconventional, certainuncertain

definiteindefinite, correctincorrect,comparableincomparable, complete

incomplete, evitableinevitable.


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ADJECTIVES

When using a string of adjectives, they should

appear in a set order: size/shape + age + color

+ origin + material.

A big brown house

A small old English desk

A beautiful black Italian leather purse Delicious Chinese food


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ADJECTIVES

The+ adjective describes a class or group of

people and acts as a noun.

the old, the young, the poor, the rich, theoppressed, the homeless, etc.

This popular TV show is loved by the old.


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COMPARATIVE AND

SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES Comparative adjectives compare two things. Superlative adjectives

compare more than two things

Commonly, adjectives that contain only one syllable or end in 'y' use 'er' toform comparatives and 'est' to form superlatives. For adjectives ending in y,change the 'y' to 'i' before adding the 'er' or 'est'.

oldolderoldest youngyoungeryoungest

prettyprettierprettiest

longlongerlongest

shortshortershortest

brightbrighterbrightest closecloserclosest

happyhappier - happiest


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COMPARATIVE AND

SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES

Adjectives with two or more syllables do notchange but instead add moreto formcomparatives and mostto form superlatives.

respectablemore respectablemostrespectable

beautifulmore beautifulmost beautiful

preferablemore preferablemost preferable hardworkingmore hardworkingmost

hardworking


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COMPARATIVE AND


Some adjectives have different forms of

comparatives and superlatives.

goodbetterbest badworseworst

littlelessleast

much (many)moremost


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COMPARATIVE AND


The word thantypically appears in

comparative sentences.

Amy is smarter than Betty. Chad is stronger than Dan.

Greg is more diligent than his brother.

I have more apples than he. She likes him more than me.


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SIMPLE TENSE


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THE FORMATION

POSITIVE SENTENCE

For the affirmative form of the simple present, we useSUBJECTPREDICATE (verb)OBJECTADVERB

when the subject is first or secondpersonsingular or whenthe subject is pluralsubject.

Ex : I/you wake up at 5 a.m. every day.

They havebreakfast every morning


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But when the subject is a third person

singular, we add(e)s after the subject.

SUBJECTPREDICATE (verb+s/es)

OBJECT - ADVERB

Ex : He drinksevery 1 hour.She watchescartoon every night.


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NEGATIVE SENTENCE

The present simple of lexical verbs has anexpanded form which use do or does as anauxiliary verb

In negative sentence, when the subject is first orsecondperson singular or when the subject ispluralsubject, we use SUBJECTDO NOTPREDICATE (verb)OBJECTADVERB

Ex : I do not wake up at 5 a.m. every day

They do not havebreakfast every morning


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But when the subject is a third person

singular, we use : SUBJECTDOES NOT

PREDICATE (verb)OBJECTADVERB

Ex : He does not drink every 1 hour

She does not watch cartoon every

night

If we use the word Does, we dont have to

add s/es after the verb.


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INTERROGATIVE SENTENCE

In interrogative sentence, when thesubject is first or second person singularor when the subject is plural subject, we

useDO - SUBJECTPREDICATE (verb)OBJECTADVERB - ?

Ex: Do you wake up at 5 a.m. every day?Do they have breakfast every

morning?


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And if the subject is a third person singular,we use : DOES - SUBJECTPREDICATE(verb)OBJECTADVERB - ?

Ex : Does he drink every 1 hour?

Does she watch cartoon every night?

REMEMBER!Same with the negative sentence, if we use

the word Does, we dont have to adds/es after the verb

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