USE OF ENGLISHRevision
MAIN VERBS
TO BE Affirmative Negative InterrogativeI’m I’m not Am I?You’re You aren’t Are you?He’s He isn’t Is he?She’s She isn’t Is she?It’s It isn’t Is it?We’re We aren’t Are we?You’re You aren’t Are you?They’re They aren’t Are they?
HAVE GOT ( POSSESSION)
Affirmative Negative InterrogativeI’ve got I haven’t got Have I got?You’ve got You haven’t got Have you got?He’s got He hasn’t got Has he got?She’s got She hasn’t got Has she got?It’s got It hasn’t got Has it got?We’ve got We haven’t got Have we got?You’ve got You haven’t got Have you got?They’ve got They haven’t got Have they got?
NOW….ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS…
Where are you now? Where are you from? Where’s your schoolbag? What have you got in your school bag? Imagine your bedroom. Tell me 5 things
you’ve got in your bedroom.
FOR EXAMPLE… Now I’m in class I’m from Catalonia My school bag is next to my
chair, under the table. In my school bag I’ve got… In my bedroom I’ve got …
PRESENT SIMPLE
We use it to talk about: Routines True statements
We use it with adverbs of frequency:
Sometimes, never, often, usually, hardly ever, always.
TALK ABOUT YOUR ROUTINES
Explain your routines from 7:00 in the evening till 10:00 at night. Use adverbs of frequency.
Tell me something that is true. Make a negative sentence using the
Present Simple. An interrogative one?
REMEMBER!
Add –s/es to the third person singular ( He, she ,it)
Make negative sentences with the auxiliar DON’T/DOESN’T ( 3rd p. sing: he, she, it)
Make interrogative sentences with the auxiliar: DO/DOES ( 3rd p.sing: he, she, it)
Add the frequency adverb BEFORE the verb and AFTER the verb to be.
THERE’S/THERE ARE AND PREPOSITIONS
SOME/ANY
Some: Affirmative sentences
Any: Interrogative and negative sentences
THERE’S: SINGULAR THERE ARE: PLURAL
What can you see in this picture?
COMPARING PEOPLE AND THINGS
Add –er to one syllable adjectives and to adjectives ending in –y: colder, prettier, bigger
Add more to two or more syllable adjectives: more intelligent, more beautiful EXCEPTIONS: good-better, bad-worse
PRESENT CONTINUOUS We use it to talk and write about things we are
doing NOW, AT THIS MOMENT, TODAY, THIS WEEK...
We need the verb TO BE+VERB+ING You’re studying English He’s travelling to New York They’re working in a school.
What is she doing? And the cat?
DESCRIBE
WHEN DO WE USE PAST SIMPLE TENSE?
We use Past Simple Tense when we talk about completed actions in the past.
Example: I washed my car yesterday.
She ate pizza last night.
KINDS OF VERBS
Remember regular and irregular verbs. Turn regular verbs to the past by adding –ed
or –d.
Regular Verb Past Simple
walk walked
want wanted
help helped
decide decided
agree agreed
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If the verb ends with y preceded by a vowel,
add –ed. If the verb ends with y preceded by a
consonant, drop the y, turn it into i and add -ed.
Study irregular verb list.
Regular Verb Past Simple
play played
stay Stayed
study Studied
bury buried
KINDS OF SENTENCES IN PAST SIMPLE TENSE
Affirmative sentences
Tom visited us last week. I ran in the competition. Negative sentences
Tom didn’t visit us last week. I didn’t run in the competition.
SUBJECT VERB IN PAST TENSE COMPLEMENT.
SUBJECT DIDN’T VERB IN BASE FORM
COMPLEMENT.
KINDS OF QUESTIONS IN PAST SIMPLE
Yes/No Questions
Did Tom visit you last week?
Informative Questions
Where did you run last year?
SUBJECTDID VERB IN BASE FORM
COMPLEMENT?
WH WORD DID SUBJECT
VERB IN BASE FORM COMPLEMENT?
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE USE THE VERB TO BE?
Recall its past tense
Negative Sentences Use the negative form or the contractions.
Never use didn’t.
WAS WERE
WAS NOT
WERE NOT
WASN’T
WERENT
Yes/No Questions
Was Irene in the house? Were they at the Mall?
Informative Questions
Why was Irene in the house? Where were you last night?
WAS / WERE SUBJECT COMPLEMENT?
WH WORD WAS / WERE SUBJECT
COMPLEMENT?
READY FOR DOING AN ACTIVITY?
Complete the following sentences with the past simple tense of the verb give.
1. I ______________ (go) to the movies with Ed.2. She ______________ (decide) to read the story.3. We ______________ (hurry) up doing the quiz.4. They ______________ (walk) to school.5. Sue _____________ (play) soccer.6. My dog ____________ (bury) its bone outside.
Read the sentences, and rewrite them as negative sentences.
1. My mom baked cookies for the party. _____________________________________2. Jim understood the exercise. ______________________________________3. We were at the concert. ______________________________________4. I was in the room with her. _______________________________________
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