VERB TO BE. Statements. Im a teacher. This is my friend Bob. Hes a student. Were in this class.

Bill, Bob and Jane are my friends. Theyre all students. AFFIRMATIVE. SINGULAR FORM. SUBJECT PRONOUN I YOU HE SHE IT PLURAL FORM. WE YOU THEY I YOU HE SHE IT WE YOU THEY VERB TO BE Am Are Is Is Is Are Are Are NEGATIVE. Am not Are not Is not Are not Im not Youre not / You arent He s not / He isnt Shes not / She isnt It s not / It isnt Were not / We arent Youre not / You arent Theyre not / They arent CONTRACTION (short form) Im Youre Hes Shes Its Were Youre Theyre

Wh QUESTIONS AND YES / NO QUESTIONS WITH BE. YES / NO QUESTIONS. Are you in this class? Are you a student? Is Mary a teacher? Is the class interesting? POSSIBLE ANSWERS. Yes, I am. No. Im not . Im a teacher. Yes, She is. No, its not ( No, it isnt.) Incorrect form.

Dont contract in affirmative short answers : Yes, it is. (Yes, its)

Wh QUESTIONS. Wh = what / where / who / How. Whats your name? Whos the teacher? How are your classes? Where are you from? Katherine Baker. Mary Staton. Theyre interesting. Im from Mexico.

POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES: Indicate the possession of something or someone. PERSONAL PRONOUN I YOU HE SHE IT WE YOU THEY EXAMPLE: My name is Gabriela. Her name is Susan. His father is a doctor. Our classmates are nice. Their parents are on vacations. EXERCISE. 1. MAKE 5 SENTENCES WITH VERB TO BE IN AFFIRMATIVE, NEGATIVE AND YES/ NO QUESTION FORM. USE THE WORDS GIVEN. a) Mexican b) a student c) a biologist d) French e) a dog 2. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE CORRECT POSSESSIVE PRONOUN. a) I bring ______ book. b) Robert goes to school with _____ brother. c) They help ______ mother. d) We take _______ pencils. 2 POSSSESSIVE ADJECTIVE MY YOUR HIS HER ITS OUR YOUR THEIR

e) f) g) h) i) j)

You read _______ book. John and Robert go with _______ mother. Mr. Garcia goes to _______ job. Anna plays with _______ dog. This is Oscar and thats _______ bike. The dog eats _____ bone.

3. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. Whats your name? _________________________________ Where are you from?________________________________ Where do you live?__________________________________ Whats your address?________________________________ Whats your telephone number?_________________________ Whats your last name?________________________________ 4. COMPLETE THE QUESTIONS WITH THE CORRECT Wh. __________ is your classes? __________ do you live? __________ old are you? __________ do you do? __________ is your last name? __________ is your address? __________ are you from? __________ is your telephone number? __________ are your classmates like? __________ is your teacher? 5. COMPLETE THE QUESTION WITH THE CORRECT FORM OF VERB TO BE. THEN ANSWER THEM. a) _______ you from China? _______________________________ b) _______ Katy your classmate?___________________________ c) _______ you in the same class?__________________________ d) _______ Mr. Garcia your teacher?_________________________ e) _______ your last name Gonzalez?________________________ f) _______ your teacher Canadian?__________________________ g) _______ your English class in the morning?___________________ h) _______ you and your friend the same age?____________________ i) _______ your school big?__________________________ j) _______ single?____________________

SIMPLE PRESENT. Use the Simple Present tense to state facts and describe habitual actions. Ex. Many Americans work part time. (fact) Judy swims three times a week. (habitual action) In the simple present tense, use the base form of the verb with : I, you, we, and they. subject I You We they we I + verb base form study play + complement.

English. basketball.

Use the base form + s or es with: he, she and it. Subject He She it He She + verb s or es studies plays + complement.

English. baketball.

Rules to change verbs in 3rd person simple present tense. 1. add es to verbs that end in: sh, ch, ss, x, or o. Ex. Finish = finishes. Watch = watches. Fix = fixes. 2. if a verb ends in a consonant + y, change the y to i and add es. Ex. Try = tries. Study = studies. 3. if a verb ends in a vowel + y only add s. Ex. Pay = pays. Play = plays. Buy = buys. 4. add s to most verbs. Ex. Walk = walks. Get = gets.

TO MAKE NEGATIVE SENTENCES USE THE AUXILIAR : DONT / DOESNT. I YOU WE THEY We HE SHE IT

DONT dont

+ verb play

complement. basketball.

DOESNT.

+ verb

complement.

Be careful when you use the auxiliar doesnt for the 3rd. person your verb change into the base
form. Ex. She doesnt play basketball. He doesnt study English. TO MAKE QUESTION USE THE UAXILIAR : DO / DOES. I WE YOU THEY they HE SHE IT

DO

+ VERB + COMPLEMENT + ?

Do

play

basketball? Yes, they do. / No, they dont.

+ VERB + COMPLENENT + ?

DOES

Be careful when you use the auxiliar does for the 3rd. person your verb change into the base form.
Ex. Does she play basketball? Yes, she does. / No, she doesnt. Does he study English? Yes he does. / No, he doesnt.

Exercise. Make 5 sentences in affirmative, negative and question. Use the next verbs and the words given. Work in a factory. He Write a book. I Study French. Susan Go to the movies. Linda Fix the car. Tony and Michael.

Wh QUESTIONS WITH SIMPLE PRESENT. Wh QUESTIONS = WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, WHO, WHY, HOW. What = use it to ask for information about things or something or specific time during the day. Who = use it to ask for a person. Where = use it to ask for places. When = use it to ask for time specified dates. Why = use it to ask for reasons of a situation. How = use it to ask for condition or manner of something. What do you do? Im a teacher. Where do you work? I work at Marie Curie School. Where do you live? I live in Tlalnepantla. How do you like your job? I love it. When do you work? I work from Monday to Friday. What does she do? She is a chef. Where does she work? She works in a resturant. How does she like her job? She likes a lot. When does she work? She works from Monday to Sunday. When does she rest? She rests on Wednesday. Exercise. Complete with the correct Wh- question and the correct auxiliar. a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) i) j) _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ she study? (place) __________ you play soccer? (specific date) __________ they go to school? (place) __________ he work? (place) __________ you go on vacations? (specific date) __________ he do? (information) __________ she live? (place) __________ you study English? (specific date) __________ they like their school? (condition or manner) __________ you like your English class? (condition or manner)

WRITE THE CORRECT FORM OF THE VERB, AUXILIAR OR Wh-QUESTION TO THE NEXT SENTENCES IN SIMPLE PRESENT. a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) i) j) We ___________ (dance) with rock music. They __________ (not go ) to school. ______ she ________ (bake) a cake? Mary _______ (study) French? _______ ______ Katy _______ (live)? _______ ______ you like your classes? _______ your teacher ________ (speak) French? He _________ (not eat ) meat. We _________ ( not play ) soccer. Jenny ________ (do) her homework.

TIME EXPRESSIONS. Around Early Late Until Before After At = use it with times of the day (8:00, 5:30 ....etc) and night In = use it with parts of the day (morning, afternoon) except night. On = use it with days of the week or months of the year. EXAMPLES. I get up at 6:00 in the morning on weekdays. I arrive home early on weekdays. I wake up before noon on Saturdays. I arrive home late on weekends. Exercise. COMPLETE WITH THE CORRECT TIME EXPRESSIONS. a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) i) j) I go to work ______ 7:00 _____ the morning every day. My mother goes to gym ______ the evening. My family have lunch ______ 3:00 _____ weekends. I get up ____ 9:00 _____ Saturdays. I sleep ___________ 10:30 _____ weekends. I do my homework ______________ in the afternoon. My father goes to run _____ Saturdays. My brother do exercise _____ Wednesday. I eat a little snack ___________ I eat. I wash my hands ____________ I eat. prepositions oftime

ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. ( use the time expressions). a) b) c) d) e) what time do you get up on weekdays? _______________________________ What time do you go to school? _____________________________________ What time do you eat lunch? _______________________________________ What time do you go to bed?________________________________________ What time do you do your homework? ________________________________

DEMOSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES. SINGULAR PLURAL THIS IS THESE ARE

THAT IS EXAMPLE

THOSE ARE

This is my computer

That is a car.

These are turtles

Those are frogs.

EXERCISE. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE CORRECT DEMOSTRATIVE ADJECTIVE.

a) _______________ is my dog. (here) b) _______________ are my shoes. (here)

c) _______________ a ball. (there) d) ______________ are my friends. (there) f) ______________ is my jacket. (there) ONE / ONES. (avoid to repeat the noun ) ONE = USE WITH SINGULAR NOUNS. ONES = USE WITH PLURAL NOUNS. Example. I like that car. Which one? The blue one. The brown shoes are nice. Oh! I prefer the black ones. COMPLETE THE CONVERSATION USE ONE / ONES. A: Im shopping for my grandson. Its his twenty-first. Birthday on Saturday, so I need some special presents. Do you have any nice ties? B: The ______ over there are nice.

A: How much are they? B: Theyre fifteen dollars. A: Theyre really beatiful. I like this red ______. The green ______ is nice too. Ill take them both. B: Ok. Does your grandson need any shirts? There are some nice _______ on sale. Only twelve dollars this week. A: No, he has a lot of shirts..... Oh! I know. He wants a baseball cap. B: A baseball cap???? A: Yes. I like the _____ that boy out there is wearing. HOW MUCH IS / ARE. HOW MUCH IS = FOR SINGULAR. HOW MUCH ARE = FOR PLURAL. Example. How much is this bag? Its twenty dollars. How much is that sweater? Its forty dollars. How much are these shoes? Theyre twenty five dollars. How much are those pants? Theyre thirty dollars. Answer with : Its = singular and Theyre = plural. USEFUL EXPRESSIONS. THATS CHEAP. (low price) THATS REASONABLE. (youre agree with the price) THATS OK (good price) THATS NO BAD. ( youre agree) THATS EXPENSIVE. (high price) ARE YOU KIDDING? ( higher price / crazy price) EXERCISE. COMPLETE WITH HOW MUCH IS/ARE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. USE ESPRESSIONS TOO. a) b) c) d) ________________ are those jeans? ________________ is that necklace? _________________ is this cell phone? _________________ are these shoes? e) _________________ are those wool socks? COMPARATIVES. USE THE COMPARATIVES TO TALK ABOUT WHICH TINGS ARE BETTER. EXAMPLE. The gold ring is smaller than the silver one. The cotton jacket is warmer than the leather one. The silk shirt is more expensive than the cotton one. The blue jeans are more beautiful than the black ones. USE THEM TO ASK FOR A PRICE OF SOMETHING.

RULES TO MAKE ADVERBS AND ADJECTIVES IN COMPARATIVE FORM. 1. Short adjectives and adverbs add er + than. Example: Slow = slower than Nice = nicer than Cheap = cheaper than Small = smaller than 2. Long adjectives and adverbs cant add er so you must put the word more + adj / adv + than Example : Attractive = more attractive than Expensive = more expensive than Popular = more popular than 3. One syllable adjectives ends in a single vowel + consonant, double the consonant and add er. Examples : Big = bigger than Hot = hotter than 4. Two syllable adjectives ends in a consonant + y change y by i and add er. Example : Noisy = noisier than Easy = easier than Happy = happier than 5. Some adjectives and adverbs have irregular comparatives forms. Example: Good = better than Bad = worse than Far = farther / further than Well = better than Badly = worse than EXERCISE. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE CORRECT FORM OF THE ADJECTIVE. A) The white t- shirt is _________________ (small) the orange one. B) The blue shoes are _________________ (cheap) the red ones. C) The pink dress is __________________ (elegant ) the brown one. D) The red car is ____________________( expensive) the black one. E) The beige sweater is ________________ (warm) the green one. LIKES AND DISLIKES. (SIMPLE PRESENT) AND OBJECT PRONOUNS. YES /NO QUESTIONS. Do you like rock? Yes, I do. I like it a lot. No, I dont. I dont like it very much. Does he play the guitar? Yes, he does. No, he doesnt. Do they like the Rolling Stones? Yes, they do. They like love them No, they dont. They dont like them very much.

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USE THE OBJECT PRONOUN TO SUBSTITUTE THE NOUN BEFORE MENTIONED. OBJECT PRONOUN I ME YOU YOU HE HIM SHE HER IT IT WE US YOU YOU THEY THEM EXAMPLES: Mike plays football very well. He plays it very well. Helena and Joe love their children. They love them. We listen to the math teacher. We listen to him / her. EXERCISE. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE CORRECT OBJECT PRONOUN. A) B) C) D) E) Eddy likes soccer but I dont like _______. Anns favorite movie star is Nicolas Cage but I dont like ______. Katy likes Christina Aguilera but I don like _______. My friend and I want to go but Luke doesnt want to go with _______. Lisa drives an old car. She bough ______ last month.

MODAL AUXILIAR WOULD. USE THE MODAL WOULD TO MAKE A POLITE INVITATION. CONTRACTION = d EXAMPLE: An invitation with an affirmative answer. Would you like to go out on Saturday? Yes, I would. Yes, Id love to, thanks. Yes, I really like to go. An invitation with an excuse. USE WOULD + VERB + TO + VERB. EXAMPLE: Would you like to go to the movies? Id like to, but I have to do my homework. Id like to, but I want to visit my grand parents.

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GO TO The movies A play A party The museum A concert Chapultepec An amusement park The park A disco GET TO THE PLACE By bus By subway By microbus By combi By car By taxi

WATCH a video a movie

LISTEN TO music radio

EXERCISE. MAKE TWO INVITATIONS AND SAY YES FOR ONE AND GIVE AN EXCUSE FOR THE OTHER, USE THE IDEAS AVOBE. IN THE INVITACION THAT IS ACEPT ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS. A) B) C) D) E) F) FAMILY. VOCABULARY. Family Father Mother Husband Wife Son Daughter Children Grandfather Grandmother Grandson Granddaughter Grandchildren Aunt Uncle Cousin Brother when is it? Where is it? What time does it start? When does it end? Where should we meet? How should we go there?

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Sister Sister- in low Brother in low Mother in low Father in low Niece Nephew Relatives Parents EXERCISE. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE CORRECT WORD. A) My fathers mother is my ______________ B) My cousins father is my _______________ C) My brothers wife is my _______________ D) My mothers sister is my ______________ E) My mothers husband is my ____________ F) My mothers parents are my _____________ G) My uncles son is my ________________ H) My brothers son is my _______________ I) My sisters husband is my _____________ J) My parents daughter is my ____________ PRESENT CONTINUOUS. USE THE PRESENT CONTINUOS TO TALK ABOUT ACTIONS IN PROGRESS NOW. EX. WE ARE STUDYING ENGLISH, I M PLAYING SOCCER. FORM THE PRESENT CONTINUOS WITH A FORM OF BE AND A PRESENT PARTICIPLE. EX. BOB IS WORKING PRESENT PARTICIPLE. BE TO MAKE NEGATIVE SENTENCES USE THE NEGATIVE FORM OF BE. EX. WE ARENT STUDYING ENGLISH. IM NOT PLAYING SOCCER. YES / NO QUESTIONS PRESENT CONTINUOUS. EX. ARE YOU STUDIYING ENGLISH? YES, I AM. / NO I AM NOT. IS BOB WORKING? YES, HE IS / NO HE ISNT Wh QUESTIONS. WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, WHO, WHY. EX. WHAT ARE YOU STUDYING? IM STUDYING ENGLESH. WHERE ARE YOU STUDYING? I STUDYING AT CENLEX. WHO IS TEACHING THIS CLASS? MISS. STUART. WHEN ARE YOU STUDYING? ON SATURDAYS. WHY ARE YOU STUDYING ENGLISH? BECAUSE I LIKE IT. RULES TO MAKE A VERB IN ING FORM. 1. One syllable verbs end in e eliminate e and add ing. Ex. Write = writing Ride = riding Make = making. 2.One syllable verbs end in one vowel + one consonant, double the consonant and add ing. Ex. Run = running Put = putting

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3. Verbs end in x/w do not use rule 2. Ex. Fix = fixing Show = showing 4. verbs end in ie change ie by y and add ing. Ex. Die = dying. EXERCISE. COMPLETE THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CORRECT FORMS OF THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS. 1. A: Hi, Mandy. What __________________ ?(you / do) B: _________________(I / watch) tv, Can I call you back later? A: ok, bye. 2. A: Hi, Dad. How are the kids? _______________________? (they / sleep) B: No, Honey. _________________________ (they / play) outside with other kids. A: But Dad, its 9:30 in the evening! B: Yes, but remember theres no school tomorrow. ________________________ (they / have) a good time. Theyre ok. 3. A: Pete, is Luigi there? B: Im sorry Mrs. Moreno he is not here right now. A: _______________________ (he / deliver) a pizza? B: I dont know where he is. Sorry. 4. A: Hows the weather there, Marsha? __________________ ( it / rain) B: No, it isnt. _______________________ (it / snow) A: Snowing? Thats too bad. Its beautiful here. _________________________ ( the sun / shine) COMPLETE THE PARAGRAPH USE PRESENT CONTINUOUS, Its Saturday afternoon in Bellville. The sun __________________ (shine). The Morris family is at home. Gloria Morris ___________________(read) a book. Her son Peter and his fried _______________(play) basketball. Alice, her daughter, _________________ (talk) on the phone. Baby Ann________________ (not/ cry). Glorias husband ______________________ (fix) his car. And Adam from Sals pizza __________________ (deliver) a pizza. COMPLETE THE PARAGRAPH WITH SIMPLE PRESENT OR PRESENT CONTINUOUS. Hi, Im Noriko Kinomoto. Im an interchange student. I ______________ (study) Business Adminidtration here in California. Im from Japan, but now I ________________ (live) in Los Angeles with some friends. I come from a short family. We are only four. My mother is a housewife she _________ (like) to cook and she ____________ (cook) delicious. My father is an Engineer he ______________ (work ) in a big company in Japan but now he is in New York, he is ______________ (build) a big stadium. My little sister is Tomoyo she is a student too, but she is in Japan with our mother, she is __________(study) high school. She is in her last year and maybe the next year shell come here with me. She _____________ (want) to study Biology. Now she is _______________ (study) very hard to her exams and Im ______________ (do) the same.

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