English Language 2019-2020

<< Present Simple >>

We use the present simple to :

 Express habits .
 Facts .
 Thoughts feeling .
 It's also used with general statements .
form :
He I
She Verb+ (s, es, ies) You Verb –( s)
, They
It We
She likes (like) dogs. They play (play) football.

 Write (es) after (s, sh ,ch)

Ex.: Pass = Passes

Watch = Watches

Finish = finishes

((do = does // go = goes // have = has))

 Write (ies) after (Y)

Ex.: study = studies

((play = plays))

Key Words: ((every (day, month,…), sometime, generally,

often, always, on(Monday,…), at 7:00 am, never, whenever))

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Negative:
He I
She Does not + V.inf. , You .Do not + V.inf
It They
We

She doesn't like (not like) dogs. They don'tplay(notplay)football.

Question:
A. Question without question words in simple
present:
Do [you, they, we]
Does + [she, he, it] + V.inf. … ?
Yes, I do .
Ex.: Do you read books ?
No, I don't .
Yes, he does .
Does peter play football ?
No, he doesn't .
B. Question with question words in simple present:

Question
word [you, they,
Do V.inf.
{what, when, + + we] +
Does …?
where, who, [she, he, it]
…}

Ex.: When does your mother go to work? She goes to work at

7:00am.

Where do you meet your friends? I meet them at the bus

stop.

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Exercise:
1) She ……………(go) to the park every Friday .
2) My parents ………………..(do) the shopping.
3) He ……………….. (work) in London.
4) He ……………….(ride) his bike every day.
5) It …………………….(not drink) milk
6) Leen ……………… (not speak) German
7) We ……………….. (not have) anew ideas
8) They ………………………( not go) to school
9) We sometime …………… (meet) in front of the
cinema
10)She …………………(read ) a book.
11) The children …………………(eat) hamburgers.
12) We ………………. (have) the best ideas.
13) Uncle George …………..(go) to the doctor's
14) She ……………….. (be) the best singer in our class.
15) Bill ……………….(have) got two notebooks.

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Present Continuous
The Present Continuous is used to express:
 An activity happening now.
 An activity happening around now, but perhaps not at the
moment of speaking.
 An planned future arrangement.
Form:

'm (am)
I
'm not (Negative)
He
's (is)
She
isn't (Negative) V - ing
It
We
're (are)
You
aren't (Negative)
They

Question:

Wh- questions:

am I
He
Wh- questions
is she
(What, When,
it V - ing ?
Where, Who,
We
Why)
are they
you
Ex.: What is she wearing?

Yes / No questions:

Am
is Sub. V - ing ?
are
Ex.: Are you going ? Yes, I am / No, I am not.

(( Keywords: now, at present, at this moment, still, still now, even now,
any more ))

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*There are some verbs that are usually in the Present Simple only :

(like/ think/ agree/ understand/ love)

Ex.: I'm liking coffee I like coffee.

In the box is
important

Exercise:
1. They ………………………… football in the garden. (play)
2. She can't answer the phone because she ……………………….. her
hair. (wash)
3. He …………………….. math at university .(study)
4. I …………………………. a good book by Henry James. (read)
5. What …………….. you ……………….. this evening? (do)
6. I ………………………… Miss Boyd at ten o'clock tomorrow.

For help the solution,

return to the Form…
Choose the form of the verb?

1. I (read / am reading ) lots of books every year.

2. We ( go/ are going) to a party on Saturday.
3. Nurses ( look / are looking) after people in hospital.
4. She (comes / is coming) for dinner this evening.
5. Annie ( comes / is coming) from Ireland.

The correct answer is

.. underlined

"Important question"

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<< Past Simple >>

The past simple is used to write and talk about completed actions that
happened in a time before the present.

How to form :
Regular Verbs: Irregular Verbs:
V.inf. + ed 2nd form
Ex.: walk + ed = walked Ex.: 1st form 2nd form
cry + ed = cried ( y >> i) go went
, take took
hope = hoped (no e) see saw
stop = stopped

Key Words: ((yesterday, last (week, month, Monday,

October, …), in 1989, ago)).

Negative:
How to form: did not (= didn't) + 1st form

Ex.: He didn't go to her last party. They didn't like his story.

Question:
How to form: Did + 1st form

Ex.: Did he go to her last party? Did they like his story?

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Exercise:
1) They …………….(swim) in the sea, but ……………..(not swim) in the
lake.
2) I …………(see) some elephants. I ……………….(not see) any lions.
3) She only ………………(spend) a pound. She …………….(not spend) 3
pounds.
4) He …………….(drink) some milk. He ………………….(not drink) any
water.
5) I ………………(pay) by credit card. I ………………….(not pay) cash.
6) They ………………(have) tow large tusks about three meters long.
7) Mammoths ……………………..(not eat) meat. They ………….(eat) grass.
8) Mammoths ………………….(live) a long time ago.
9) Mammoths ……………………..(not live) 100 years ago.
10) Mammoths ……………….(be) big animals, bigger than
elephants.

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Past Continuous

Grammar..
*While ……. was or were +v-ing ….., …… past simple …….
Ex.: While we were driving the car, it started to rain.
*When ……... past simple…, ……. was or were +v-ing…….
Ex.: I was eating, when the telephone rang.

Exercise:
1) I ( met / was meeting) friend while I (did / was doing) the
shopping.
2) I (paid / was paying) for my things when I ( heard / was
hearing)someone call my name.
3) While we ( had / were having) our coffee, a waiter ( dropped /
was dropping ) a pile of plates.
4) While the waiter ( picked / was picking ) up the broken plates, he
( cut / was cutting ) his finger.

The correct answer is

.. underlined

"Important question"

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