Lesson 1 Workbook Page 2-10
Lesson 1 Workbook Page 2-10
Lesson 1 Workbook Page 2-10
Sentence
(Linguistics) a sequence of words capable of standing alone to make an assertion, ask a question, or give a command, usually consisting of a subject and a predicate containing a finite verb. Assertion: A strong statement that something is true
Auxiliary Verb
Definition: Auxiliary verbs are used together with a main verb to give grammatical information and therefore add extra meaning to a sentence, which is not given by the main verb. Be, Do and have are auxiliary verbs, they are irregular verbs and can be used as main verbs.
Pronoun
A pronoun replaces a noun in a sentence. The noun that is replaced is called an antecedent.
Type First Person Second Person Nominative I you he Third Person First Person Plural she it we you they who Possessive my your his her its our your their whose Objective me you him her it us you them whom Possessive Noun mine yours his hers its ours yours theirs whose
Singular
Second Person
Third Person
Interrogative
gender
male/female male/female male female neuter
example sentence
This is my book. I like your hair. His name is "John". Her name is "Mary". The dog is licking its paw. We have sold our house. Your children are lovely. The students thanked their teacher.
male/female male/female
male/female/neute their r
whose
To Be
Present tense form am/is/are
Tense: Any one of the inflected forms in the conjugation of a verb that indicates the time, such as past, present, or future, as well as the continuance or completion of the action or state
Am/Is/Are
Question Am I ? Are you ? Is he/ she/it ? Positive Statement I am (Im) You are (youre) He/ She / It is (Hes / Shes its) We are (were) Negative Statement I am not ( Im not) You are not (Youre not/ you arent) He / She / It is not He / She / It s not He / She / It isnt We are not ( We arent / Were not) You are not (Youre not/ you arent) They are not (they arent / theyre not)
Are We ?
Are they?
Examples:
Am/Are Question - ? Positive Answer - Yes Negative Answer - No "Am I disturbing you?" "Yes you are." "No you're not." Is "Is this your coat" "Yes it is" "No it isn't"
To Do
Do / Does
Question
Singular Do I? Do you? Does he/she/it? Plural Do we? Do you? Do they?
We do You do They do
To Have
Have / Has
Question Singular Have I? Have you? Has he/she/it? Plural Have we? Have you? Positive Statement (spoken) I have (I've) You have (You've) He/she/it has (He/she/it 's) We have (We've) You have (You've) Negative Statement (spoken) I have not (I haven't/I've not) You have not (You haven't/You've not) He/she/it has not (He/she/it hasn't) We have not (We haven't/We've not) You have not (You haven't/You've not) They have not (They haven't/They've not)
Have they?
Examples
Do Does Question - ? "Do you always take the "Does she ever do her bus to work?" homework on time?" Positive Answer - Yes "Yes I do." "Yes she does." Negative Answer - No "No I don't." "No she doesn't."
Examples
Have is often used to indicate possession (I have or I have got)
Have Have got Question - ? "Do you have a car?" or "Have you got a car?" "Have you a car?" Positive Answer - Yes "Yes I have a car." "Yes I've got a car." Negative Answer - No "No I don't have a car." "No I haven't got a car. Have is also used to indicate necessity (I have to) or (I have got to).
Have is also used to indicate necessity (I have to) or (I have got to)
Have to Have got to Question - ? "Do you have to leave "Have you got to leave early?" early?" Positive Answer - Yes "Yes I have to." or "Yes I "Yes I've got to." do" Negative Answer - No "No I don't have to." "No I haven't got to."
Negative Answer - No
" No I haven't."
WH Question Words
Question Word Function asking for information about something asking for repetition or confirmation Example What is your name? What? I can't hear you. You did what? What did you do that for? When did he leave? Where do they live? Which color do you want? Who opened the door?
what
asking for a reason, asking why asking about time asking in or at what place or position asking about choice asking what or which person or people (subject) asking what or which person or people (object) asking about ownership
Whom did you see? Whose are these keys? Whose turn is it? Why do you say that? Why don't I help you?
why
why don't
how
how + adjective/adverb how far how long how many how much how old how come (informal)
asking about extent or degree distance length (time or space) quantity (countable) quantity (uncountable) age asking for reason, asking why
see examples below How far is the library from the mall? How long will it take? How many people are there? How much money do you have? How old are you? How come I can't see her?
Conversation
Activity
Introduce yourself in a formal and informal way.
Activity
Practice activity 2 and 9 of lesson 1 with your classmate