USE AUXILIARY AFFIRMATIVE FORM Present Simple We use the present simple to talk about habits and routines. To form the present simple we need the auxiliary verd DO. DOES for he,she,it. The verb doesn't change except for third person of singular(he, She, It) which adds -s. I play- He plays NEGATIVE FORM We use don't before the verb and doesn't for the third person of singular I don't go to school on Saturday. She doesn't go to school on Saturday. INTERROGATIVE FORM We place the auxilary verb before the subject. DO/ DOES Do you go to schoolon Saturday? No, I don't Does she go to school on Saturday? Present Continuous We use the present continuous to talk about actions happening in the moment of speaking. To form the present continuous tense we need the auxiliary verb BE in the present simple (am, is are) We use the present simple of BE (am, is, are) +VERB in ING form I am playing basketball. We use the present simple of BE in the negative form (I'm not, isn't, aren't) and the VERB in ING form. I'm not playing basketball. She isn't playing basketball They aren't playing basketball We place the auxiliary verb TO BE before the subject. Are you playing basketball? Yes, I am Is he playing basketball? No, he isn't Are they playing basketball? Yes, they are.
THE PAST SIMPLE TENSE We use the Past Simple to talk about actions started and finished in the past. 1.Regular Verbs I played with my friends at the park yesterday. I didn't watch TV last night. To form the past simple tense of regular verbs you must add -ed to the infinitive. Play-played Study- studied Visit- visited In the negative and the interrogative you need the auxiliary verb DIDN'T/DID I didn't study for my exam, so I failed. * Did she play computer games last night? Yes, she did/ No she didn't.* *Fixa't com al utilitzar l'auxiliar, el verb ja no s'ha de posar en passat ja que l'auxiliar ja ens indica en quin temps verbal estem parlant
2.Irregular Verbs Irregular verbs have no rules. You must learn them by hard. They've got a different word to form the past simple. I went to bed late last night She wrote an e-mail to her English friend yesterday. Go-went Do-did Make-made See-saw Write-wrote *For negative and interrogative irregular verbs follow the same rules as the regular verbs. I didn't go to bed late last night. She didn't write an e-mail yesterday. Did she write an e-mail yesterday? Yes, she did/ No, she didn't.
3.To be It is an irregular verb but it doesn't need an auxilary verb to form the negative or the interrogative forms. When I was 6, I was very naughty. I wasn't at the park yesterday afternoon. Were you at school yesterday? No, I wasn't. I was sick in bed.
USE PRESENT SIMPLE We use the Present Simple to talk about actions that are repeated.(habits) It is also used to talk about general truth. PAST SIMPLE We use the past simple to talk about finished actions that happened in a definite point in the past. FORM Affirmative I go to school everyday. I went to school yesterday Negative I don't go to school on Saturday. I didn't go to school yesterday. Interrogative Do you go to school on Monday? Did you go to school yesterday? AUXILIARY VERB DO/DOES DID OTHER FEATURES The 3rd person singular (he/she/it) adds an -s in the affirmative form. In the negative and in the interrogative we use the auxiliary verb DOES/ DOESN'T and the verb in the base form. There are two kind of verbs: REGULAR AND IRREGULAR. The general rule to form the past of regular verbs is by adding -ed to the base form. Irregular verbs have no rules and you must learn them by heart.
USE We use the be going to tense to talk about plans for the future. FORM AFFIRMATIVE We use the present simple affirmative of BE (am, is, are) +going to+infinitive. I am going to go to London on holidays She is going to play football at the beach. NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE We use the present simple negative of BE+going to+ infinitive I am not going to go to London on holidays. She isn't going to play football. Question Word(if necessary)+to BE +subj +verb Are you going to go to London on holidays? When are you going to go? What are they going to do there?
1. COMPARATIVES a. Short adejectives Short adjectives (1 or 2 syllables) make the comparative by adding -er to the positive adjective. Small- smaller Big-bigger Fast- faster b. Long adjectives Long adjectives (more than two syllables) add more before the adjectives. Intelligent- more intelligent beautiful- more beautiful. c. Comparative sentences I think London is a more beautiful city than Manchester. My sister is taller than me. An elephant is heavier than a mouse.
2. SUPERLATIVES a. Short adjectives Short adjectives make the superlative by adding -est to the positive adjective,and writing the before. Small- the smallest Big- the biggest fast- the fastest b. Long adjectives You must write the most before the adjective. c. Superlative sentences. Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world. The Sahara desert is the biggest desert in the world. Lewis is the most intelligent student in my class. Intelligent- the most intelligent beautiful- the most beautiful comfortable- the most comfortable
We use these words to ask about specific information. Here you are some of them.