Friday 13

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

A sentence

Tania is happy

"Tania" is the subject. 

"Is" is the verb. 

Ali loves Mary.

"Mary" is the object.

REVIEW: grammar Unit 1, 2

Starter: 

1. Find the mistakes in this text: 

Sarah like to play basketball every Saturday, but she don’t enjoys swimming. What does Sarah  in the evenings? She watches not TV because they doesn't have one at home.

Present simple

To form the present simple, you just need to write the verb.

If you have he, she or it, you add an -s to the verb.

I walk to school

The students eat lunch

My father sleeps on the couch

How to make questions?

For the verb "BE" exchange the subject and the verb. 

They are happy ---> Are they happy?

You are a student ---> Are you a teacher?

For other verbs: add "Do" or "does" in front of the sentence. 

For he/she, we use "does" and no more -s at the end of the verb 

You want to go home  ---> Do you want to go home?

She loves dancing ---> Does she love dancing

Negative form for BE 

BE + not

I am not happy

You are not happy

He/ she is not happy

We are not happy 

They are not happy 

Negative form of other verbs

Add: Do + not (I, you, we, they)

 or Does + not (he, she, it)

Positive                                                Negative

You speak French.                     You do not speak French.

He likes fish.                                  He does not like fish.

do not --> don't                          does not --> doesn't 

FUTURE: Will & be + going to

GOING TO: is for intentions you have already made earlier and to make predictions that are very likely to be true.

WILL: is used to talk about plans decided at the moment of speaking, for things in the future that you did not plan or to make predictions that are not based on present or past evidence.

Example: We are going to France next week! 

Do you need any help carrying this heavy box? I'll do it for you!

Short adjectives: 

1 syllable 

ex: clean, nice, fat...

Comparative form: + "ER" 

--> cleaner, nicer, fatter

Superlative form: + "EST"

--> cleanest, nicest, fattest

Long adjectives:

 3 or more syllables 

ex: expensive, beautiful

Comparative form: + "MORE"

---> more expensive, more beautiful 

Superlative form: + "THE MOST"

---> The most expensive

---> The most beautiful

Adjectives with 2 syllables 

Usually they behave like short adjectives: 

happy ---> happier, happiest

simple ---> simpler, simplest

But certain 2-syllable adjectives behave like long ones:

patient ---> more patient, the most patient

! Irregular forms !

Past simple

Add "ED" at the end of the infinitive form of the verb:

I walk ---> I walked. 

He loves this pizza ---> He loved this pizza

Some verbs are IRREGULAR! You must learn these by heart.

I go to school everyday ---> I went to school everyday.

We have a cute dog ---> We had a cute dog

STARTER: Fill in with the superlative or comparative 

1. A golden necklace is........................ than

 a plastic one (expensive).

2. My brother is ...........................than

 me (tall).

3. Our new neighbor is ............................ 

person I have ever met! (annoying)

4. She has just bought the ................ 

shoes ever! (ugly)