Important points Unit 1 review

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• Leerjaar 1

REVIEW: grammar Unit 1, 2

Present simple

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

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

I walk to school

The students eat lunch

My father sleeps on the couch

BE and HAVE

BE (zijn)

I am 

You are

He/She is 

We are

They are

HAVE (hebben)

I have 

You have 

He/She has

We have

They have

A sentence

Tania is happy

"Tania" is the subject. 

"Is" is the verb. 

Ali loves Mary.

"Mary" is the object.

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 

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

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 !