- •If you speak French and have some difficulties
- •Introduction
- •I am doing
- •I like/do/go
- •I don’t like
- •I worked I didn’t work did you work?
- •I was/you were
- •I went I worked I stopped
- •Irregular Verbs
- •I went I didn’t go did you go?
- •I had I didn’t have did you have?
- •I was doing
- •4:00 Today: they are watching
- •4:00 Yesterday: they were jogging
- •Ivan moved to London in 2002. He lives in London now.
- •I went to Italy
- •I came back from Italy
- •I’ve been to Italy (at sometime in my life)
- •Is done/was done
- •Interested in which city they are made .
- •In Europe, people drive on the right. In England, people drive on the left.
- •If you have got used to doing something, you can say that you are used
- •I will do
- •I have a shower every day. This morning I
- •If you don’t have a pen I’ll lend you one
- •I had done
- •Is it allowed?
- •Is it necessary?
- •In English, the adjective is before the noun:
- •I/me/my/mine
- •I’m her boyfriend. I’m hers!
- •I Me My Mine
- •Internet links:
I am doing
He is reading a book They are running The sun is shining
The verb ‘to be’ can be used as an auxiliary verb before
other verbs. The verb that follows always has the ending ‘-
ing’.
‘to be’ represents a present state, so when it’s followed by
a verb (-ing) it refers to a present activity.
• I’m a teacher, but I’m not teaching now, I’m
preparing a lesson
• Susan is wearing a pretty dress today
• Take an umbrella, it’s raining
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Spelling
Note the following spelling changes:
write writing run running
come coming swim swimming
dance dancing sit sitting
lie lying
Negative
Place ‘not’ after the auxiliary:
I’m not sleeping
They’re not working -or - they aren’t working
She’s not reading - or - she isn’t reading
Questions
Change the order of words:
• Are you sleeping?
• Is he playing?
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Unit 3
I like/do/go
The Present Simple
Positive
I like
You like
He likes
She likes
We like
They like
Negative
I don’t like
You don’t like
He doesn’t like
She doesn’t like
We don’t like
They don’t like
The present simple is used for things in general, and things
that happen sometimes or always:
• The sun rises in the east
• I work from nine till five
• I like chocolate
• I go to the cinema on Saturdays
To indicate frequency, we use these adverbs:
always usually often sometimes
never
100%
0%
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• I always go shopping on Fridays
• I usually have coffee with my breakfast, but
sometimes I have tea
• I never watch American movies
• I often buy a newspaper on my way to work
Present simple spelling
Note the following spelling changes:
I watch she watches
I kiss he kisses
I wash she washes
I judges he judges
I study she studies
I try he tries
I do she does
I go he goes
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Present simple questions
We use the verb ‘do’ as an auxiliary when we ask
questions:
• Do you read a lot?
• Do they live here?
• Does she like her job?
• Do you always arrive early?
• What do you usually do in your free time?
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Unit 4
have/have got
She has blue eyes and black hair
=
She’s got blue eyes and black hair
(has got)
For possession, have and have got are the same
I’ve got a cold and a high
temperature
Have got in questions
• Have you got the time?
• Has she got a car?
Have got in negatives
• I haven’t got a car
• He hasn’t got a job
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Unit 5
