- •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:
In Europe, people drive on the right. In England, people drive on the left.
When I came to England for the first time, it was difficult to get used to
driving on the left.
Get used to + verb (-ing) Something that was difficult at first, but
becomes normal with time or practice.
• When you go to live in a foreign country, it takes time to get used to
living there.
be used to
If you have got used to doing something, you can say that you are used
to doing it
• My job was hard at the beginning, but I’m used to it now
• I’m used to getting up early, but I didn’t like it when I started
• France is very different from England, but I’m used to living here
now
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Unit 12
I will do
Future 1
I have a shower every day. This morning I
had a shower. Tomorrow, I will have a
shower.
I go
you will/won't do
he/she be
we have
they ...etc
Will I
Questions
you
he she it
we
they
go?
say?
do?
be?
..etc.
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Will is used for the future:
• Tomorrow, I will be in Manchester on business
• Don’t call tonight, I won’t be at home
• It will be a hard match, but I’m sure we’ll win
Will often shows we are not sure
• I think it will rain this afternoon
• I don’t know what to do – maybe I’ll ask Jan about it
Will can mean a spontaneous decision
• The phone’s ringing – I’ll answer it
If you don’t have a pen I’ll lend you one
Shall
Shall is the same as will when used with I and we:
• I shall be late / I will be late
• We shall buy some souvenirs / we will buy some souvenirs
This is not an absolute rule as the following examples show:
You shall go to the ball, Cinderella
You shall be taken and hanged by your neck until you are
dead
She shall have music wherever she goes
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Unit 13
going to
Planned/certain future (2)
Tonight there is a
football match on
television. I like
football.
Hi Jane, do you have
plans for tonight ?
Hi Jeanne, I’m going to
watch the football
match on television.
Past Present Future
I decide “I’m going I do it
to do to do it”
something
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I am
You are
She is
We are
They are
(not) going to
do
walk
go
make
etc…
If you have planned something for the future, you can say ‘I’m going to…’
• I’m going to cook Indian food tonight
• I’m going to talk to Ian about his attitude
We often use the present progressive to talk about future events:
What are you doing tonight?
I’m playing footballl
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Unit 14
