- •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:
Is it allowed?
YES
NO
You can go
You mustn’t go
Permission
Prohibition
Is it necessary?
YES
You must go
You have to go
Obligation
NO
You DON’T HAVE TO
go
No Obligation
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Unit 20
big/small/beautiful
adjectives
In English, the adjective is before the noun:
An interesting book
A difficult project
He’s got blue eyes and brown hair
I just love Indian food
This lovely red dress is not expensive
Adjectives always remain the same, they do not change according to
the subject:
o A tall woman
o A tall man
o Some tall people
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Unit 21
big/bigger/biggest
comparatives and superlatives
Bigger than/ Smaller than
Box A is bigger than box B and box C
Box B is smaller than box A, but bigger than box C
Box C is smaller than box A and B
The biggest/The smallest
Box A is the biggest. = it’s bigger than all the others.
Box C is the smallest. =it’s smaller than all the others.
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With small adjectives, we add –er to make comparatives:
small – smaller
large – larger
quick – quicker
slow – slower
We add a consonant to adjectives that have one consonant at the end:
big – bigger
thin – thinner
fat – fatter
Adjectives that end in –y change to i:
funny – funnier
happy – happier
easy – easier
Long adjectives are different. We cannot add –er, instead we use more
before the adjective:
A Ferrari is more expensive than a
BMW
Korean films are more interesting than American ones
Paris is more beautiful than London
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Superlatives
Small adjectives take the +-est to make superlatives:
The tallest mountain in the world is Everest.
The longest river in the world is the Amazon.
The richest man in the world was Bill Gates.
We put the most before long adjectives:
The most beautiful woman in the world is probably
Monica Bellucci.
The most difficult thing about English is the
pronunciation.
The most expensive city in the world is Tokyo.
There are three exceptions:
good better the best
bad worse the worst
far further the furthest
The weather is better today than it was yesterday.
After the war, the situation became worse than before.
Sydney is further than Kuala Lumpur.
Blah, blah,
blah…
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Unit 22
you should
You should stop
smoking
We use should when something is a good idea; it is a good thing to do.
To be polite, you can say, I think you should…
I think you shouldn’t eat so much.
I think you should talk to her about it.
I think you should reconsider our offer.
I don’t think he should attend the conference.
Ought to
Ought to is the same as should, but generally used only in positive
sentences:
I think you ought to eat less.
Perhaps you ought to talk to her about it.
You ought to think about reconsidering.
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Expectation and probability
We can also use should and ought to to talk about something we
expect will happen, or something that is likely to happen:
Where’s Giovanni? He should be here by now.
My train is late, but I should arrive around 10pmg.
I’ve studied hard, so I ought to pass the exam.
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Subject |
Object |
||
I |
I like Jane |
Me |
Jane likes me |
You |
You like Jane |
You |
Jane likes you |
He |
He likes Jane |
Him |
Jane likes him |
She |
She likes Jane |
Her |
Jane likes her |
We |
We like Jane |
Us |
Jane likes us |
They |
They like Jane |
Them |
Jane likes them |
Unit 23
