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Friday, 21 September 2018

WH- QUESTIONS





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PRESENT CONTINUOUS - Theory and practice


PRESENT CONTINUOUS

We use present continuous to talk about something is happening right now.
In affirmative it is formed by:

 subject + verb to be + verb -ing 



Now you have another explanation of present continuous in order to make things easier.



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Friday, 19 May 2017

SIMPLE PAST OF VERB TO BE

To Be - Affirmative

SubjectTo BeExamples
IwasI was tired this morning.
YouwereYou were very good.
HewasHe was the best in his class.
ShewasShe was late for work.
ItwasIt was a sunny day.
WewereWe were at home.
YouwereYou were on holiday.
TheywereThey were happy with their test results.

To Be - Negative Sentences

The negative of To Be can be made by adding not after the verb (was or were).
SubjectTo BeExamples
Iwas notI was not tired this morning.
Youwere notYou were not crazy.
Hewas notHe was not married.
Shewas notShe was not famous.
Itwas notIt was not hot yesterday.
Wewere notWe were not invited.
Youwere notYou were not at the party.
Theywere notThey were not friends.

To Be - Negative Contractions

The can make negative contractions of the verb To Be in the Past tense by joining the verb (was or were) and n't(e.g. were not = weren't). We don't make a contraction of the subject and the verb (e.g. I was).
I was not tired this morning.ORI wasn't tired this morning.
You were not crazy.ORYou weren't crazy.
He was not married.ORHe wasn't married.
She was not famous.ORShe wasn't famous.
It was not hot yesterday.ORIt wasn't hot yesterday.
We were not invited.ORWe weren't invited.
You were not at the party.ORYou weren't at the party.
They were not friends.ORThey weren't friends.

To Be - Questions

To create questions with To Be, you put the Verb before the Subject.
AffirmativeYouwerehappy.
SubjectVerb
QuestionWereyouhappy?
VerbSubject

AffirmativeQuestion
I was lateWas I late?
You were sick.Were you sick?
He was surprised.Was he surprised?
She was from Italy.Was she from Italy?
It was a big house.Was it a big house?
We were ready.Were we ready?
You were early.Were you early?
They were busy.Were they busy?

Before the verb you can also have a WH- Question word (Why, Who, What, Where etc.)
Were you happy? Yes, I was.
Why were you happy? Because I was promoted at work.

Tuesday, 18 April 2017

"GOING TO" FUTURE

Grammar Rule

Examples

I’m going to be a teacher when I’m older.
He’s not going to play football anymore.
Are you
going to buy a new T-shirt?

Remember!

We use ‘going to’ to talk about our future plans.
I’m going to write my homework tonight.
They’re going to watch a film this weekend.

Be careful!

You can usually make the negative in two ways.
He isn’t going to ride a bike.
He’s not going to ride a bike.
They aren’t going to visit us.
They’re not going to visit us.

We say... We don’t say...

I’m not going to read that book. (NOT I amn’t going to read that book.)
She’s going to have pizza for dinner. (NOT She’s going to having pizza for dinner.)


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COUNTRIES AND NATIONALITIES

Here you can see some of the most popular countries in our world. Each country has got a nationality that refers to the people and the language which is talked in that region.


Test your knowledge about nationalities playing this GAME (click on the word)