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Basic Englis I
Basic Englis I
Basic Englis I
INICIAL EN
INGLÉSTEACHER: ALMA DELIA
MONDRAGÓN REVELES
PRESENT TENSE BE
• The verb BE has three forms: AM, IS, ARE, which we have to use according
to the pronoun or subject.
TO BE
I AM I am a teacher.
He IS He is in the lab.
It IS It is a city.
Negative
Statement Yes/No Question Short Answers
Statements
Yes, you are / No, you
I am a teacher. I am not a teacher. Am I a teacher?
are not
You are a You are not a
Are you a student? Yes, I am / No, I am not
student. student.
He is in the lab. He is not in the lab. Is he in the lab? Yes, he is / No, he is not
Yes, she is / No, she is
She is my sister. She is not my sister. Is she my sister?
not
It is a city. It is not a city. Is it a city? Yes, it is / No, it is not
Yes, we are / No, we are
We are friends. We are not friends. Are we friends?
not
They are They are not Yes, they are / No they
Are they doctors?
doctors. doctors. are not
EXERCISE:
We use THIS / THESE when the objects are near to the speaker.
We use THAT / THOSE when the objects are far from the speakers.
That is a lake.
THAT + Singular Nouns
Those are mountains
THOSE + Plural Nouns
DEMONSTRATIVES
Questions
• What is that?
That is an airplane.
• Is that a bird?
No, it is an airplane.
I My
You Your
He His
She Her +
It Its
We Our
They Their NOUN
POSSESSIVE ADJTECTIVES
At In On
at home in bed on the table
at work in the box on the shelf
at school in the closet on the wall
at the airport in a basket on the second floor
YES/NO
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE SHORT ANSWERS
QUESTIONS
I can cook I can not cook Can I cook? Yes, you can / No,you can´t
You can dance You can not dance Can you dance? Yes I can / No I can’t
He can play He can not play Can he play? Yes, he can / No, he can`t
She can swim She can not swim Can she swim? Yes, she can / No, she can’t
It can run It can not run Can it run? Yes, it can / No, it can’t
We can sing We can not sing Can we sing? Yes, we can / No, we can’t
Yes, they can / No, they
They can walk They can not walk Can they walk ?
can’t
EXERCISE: FILL IN CAN OR CAN´T
EXERCISE
Fill in the article >a<, >an< or >the< where necessary. Choose >x< where no article is used.
Positive Sentences
We use there is for singular and there are for plural.
There is one table in the classroom.
There are three chairs in the classroom.
There is a spider in the bath.
There are many people at the bus stop
• Contractions
• The contraction of there is is there's.
• There's a good song on the radio.
• There's only one chocolate left in the box.
• You cannot contract there are.
• There are nine cats on the roof.
• There are only five weeks until Christmas.
Negative Form
When we want to indicate that a zero quantity of something exists we use there
aren't any.
Again we use any with plural questions or those which use uncountable nouns.
If we want to find out the number of objects that exist we use How many in the following form:
SINGULAR
PLURAL
SINGULAR
There is a/an…
There is a toilet.
There isn’t a
shower.
Is there a mirror?
Yes, there is.
UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
There is some
There isn’t any
Is there any?
UNCOUNTABLE
MY KITCHEN
There is one
real horse.
There are
six toys and
there are
seven
pictures of
horses.
NOW REMEMBER!!
Singular…?
or plural?
THERE IS/THERE ARE
There is a lamp.
pictures.
windows.
Is there a CD player?
There …… …… toilet.
There …… …… shower.
…… there …… mirror?
Yes, there …….
COUNTABLE PLURAL
IN THE LIVING ROOM…
There …… ……
animals.
There …… ……
chairs.
…… there ……
shelves?
Yes, …… …….
THERE IS/THERE ARE
There …… …… lamp.
There …… …… pictures.
There …… …… windows.
…… there …… CD player?
There …… …… chairs.
There …… ……TV.
…… there …… knife?
No, there …… .
…… there …… cups?
Yes, there …… .
UNCOUNTABLE