STARTING UP - UNIT 1 - GRAMMAR

THE VERB "TO BE" ARTICLES "A" AND "AN"

Affirmative (+) Negative (-) Used for singular nouns before a
Subjects. Verb to be Contraction Contraction. consonat or vowel.
I am I‘m ‘m not Before a vowel Before a
You (all) are You‘re Aren‘t use: consonat use:
He is He‘s Isn‘t
She is She‘s Not Isn‘t "A" "An"
It is It‘s Isn‘t A teacher An artist.
We are We‘re Aren‘t A car. An egg.
They are They‘re Aren‘t A computer. An eye.

STARTING UP – UNIT 2.

POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES "WH" QUESTIONS

This sits before a noun (or a pronoun) to show who These are questions starting
or what owns it. with WH-words and also are used to
Pronoun. P. Adjective Important. ask about specific qualities, times,
I My home. We can add "‘s" when places, people and so on.
You Your pen. we use a proper noun. What Asking about something.
He His car. "Michael‘s car" Wich Asking about opinion / choice.
She Her book "Mary‘s book" Where. Asking about a place.
It Its collar. "Dog‘s collar." When. Asking about time.
We Our laptop It is used only for third Who. Asking about a person (subject).
They Their cellphone. subjects. Whom Asking about a person (object).
ADJECTIVES TO DESCRIBE Whos Asking about an owner.
Old house. Asking for a reason. (Use
It comes always before a Why
Young people. "because to answer")
noun.
So on. something. How Asking about a procedure.
 STARTING UP – UNIT 3 – GRAMMAR.

DEMOSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES. SIMPLE PRESENT

Close. Far
S + Verb (s) + O
Singular. This (este) That (eso)
Plural. These (estos) Those (esos) You like these shows.
It is also used to introduce people: She likes going out.
"This is my mom; That is Claudia". We like that car.

STARTING UP – UNIT 4.

PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE. PREPOSITIONS OF TIME

(+) S + Verb (s) + O. In 1995.
To years/ months/
(-) S + don‘t/doesn‘t + verb + O. IN In August.
parts of the day.
(?) Do/Does + S + Verb + O ? In the morning.
To answer Yes/No question: On Monday.
ON To days
(+) Yes, S + do/does. (-) No, S + don‘t/doesn‘t. On September 8º.
AT To hours. At 12:00 pm.
FREQUENCY
A time: Once.
Two times. Twice.
More than 2t.3,4…times.