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Chapters 1-6 Lower Cambridge
Chapters 1-6 Lower Cambridge
WELCOME
The Alphabet
How do you spell horse? How do you spell your name / last name?
Numbers
Colors:
ARTICLE: “a”, “an” – INDEFINITE (un, una) (unos, unas NO existe)
a + a consonant:
a boy, a car, a bike, a dog
an + singular vowel (a,e,i,o,u): an apple, an elephant, an ice
cream, an orange, an umbrella
THE PLURAL
singular plural
a pen pens
an apple apples
a baby babies
a box boxes
a glass glasses
a watch watches
a dish dishes
+ I am - I am not ? Am I
You are You are not Are you
He is He is not Is he
We are We are not Are we
They are They are not Are they
Examples: SER
Examples: ESTAR
COUNTRIES NATIONALITIES
Exceptions:
a) Verbs that end in CH, SH, S, X, O . Only changes in the 3rd
person affirmative: ES
He watches tv every day
Maria washes her hands
Peter kisses his girlfriend
He fixes his car
She goes to the movies
He does his homework
Q A S I
Where do you live?
What time does Peter wake up?
Why do they study so much?
How many books does Maria have?
How much money did the company make?
How did he do in his exam?
Which subjects will they take?
Q I S
Where is he?
How old are you?
Why is John sad?
Which is your favorite movie?
When was Carol sick?
Where were they born?
*** PLURALS
****FAMILY
Affirmative sentences
I have got a brother.
I have a brother.
I've got a brother.
Negative sentences
I have not got a
brother.
I do not have a
brother.
I haven't got a brother.
Questions
Do I have time? Have I got time?
Do you have pets? Have you got pets?
CHAPTER 4 – FOOD
Countable: Students, chairs, apples, people, words, tables, windows,
books, pens, etc.
Uncountable:
liquid: water, coke, rain, yoghurt, snow, juice, milk, toothpaste…
food logical : sugar, flour, salt, pepper, pasta, rice, beans…..
food not logical : cheese, cake, bread, meat, chicken, fish……
other logical : air, traffic, time, hair, sand, feelings….
Other not logical: money, cash
Examples: (-)
Examples: (?)
NOTE:
“too much” and “too many” indicate an excess and are used in
affirmative sentences.
QUANTIFIERS
Some & Any
“Some and any” are express an indefinite quantity or number. “Some and
Any” are used when it is not easy, necessary or important to say exactly
how many / how much we want to mean. They are both used with
countable and uncountable nouns.
I have SOME sugar - I don´t have ANY sugar Do you have ANY sugar?
There is SOME sugar - There isn´t ANY sugar Is there ANY sugar?
OTHER EXAMPLES:
NOTE:
A LOT OF = LOTS OF
Exampe sentences:
CHAPTER 5 – PLACES
1. Places in the city
1. THE FAMILY
THE PAST
Useful words in the past: yesterday, the day before yesterday, last week,
last year, last Thursday, last month, this morning, in 2018, a month ago,
two years ago, last summer,
Examples:
Pronunciation in the past: You DON’T pronounce the “e” in the past for
most verbs. Examples: walked, played, talked, studied, closed…..etc.
You ONLY pronounce the “e” when the verbs end in: