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GI A2 Grammar Reference and Practice
GI A2 Grammar Reference and Practice
Grammar reference
• when to ask about time When’s your birthday? • we don’t use got in short answers
Possessive adjectives
• after can we use the infinitive of the verb without to
my your his/her/its our your their • the negative form of can is can’t
• the word order in questions is different
Can you play the guitar? Yes, I can.
be have got
1 Complete the sentences with the correct 5 Correct the sentences using the words
form of be. in brackets.
1 The Japanese flag is red and white. It 1 I’ve got two brothers. (two sisters)
isn’t (not) blue and white. I haven’t got two brothers. I’ve got two sisters.
2 My best friend from France. He 2 My mum has got blonde hair. (brown hair)
(not) from Spain.
3 My friends happy because it
3 You’ve got three cousins. (four cousins)
Friday.
4 I (not) 15; I
14 years old. 4 Our English teacher has got a beard. (a moustache)
5 My mum’s birthday (not) on
12th July. It on 21st July. 5 My cousins live in a big house. (small house)
6 My favourite football player (not)
Marcus Rashford. It Harry Kane.
6 Write a complete yes/no question. Then write
2 Complete the questions with the the short answer.
question words in the box. 1 your sister / long hair ? (–)
How What When Why Where Who
Has your sister got long hair?
No, she hasn’t.
a What colour is the Japanese flag? 2 you / my pencil ? (–)
b is your favourite football player?
c old are you?
d is your best friend from? 3 your classroom / a clock ? (+)
e are your friends happy?
f is your mum’s birthday?
4 your friends / bikes ? (+)
3 Match the questions in exercise 2 with the
answers in exercise 1.
a 1 b c d e f
5 we / a lot of homework today ? (–)
Possessive ’s and s’
4 Correct the mistakes in the sentences using ’s
or s’. can for ability
1 My cousin name is Hannah.
My cousin’s name is Hannah.
7 Write sentences with the affirmative, negative
or question form of can.
2 Lena eyes are green.
1 my friends / swim (+)
My friends can swim.
3 My parents car is Italian.
2 I / dance (–)
4 Luis sister is 18 years old.
3 my dad / speak German (+)
5 My best friends names are Sam and Alex.
4 you / play the piano (?)
5 your parents / sing (?)
Negative Object pronouns
I/you don’t (do not) start school.
He/She/It doesn’t (does not) have a break.
Subject pronoun Object pronoun
I me
We/You/They don’t (do not) wake up.
you you
• we use don’t or doesn’t before the main verb to form he him
the negative she her
• don’t is the contracted form of do not it it
Questions Short answers
Do I/you ride your bike Yes, I/you do.
to school? No, I/you don’t.
Does he/she/it go Yes, he/she/it does.
to school? No, he/she/it doesn’t.
Do we/you/they Yes, we/you/they do.
do sports? No, we/you/they don’t.
4 Rewrite the sentences in the negative form. 1 I have my breakfast at home. I don’t have
1 I have a shower every morning. it at school.
I don’t have a shower every morning. 2 I clean my teeth every morning. I also clean
at night.
2 My dad gets up at 6 o’clock.
3 Where are you? I can’t see .
4 I haven’t got a rubber. Can you give
3 My friends go to bed at 10:30 pm.
one?
5 Your brother is in bed. Don’t wake
4 Mrs Maguire teaches English and French. up!
6 It’s my mum’s birthday but I don’t know what to
5 I play sports in the park on Saturday morning. buy .
7 We’ve got a lot of difficult homework. Can you
6 We have lessons in the afternoon. help ?
sometimes have got
What have you got in I’ve got my school things.
your bag?
hardly ever
How many brothers and She’s got two brothers and
sisters has she got? a sister.
never When have we got PE? We’ve got it at 11 o’clock.
less frequent
• the form is: question word + have/has + subject + got
• we use adverbs of frequency to say how often we How many pets has she got?
do things
• with most verbs, the adverb comes before the verb Other verbs
Where do you play I play it at school.
We usually play football in the park after school.
basketball?
• with the verb be, the adverb comes after the verb How does your dad go He walks to work.
I’m often tired on Monday morning. to work?
When do your friends They watch TV after dinner.
Likes and dislikes watch TV?
• we use the -ing form of the verb after love, like, don’t
mind, don’t like and hate
My friends love playing chess.
They don’t like playing hockey.
• we can also use love, like, don’t mind, don’t like and
hate with nouns
My friends love chess.
They don’t like hockey.
• for the use of the past simple, see Unit 6 Grammar • the word order is different in questions. The form is
reference p94 Did + subject + infinitive ?
• for all subject pronouns, we use the same past tense I went to the wildlife park.
form (except be, see p94): Did you go to the wildlife park?
I played football. • the form in short answers is Yes, + subject + did./No, +
She played football. subject + didn’t.
They played football. • we don’t repeat the verb in short answers
• some verbs are regular in the past simple. We add -ed Did he play hockey?
to the verb to make these (see p94 for Spelling rules) Yes, he did. ✓ Yes, he played. ✗
start started No, he didn’t. ✓ No, he didn’t play. ✗
walk walked
• we use ago to say when we did something in the
• other verbs are irregular and have different forms past. We can use different time words:
and spelling
When did you tidy your room?
go went
five minutes ago/three hours ago/a month ago
have had
do did
• we often use these time expressions to talk about
the past:
get got
in (2017)
• see p80 for a list of irregular verbs when I was ten
at the age of six
Negative
I/You didn’t (did not) see
three days ago
He/She/It didn’t (did not) see
We/You/They didn’t (did not) see
• we use will to make predictions about the future • we use be + going to to talk about future plans
and intentions
People will have flying cars.
We’ll all live to be 120! • the form is subject + be + going to + infinitive
will for predictions: • the form of short answers is Yes, + subject + am/is/
are./No, + subject + 'm not/aren’t/isn’t.
question and short answers • we don’t repeat going to or the infinitive in
short answers
Questions Short answers
Is he going to go swimming?
Will I/you live in a Yes, I/you will.
big house? No, I/you won’t. Yes, he is. No, he isn’t.
Will he/she/it watch Yes, he/she/it will.
more TV? No, he/she/it won’t. Present continuous for
Will we/you/they visit
museums on holiday?
Yes, we/you/they will.
No, we/you/they won’t.
future arrangements
• we can use the present continuous to talk about
• the word order is different in questions future arrangements. We usually use a future