Present tense

Full form and contractions

(+, -, ?)
 Pronunciation

Train (ei) Tree (i) Egg (E) Bike (ai) Phone (ou) Boot (u) Car (ar)

A B F I o Q R
K C L Y U
J D M W
H E N
G S
P X
T
V
Z
Present tense verb be (+) Present tense verb be (-)

Full form Contraction Full form Contraction

I am I´m I am not I´m not

• Always use capital letter.
You are You´re • You use for singular and You are not You aren´t
plural.
He is He´s • Use he for man. He is not He isn´t
She is She´s • She use for a woman She is not She isn´t
• It use only for tings.
It is It´s • Use they for people and It is not It isn´t
We are We´re tings. We are not We aren´t
You are You´re • The contractions use in You are not You aren´t
conversation.
They are They´re They are not They aren´t
 Nationalities

France – French
México- Mexican United States- American

Italy- Italian Germany- German

Japan-Japanese
 Present tense verb be (?)

Full form + -

Am I I´m I´m not

Are you You´re You aren´t

Is he Peruvian? He´s He isn´t • In questions, put be

Russian?
Is she Chinese? She´s She isn´t before you, he, etc.
• Don´t use
Is it It´s It isn´t
contractions in (+)
Are we We´re We aren´t sentence answers.
Are you You´re You aren´t

Are they They´re They aren´t

 Write the questions
• They are french?
Are they french?

• German mother is her?

Is her mother German?

• From your are where parents?

Where are your parents from?

• Last Zabalowski is your name?

Is your last name Zabalowski?

• Spell do how your name you?

How do you spell your name?
 Posessive adjectives: my your, etc.

Full form Posessive adjective

• His= of man
• Her= of a woman
I´m Italian My family is from Rome • Its= thing
You´re in level 1 This is your classroom • Their= of men, women or
things
He´s the director His name is Michael • Possessive adjectives don’t
change with plural nouns.
She´s your teacher Her name is Tina. For example: our students
It´s a school. Its name is the Toronto school. • Not ours students.
We´re international Our students are from many different
school countries.
They´re new students Their names are David Emma. Be careful with it´s
and its.
• It´s = it is
• Its= possesive
 Articles: a/an, plurals

Articles: a/an
• Use a/an with
A Bag
It´s Pen singular noun.
• Use an with a noun
An ID card beginning with a
Umbrela vowel sound.

Plurals
Singular plural spelling
A book Boosks Add-s • Add –s to make a plural nouns.
A key Keys
• Don’t use a/an with plulral nouns
A watch Watches Add-es after ch, sh, for example:
A box Boxes s, x • They´re keys
A country Countries Consontant + y > ies • Not they´re a keys
A dictionary Dictionaries
 Articles: this/that/ these/ those

What´s this? It’s a dictionary

That car is Italian Use this/these for things near you
These watches are Japanese Use that/those for things far away.
This/that= singular these/ those = plural.
What are those? They´re tables
This That

These Those