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ENGLISH - OXFORD PRACTICE GRAMMAR

UNIT 1-8

PRESENT SIMPLES (TO BE)


We use BE:
To say who we are
 I'm steve and this is my friend Bill. We're from Scotland
 I'm Janet and these are my sisters.
 This is Sandra and this is Patricia
 Sandra and Patricia are doctors

To talk about the weather


 It's cold today
 It's a beautiful day
 It's usually hot here
 It isn't very warm today
To talk about the time
 It's ten o'clock
 It's half past four
 You are late!
To talk about places
 Milan is in the north of Italy
 John and Mary are in Yorkshire
To talk about people’s age
 My sister is six years old
To talk about how we feel
 I'm happy
 They're bored
 I'm thirsty
To greet people
 How are you? I am fine thanks
To apologize
 I'm sorry, I'm late
We use THERE+BE to talk about the existence of something
 There's a supermarket in the street
 There is a telephone in the flat
 There are some good café in the center of the town
We also use THERE+BE to talk about when things happen
 There is a bus to London at six o'clock
 There are taxis, but there aren't any buses on Sunday
 There isn't another train to Manchester today

PRESENT SIMPLES (OTHER VERBS)

We add “–s” after “he/she/it”


 I start / She starts
 I live / She lives
If a verb ends in: “ch/o/sh/ss” we add “es” after he/she/it
 I watch / He watches
 They go / He goes
 You do / He does
 We wash / She washes
If a verb ends in "consonant +y", we use "ies" after he/she/it
 I study / He studies
 I fly / She flies
The negative form:
 I don't like that music
 He doesn't listen to his teacher
 He doesn't know (NOT: he doesn't knows)
To talk about things that happen regularly
 He plays golf every day
To talk about facts
 She comes from France
 Greengrocers sell vegetable
 I don't speak Chinese
To talk about feelings and opinions
 I like pop music. I don't like classical music
 She loves football
 Philip wants a new car
 I don't want a cup of tea, thanks
 He feels sick
To talk about thoughts
 I don't think she likes her new job
 I don't know the answer
 He doesn't understand me

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

We form the Present Continuous like this: “BE+ -ing”


 I am eating
 I am listening
 He is playing
 She is reading
We use the Present Continuous to talk about actions or situations in progress
 The bus is coming
To talk about actions or situations in progress, but not exactly at the moment we speak
 What are you doing these days? – I am learning Spanish
Notice these irregular spellings
Win Winning
Shop Shopping
Swim Swimming
Dance Dancing
Shine Shining
Get Getting
Sit Sitting
Travel Travelling
Write Writing

Here are some three common Present Continuous questions. They all mean “How are you?”
 How’s it going?
 How are you getting on?
 How are you doing?
We don’t use Present Continuous to talk about opinions or thoughts
 I like tennis (NOT : I em liking tennis)
 I know your sister (NOT : I am knowing your sister)
We don’t use usually use these verbs in the Present Continuous
Like Love
Mean Know
Understan Remember
d
Hate Believe
Want Think

We can use Have in Present Continuous to talk about actions


 I’m having breakfast
 He is having fun
 He is having lunch at the moment
 He is having a bath

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