Evolve Digital Level 1A

Grammar summaries
Unit 1 Lesson 1: "I am,” “you are”...........................................................................................2
Unit 1 Lesson 2: “What’s… ?” / “It’s…”...................................................................................3
Unit 2 Lesson 1: “is / are” in statements and “yes/no” questions............................................4
Unit 2 Lesson 2: “is not” / “are not”.........................................................................................5
Unit 2 Lesson 4: Prepositions of place...................................................................................6
Unit 3 Lesson 1: Possessive adjectives; possessive ’s and s’................................................7
Unit 3 Lesson 2: “It is”............................................................................................................ 9
Unit 3 Lesson 4: Information questions with “be”..................................................................10
Unit 4 Lesson 1: Simple present statements with “I,” “you,” “we”..........................................11
Unit 4 Lesson 2: Simple present “yes/no” questions with “I,” “you,” “we”..............................12
Unit 4 Lesson 4: “a/an”......................................................................................................... 13
Unit 4 Lesson 4: Adjectives before nouns............................................................................14
Unit 5 Lesson 1: Simple present statements with “he,” “she,” and “they”; adverbs of
frequency............................................................................................................................. 15
Unit 5 Lesson 2: Questions in the simple present.................................................................17
Unit 6 Lesson 1: “there’s,” “there are”; “a lot of,” “some,” “no”..............................................18
Unit 6 Lesson 2: Count and non-count nouns.......................................................................19

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Unit 1 Lesson 1: "I am,” “you are”

Affirmative
Use I am or I'm:
 to give your name
 to give your job
 to say where you're from
Say you are or you're.
Examples:
“I'm Canadian.”
“You're from New York.”

Negative
In negative sentences, use not.
Examples:
“I'm not a student.”
“You're not from Canada.”

Questions and short answers

For questions, say Are you… ?
Examples:
A: Are you a student?
B: Yes, I am. / No, I'm not.
A: Am I your teacher?
B: Yes, you are. / No, you're not.

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Unit 1 Lesson 2: “What’s… ?” / “It’s…”

 For questions, say What’s… ?

What’s… ? is the same as What is… ?

 For answers, say It’s…

It’s is the same as It is…

 Use an apostrophe (’).

 You don't need to use all the words from the question in your answer.

Examples:
A: What's your first name?
B: It's Juana. (Say this, not “My first name is Juana.”)

A: What's the name of your college?

B: It's Garcia College. (Say this, not “The name of my college is Garcia College.”)

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Unit 2 Lesson 1: “is / are” in statements and “yes/no” questions

 Use is or ’s with he, she, and it.

 Use are or ’re with we, you, and they.

Affirmative
Examples:
“He's ten.” (“He is ten.”)
“She's ten.” (“She is ten.”)
“It's a party.” (“It is a party.”)
“You're teachers.” (“You are teachers.”)
“We're teachers.” (“We are teachers.”)
“They're teachers.” (“They are teachers.”)
“Look at the pencils! They're great.” (“They are great.”)

Questions and short answers

Examples:
A: Is he your friend?
B: Yes, he is. / No, he's not.
A: Is she your cousin?
B: Yes, she is. / No, she's not.
A: Are you teachers?
B: Yes, we are. / No, we're not.
A: Are they Jodie and Josh?
B: Yes, they are. / No, they're not. Jodie and Josh aren't here.

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Unit 2 Lesson 2: “is not” / “are not”

 In negative statements, use not after is or are.

 With he, she, and it, use is not, isn’t, or ’s not.
 With you, we, and they, use are not, aren’t, or ’re not.
 With nouns (people, places, and things) use isn’t / aren’t. Do not use ’s not / ’re not

Examples:
“They're not together now, but they're in love.”
“Paulo's girlfriend now is Isadora, but he's not in love with her.”
“They're not friends, they're sisters.”
“He isn't your boyfriend. He's my boyfriend!”
“Lia and Paulo aren't bad. Rodrigo is bad.”
“My father isn’t at work today.”
A: Rodrigo? Is he Lia's brother?
B: No, he's not.

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Unit 2 Lesson 4: Prepositions of place

 Prepositions of place are words and phrases to say where a thing or person is.
 Some prepositions of place are: in, next to, between, on the left, and on the right.

Examples:
“The keys are in the apartment.”
“Are the keys next to the plant?”
“They're not between the cushions.”
“The keys are not on the left. They’re on the right.”

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Unit 3 Lesson 1: Possessive adjectives; possessive ’s and s’

Possessive adjectives
 Possessive adjectives go before a noun.
 Use his and her for a person.
 Use its for a thing (not a person).
 Use the possessive adjective for the person who has something or someone. Do not use
the possessive adjective for the thing or person he or she has.
 Possessive adjectives are:
I – my
you – your
he – his
she – her
it – its
we – our
they – their

Examples:
“This is my family.”
“Is it really your house?”
“This is my brother, and here are all his games.”
“Here’s my sister, and this is her bedroom.”
“Is that your dog, and is that its house?”
“That’s our dog.”
“Here are my parents, and this is their room.”
"He has a sister. She's his sister." (Do not say, “She’s her sister.”)

Possessive ’s and s’
 A noun is a person or a thing.
 A singular noun is one person or thing (one brother, one picture).
 A plural noun is two or more people or things (two grandparents, five pictures).
 With singular nouns, use 's to show possession.
 With plural nouns, use s' to show possession.

Examples:
“It’s my brother's room.”

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“It’s my grandparents' room.”
“Is this James’s house?”

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Unit 3 Lesson 2: “It is”

 Use it is for a thing. Do not use it is to talk about a person.

 You can also use it’s and it’s not.

Examples:
“It's a chair.”
“It's a bed.”

Negative
In negative sentences, you can say it is not, it's not, or it isn't.

Examples:
“It's not one chair. It's two chairs.”
“It isn't a bed. It's a couch.”

Questions and short answers

To ask a question, say is it… ?

Examples:
“Is it a picture?”

A: Is it old?
B: Yes, it is. (Don't say, “Yes, it's.”)
B: No, it's not. / No, it isn't.

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Unit 3 Lesson 4: Information questions with “be”

 Information questions ask for information about people, places, age, time, quantity, etc.
Don’t answer information questions with yes/no answers.
 Use Who to ask questions about people.
 Use What to ask questions about things.
 Use Where to ask questions about places.
 Use When to ask questions about time.
 Use How old to ask questions about ages.
 Use How many to ask questions about quantity.
 Question words go before be.
 Use a plural noun after How many.

Examples:
“Who are they?”
“Who's your best friend?”
“What's your name?”
“What's this?”
“Where are you from?”
“Where is his apartment?”
“When is your birthday?”
“When is the party?”
“How old are you?”
“How old is your grandma?”
“How many bathrooms are in the house?”
“How many people are in your family?”

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Unit 4 Lesson 1: Simple present statements with “I,” “you,” “we”

 Use the simple present for things that are generally true.
 Simple present verbs have the same spelling after I, you, and we.
 Use don’t before the verb in negative simple present sentences.

Examples:
“I work in a hotel.”
“You work in an office.”
“We work in a restaurant.”
“I don't use a computer.”
“You don't work in an office.”
“We don't work at the front of the hotel.”

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Unit 4 Lesson 2: Simple present “yes/no” questions with “I,” “you,”
“we”

 To ask simple present yes/no questions, use Do, the subject, and a verb.
 To make a short answer, use “Yes, I/you/we do.” or “No, I/you/we don’t.”

Examples:
A: Do I post good photos?
B: Yes, you do. / No, you don't.

A: Do you use social media?

B: Yes, I do. / No, I don't.

A: Do you know my email address?

B: Yes, I do. / No, I don't.

A: Do you and your friends send emails?

B: Yes, we do. / No, we don't.

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Unit 4 Lesson 4: “a/an”

 Use a or an with a singular noun. A and an mean “one.”

 Use an before a vowel sound (a, e, i, o, u).
 Use a before a consonant sound (b, c, d…)
 Don’t use a or an with a plural noun.

Examples:
“You take a photo.”
“A tablet is expensive.”
“I have an uncle.”
“We live in a house.”
“You take photos.” (Do not use a or an before a plural noun.)
“This tablet is expensive.” (Do not use a or an when this is before a noun.)
“I have two uncles.” (Do not use a or an when a number is before a noun.)
“Our house is small.” (Do not use a or an when a possessive adjective is before a noun.)
“His phone is new.” (Do not use a or an with be and an adjective.)

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Unit 4 Lesson 4: Adjectives before nouns

 Adjectives are describing words. They describe nouns (things or people).

 Adjectives go before a noun.
 The ending of an adjective is the same for singular and plural nouns.

Examples:
“It's an expensive phone.”
“These are expensive phones.”

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Unit 5 Lesson 1: Simple present statements with “he,” “she,” and
“they”; adverbs of frequency

Affirmative simple present statements with “he,” “she,” and “they”

 With they, don’t add -s or -es to the simple present verb.
 With he and she, most simple present verbs end in -s.
 With verbs that end in -s, -ch, -sh, and -x, add -es.
 With verbs that end in a consonant any -y, change the -y to -ies.
 The verbs go and have are irregular: goes and has.

Examples:
“They work here.”
“Serena cleans in the morning.”
“Rob usually makes the coffee.”
“Serena usually studies.”
“Rob watches movies on his phone.”
“They have lunch later.”
“Serena goes out with her friends.”

Negative simple present statements with “he,” “she,” and “they”

 In negative statements with he and she, use doesn’t and a verb.
 In negative statements with they, use don’t and a verb.

Examples:
“They don’t work in the evening.”
“She doesn’t study on Saturday nights.”
“He doesn’t play basketball every Saturday.”

Adverbs of frequency
 Use adverbs of frequency to say how often you do things.
 Adverbs of frequency include: always, usually, often, sometimes, hardly ever, and
never.
 Adverbs of frequency go before the verb. With the verb be, adverbs of frequency go after
the verb.
Examples:
“I always play soccer.” (every day)

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“I am always busy.” (every day)
“My sister usually plays soccer.” (every weekend)
“We often run.” (many days)
“My friends sometimes run with me.” (once a month)
“My dad hardly ever plays soccer.” (once a year)
“I never play basketball.” (not at all)

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Unit 5 Lesson 2: Questions in the simple present

Asking questions
 Use do in questions and short answers with I, you, we, and they.
 Use does in questions and short answers with he, she, and it.
 In information questions, use a question word (what, when, where…) before do or
does.
Examples:
A: Do you eat hamburgers?
B: Yes, I do. / No, I don’t.

A: Does your dog eat hamburgers?

B: Yes, it does. / No, it doesn’t.

“Where do your friends live”

“What does it eat?”
“What time do you usually eat?
“What time does she usually eat?”

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Unit 6 Lesson 1: “there’s,” “there are”; “a lot of,” “some,” “no”

“there’s” and “there are”

 Use there’s a/an with singular nouns.
 Use there are with plural nouns.

Examples:
"There’s an art gallery near the beach."
“There are good restaurants in my town.”

“a lot of,” “some,” and “no”

 Use a lot of for a large (big) number.

 Use some for a small number, when you don’t know how many or when the number isn’t
important.
 Use no to mean “zero” (to make negative sentences).

Examples:
"There are a lot of movies at the movie theater.” (many)
“There are some good restaurants at the mall.” (more than one, but not many)
“There’s no café at the beach.” (zero)

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Unit 6 Lesson 2: Count and non-count nouns

Count nouns
 Count nouns have singular and plural forms.

 Use there’s with singular count nouns.

 Use there are with plural count nouns.
 Use a/an with singular count nouns.
 Use some / a lot of / a number (two, three, 75…) with count nouns.
 Use no with both singular and plural count nouns.

Examples:
"There’s a school.”
“There’s an ocean.”
“There are flowers.”
“There are some interesting museums.”
“There’s no apple tree there.”
“There are no apples.”

Non-count nouns
 Non-count nouns have only one form.
 Use there’s with non-count nouns.
 Use no / some / a lot of with non-count nouns.

Examples:
“There’s snow on the mountain.” (not “There are snows on the mountain.”)
“There’s some grass.”
“There’s no rain.”

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