ENGLISH 1GENERAL REVIEW

PRONOUNS AND VERB TO BE Negative InterrogativeI am

You are

He is

She is

It is

We are

They are

POSSESSIVE PRONOUNSI My book. The book is mine.

You Your book. The book is yours.

He His book. The book is his.

She Her book. The book is hers.

It Its size. The size of it.

We Our book. The book is ours.

They Their book. The book is theirs.

TENSES

Past tense: Regular and Irregular Verbs

Regular verbs (-ed/-ied ending)

I listen I listened I didn’t listen.

She study She studied She didn’t listen.

Did she listen?Yes, she did.No, she didn’t.

TENSES

Past tense: Regular and Irregular Verbs

Irregular Verbs

I sleep I slept.I eat I ate.I drink I drank.

Same with he, she, it.For negative and interrogative, same as with Regular verbs.

Present Tense

Positive Negative Interrogative

I sleep I don’t sleep Do I sleep? Yes, I do. No, I don’t.

She sleeps She doesn’t sleep Does she sleep? Yes, she does. No, she doesn’t.

TENSES

Future Tense: Going toUSES:

1.To express PLANS and INTENTIONS (made with anticipation):

What are you going to do this weekend?

I’m going to visit Valparaíso with my friends

• USES:

• 2. To make PREDICTIONS (with EVIDENCE).

It’s is very cloudy. I think it’s going to rain.

(+) I’m going to visit my grandmother.

(-) I’m not going to visit my grandmother.

(?) Are you going to visit your grandmother?

GOING TO CAN BE USED BY ALL PRONOUNS

Future tense: Will

USES:

1. To talk about future PREDICTIONS (with NO EVIDENCE)

I think that 2016 will be an excellent year.

2. To make promises:

I will call you tomorrow = I’ll call you tomorrow.

will = ’ll

3. To express an offer:

Anna: I want to buy a coffee, but I don’t have any money!

Sarah: Don’t worry, I’ll lend you some.

(+) I will call you tomorrow.

(-) I will not call you tomorrow.

will not: won’t

(?) Will you call me tomorrow?

TENSES

Present Simple vs Present Continuous

I study English three times a week.She runs every Sunday.

I am studying English in the library.She is running in the park.

ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS

ADVERBSAn adverb tells us more about a verb.

An adverb describes or modifies the verb in some way.

Many adverbs end with the suffix –ly, but not all.

Adverbs often tell us how something happened.

The man was walking slowly.She sings beautifully.He drives fast.

PREPOSITIONS