GRAMMAR TOPICS UNIT 1, 2 AND 3
ANTHONY DURAN SECOND GRADE SHORT QUIZ GRAMMAR
PRESENT SIMPLE V. PRESENT CONTINUOS PRESENT SIMPLE
verbal time is the present . It is one of several times used for the present EXAMPLE: I SING. SHE WORKING.
PRESENT CONTINUOS
describes an action that takes place in the present and is still going on in the present. EXAMPLE: I AM CLEAINING THE BOARD. YOU ARE EATING BREAKFAST.
COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE C OM PA RAT IV E
WE USE COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES TO COMPARE TWO PEOPLE, ANIMALS OR THINGS. EXAMPLE: ANNA IS TALLER THAN TINA.
S UPE RLAT IV E
WE USE SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES TO COMPARE THREE OR MORE PEOPLE, ANIMALS OR THINGS. EXAMPLE: ANNA IS TALLEST IN HER CLASS.
HAVE TO – DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE TO
WE USE HAVE TO TO EXPRESS AN OBLIGATION. EXAMPLE: I HAVE TO TAKE TWO BUSES TO SCHOOL.
NOT HAVE TO
WE USE NOT HAVE TO TO EXPRESS AN ABSENCE OF OBLIGATION, NOT A PROHIBITION. EXMPLE: WE MUSN´T PLAY NEAR THE RAILWAY LINE.
Can, can´t, must, mustn´t Can: Yo can different do diferents sports.
Can´t: You can´t ride to bicycle.
Must: We must leave a mess.
Mustn´t: You mustn´t do homework.
PAST SIMPLE AND PAST Continuos Past simple
WITH REGULAR VERBS, WE GENERALLY FORM THE PAST SIMPLE BY ADDING -ED TO THE INFINITIVE. EXAMPLE: THEY WALKED TO SCHOOL TOGETHER YESTERDAY.
PAST CONTINUOS
WE FORM THE PAST CONTINUOS WITH THE PAST SIMPLE OF THE VERB BE AND THE – ING FORM OF THE MAIN VERB. EXAMPLE: WE WERE NOT EATING.