The verb "be" in the present simple

The verb "be" in the present simple

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Affirmative		Negative		Interrogative
Short forms	Full forms	Short forms	Full forms	Am I ……………? Are you………..? Is he …………….? Is she…………..? Is it……………….? Are we………….? Are you…………? Are they………..?
I’m You’re He’s She’s It’s We’re You’re They’re	I am You are He is She is It is We are You are They are	I’m not You aren’t He isn’t She isn’t It isn’t We aren’t You aren’t They aren’t	I am not You are not He is not She is not It is not We are not You are not They are not

  Examples:

    - I'm a dentist
    - I’m a doctor
    - she’s a student
    - we’re teachers
     - Are they Moroccan?
     - yes, they're/ no, they aren't
     -  Is it a book?
     - yes, it's a book/ no, it isn't a book

EXERCISES 

Pronouns

Pronouns

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Subject pronouns	I / you/ he/ she/ it/ we/ you/ they
Object pronouns	Me/ you/ him/ her/ it/ us / you/ them
Possessive adjectives	My/ your/ his/ her/ its/ our/ your/ their
Possessive pronouns	Mine/ yours/ his/ hers/ ours/ yours/ theirs

                a)     Subject pronouns:   S + verb:  I go/ you eat/ she writes…………………

                b)      Possessive adjectives: + noun:  my book/ her dog/ our class/………………

c)       Object pronouns: can be a direct object of a verb: 

- I see Fatima 

- I see her

- she wants an apple 

-  she wants it

-Tom likes dogs 

Tom likes them.

d)      Possessive pronouns: usually come after or before verb to be:

-           This is our room    =   this room is ours

-          This is their car      =     this car is theirs

-          That car is theirs and this one is ours

-          Your  pen is green, but mine is blue

-          Her car is new, but  ours is old


EXERCISES 

Regular and irregular plurals of nouns

Regular and irregular plurals of nouns

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Regular plurals+s		Irregular plurals		Nouns ending in: sh,ch,ss,x,s + es		Nouns ending in: fe,f  = ves		Nouns ending in:  y + c = ies		Nouns ending in: o +es
singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
book	Books	foot	feet	match	matches	knife	knives	baby	babies	tomato	tomatoes
girl	girls	man	men	dish	dishes	wife	wives	body	bodies	potato	potatoes
boy	boys	goose	geese			scarf	scarves	country	countries	hero	heroes

EXERCISES

Prepositions of time

                        

Prepositions of time

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                           I.            “on”: is used with:

a.       Days of the week: on Friday/ on Monday/ on Saturday……

b.      Date: on 15^th April/ on 23^rdDecember/ on the 15^th of April…

c.       A special part of a day: on Friday evening/ on Monday morning…

                              II.            “at”: is used with:

a.       Part of the day: at night/ at noon…

b.      Time of day: at 7:00/ at 9:00/ at midday/ at midnight/ at sunset/ at sunrise…….

c.       Celebrations: at Christmas/ at Ester……

d.      Fixed phrases: at the same time/ at present/ at the moment…………

                            III.             “in” is used with:

a.       Months: in July/ in May/ in December…

b.      Year: in 2012/  in 1999/ in 1985/ in 1970_s…

c.       Seasons: in summer/ in spring/ in autumn/ in winter…

d.      Part of the day: in the morning/ in the evening/ in the afternoon……………….

e.      Duration: in weeks time/ in a minute/ in two weeks……………………………………

                            IV.            “from…….to……” : is used with limited periods of time:

 From seven o’clock to nine o’clock

 from Monday to Saturday.

EXERCISES 

Adverbs of frequency

Adverbs of frequency

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Adverbs	Meaning	Examples
Never Rarely Sometimes Often Usually always	Not at any time Not often (seldom) Not all times/ not always or often Many times/ frequently Most often/ in the way that’s normal Every time/ all the time	I never eat in the classroom I rarely play football I sometimes watch TV on Monday I often see my teacher He is usually at home I always go to schoo

EXERCISES

The placement of the adverbs of frequency

The placement of the adverbs of frequency

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A.     In affirmative sentences:

a)      Adverbs of frequency come between a subject and a verb:  

                    S+ adverb of frequency + verb

                       I often go to school

b)     Adverbs of frequency come after verb “be”:

                     S+ am/ is/ are + adverb of frequency

       I’m always at home/ he is usually at school

c)      Adverbs of frequency come between a modal and a verb:

                       S+ modal+ adverb of frequency+ verb

        You can always hear music

d)     In perfect tenses, adverbs of frequency come between auxiliary and the main verb: 

                        S+ have + adverbs of frequency + the main verb

       The actor has always got much talent and skill

B.      In negative sentences:

a.      Adverbs of frequency come between the auxiliary (do/ does) + not + the verb: 

                    S+ don’t/ doesn’t + adverb of frequency + verb

         He doesn’t often go to school

b.      Adverbs of frequency come after the verb “be” + not :

                         S + am not/  isn’t/ aren’t +  adverbs of frequency

       She isn’t usually here in the morning

C.      In interrogative sentences:

1.      Adverbs of frequency come between the auxiliary (do/ does) + subject and the main verb:

                         do/ does + S+ adverbs of frequency + verb

       Does your mother sometimes play Tennis?

2.      Adverbs of frequency come after the verb “be”+ not+ the subject: 

                           isn’t/ aren’t + S + adverbs of frequency 

                                  Isn’t Ahmed usually here?

EXERCISES 

Articles

Articles

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	The definite article:  “the” → specific	The indefinite articles: “a / an” → non- specific
	This one / that one	anyone/ one of many
Singular countable nouns	The apple The bird	An apple   A bird
Plural countable nouns	The apples The birds	ᴓ Apples → some apples      ᴓ Birds  →  some birds
Uncountable nouns	The water The milk	ᴓ Water → some water   ᴓ Milk  → some milk

               a/ an → indefinite articles:  

−        “a” is used before singular countable nouns beginning with a consonant: a book/ a student.

−        “an” is used before singular countable nouns beginning with a vowel: an apple/ an orange.

−        “a” and “an” are used with nouns that have not been known before by both the speaker and the listener.

        The → definite article:  “the” is used with singular and plural countable nouns, and uncountable nouns. It is used with nouns which have been known before by both the speaker and the listener.

         No article:

−        Uncountable nouns and plural countable nouns are without articles: a dog → ᴓ dogs/ ᴓ water

−        Sports:   ᴓ football/ ᴓ tennis/ ᴓ basketball……. 

−        Before names of meals:   ᴓ lunch/ ᴓ dinner……

−        Before names of countries and cities: ᴓ Morocco/ ᴓ Rabat……

−        Before names of languages:   ᴓ Arabic/ ᴓ English……

−        Before names of academic subjects:   ᴓ maths/ ᴓ  geography/  ᴓ physics

EXERCISES 

Reflexive pronouns

 

Reflexive pronouns

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Personal pronouns	Reflexive pronouns
I You He She it	Myself Yourself Himself Herself itself	---self	Singular ending
We You they	Our selves Yourselves themselves	---self	Plural ending

   Examples:

-          I look at myself in the mirror

-          She cut herself by the knife

-          They speak to themselves

   -          Look at yourself   

EXERCISES