GRAMMAR
GRAMMAR
To Be
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Positive
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Negative
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Question
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I am
You are He is She is It is We are You are They are |
I am not
You aren't He isn't She isn't It isn't We aren't You aren't They aren't |
Am I?
Are you? Is he? Is she? Is it? Are we? Are you? Are they? |
Examples.
My father is
a doctor.
Venice and Milan are beautiful cities.
What a surprise! We are the first people in the cinema.
Venice and Milan are beautiful cities.
What a surprise! We are the first people in the cinema.
Questions
To make
questions using the verb 'to be', you do not use auxiliary verbs such as 'to
do' or 'to have' that other verbs and tenses use. You just need to invert the
subject and verb, as shown in the table above.
Examples.
Are you from
Brazil or Argentina?
How old are your two sisters?
Is it an old dog?
Are we ready yet?
How old are your two sisters?
Is it an old dog?
Are we ready yet?
Adjectives
Adjectives in English are always singular
and before the noun.
A big tree.
Three red cars.
I want a large red apple.
Three red cars.
I want a large red apple.
There are complex rules that determine adjective
order. The most important things to remember are:
1.
Opinion
2.
Size
3.
Age
4.
Color
5.
Material
6.
Nationality
Examples.
A large green tree.
A magnificent blue Italian vase.
A terrible Swedish movie.
An old blue wooden chair.
A magnificent blue Italian vase.
A terrible Swedish movie.
An old blue wooden chair.
GRAMMAR
Pronouns
Subject Pronouns
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Object Pronouns
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Possessive Adjectives
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I
You He She It We You They |
Me
You Him Her It Us You Them |
My
Your His Her Its Our Your Their |
Subject Pronouns
We use before a verb:
I live in Italy.
We go to the cinema every Saturday.
They don't speak English.
We go to the cinema every Saturday.
They don't speak English.
Object Pronouns
We use after a verb, as a verb's object.
I like him.
We speak to them every day.
He told us in the morning.
We speak to them every day.
He told us in the morning.
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