Basic Grammar

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essential grammar elements and functions (4 DR ORRALA GUERRERO) ARTICLES

DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES

THE: definite………… .. as a determiner. A / AN: indefinite

THIS

THAT

THESE

THOSE

ADJECTIVES

NOUNS

VERBS

FAST-SLOW

CAR

GO

BIG-SMALL

HOUSE

GOOD-BAD

FATHER

WORK

TASTY

APPLE

COOK

ADVERBS

PREPOSITIONS

CONJUNCTIONS

FAST-SLOWLY TO

AND

TO

FOR

FOR

HARD-MUCH

OF

OR

TERRIBLY

WITH

NOR

LOVE

IN

IN

FRINDLYNESS

ON

ON

BELOW

AT

UNDER

UNDER

BE

ONLY

ONLY

ONLY

HERE THERE

The fast car goes extremely fast to destination and to boxes after that. art adj noun verb adv adv prep noun conj prep noun adv noun SENTENCE

Mr.Bauer plays golf.

VERB SUBJECT ………….. OBJECT TRANSITIVE VERB = OBJ

Mr. Bauer tells ….(obj. is needed)

INTRANSITIVE VERB = OBJ.

Mr. Bauer exists. (obj. is not possible)

My car is blue.

person

He

plays

SUBJ

it.

VERB OBJ

PRONOUNS POSSESSIVE SUBJECT

*

POS. ADJ/DET . POSSESSIVE

**

OBJECT

singular1st

I

MY

MINE

ME

singular2nd

YOU

YOUR

YOURS

YOU

singular3rd

HE-SHE-IT

That machine´s key plural1st is here. plural2nd Its key is here. plural3rd That key is this machine´s That key is its.

VERB OBJ

PRONOUNS

That is his car. Our car is red, hers is green. That car is mine, his is brown. Mary´s car is pink, John´s is grey. Her car´s pink, his´s grey. This key starts the engine. It starts it.

SUBJ

HIS-HER-ITS HIS-HERS-ITS HIM-HER-IT

REFLEXIVE myself yourself HIM-HER-IT..SELF

WE

OUR

OURS

US

ourselves

YOU

YOUR

YOURS

YOU

yourselves

THEY

THEIR

THEIRS

THEM

themselves

* possessive adjectives/determiners, genitive pronouns ** possessive pronouns

It is its. Its key activates that machine´s device too. It activates it too. case: 2 objects in the same sentence (direct object & indirect object) John bought his wife flowers = John bought flowers to his wife. John bought her flowers = John bought flowers to her He bought her flowers = He bought them to her. He bought her them, He bought them her. (unappropiate)

QUESTIONS ?

relationship

always aux-subj ..purpose of them:

YES / NO

SPECIFIC INFORMATION (thing, person, verb, place..)

(using interrogative pronouns) AUXILIARS (AUX) SUBJECT (always at the beginning of Qs) (not in questions when the subj is asked missing information: WHO STUDIED?

TO BE (as if aux in present simple) the very same conjugated AM, IS, ARE

REST OF THE VERBS (in present simple) DO / DOES

Are you ok?

Do you speak English?

Yes, I am No, I´m not

Yes, I do. No, I don`t

Is your sister fine? Does Mark speak English? Yes, she is. No, she isn't

Yes, he does. No, he doesn´t.

WHAT

object verb

interrogative pronouns WHICH WHERE WHEN HOW when questions are asked they expect… object

adverb of place

adverb of time

adverb of manner

adv,conj,noun

WHO

person

WHY

reason because/for

What are you?

What do you eat in the morning?

I`m a student

I eat cereal

Where is your sister?

Where do you eat cereal in the morning?

She is in the kitchen.

I do at my mother´s. (it replaces the verb/action in this cases)

I PLAY SOCCER SHE PLAYS SOCCER

negative:

I DON´T PLAY SOCCER SHE DOESN´T PLAY SOCCER

DO NOT= DON´T DOES NOT= DOESN´T

I AM RIGHT SHE IS RIGHT YOU ARE RIGHT

negative:

I´M NOT RIGHT SHE´S NOT RIGHT (ISN´T RIGHT) YOU´RE RIGHT

EXAMPLE: USE OF A TENSE TENSES: PRESENT

BE / REST OF VERBS

SIMPLE (all

CONTINUOUS (PROGRESSIVE)

verbs except "be")

AUX: DO/DOES(he,she,it)

-(in "bold", "negrita")-

DO YOU PLAY TENNIS?

DOES SHE PLAY TENNIS?

YES, I DO/ NO, I DON´T

YES, SHE DOES/ NO, SHE DOESN´T

WHAT DO YOU PLAY?

WHAT DOES SHE PLAY?

I PLAY TENNIS

SHE PLAYS TENNIS.

(-S: he/she/it)

WHO PLAY/PLAYS TENNIS? WE DO. / SHE DOES. (verb "be")

(BE + VERB..ING)

AM=I / ARE=YOU,WE,THEY / IS=HE,SHE,IT

....=

ARE YOU A DENTIST?

IS SHE A DENTIST?

ARE YOU COOKING?

IS SHE..

YES, I AM /NO, I`M NOT.

YES, SHE IS / NO, SHE ISN´T.

YES, I AM / NO, I´M NOT.

YES, SHE IS/..

WHAT ARE YOU?

WHAT IS SHE?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

WHAT IS SHE.

I AM (I´M) A DENTIST.

SHE IS (SHE´S) A DENTIST.

I´M COOKING.

SHE IS…

WHO ARE/IS DENTISTS/A DENTIST?

WHO ARE/IS COOKING?

WE ARE./ SHE IS.

WE ARE. SHE IS.

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