Grammar in a Nutshell 1

Unit 1 Present Simple (a.k.a. Simple Present) Personal Pronouns Articles Plurals

Present Simple When do you use it? Facts: water boils at 100°c. Habits: you study English 3 times per week. Permanent state: I love tea. Describing yourself: He has got brown hair. Check out these signal words: often, usually, sometimes, never…

Present Simple To be = zijn/worden Affirmative Negative Interrogative Bevestigend Ontkennend Vragend I am I am not Am I? You are You are not (aren’t) Are you? He is He is not (isn’t) Is he? She is She is not (isn’t) Is she? It is It is not (isn’t) Is it? We are We are not (aren’t) Are we? You are (plural) You are not (aren’t) Are you? They are They are not (aren’t) Are they? To have = hebben Affirmative Negative Interrogative Bevestigend Ontkennend Vragend I have I have not (haven’t) Have I? You have You have not (haven’t Have you? He has He has not (hasn’t) Has he? She has She has not (hasn’t) Has she? It has It has not (hasn’t) Has it? We have We have not (haven’t Have we? You have (plural) You have not (haven’t) Have you? They have They have not (haven’t) Have they?

Present Simple Example: walk Affirmative Negative Interrogative Bevestigend Ontkennend Vragend I walk I don’t walk Do I walk? You walk You don’t walk Do you walk? He walks He doesn’t walk Does he walk? She walks She doesn’t walk Does she walk? It walks It doesn’t walk Does it walk? We walk We don’t walk Do we walk? You walk (plural) You don’t walk Do you walk? They walk They don’t walk Do they walk?

Personal Pronouns and  https://youtu.be/XUIL5mFH5y4

Your Personal Pronouns Exercise Check out the worksheet! Here are the first 5… Tim is a comedian. …………… is very funny. …………… looks nice. (the dress) …………… eat at McDonalds every week. (my friend and I) Why haven’t you done you/your homework? …………… are on the wall. (the posters) He It We They

Articles A  when the next word (noun) starts with a consonant (sound) uncountable An  when the next word (noun) starts with a vowel (sound) The  it if is countable https://youtu.be/urq83C363uM

Plurals Check out this fun game  http://www.eslgamesworld.com/members/games/ClassroomGames/Billionaire/Plurals%20Billionair%20Game/index.html

Mind! If you talk about ‘ik’ in English, always write ‘I’ with a capital letter. So, no ‘i’ but ‘I’! Please, please, please, don’t write ‘wanna’ (= want to) or ‘gonna’ (= going to) or something like that. You can say it, but not write it. It is grammatically incorrect. Good luck studying!

Grammar in a Nutshell 1