Company Success Language School presents: Tense Headway Pre-intermediate Unit 1

Tenses Yesterday Past tense Today Present tense Tomorrow Future forms He went to a concert yesterday. I bought some bread yesterday. The course started last year. Did you like the food in Spain? I didn’ t buy any chocolate. He often goes to concerts. I buy a loaf of bread every day. The course starts at 4 o’clock. We are studying English now. Do you like octopus? I don’t learn Spanish. They aren’t eating now. We are going to a concert tomorrow. I’m going to buy a house next week. The course is going to start tomorrow. We are going to study English next year. Are you going to eat out tomorrow? We aren’t playing tennis tomorow.

Sentence structure 1: with an auxiliary verb Positive: Sheisreading. Question:Isshereading? Positive:Hecandrive. Question:Canhedrive? Positive:Theyarewatching TV. Question:Whataretheywatching?

Sentence structure 2: with no auxiliary verbs Positive: Theylivein London. Question: Dotheylivein London? Positive: Billlikesfootball. Question: DoesBilllikefootball? Positive: Shecomesfrom Rome. Question: Wheredoesshecomefrom? Positive: Jackarrivedyesterday. Question: WhendidJackarrive?

Questions with question words  Question words are used to ask about specific qualities, times, places, people, etc. They are different from yes / no questions (Do you live in France?).  Common question words: WhoHow WhatHow old WhereHow big WhichHow fast WhenHow much WhyHow many WhoseHow long

Question wordUseExample WhoAsking about people Who do you like? Who studies Russian? What Asking about things or activities What does he do at weekends? What is that? What kind of / type of Asking about specific things or characteristics What type of car do you drive? What kind of person is he? What time Asking for a specific time What time is it? What time does the show begin? What... like Asking about characteristics What was the weather like? What is Mary like? When Asking about general or specific times When do you like going out? When does the bus leave? Where Asking about places Where do you live? Where did you go on vacation?

Question wordUseExample WhichAsking to specify a thing or person from a number of things or people Which book did you buy? Which boy won the race? WhoseAsking about possession Whose book is this? Whose house is this? HowUse: Combined with many words to ask questions about specific characteristics, qualities, quantities, etc. For example: How much (price, quantity), How long (length), How often (frequency) How often do you go to the movies? How long was the film? How much does it cost?