Focus on Grammar 2 (3 rd edition) Part 3, Chapters 8  10 Simple Present Tense

Unit 8 Yes and No Statements Unit 9 Yes/No Questions

Chapters 1-7 were all about BE Now, we will consider DO – But first, we have to consider HELPING VERBS Auxiliary Verbs – The teacher is talking to the students. – The students have written the essays. – Lunch is eaten in the cafeteria Modals – We can speak English. – She should study more. – They will go to Disneyland. – The test may be easy.

BE Is Different!! Remember, BE is different Negative = Put the NOT after BE Questions = Move the BE to the front of the sentence NEGATIVEYES/NO?WH? She is from Peru.She is not from Peru.Is she from Peru?Where is she from? You are happy.You are not happy.Are you happy?What/How are you? She is happy because she studied. She isn’t happy because she…. Is she happy because she… Why is she happy?

SUBJECT QUESTIONS!!!!! SUBJECT QUESTIONS are different (easy) Replace the Subject with the WH Word 90% of the time, use 3 rd singular (-s) in any subject question (because you don’t know the answer, and the answer is the subject) * They are from Peru.Who is from Peru? * You make me happy.Who makes me happy? * She has a new car.Who has a new car? We should eat rice.Who should eat rice? The car went through the window.What went through the window?

NEGATIVES Put NOT after the first helping verb Remember, BE is different – She is a student.  She is not a student. Modals – I should use it often.  I shouldn’t use it often. Auxiliary verbs – He is eating rice.  He is not eating rice. IF THERE IS NO HELPING VERB, USE DO

QUESTIONS Move the helping verb to the front Remember, BE is different – She is a student.  Is she a student? Modals – I should use it often.  Should I use it often? Auxiliary verbs – He is eating rice.  Is she eating rice? IF THERE IS NO HELPING VERB, USE DO

Negatives – We eat rice.  [We do eat rice.]  We do not eat rice. – They come from India.  [They do come from India.]  They do not come from India. Questions – We eat rice.  [We do eat rice.]  Do we eat rice? – They come from India.  [They do come from India.]  Do they come from India?

DO = magnet / vacuum Verb tense moves to do – She eats rice. [She do eats rice  She does eat rice.]  She does not eat rice. – She eats rice. [She do eats rice  She does eat rice.]  Does she eat rice? – He ate rice. [He do ate rice.  He did eat rice.]  He did not eat rice. – He ate rice. [He do ate rice.  He did eat rice.]  Did he eat rice?

Present –s Pronunciation Same as the plural nouns Unvoiced = /s/ – Like, beat, track, stop, Voiced = /z/ – Rob, leave, blog, peel, slime, hire, love “Hissy” = /-es/ – Judge, miss, launch, mash, mix

Unit 10 Wh questions Remember, BE is different (easy) SUBJECT questions are easy; just replace the subject with WH Joshua likes Deborah. – Who likes Deborah? – Who does Joshua like? The teacher gives us homework. – (the teacher, us, homework)

Wh questions Think of the answer and make a statement Change the answer to a wh-word/phrase, make a yes/no question, and move the wh to the front. She bought seven books. – She do bought seven books. – She did buy seven books. – Did she buy seven books? – Did she buy [How many books]? – How many books did she buy?

Wh Words Who, whom = people What = things When = at 8:55, in September, on June 15 th Where = in the house, on the street, etc. – Here, there Why = because How = (explain a process) How much… how many… how often…