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Lessons 3 - 4
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Objective Pronouns Singularplural 1MeUs 2You 3 HimThem Her It Demonstrative Pronouns Singularplural 1ThisThese 2ThatThose Singularplural 1ThisThese 2ThatThose Demonstrative Adjectives I saw him yesterday. She asks me about them every day. This book is mine. Those shoes are too big for me. What is that? I have already been watching this.
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Past Simple Tense Formation (1) Statement clause: a) Regular verbs: verb + -ed He played the piano yesterday. b) Irregular verbs: verb form from 2nd column of the List of Irregular Verbs. We went to the seaside last year.
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Past Simple Tense - Irregular Verbs
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Past Simple Tense Formation (2) Interrogative clause: Did + statement clause (main verb in infinitive!) They played football. Did they play football? I saw Jim. Did I see Jim?
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Past Simple Tense Formation (3) Negative clause: Subject - did not (didn’t) - predicate (infinitive) They did not play football. He did not play the piano.
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Past Simple Tense Usage Actions that are completed in past, before the moment of speaking I passed the exam yesterday. Facts about the past The Second World War ended in 1945. Habitual actions in past She smoked 10 cigarettes a day last year.
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Past Simple Tense Auxilliary verb “to be” Interrogative clause: WasI.../Were you.../Was she... Negative clause: I was not.../You were not... Singularplural 1I wasWe were 2You were 3 He wasThey were She was It was
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Nouns Types: Common and proper Countable and uncountable Concrete, abstract, building Collective Gender: Masculinum (he, Jim, dog) Feminum (she, Jane, bitch) Neutrum (table, book, car)
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Countable Nouns (1) Singular - Plural boy - boys Difference - differences Plural = singular noun + s/es
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Countable Nouns (2) When the last letters of singular nouns are ch, sh, s, ss or x, it is us usually added -es to form the plural. beach - beaches boss - bosses box - boxes
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Countable Nouns (3) When the noun ends in -y preceded by a consonant, -y changes to -i and -es is added to form the plural. lady - ladies strawberry - strawberries If -y is preceded by a vowel, the noun plural is made in regular way, by adding -s boy - boys monkey - monkeys
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Countable Nouns (4) If a noun ends in -f, -f often changes to -v, and -es is added to form the plural. leaf - leaves thief - thieves It is similar with some words that end in -fe, -f is changed to -v and -s is added. knife - knives wife - wives
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Countable Nouns (5) If a noun ends in -o, in some situations it makes plural by adding -es, while in other only -s should be added. Sometimes, both solutions are possible. hippo - hipposhero - heroes video - videospotato - potatoes but zero - zeroes/zeros mosquito - mosquitos/mosquitoes
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Countable Nouns (6) Some plural nouns don’t follow the -s rule. They don’t end in-s, -es, -ies or -ves. Instead, the word changes form. mouse - micechild - children goose - geesetooth - teeth foot - feetox - oxen man - men woman- women
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Countable Nouns (7) Some plural nouns are the same as the singular noun. sheep, deer, fish, bison... Some nouns are always plural. binoculars, scissors, pliers, trousers, slippers...
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Collective Nouns Collective nouns are words for groups of people, animals or things. band, choir, group, team, herd, class, cattle, bunch Many collective nouns can be used with a singular or plural verb. My family was happy to see me. My family were happy to see me. Nouns cattle, people and police always take the plural verb.
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