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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. BE Is Different!!. Remember, BE is different Negative = Put the NOT after BE Questions = Move the BE to the front of the sentence. SUBJECT QUESTIONS!!!!!.
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Focus on Grammar 2 (3rd edition)Part 3,Chapters 810 Simple Present Tense
BE Is Different!! • Remember, BE is different • Negative = Put the NOT after BE • Questions = Move the BE to the front of the sentence
SUBJECT QUESTIONS!!!!! • SUBJECT QUESTIONS are different (easy) • Replace the Subject with the WH Word • Only for subjects (people and things; who and what)
Special Note about Subj. Quest. • Unless you can tell in the question that the subject is plural (which only happens with BE verbs), assume a singular subject and use the singular verb form (‘s’ for present tense) in subject questions.
NEGATIVESPut 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. • Auxillary verbs • He is eating rice. He is not eating rice. • IF THERE IS NO HELPING VERB, USE DO
QUESTIONSMove 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? • Auxillary verbs • He is eating rice. Is she eating rice? • IF THERE IS NO HELPING VERB, USE DO
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 • (negative) She eats rice. [She do eats rice She doeseat rice.] She does not eat rice. • (question) She eats rice. [She do eats rice She doeseat rice.] Does she eat rice? • (negative) He ate rice. [He do ate rice. He dideat rice.] He did not eat rice. • (question) He ate rice. [He do ate rice. He dideat 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 10Wh 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 gave homework to us. • (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?
Who, whom = people • What = things • When = at 8:55, in September, on June 15th • Where = in the house, on the street, etc. • Why = because • How = (explain a process) • How much… how many… how often…
Wh Questions with Prepositions(some verbs are followed by prepositions) • The police are looking for Razia • Are the police looking for Razia? • Are the police looking [for who? / for whom?] • Who/Whom are the police looking for? (very much ok) • For whom are the police looking for? (formal) • He gives money to the students. • She pays $100 for her cell phone service. • They talk about their favorite teachers. • He went to the store. (use where, not to what)
