WHAT TIME IS IT?

EXERCISES: 

EXERCISE 1:  The time in English

PRESENT CONTINUOUS WH QUESTIONS

Wh - Question Form of the Present Continuous (Progressive) Tense

How do we make a  wh question?

Form:
Wh question word (what, when...) + am /is / are + Subject (I, you, we...) +  verb + ing  + others




These wh question words are at the beginning of the sentence. After them, we use auxilary verb and subject.
We don't use yes or no in the answer.


Example Sentences: 

"Where" question asks for the place:

• Where is she living? --> She's living in NewYork.
• Where are you meeting your friends? --> I'm meeting them at the school.

"What" question asks for information about something:

• What are you eating ? --> I'm eating fruits.
• What are you reading? --> I'm reading a funny book.

"When" question asks for information about time:

• When are you meeting your father? --> I'm meeting him at 9.
• When is she coming home? --> She is coming home late today.

"Who" question asks for information about a person:

• Who is she talking on the phone? --> She is talking to her mother.
• Who are they travelling with? --> They are travelling with Tom.

"Why" question asks for information about reason, explanation:

• Why is she crying? --> She is crying because she lost her toy car.
• Why are we waiting here? --> We're waiting here because I cannot find my keys.

"How" question asks for information about manner, the way to do:

• How is Sally singing?--> She is singing very well.
• How are they going to work? -->I am going there by train.

EXERCISES: 

EXERCISE 1:   Present Continuous - Questions

FAMILY

EXERCISES: 

EXERCISE 1:   Family tree

SIMPLE PRESENT STATEMENTS

The Present Simple tense describes things that are true, actions that happen many times, and simple statements of fact.

How to form Present Simple

To make Present Simple, we use the base (infinitive) form of the verb without ‘to’:

• To live →  I live in London.
• To work  → I work in a bank.
• To go →  I go to work every day.
• To play → I play football on Sundays.

With ‘he‘, ‘she‘, ‘it‘, add ‘-s‘ to the verb:

• I drink coffee.
• She drinks tea.
• It tastes good.

Spelling rules for adding ‘-s’

There are some rules to remember when adding the ‘-s’ ending to verbs.

1. If the verb ends in -o, -ch, -sh, -ss or -x, add ‘-es‘.

• I go to work. She goes to college.
• I teach English. He teaches French.
• I wash my face. She washes her hands.
• I kiss her. She kisses me back.
• I mix the drinks. She relaxes on the couch.

2. If the verb ends in a consonant (b, c, d, etc.) + –y, drop the –y and add ‘-ies‘:

• To carry → She carries a bag.
• To study → He studies history.
• To fly → An airplane flies.

3. In Present Simple with ‘he/she/it’ the verb ‘have‘ has the form ‘has‘:

• I have a pen and he has a pencil.
• She has a book and she reads it.

EXERCISES:

EXERCISE 1:  Present simple 

EXERCISE 2:  Third person -s

EXERCISE 3:  Don't / doesn't - exercises

SIMPLE PRESENT QUESTIONS

Questions with verbs - do, does

Do the boys play football?	Where do the boys play?
Do you like ice cream?	What do you like?
Do they like coffee?	What do they like for breakfast?
With he, she, it - does
Does she like hamburgers?	What does she like?
Does Carol play the guitar?	Where does Carol live?
Does an elephant eat nuts?	What does an elephant eat?

EXERCISES: 

EXERCISE 1:  Form the questions with do or does.

READING COMPREHENSION

EXERCISES:

1-The language school 
2-The school library
3-On the telephone 

WEATHER AND SEASONS

EXERCISES: 

Exercise 1 :  What's the weather like?

Exercise 2: What season is it?

Possessive adjectives and pronouns

EXERCISES: 

Exercise 1: Possessive adjectives and pronouns

WORD POWER: CLOTHES

EXERCISES:

Exercise 1: Clothes 
Exercise 2:   Clothing Vocabulary

Present Continuous statements

How to Form the Present Continuous Tense

The present continuous tense is formed with the subject plus the present particle form (-ing) of the main verb and the present continuous tense of the verb to be: am, is, are.
One simple example of this tense is: He is swimming. "He" is the subject, "is" is the present tense of the verb to be and "swimming" is the present participle verb form. Some other forms of this verb tense are:

• I am singing at church today.
• The boys are playing ball after school.

Yes/No Questions in the Present Progressive (Continuous)

To ask a question that will be answered with either a yes or no, start with Am, Is or Are, then choose your subject (the person or thing doing the action), followed by the ing (present participle) form of the verb and then the rest of your question.

1. Am I talking too much?
2. Is that your dog barking?
3. Are you participating in the competition next week?

EXERCISES 

Exercise 1: Present Continuous Quiz

Exercise 2: Questions in Present Progressive

HOW OLD?

Age

When we talk about someone’s age, we use of age or old. Of age sounds more formal than old:

He is a fully qualified pilot and is only twenty-five years of age. (more formal)

He is a fully qualified pilot and is only twenty-five years old. (less formal)

When asking direct questions about someone’s age or the age of a thing, we don’t normally use age. We say How old …?

How old are you?

Not: What is your age?

How old is your car?

Not: What age is your car?

EXERCISES: 

Exercise 1:  How old? 

APPEARANCE

EXERCISE:

Exercise1: People's appearance 

To be - negative forms and contractions

To Be - Negative Sentences The negative of To Be can be made by adding not after the verb. Subject To Be Examples I am not I am not from Spain. You are not You are not Australian. He is not He is not thirty years old. She is not She is not a secretary. It is not It is not a small cat. We are not We are not stupid. You are not You are not teachers. They are not They are not single. To Be - Negative Contractions There are two ways of forming contractions of To Be in negative sentences. One is with a contraction of the subject and the verb (e.g. I am = I'm) OR a contraction of the verb and not (e.g. are not = aren't) I'm not from Spain. --- --------------* You're not Australian. OR You aren't Australian. He's not thirty years old. OR He isn't thirty years old. She's not a secretary. OR She isn't a secretary. It's not a small cat. OR It isn't a small cat. We're not stupid. OR We aren't stupid. You're not teachers. OR You aren't teachers. They're not single. OR They aren't single. * Notice that the only possible contraction for I am not is I'm not. Exercise: Exercise 1: Verb TO BE negative

WH-QUESTIONS WITH BE

Wh- questions (open questions)

Essentially, there are two types of questions: Yes / No questions and Wh– questions. Wh– questions are so called because with the exception of the question word how, all the question words begin with the letters Wh. They are also called open questions because the number of possible responses is limitless. This means they must be answered with more information than just a simple “yes” or “no.”

Who is used to obtain information about a person or people.

question		response
Who is at the door?		Tom is at the door.

What is used to request information about somebody or something.

question		response
What is this?		This is a bird.

When is used to obtain information about the time period in which an action occurs.

question		response
When is the party?		It's in March.

Where is used to obtain information about the location of a person or thing.

question		response
Where are you from?		I am from Dominican Republic.

How is used to obtain information about the way something happens, or the manner or way somebody behaves or does something.

question		response
How is your mother?		She is fine, thanks.

Exercise:

Exercise 1: Wh- questions and to be

They meet

Julia and Sammy meet in a cycling accident! Then they want the same taxi. Will they get on?


CLICK HERE TO PRACTICE ------->   EPISODE 01: THEY MEET