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Be- Present Tense

Singular Plural
Subject Verb Subject Verb
I am We ( I + U) are
You are You are
+ +
He
She is They are
It * You can be Singular or Plural

Example :
I am a teacher.
We are people.
They are workers.
You are pupils.

Be Present Tense Negative

Singular Plural
Subject Verb Subject Verb
I am We ( I + U ) are
You are You are
+ + Not + + Not
He
She is They are
It

Example :
He is not a woman.
It is not a table.
We are not pupils. l;
They are not legal imigrant.
Contraction
Singular Plural
I am not we are not
I'm not We're not x/nzzs
You are not We aren't
You're not You're not
You aren't You aren't
He is not
He's not
He isn't
She is not They are not
She's not They're not
She isn't They aren't
It is not
It's not
It isn't

Be Present Tense Questions


Singular Plural
Am I Are we
Are You Are you
Is he
Is she Are they
Is it

Ans : Yes, It is
No, It is not
Yes, I am
Are the cars parked in garage?
Yes, They are.

Nouns and Pronouns I


Place Count Nouns You
Nouns is a Person Pronouns represent Nouns He
Ideas She
an Emotion Noncount Nouns It
Thing We
They
Example
I am a teacher. Noun : teacher Pronoun : I
She is a mother Noun: mother Pronoun : She
It is a radio. Noun: radio Pronoun: It

Object Pronoun
Singular Plural
me us
you you
him
her them
It

This/ That/ These/ Those


This A thing or a person is close
Singular
That A thing or a person is far
These Things or a person are close
Plural
Those Thing or a people are far

Example
This pen is mine.
These pencils are not very sharp. Contruction That is That's Usually
That blue building is very tall. No contruction for This These Those
Those people are running.

There
There in or at that place / in or at those places. / He comes from there.
at that point of action / He stopped there for applause.
** Can be Singular or Plural… There is a place call Malaysia. There are many girls in the mall.
Information / Fact / Existense of things
Contruction There's
No contruction for There are
Present Tense
** The activities that you do it everyday
Singular Plural
I learn We learn
You learn You learn
He learns
She learns They learn
It learns
** Note : Use of "S" at the end of the verb when describing a man, a woman and a thing.

Present Tense "Negative"

Singular Plural
I do not work We do not work
You do not work You do not work
He does not work
She does not work They do not work
It does not work

Contraction
Singular Plural
I don't work We don't work
You don't work You don't work
He doesn't work
She doesn't work They don't work
It doesn't work

Present Continuous Tense


** Usually describes things that are happening now, but it can also be used to describe important things in your life, and future activity.

be + "verb" ing
Singular Plural
I am working We are working
You are working You are working
He is working
She is working They are working
It is working

Eg:
This man is eating rice.
She is winking at me.

Question in Present Continuous Tense.


What are you doing?
Is it snowing?
Are you reading Harry Potter?
Is she winking at you? Yes, She is.
What are they doing? They're are cutting trees.

Have
Is usually used for ownership and description, but it's also a very popular substitute for eat and drink.

Eg.
I have a new car.
I have time to go for a movies.
You have sunglasses.
The cake has a lot of fruit on top of it.

Have "Negative"
don't + doesn't have

Singular Plural
I don't have We are working
You don't have You are working
He doesn't have
They are working
She doesn't have They are working
It doesn't have

Articles : A / An / The
Eg
Singular Singular or Plural A A general terms A Dog
A The A Car.
AN a,e,I,o,u,h The Specific The blue car.
** If any words started with h AND Vowel Sound (ah or oh) then use The running dog.
an…..like an hour not a hour also an hourglass

Some plural nouns don't use an article. Eg. I have glasses.

A general terms : ** First mention use "a", second mention use "the"
A dog. eg. This is a house. The house is very clean.
A car. This is an apple orchard. The apple trees is very big.

Use a / an must know the count nouns and non-count nouns.


The cat has some water ( Not…The cat has a water)
We have time to discuss. (Not…We have a time to discuss.)

Past Tense

Regular Verbs add "ed" to the simple form.


Irregular Verbs do not add "ed"

Regular Verbs Irregular Verbs


Simple Past Simple Past
Work Worked be was/were
Live Lived get got
Move Moved go went
Walk Walked put put
Open Opened eat ate
Wait Waited have had

Have
Singular Plural
I had We had
You had You had
He had
She had They had
It had

Who/What/Where/When/Why/How

Used for this


Question Words information.
Who a person
What a thing / a fact
Where a location / place
When time /day/month/year
Why reason
How method/quality

Questions using question words follow the 2 basic patterns

Question Words + Verb + Subject ?


Who is he?
Where are they?

Question Words + Verb + Subject + Verb?


When is he coming?
How is it working?
Where do they live?
What does he have? He has strawberries..

Possessive Adjectives

Possessive Adjective
I My
You Your
He His
She Her
It Its
They Their
We Our

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