... working.
—
He
She
It
We
You
They
isn't
aren't
working.
Negative with not Negative with n't
USE
• For an action in progress now:
I'm reading a grammarbook now.
What are you looking at?
She isn't eating at the moment.
Practice
Rewrite ... Managed by Lewis Lansford
Additional material written by David Bowker.
Nouns, adjectives and adverbs
18 Comparatives (tall, taller; comfortable, more comfortable)
• Adjectives with one syllable ... Have you got passport? (you)
9 He forgot keys, (he)
10 They changed hotel, (they)
11 She gave the letter to secretary, (she)
12 There's something wrong with car. (I)
13 They're having...
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Elaine ... football
43
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There ... working.
—
He
She
It
We
You
They
isn't
aren't
working.
Negative with not Negative with n't
USE
• For an action in progress now:
I'm reading a grammarbook now.
What are you looking at?
She isn't eating at the moment.
Practice
Rewrite...
... Bread, cheese, butter, information, news, food, and money are all uncountable nouns.
>• Exercise 14 for some and any.
Practice
Write 'C for countable, 'U' for uncountable.
apple
water
boy
milk
table
pen
bread
cup
computer
money
C
U
cheese
tooth
car
grass
person
road
chair
bicycle
hand
flour
I
information
butter
sugar
tree
garden
book
news
bus
wine
house
FORM
Positive ... itself off automatically.
Practice
Write the correct reflexive pronouns for these sentences.
1 I like to wake myselff up in the morning with a cup of coffee.
2 Thanks for a great party - we really ... the Gobi Desert.
Practice
Write the names of the places below in two columns, those with the and those
without the.
River Seine
Luxembourg
Istanbul
Pyrenees
Chile
Solomon Islands
with the
River...
... last one. (difficult)
19 Comparatives
> Exercise 18 for adjectives with one syllable, and with three syllables or more.
• Adjectives with two syllables
a) generally use more-
careful -> ... verbs
FORM
• Regular verbs have the same form for all persons (I, you, he, she, etc.):
Notes
• Irregular verbs are different in the positive >• Exercise 36.
• Remember to use the infinitive without ... the Gobi Desert.
Practice
Write the names of the places below in two columns, those with the and those
without the.
River Seine
Luxembourg
Istanbul
Pyrenees
Chile
Solomon Islands
with the
River...