Stu d ent B o o k

Present: Simple and Continuous

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Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Lesson 4

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Present Simple: Be-Verbs

Present Simple: Affirmatives and Negatives
Present Simple: Yes/No Questions
Present Continuous

Future and Past

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Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Lesson 4

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Future: Will/Wont
Future: Will?
Past: Was/Were
Past: Regular Verbs

More on Past

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Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Lesson 4

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Past: Irregular Verbs

Past: Negatives
Past: Yes/No Questions
Progress Test 1

Adjectives and Adverbs

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Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Lesson 4

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Adjectives
Adverbs
Comparatives
Superlatives

Pronouns, Nouns and Prepositions 77

Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Lesson 4

Pronouns
Nouns and Articles
Some/Any + Noun
Prepositions of Place and Time

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Helping Verbs and Question Words 95

Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Lesson 4

Helping Verbs: Can/May/Will/Should

What/Who/Whose with Be-Verbs
What with Common Verbs
Progress Test 2

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To THE TEACHER
My First Grammar is a fun and easy grammar book series designed for
young English learners. The grammar concepts and activities in this series are
designed for the needs of elementary school students from the second to fourth
grade. My First Grammar uses a spiral approach in presenting essential
grammar points. This allows students to study from any book in the series without
missing important grammar points. My First Grammar provides various learnercentered activities that encourage active learning.
My First Grammars main concern is nurturing a feeling of success while
students learn grammar. By providing age-appropriate grammar structures,
sentences and activities, this grammar series helps students maintain the feeling
of success and interest. Constant linking and cumulative reviews ensure that
students reuse the grammar concepts and retain them.

Organization of the Student Book

Link and Review at the beginning of each lesson can be used as a cumulative review
or a tool for assessment. In each lesson, teachers can use this section to monitor
students language development and identify areas of weakness in need of review.
Look and Learn sections introduce new grammar concepts in a fun, easy, and
uncluttered manner. They offer a resource for students to refer to while practicing the
grammar concepts that are newly introduced. These sections also provide a concise
grammar summary that can be revisited in later lessons for review.
Look and Say activities allow students a step-by-step approach to using the grammar
in context. These activities provide illustrations and examples of how the target
grammar is used. Teachers can rely on these activities to ease students into a feeling
of comfort in learning the grammar.
Look and Practice activities provide a variety of methods for students to use and practice
the material they are learning. They are designed to give students a sense of understanding
and success in mastering English. Some activities allow students an open ended response
giving them greater control over their personal learning experience. Furthermore, colorful
illustrations and real photos aid students to use their visualization in learning process.
Interactive games or entertaining comics are provided in Lesson 4 of Units 1, 2, 4
and 5 and Lesson 3 of Units 3 and 6. These additional activities are used to wrap up
the units. Students will consolidate the English grammar concepts taught in each unit,
while enjoying the activities.
Progress Tests are provided in Lesson 4 of unit 3 and Lesson 4 of unit 6. These tests
are to be used to assess students development.

Present: Simple and Continuous

Lesson 1 Present Simple: Be-Verbs
Lesson 2 Present Simple:
Affirmatives and Negatives
Lesson 3 Present Simple: Yes/No Questions
Lesson 4 Present Continuous

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Lesson 1

Present Simple: Be-Verbs

1 Look and Learn

Affirmative

Negative

Amy is in the classroom.

The boys are in the house.

She is not a teacher.

They are not hungry.

Question
Is she a student?
Are they thirsty?

Contraction
Im

Were

Youre

Theyre

Hes

Im not

Were not
We arent

Youre not
You arent

Theyre not Hes not

They arent He isnt

Shes

Its

Shes not
She isnt

Its not
It isnt

2 Look and Say

Mr. Binn is not a bus driver.

He is a policeman.

Amy isnt in the house.

Shes in the car.

The children are not sad.

They are happy.

They arent balls.

Theyre balloons.

Is it a blue crayon?
No, it isnt.
It is a green crayon.

Are they monkeys?

Yes, they are.

Is Karen a nurse?
No, she isnt.
She is a doctor.

Is that a church?
Yes, it is.

3 Look and Learn

There + Be-Verb
Affirmative
There is

a book.
some milk.

There are some pens.

Negative

Question

a book.
There isnt

any milk.

a book?
Is there

any milk?

There arent any pens.

Are there any pens?

4 Look and Say

There is a table.
There arent any chairs.

Are there any balloons?

Yes, there are.

There is a cake on the table.

There isnt any juice on the table.
There isnt any coffee on the table.

Are there any candles?

No, there arent.

There are plates on the table.

There arent any forks on the table.
There are napkins on the table.

Is there a banner?
Yes, there is.
Is there any orange juice?
No, there isnt.

5 Look and Practice

A. Look and read. Circle True or False.
1

 he men arent bus drivers. True

T
They are policemen.
False

 here isnt any milk.

T
There is some orange juice.


Karen isnt in her room.
Shes in the kitchen.

True
False

 ike isnt a basketball player. True

M
He is a baseball player.
False

B. Look and write. Circle the correct answer.

1

Is
she
_______
________
an artist?
Yes, she is.

No, he isnt.

_______ ________ a school?

Yes, it is.

No, they arent.

_______ ________ a baseball player?

Yes, he is.

No, she is.

_______ ________ alligators?

Yes, they are.

No, it isnt.

_______ ________ any flowers?

Yes, there are.

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True
False

No, there arent.

C. Look and fill in the blanks.

1

2
isn't a bus driver.
She ______

They ________ snakes.

She's a nurse.
________

_____________ alligators.

4
It ________ a balloon.

______ _______ a doctor?

________ a ball.

Yes, ______ _______.

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______ _______ teachers?
No, ______ _______.

D. Look and write.

1
2
3
4
5

is
There _________
a sofa.

6

There _________ a chair.

There _________ two dogs.
There _________ any flowers.
There _________ a TV.

_________ _________ any books?

Yes, there are.

_________ _________ a radio?

No, there isnt.

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Lesson 2
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Present Simple:

Affirmatives and Negatives

1 Link and Review

Read and write.
aren't thirsty. (X)
ex. They ________

are
ex. They ________
hungry. (O)

It __________ a ball. (X)

It _______ a balloon. (O)

I __________ sad. (X)

I _______ happy. (O)

We __________ doctors. (X)

We _______ nurses. (O)

Look and write.

________ ________ a knife?

________ ________lions?

No, there isnt.

No, they____________.

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________ you in the car?

No, ________ ________.

Yes, ________ ________.

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_____ _____ a baseball player?

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________ ________ any books?

They ___________ alligators.

Yes, there are.

________ ________ snakes.

Question

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Unit-Lesson

1-1

1-1

1-1

1-1

1-1

1-1

1-1

1-1

1-1

1-1

1-1

1-1

2 Look and Learn

Present Simple: Affirmatives and Negatives
Affirmative

Negative

I speak English.

You dont speak Spanish.

She drinks milk.

He doesnt drink coffee.

Irregular Verb

Regular Verb
~s

eat eats

get gets

~es

watch watches

~ies

cry cries

have

has

wash washes

go

goes

fly flies

do

does

3 Look and Say

Every Day

On Sundays

John gets up at 7 oclock in the morning.

He doesnt get up at 7 oclock.

He gets up at 8 oclock.

He goes to school with his friends.

He doesnt go to school.
He goes to church with his family.

He does his homework at night.

He doesnt do his homework.

He plays games with his family.
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4 Look and Practice

A. Look and write the correct verb form.
1

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

church

don't go
We ______________
to church every day.
go

go
We ________
to church on Sundays.
Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

laundry

laundry

My mom ______________________ the laundry every day.

do

She ___________ the laundry on Mondays and Thursdays.

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

soccer

They ______________________ soccer practice every day.

have

They ___________ soccer practice on Wednesdays.

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

library

library

Mrs. Green ______________________ at the library every day.

work

She ___________ at the library on Tuesdays and Fridays.

B. Read and circle.

Answer about you and your family.

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I have / dont have a big family.

I live / dont live in a city.

I get up / dont get up early in the morning.

I take / dont take a bus to school.

My dad speaks / doesnt speak Japanese.

My mom drinks / doesnt drink coffee.

C. Look, choose and write.

2

speaks
Amy __________
English.

Amy _____________ a dog.

doesn't speak
She ________________
Chinese.

She ______________ a cat.

John ____________ in a house.

John ____________ tennis.

He _____________ in an apartment.

He ________________ ice hockey.

Word Bank

live

speak

have

play

My mom and dad __________ a car.

They _______ shopping on Saturdays.

They ___________________ a truck.

They __________ shopping on Mondays.

My mom _____________ the dishes.

I ________________ a bike.

My dad ______________ the dishes.

I ________________ a moped.

Word Bank

ride

go

do

drive
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Lesson 3
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Present Simple: Yes/

No Questions
Yes/No

1 Link and Review

Read and circle the correct word.

Are you a student? No, Im not / I arent .

There is / are

She isnt / arent

Amy and Mike is / are

5
6

Is / Are

some milk in the glass.

thirsty.
friends.

there any cookies?

We dont / doesnt

have a big family.

Look and write the correct verb form.

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

shopping

7
go

My mom _________________ shopping every day.

8 She ____________ shopping on Saturdays.

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

kite

kite

9 Ben _______________________ a kite every day.

fly

10 He _________ a kite on Mondays and Thursdays.

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

TV

TV

11 John _______________________ TV every day.

watch

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12 He _________ TV on Saturdays and Sundays.

Question

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11

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Unit-Lesson

1-1

1-1

1-1

1-1

1-1

1-2

1-2

1-2

1-2

1-2

1-2

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2 Look and Learn

Present Simple: Yes/No Questions
Yes / No Question

Answer

Do you walk to school?

Yes, I do. / No, I dont.

Does Amy walk to school?

Yes, she does. / No, she doesnt.

3 Look and Say

Does Amy drink milk every day?

Yes, she does. She likes milk.

Does your dad walk to work?

No, he doesnt. He drives to work.

Do they go to school in the morning?

Yes, they do.

Do they ride motorcycles?

No, they dont. They ride bikes.

Does it snow in Korea?

Yes, it does.

Do they speak Spanish in class?

No, they dont. They speak English.
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4 Look and Practice

A. Look, read and write.
Write Yes, or No about you.

have a pet
Lucy
Willy
Ben
& Ken

live in a house play the violin

listen to radio

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Write the answer.

Lucy

Does Lucy have a pet?

Yes, she does.

________________

Lucy

Does Lucy listen to radio?

________________

Willy

Does Willy live in a house?

________________

Ben & Ken

Do Ben and Ken have a pet?

________________

Do you play the violin?

________________

Write the question.

Willy

Does Willy listen to radio?

_______________________________
Yes, he does.

Lucy

_______________________________ Yes, she does.

Willy

_______________________________ No, he doesnt.

Ben & Ken

_______________________________ No, they dont.

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_______________________________ Yes, I do.

B. Look and write the question or the answer.

1

Let's play.

speak

Does
__________
your teacher __________
English?
speak
Yes, she does.
_______ students _______ lunch at school?
Yes, they do.

have

_______ the monkey __________ a short tail?

No, it doesnt.
have

_______ she __________ early?

No, she doesnt.
get up

Do they walk to school?

______, _________ ____________.

Does he have long hair?

______, _________ ____________.

Does it rain in your country?

______, _________ ____________.

C. Write the answers about you and your family.

1
2
3
4
5

Do you get up early?

_____________________________________

Do you have a pet?

_____________________________________

Do you walk to school?

_____________________________________

Does your dad drive to work? _____________________________________

Does your mom work?

_____________________________________
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Lesson 4
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Present Continuous

1 Link and Review

Look and write the correct verb form.
doesn't do the laundry every day.
ex.. My mom ____________

do

study

go

1
2
3

Ben and Ken ______________ English every day.

4
5
6

Karen _________ to school by bus every day.

They __________________ English every day.

_______ they ___________ English every day?

She _____________ to school by bus every day.

________ she ________ to school every day?

Find the mistake and correct it.

ex.

Are

Do

they

have

there

orange

your

Does
Do

mom

drink

coffee

Amy

dances

your

dad

John

Do

go to church

every day?
3

basketball

player?

you

lives

20

glass?

every day?

Does

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the

every day?

11

in

10

juice

every day?

any

Is

practice

Are

soccer

in

an

apartment?

Question

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Unit-Lesson

1-2

1-2

1-3

1-2

1-2

1-3

1-1

1-3

1-3

1-3

1-1

1-3

2 Look and Learn

Present Continuous
Affirmative

Negative

Question

Amy is eating.

She isnt drinking.

Is she having lunch?

The boys are playing.

They arent studying.

Are they playing outside?

Verb + ing

speak speaking
stand standing

dance dancing
write writing

run running
sit sitting

3 Look and Say

What is happening at the circus?

The bears
are riding a bike.
They

The tiger
is jumping.
It

Are the horses running?

Yes, they aren't

Are the elephants dancing?

No, they arent.
They are walking in a line.

The monkey
is eating a banana.
It
The clowns
are driving a toy car.
They
The dog
is holding the balloons.
It
Is the girl sitting on the horse?
No, she isnt.
She is juggling on the horse.
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4 Look and Practice

A. Look, compare and write.
watch TV

cook

sleep

run

hunt

do her homework

eat

swim

It's night time now. What's everyone doing? Match and write.

1
2

____
now. It _____________________.
C The owl ___________________
isn't sleeping
is hunting

3
4
5

____ The mice __________________ now. They __________________.

____ The boy ___________________ now. He ____________________.

____ The woman ________________ now. She ___________________.

____ The girl ____________________ now. She ___________________.

B. Use the words on the left and write the question.

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she / read a book

you / watch TV

now?

Mary / do her homework

now?

they / play outside

now?

John / surf the Internet

now?

you / study

now?

Is she reading a book

now?

C. Look, choose and write.

What is everyone doing now?

isn't playing the violin.

Amy _______________

John _______________ a newspaper.

is playing
She _______________
the piano.

He _______________ a book.

The cats _______________ water.

They _______________ the windows.

They _______________ milk.

They _______________ the car.

Word Bank

drink

wash

play

read

D. Look and write.

1

2
Is he watching TV?

Are they playing soccer?

Yes, he is.
____________________

____________________

4
fly

read

____________________?

____________________?

Yes, they are.

Yes, she is.

E. Let's have fun!

Go to page 24 and play Rock-Paper-Scissors in pairs.
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