LEARNING

IS A HUMAN QUALITY
GRAMMAR
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UNIT 1
UNIT 1: TEEN LIFE
 SIMPLE PRESENT
 ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY
 TIME EXPRESSIONS
 PRESENT CONTINUOUS
 STATIVE VERBS
 SIMPLE PRESENT
• USE THE SIMPLE PRESENT TO INDICATE HABITUAL ACTIONS.
• Verb To BE gives description. Example: He is tall
• Verb To HAVE indicates possession. Example: She has long black hair.

VERB
SUBJECT TO BE ADJECTIVE
PRESENT
 NEGATIVE SIMPLE PRESENT
• TO POSE A NEGATIVE STATEMENT JUST ADD
“NOT” AFTER THE VERB TO BE .

TIME
SUBJECT BE NOT ADJECTIVE NOUN
EXPRESSION
 QUESTIONS IN SIMPLE PRESENT
• TO POSE A QUESTION USE THE FOLLOWING
FORMULA FOR THE VERB TO BE : V+S?

VERB TIME
PRESENT
SUBJECT ADJECTIVE
EXPRESSION
?
 SIMPLE PRESENT
• USE THE SIMPLE PRESENT TO INDICATE
HABITUAL ACTIONS

VERB
OBJECT
TIME
SUBJECT
PRESENT EXPRESSION
 NEGATIVE SIMPLE PRESENT
• TO POSE A NEGATIVE STATEMENT JUST ADD
“NOT” AFTER THE VERB TO BE . USE AUXILIAR
VERB DO + NOT FOR ANY OTHER VERB.
VERB TIME
SUBJECT DO NOT OBJECT
PRESENT EXPRESSION
 TIME EXPRESSIONS
• INDICATIVE PRESENT TENSE
TIME EXPRESSIONS. EXAMPLE:

EVERY
TODAY CURRENTLY
AT
NOW EVERY _______ THESE NOWADAYS
PRESENT DAY DAYS
___
 ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY
• Indicate the frequency of our actions. Position before verbs, but after verb to be.

She often visits us in the

summer.

Subject Adverb verb Indirect Time

object expression

She is often a busy person.

Undefined Adjective
Subject Verb to BE Adverb article Noun.
 PRESENT CONTINUOUS
• USE THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS
• TO INDICATE CONTINUOUS ACTIONS
VERB V2 Object TIME
SUBJECT ING
to BE EXPRESSION
PRESENT
 STATIVE VERBS
• Stative verbs are verbs that express a state rather than an action. They usually
relate to thoughts, emotions, relationships, senses, states of being. The are
not usually used with the continuous tense. (Ginger Software.com, 2013)
• Examples:
• I feel great today.
• It smells good, it is most likely your famous chocolate cake.
 LIST OF STATIVE VERBS
• adore • deny (possession) • matter • remember (opinion)
• agree • depend on • hear • mean • resemble • understand
• appear (seem) • deserve • imagine • measure • satisfy • want
• appreciate • detest • include • mind • see • weigh
• be (exist) • disagree • involve • need • seem • wish
• believe • dislike • know • owe • smell
• belong to • doubt • lack • own • sound
• concern • equal • like • possess • suppose
• consist of • feel • loathe • promise • surprise
• contain • hate • look (seem) • realize • taste
• cost • have • love • recognize • think