English 2

Tenses Review

Present Tenses
Present continuous What are you doing? I am riding a bike. / Im not riding a bike. What am I doing? You are swimming. / You arent swimming. What is he doing? He is playing tennis. / He isnt playing tennis.

 Are you drinking beer? No, I am not. I am not drinking beer. Is she walking? Yes, she is. She is walking.

Present Tenses
Simple present tense. What do you do every day? I work every day. / I dont work every day. What does your cat do every day? My cat washes dishes every day. / My cat doesnt watch dishes every day

Practice

Homer is running I run once a week. My best friend runs once a year.

Look at the picture, make three sentences: What is he doing now? When do you do the action? When does your best friend do the action.

Personal Pronouns

Object Pronouns

I You He She It We They You

Me You Him Her It Us Them You

Personal and Object pronouns

David is writing a letter to Cheryl:
EX: He is writing a letter to her.

Jim and Dan are playing softball with Mark. _______ are playing softball with _____. My mother is listening to the radio. Carlos is drinking your tea. The children are listening to Man. The band is playing for my friends and me.

Tic Tac Toe

A. What is Charles doing? B. Charles is walking with Sarah. A. He is walking with her.
Choose a picture and ask what is happening. Your partner answers a complete sentence. Replace the nouns with personal pronouns and object pronouns

Charles
Sarah

James

Cathy

Peter

TIm

Juan

The computer Tyler Tina

Ernest The car

Don Quixote

The team

Brad and Matt Lauren

Johnny Jenny

Meredith

The Workers

Andrew and Mary

Preferences
Verb + noun I like apples. I love pizza. I hate soccer. I prefer baseball. Verb + action I like to eat/eating ice cream. I love to read/reading. I hate to do/doing the laundry. I prefer to have /having dinner.

Verb + Noun
Tell your partner 1 thing you like, 1 thing you dislike 1 thing you hate and 1 thing you prefer.

Verb + action
Tell your partner 1 thing you like/love/hate to do/doing.
Shop for groceries

Do Yoga

Preferences
I prefer

FUTURE
What are you going to do? I am going to play Chess./ I am not going to play chess. What am I going to do? You are going to lift weights./ You are not going to lift weights. What is Mary going to do? Mary is going to make the bed. / Mary is not going to make the bed.

 Are you going to go to the bank? Yes, I am. I am going to go to the bank. No I am not, I am not going to go to the bank. Is she going to do yoga this weekend? Yes, she is. She is going to do yoga. No, she isnt. She is not going to do yoga.

 I am going to fly the Starship Enterprise to a distant planet. I am going to battle the klingons, then I am going to seduce a hot alien woman.

 Choose a person on the next slide and describe your future plans. Your partner has to guess who you are.

 What did you do yesterday? I took the bus to work yesterday. I didnt take the bus to work yesterday.

Simple Past

Did you surf the net yesterday? Yes, I did. I surfed the net yesterday. No, I didnt. I didnt surf the net yesterday.

Common verbs
Verb (base form) Verb (past tense

Go
Come Eat Drink

Went
Came Ate Drank

Have
Give Receive Celebrate Leave Send Take Spend Wear Say Buy

Had
Gave Received Celebrated Left Sent Took Spent Wore Said Bought

Open Questions
What ____ you ____ last night? (eat) _____________________________________ Where ____ you ___ last summer? (go) _____________________________________ Where ___ you ___your last vacation? (spend) _____________________________________ Who ____ you _____ lunch with yesterday? (have) _____________________________________ How long _____ you ______ drive today? (drive) _____________________________________ What ____ your parents ____ you for Christmas last year? (give) _____________________________________ What time ____ your friends_____ on your last birthday party? (leave) _____________________________________

Closed Questions
____ you ___ to a restaurant last week? (go) ____________________________________. ____ you _____ your mother a present yet? (buy) ____ your sister ____ you choose it? (help) ____________________________________ ____ you____ a dress at the last wedding you attended? (wear) ____________________________________ ____ your relatives _____ you a card on your last birthday? (send) ____________________________________ ____ you _____ coffee this morning? (drink)

 What did you do

This morning? Two days ago? Last month? Last summer? Last year?