Months and dates

Exercise 1: Choose the correct answer for reading
Exercise 2: Write the dates in letters

The future with be going to

                                                Video about be goint to 

Exercise 1: Use going to-future.
Exercise 2: be going to
Exercise 3: Use going to.

Simple present Wh-questions

Wh Questions -  The Simple Present Tense

What are Wh - Question Words?

Form:
Wh question word (what, when...)   +   do / does   +   Subject (I, you, we...)    +  verb    +  others

These wh question words are at the beginning of the sentence. After them, we use auxiary verb and subject.
We don't use yes or no in the answer.


Example Sentences: 

"Where" question asks for the place:

• Where does she live?  --> She lives in NewYork.
• Where do you meet your friends? --> I meet them at the school.

"What" question asks for information about something:

• What do you like eating most?  --> I like eating fruits most.
• What do you read?  --> I read funny books.

"When" question asks for information about time:

• When do you meet your father? --> I meet him at 9.
• When does she come home?  --> She comes home late.

"Who" question asks for information about a person:

• Who do you know here? --> I don't know anybody.
• Who do you like?  --> I like my friend, Tom.

"Why" question asks for information about reason, explanation:

• Why does she cry? --> She lost his toy car.
• Why do we stay here --> It's cheap.

"How" question asks for information about manner, the way to do:

• How do you come here?--> I come here by bus.
• How do they get to work --> by train.

Exercise 1: Simple Present Tense Exercise 
Exercise 2: Simple Present

Wh-questions with be going to

See the video

Exercise 1:  Be going to WH- QUESTIONS
Exercise 2: GOING TO - Plans for the Future!

Can for ability

                                   See this interesting video about can for ability

Exercise 1: Fill in can or can't (cannot) into the gaps.
Exercise 2: Can or Can't
Exercise 3: Complete the sentences.

TEACHERS' EVALUATIONS

AFTERNOON  GROUPS

LISBET TAVAREZ-AFTERNOON

JUAN CARLOS SEVERINO-AFTERNOON

PEDRO TORRES-AFTERNOON

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EVENING  GROUPS

ESMERALDA CANELA

LISBET TAVAREZ-EVENING

KARINA LOPEZ

JUAN CARLOS SEVERINO-EVENING

PEDRO TORRES-EVENING

MARIBEL NUÑEZ  

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Count and noncount nouns, some and any

See the video about count and noncount nouns

See the video how to use some and any

Some

Countable and uncountable

Some is used with both countable and uncountable nouns:

Countable Nouns - 'Some people in my school like Jazz.'

Uncountable Nouns - 'There was some snow here last winter.'

Positive sentences

Some is used in positive sentences:

'I have some friends.'

'We bought some coffee.'

Offering

We use some in questions when we expect the answer to be 'yes' or when we are offering something, otherwise, we use any:

'Would you like some milk?

Requests

Some is also used in questions when we are making a request:

'Can I borrow some money?'

Any

Negative sentences

Any is used in negative sentences:

'I don't have any friends.'

'There isn't any bread left.'

Questions

Any is used in questions:

'Do you have any money?'

'Is there any sugar?'

Exercise 1: count and Non-Count Nouns

Exercise 2: countable and uncountable nouns 

Exercise 3: some or any? – Choose the correct answer.

Exercise 4: Some or Any

Exercise 5:  any / some 

Word power - Foods

Click in the video to see a vocabulary about food

Exercise 1: food 

Exercise 2:  food Activity

Exercise 3:  write the words  

Adverbs of frequency

See this interesting video about adverbs of frequency

Exercise 1:  Position of adverbs of frequency
Exercise 2: Adverbs of frequency
Exercise 3: ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY

Simple present Wh-questions

WH questions are very common in English.
WH questions ask for information. Here are the six questions and their answers:

Question	Answer	Example
What	Thing	What is your name?
When	Time	When is the party?
Who	Person	Who is your brother?
Where	Place	Where is the bank?
Why	Reason	Why do you like pizza?
How	Directions	How do you spell your name?

WH Questions Structure

WH questions in the simple present use “do” or “be”. Take a look at the structure for each of these verbs.

Do

WH   +   DO/DOES   +   SUBJECT    +   VERB

Take a look at some examples:

• Where do you work?
• When does she wake up?
• Who is your brother?

Exercise 1: QUESTION WORDS - WH QUESTIONS
Exercise 2: Present simple: Wh- questions
Exercise 3:  Wh Questions

Jobs

Exercise 1: Occupations
Exercise 2:  Jobs

Simple present -short answers

Short Answers with Do and Does

In questions that use do/does it is possible to give short answers, to direct questions as follows:

Sample Questions	Short Answer (Affirmative)	Short Answer (Negative)
Do I need a ticket?	Yes, you do.	No, you don't.
Do you need a dictionary?	Yes, I do.	No, I don't.
Do you both speak English?	Yes, we do.	No, we don't.
Do they need help?	Yes, they do.	No, they don't.
Does he like chocolate?	Yes, he does.	No, he doesn't.
Does she want to come?	Yes, she does.	No, she doesn't.
Does it have four legs?	Yes, it does.	No, it doesn't.

 

Exercise 1: Do / does 

Exercise 2: Choose the most suitable negative to go with the sentences

Exercise 3: present simple, short answers.

Word Power-Furniture

Exercise 1: Parts of the house
Exercise 2: Some furniture 

There is , there are

We use there is and there are to say that something exists.

Positive Sentences

We use there is for singular and there are for plural.

• There is one table in the classroom.
• There are three chairs in the classroom.
• There is a spider in the bath.
• There are many people at the bus stop.

We also use There is with uncountable nouns:

• There is milk in the fridge.
• There is some sugar on the table.
• There is ice cream on your shirt.

Contractions

The contraction of there is is there's.

• There's a good song on the radio.
• There's only one chocolate left in the box.

You cannot contract there are.

• There are nine cats on the roof.
• There are only five weeks until my birthday.

Negative Form

The negative is formed by putting not after is or are:

• There is not a horse in the field.
• There are not eight children in the school.
• There is not a tree in the garden.
• There are not two elephants in the zoo.

We almost always use contractions when speaking.

The Negative contractions are:

• There's not = There isn't
• There are not = There aren't

There aren't with ANY

When we want to indicate that a zero quantity of something exists we use there aren't any.

• There aren't any people at the party.
• There aren't any trees in my street.

We also use this structure with uncountable nouns:

• There isn't any water in the swimming pool.
• There isn't any sugar in my coffee

Exercise 1: There is/ there are
Exercise 2: Type There is or There are 
Exercise 3:  There is - There are

Word Power -Family

Exercise 1: Family tree

Simple present statements

The simple present tense in English is used to describe an action that is regular, true or normal.

We use the present tense:

1. For repeated or regular actions in the present time period.

• I take the train to the office.
• The train to Berlin leaves every hour.
• John sleeps eight hours every night during the week.

2. For facts.

• The President of The USA lives in The White House.
• A dog has four legs.
• We come from Switzerland.

3. For habits.

• I get up early every day.
• Carol brushes her teeth twice a day.
• They travel to their country house every weekend.

4. For things that are always / generally true.

• It rains a lot in winter.
• The Queen of England lives in Buckingham Palace.
• They speak English at work.

Verb Conjugation & Spelling

We form the present tense using the base form of the infinitive (without the TO).

In general, in the third person we add 'S' in the third person.

Subject	Verb	The Rest of the sentence
I / you / we / they	speak / learn	English at home
he / she / it	speaks / learns	English at home

The spelling for the verb in the third person differs depending on the ending of that verb:

1. For verbs that end in -O, -CH, -SH, -SS, -X, or -Z we add -ES in the third person.

• go – goes
• catch – catches
• wash – washes
• kiss – kisses
• fix – fixes
• buzz – buzzes

2. For verbs that end in a consonant + Y, we remove the Y and add -IES.

• marry – marries
• study – studies
• carry – carries
• worry – worries

NOTE: For verbs that end in a vowel + Y, we just add -S.

• play – plays
• enjoy – enjoys
• say – says

Negative Sentences in the Simple Present Tense

To make a negative sentence in English we normally use Don't or Doesn't with all verbs EXCEPT To Be and Modal verbs (can, might, should etc.).

• Affirmative: You speak French.
  Negative: You don't speak French.

You will see that we add don't between the subject and the verb. We use Don't when the subject is I, you, we orthey.

• Affirmative: He speaks German.
  Negative: He doesn't speak German.

When the subject is he, she or it, we add doesn't between the subject and the verb to make a negative sentence. Notice that the letter S at the end of the verb in the affirmative sentence (because it is in third person) disappears in the negative sentence. We will see the reason why below.

Negative Contractions

Don't = Do not
Doesn't = Does not

I don't like meat = I do not like meat.

There is no difference in meaning though we normally use contractions in spoken English.

Exercise 1: Present Tense 
Exercise 2: PRESENT TENSE
Exercise 3: THE PRESENT SIMPLE (1)
Exercise 4: THE PRESENT SIMPLE 5

Simple present questions

Do vs. Does

Word Order of Questions with Do and Does

The following is the word order to construct a basic question in English using Do or Does.

Do/Does	Subject	Verb*	The rest of the sentence
Do	I / you / we / they	have / buy eat / like etc.	cereal for breakfast?
Does	he / she / it

*Verb: The verb that goes here is the base form of the infinitive = The infinitive without TO before the verb. Instead of the infinitive To have it is just the have part.

Remember that the infinitive is the verb before it is conjugated (changed) and it begins with TO. For example: to have, to eat, to go, to live, to speak etc.

Examples of Questions with Do and Does:

• Do you speak English?
• Does John speak French?
• Do we have time for a quick drink?
• Does it rain a lot in the South?
• Do they want to come with me?
• Does she like chocolate?

Short Answers with Do and Does

In questions that use do/does it is possible to give short answers to direct questions as follows:

Sample Questions	Short Answer (Affirmative)	Short Answer (Negative)
Do you speak English?	Yes, I do.	No, I don't.
Do I need a dictionary?	Yes, you do.	No, you don't.
Do you both speak English?	Yes, we do.	No, we don't.
Do they speak English?	Yes, they do.	No, they don't.
Does he speak English?	Yes, he does.	No, he doesn't.
Does she speak English?	Yes, she does.	No, she doesn't.
Does it have four legs?	Yes, it does.	No, it doesn't.

However, if a question word such as who, when, where, why, which or how is used in the question, you can not use the short answers above to respond to the question.

Question Words with Do and Does

The order for making sentences with Questions words is the following:

Question Word	Do/Does	Subject	Verb
What	do	you	have for breakfast?
What	does	she	have for breakfast?
Where	do	you	live?
When	do	you	study?
How	do	you	spell your name?

Exercise 1: Do vs. Does

Exercise 2: Questions in the Simple Present 

Exercise 3: Question Do VS Does

What time is it?

Exercise 1: Write the correct time

Present continuous Wh-questions

Wh - Question Form of the Present Continuous (Progressive) Tense

How do we make a  wh question?

Form:
Wh question word (what, when...) + am /is / are + Subject (I, you, we...) +  verb + ing  + others




These wh question words are at the beginning of the sentence. After them, we use auxilary verb and subject.
We don't use yes or no in the answer.


Example Sentences: 

"Where" question asks for the place:

• Where is she living? --> She's living in NewYork.
• Where are you meeting your friends? --> I'm meeting them at the school.

"What" question asks for information about something:

• What are you eating ? --> I'm eating fruits.
• What are you reading? --> I'm reading a funny book.

"When" question asks for information about time:

• When are you meeting your father? --> I'm meeting him at 9.
• When is she coming home? --> She is coming home late today.

"Who" question asks for information about a person:

• Who is she talking on the phone? --> She is talking to her mother.
• Who are they travelling with? --> They are travelling with Tom.

"Why" question asks for information about reason, explanation:

• Why is she crying? --> She is crying because she lost her toy car.
• Why are we waiting here? --> We're waiting here because I cannot find my keys.

"How" question asks for information about manner, the way to do:

• How is Sally singing?--> She is singing very well.
• How are they going to work? -->I am going there by train.

Exercise 1:  Make the present continuous - 'yes / no' or 'wh' questions

Exercise 2:  Present Continuous Tense - wh questions