Grammar Essentials

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Grammar Essentials

Last week's aims

To know the basic sentence structure; SVO & SVOA

To know when to write in captials and lowercase.

To know how to use interpunctions in texts.

To know the basic layout of a text.

Write down what you remember from the previous lesson

Identify the Subject, Verb, and Object in this sentence: "The cat chased the mouse."

Correct the capitalization errors: "last summer, i visited paris."

Add punctuation to this sentence: "Hello how are you doing"

Identify the mistakes and correct them: "after school he went shopping and bought a t-shirt"

Today's aims

To understand and correctly use:

• Articles (a/an)
• Your, you're
• Their, they're, there
• Possessive form personal pronouns
• Do, does, did
• Apostrophe

Articles (the/a/an)

"the"when referring to a specific noun. "Hand me the book"

"a" before a consonant (medeklinker) sound

"an" before a vowel (klinker) sound 

Vowels: a, o, e, i, u

Example:

It took him an hour and a half to get dressed! 

I brought a book with me to school.

I love the expression: an apple a day, keeps the doctor away.

She bought ___ orange and ___ pencil.

Your vs You're

"you are" --> contraction --> "you're"

"your" = possessive form "your book, your phone, your laptop, etc." 

___ going to love this movie, it'll become ___ favourite!

Their/They're/There

Their = belonging to them (possessive form)

It's their future. 

When is their exam?

They're = they are (contraction)

They're extremely nice to me! 

These people think they're so cool, but they're not.

There = location or existence

What's happening there? 

There are no more tickets available for Bad Bunny.

Look over ___! ___ going to the party.

Possessive form

Possessive form

Gebruik deze vorm als de bezittelijke voornaamwoorden voor een zelfstandige naamwoord komen: 

Possessive form 

Gebruik deze vorm als de bezittelijke voornaamwoorden na een zelfstandige naamwoord komen: 

This is ___ (she) car, however that bike is ___ (I).

Apostrophe

Possessive form & contraction

Contraction: 

Apostrophe

Possessive form: apostrophe + s after the name or the noun.

When the noun is plural, we put the apostrophe after the s:

- Is that Frank’s camera?

- There was a big teachers’ conference last week in Mexico City.

- For me, writing an essay involves at least an hour’s work.

- It was just ten minutes’ walk from my house to my office. 

Rewrite with contractions:
1- They are pretty.
2- What is going on?

Make the following possessive:
1- This is the phone of Sarah.
2- The opinions of the students were very clear.

Do/Does/Did

Do & Does: present tense

"Do" and "Does" are like question and negative-makers for the present:

• Use do for I, you, we, they:
• Example: "Do you like pizza?", "I don't love this subject." 

• Use does for he, she, it:
• Example: "Does she play football?", "John doesn't make any sense most of the time."

Do/ Does/ Did

Did: past tense

"Did" is your question and negative-maker for the past, and it's easy because you use it with everyone:

Example: "Did you finish your homework?"

Example: "Did he watch the movie?"

Do/ Does/ Did

"Do, does, and did" take care of all the grammar rules, so the main verb doesn't need to change:

"Does she play football?" NOT "Does she plays football?" 

"John doesn't make any sense most of the time." NOT "John doesn't makes any sense most of the time."

"Did you finish your homework?" NOT "Did you finished your homework?"

"Did he watch the movie?" NOT "Did he watched the movie?"

___ you see that movie yesterday?

He ___ not want to come.