Monday, March 21, 2011

Past Simple Regular Verbs

Past Simple, regular verbs
Affirmative
Subject
verb + ed
I
washed
Negative
Subject
did not
infinitive
They
didn't
visit ...
Interrogative
Did
subject
infinitive 
Did
she
arrive...?
Examples: to walk, simple past.

 PronounAffirmativeNegativeInterrogative
II walked homeII didn't walk home.Did you walk home?
he, she, itHe walked homeHe didn't walk homeDid he walk home?
you, we, theyThey walked home.They didn't walk home.Did you walk home?

Note: For the negative and interrogative form of all verbs in the simple past, always use the auxiliary 'did''.
Affirmative video.            Negative video.              Interrogative video.

Present Continuous for 5th Grade students

Present Continuous
In Present continuous you have to use the verb "to be" with the action verb, adding an -ing suffix to the end of the action.
We use Present Continuous when we're talking about something happening NOW.
For example:
Ell està jugant a futbol -> He is playing football
Ell no està jugant a futbol. -> He isn't playing football
Ell està jugant a futbol? -> Is he playing football?
Use:
  • am with the personal pronoun I
  • is with the personal pronouns heshe or it (or the singular form of nouns)
  • are with the personal pronouns youwethey (or the plural form of nouns)
 PronounAffirmativeNegativeInterrogative
Iam playing.am not playing.Am I playing?
he, she, itHe is playing.He isn't playing.Is he playing?
you, we, theyYou are playing.You aren't playing.Are you playing?
Notice that you can use "is not" or "isn't" and "are not" or "aren't". It's the same thing.
Present Continuous is also called "Present Progressive".

Friday, March 18, 2011

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