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Grammar Reference

Module 1
The verb can
AFFIRMATIVE Present Simple
I/You/He/She/It
We/You/They can dance AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE
FULL FORMS SHORT FORMS
NEGATIVE I speak I do not speak I don't speak
I/You/He/She/It You speak You do not speak You don't speak
We/You/They can’t (cannot) dance He speaks He does not speak He doesn't speak
She speaks She does not speak She doesn't speak
QUESTIONS SHORT ANSWERS It speaks It does not speak It doesn't speak
Yes, I/you/he/she/it can. We speak We do not speak We don't speak
I/you/he/she/it we/you/they You speak You do not speak You don't speak
Can dance?
we/you/they No, I/you/he/she/it can’t. They speak They do not speak They don't speak
we/you/they
We use the verb can to express ability: He can swim. QUESTIONS SHORT ANSWERS
Do I speak? Yes, I do. No, I don't.
Imperative Do you speak? Yes, you do. No, you don’t.
No, he doesn’t.
Does he speak?
Yes, he does.
• We form the imperative with the base form of the Does she speak? Yes, she does. No, she doesn't.
verb. We form the negative form with don’t + base Does it speak? Yes, it does. No, it doesn’t.
form. Do we speak? Yes, we do. No, we don’t.
Listen to the CD! Don’t speak! Do you speak? Yes, you do. No, you don't.
• We use the imperative to ask someone to do Do they speak? Yes, they do. No, they don’t.
something. We can use ‘please’ to be more polite.
Open your books, please!
NOTE
Question words
rd
• Who?: We use it to ask about people. No -s in the 3 person singular
after does/doesn’t.
A: Who’s that? © MM Publications
B: My friend, Kim.
• What?: We use it to ask about things, animals FORMATION OF THE 3 PERSON SINGULAR
RD
and actions. (he/she/it)
A: What’s your favourite sport? • most verbs
B: Basketball. take -s I eat  he eats I like  he likes
• Where?: We use it to ask about places. • verbs ending
I’m from Madrid. Where are you from? in -ss, -sh, -ch, I watch  she watches I go  she goes
• How?: We use it to ask about the way in which -x, -o take -es
something happens or to ind out about
someone’s health. • verbs ending I study  he studies
A: How are you? in a consonant BUT
B: Not bad. + -y, drop the I play  it plays
-y and take -ies
• How old?: We use it to ask about ages.
A: How old are you?
B: Twelve. We use the Present Simple:
• When / What time?: We use them to ask about time. • for habits or actions that happen regularly.
A: When do you play tennis? I watch TV every day.
B: On Mondays and Wednesdays. She goes out at the weekend.
A: What time do you inish school? • for permanent states.
B: At 3.30. We live in Bristol.
• Whose?: We use it to ask about possession. I like ice cream.
A: Whose book is this? • for daily schedules.
B: It’s my sister’s. She starts work at 8.30 every day.
• How many?: We ask about the number of
something.
How many bedrooms are there in your house?
Three.
• Which?: We use it when we want to select one
from a group of things or people.
Which bag do you like? The red bag or the green
bag?
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