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Grammar Reference

Plural forms Question words

REGULAR NOUNS • • Who?: We use Who...? to ask about people.
A: Who’s that?
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clock  clocks
• most plural nouns take -s B: My sister, Lisa.
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lamp  lamps
• • What?: We use What...? to ask about things,
• nouns ending in -s, -ch, box  oxes animals and actions.
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b
-sh, -x, -o, take -es watch  watches A: What’s your favourite sport?
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• nouns ending in a country  countries B: Football.
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consonant + -y, drop the -y BUT • • Where?: We use Where...? to ask about places.
and take -ies boy  oys I’m from Paris. Where are you from?
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b
• nouns ending in -f or -fe, shelf  shelves • • How?: We use How? to ask about the way in
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take -ves which something happens or to ind out about
someone’s health.
IRREGULAR NOUNS A: How are you?
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man  men tooth  teeth B: Not bad.
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woman  women person  people • • How old?: We use How old? to ask about age.
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child  children mouse  mice A: How old are you?
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foot  feet ish  ish B: Twelve.
• • When / What time?: We use When / What time? to
note ask about time.
Adjectives do not have a plural form. A: When do you go to the youth club?
This is an old chair.  These are old chairs. B: On Mondays and Wednesdays after school.
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A: What time do you go home?
Personal Pronouns B: At 5.30.
• • Whose?: We use Whose? to ask about possession.
SUBJECT OBJECT A: Whose book is this?
PRONOUNS PRONOUNS
B: It’s my brother’s.
I me
• • How many?: We use How many...? to ask about
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the number of something.
he him
she her A: How many bedrooms are there in your house?
it it B: Three.
we us
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they them
Present Simple
• We use subject personal pronouns as subjects.
They go before the verb. AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE
Look at that girl. She’s beautiful. FULL FORMS SHORT FORMS
• We use object pronouns as objects of verbs. I speak I do not speak I don’t speak
They always go after verbs or after prepositions. You speak You do not speak You don’t speak
This skateboard is cool. I love it! He speaks He does not speak He doesn’t speak
She speaks She does not speak She doesn’t speak
The verb can It speaks It does not speak It doesn’t speak
We speak We do not speak We don’t speak
AFFIRMATIVE You speak You do not speak You don’t speak
I/You/He/She/It They speak They do not speak They don’t speak
We/You/They can swim
QUESTIONS SHORT ANSWERS
NEGATIVE
Do I speak? Yes, I do. No, I don’t.
I/You/He/She/It can’t (= cannot) swim Do you speak? Yes, you do. No, you don’t.
We/You/They Does he speak? Yes, he does. No, he doesn’t.
Does she speak? Yes, she does. No, she doesn’t.
QUESTIONS SHORT ANSWERS
Does it speak? Yes, it does. No, it doesn’t.
Yes, I/you/he/she/it can. Do we speak? Yes, we do. No, we don’t.
I/you/he/she/it we/you/they Do you speak? Yes, you do. No, you don’t.
Can swim?
we/you/they No, I/you/he/she/it can’t. Do they speak? Yes, they do. No, they don’t.
we/you/they
note
We use the verb can to express ability:
My brother can speak French. No -s in the 3rd person singular after does/doesn’t.

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