Unit 7

Pronouns one /ones

Possessive pronouns

Subject pronoun	Possessive adjectives	Possessives pronouns
I	My	Mine
He	His	His
She	Her	Hers
It	It	Its
We	Our	Ours
You	Your	Yours
they	Their	Theirs

Simple past

Verbs irregular

These verbs are irregular only in the affirmative.

They form the negative and questions with did and the base form, like regular verbs.

Examples

He went to Australia on vacations last year.

He didn´t go to Australia on vacation last year.

Did he go to Australia on vacation last year?

Ordinal numbers

Use these numbers with nouns to talk about dates.

My first child was a boy

The third of September / September the third

Unit vocabulary

Describing words

Adjectives

Body	Face	Skin	Hair	Height	Age	Personality
Slim	Pretty	Dark	Dark	Tall	Middle-age	Nice
heavy	Handsome	Fair	Bald	short	Young	Friendly
	ugly	tan	Short		old	Sky
			Black			Mean
			Blonde
			gray

                                                                                           

Unit 6

Simple past

Use the simple past to talk about actions and situation in the past. The actions and situations are finished.

Example : my hair was red when I was a girl, but it´s gray now

Be
+	I/he/she/it/ was	We /you/ they were
-	I/he/she/it/ Wasn´t (was not)	We /you/ they Weren´t (were not)
?	Was I/he/she/it/.	Were We /you/ they.
	Yes, I/he/she/it  was. No , I/he/she/it  wasn´t.	No, We /you/ they were. No, We /you/ they weren´t.

Examples

She was tired last night.

They weren´t at the theater yesterday.

Was Karen at the office? No, she wasn´t

Were the musicians good? Yes, they were

Regular verbs

Positive

Make the simple past of most regular verbs by adding –ed to the verb.

Work         worked, watch         watched ,  listen            listened

Note the spelling rule: 

·         Add –d to verbs that end in –e

Live             lived ,  change               changed

·         With verbs that end in consonant + -y, change –y to –I and –ed

Study            studied, carry          carried

(if the verbs ends in vowel + -y, add –ed  stay          stayed )

·         With verbs of one syllable that end in vowel + consonant, double the consonant add –ed 

Plan            panned, jog            jogged  

Negative

Did +  not +  base form of verb

Ancient people did not use compasses.

People didn´t know their exact location.

Questions       

Wh-questions

Wh-word + did + subject pronoun + base form of verb

When did you finish work yesterday?

Yes/No questions

Did + subject pronoun + base form of verb

Did you study in college? Yes, I did

Yesterday  / last night / last weekend / on their last vacations

Prepositions of place

In    /  On  /      Under   /   In front of    /    Behind     /  Next to       

 Between    /   Near     /  Across

Examples

Steve sits behind Stephanie and next to Susan

Sam sits on the left of Sean

Simon sits in front of Susan and behind Sean

The salad is in the sick   

The apples are on the table

The potatoes are under the chair

Ask for and give directions

Ask for directions	·         Can you tell me how to get to the bank? ·         (Excuse me,) do you know the way to the bus station?
Give directions	·         Turn left at the next street. ·         Then go straight. ·         Take a right on to Beach Road. ·         Go down one block. it´s on the left /right ·         Go up ·         Go across

UNIT 5 REFERENCE

There is/there are

	Singular	plural
+	There’s….  (there is)	There are
-	There isn’t … (there is not)	There aren’t ….(there are not)
?	Is there …..?	Are there…?
	Yes, there is. / No, there isn’t	Yes, there are. / No, there aren’t

Examples

-         There´s a huge forest in the west.

-         There are three bedrooms

-         Is there a garage?

-         Is there a dining room?

Have/has

	I /we/you/they	He/she/it
+	Have	Has
-	Don’t have	Doesn´t have
?	Do ……. have?	Does ……. have?
	Yes, we do. No, I don´t.	Yes, it does No, she doesn´t

Examples

Alvaro has a stereo

They have a swimming pool

We have a new sofa

Does she have a car?

He doesn´t have a DVD palyer?

Do you have a watch?

Modifiers: very/pretty/really

The words (not) very, pretty, and really are modifiers. Put them in front of an adjective to make it stronger or weaker.

Use very and really to make the adjective stronger.

Use pretty and not very to make the adjective weaker.

Examples

This car is very/really expensive.

This car is pretty expensive.

This car isn´t very expensive

My town city is very beautiful

My house is not very noisy

Adjectives and places

A hot, dry desert

A long, wide river

A large lake

A beautiful beach

An amazing forest

A popular beach town

Use usually placed in front of the noun. Put a comma between two adjectives in front of noun.

Unit vocabulary

Types of home

Apartment     /   house

Townhouse   /   studio apartment

Rooms and parts of a house

Hall    /      balcony  /      bathroom

Deck      /   kitchen  /      dining room

Yard    /       bedroom /     living room

Garage

Furniture

Bed  /    table   /   bookshelves

Desk  /    chair   /    coffee table

Sofa  /    armchair    /   dining room chairs/table

Equipment and possessions  

Bath     /     shower   /    microwave  /     sink    /   CD player    /     dishwasher   

Video    /   DVD player  /     refrigerator   /     stove   /    coffee maker    /    toilet     

Vacuum cleaner /     stereo  /    washing machine /    answering machine