Basic English grammar

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Basic English grammar

Basic structure

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Subject + Verb+ object (SVO)

• He plays football
• I speak three languages
• My brother is very tall
• He went to the supermarket
• They built a house

Syntactic structure

Verb to be

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• I am a man
• He is tall
• She is small
• It is a flower
• They are my friends
• We are from Liverpool
• You are small

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Am: I Is: He, she, it Are: They, we, you

Verb be

• I'm a man
• He's tall
• She's small
• It's a flower
• They're my friends
• We're from Liverpool
• You're small

The 'verb to be' can be contracted:

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Am: 'm Is: 's Are: 're

Verb be

Plurals

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To make most plurals we add 's', 'es' or 'ies' at the end of the noun

• I bought three apples
• My friends have three dogs
• My sister has three babies
• Don't forget to wash the dishes

Plurals

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There are some irregular plurals too:

• one man
• two men

• one woman
• two women

• one child
• two children

Plurals

Articles

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In English we have two main articles: 'a/an' and 'the' A/an are used to talk about a non-specific noun

• I saw a dog (a random dog)

The is used for specific noun

• I saw the dog (a specific dog)

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acquisition

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https://view.genial.ly/63c00e1d47190b0011439fdf/learning-experience-didactic-unit-basic-verbs https://youtu.be/1r59Nj8d0D0

Acquisition