GRAMMAR 3RD GRADE

GRAMMAR

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REVIEW

1. THERE IS / THERE ARE

2. THERE WAS / THERE WERE

3. ARTICLES AND QUANTIFIERS

4. PRESENT SIMPLE

5. PRESENT CONTINUOUS

6. PRESENT SIMPLE / PRESENT CONTINUOUS

1. THERE IS / THERE ARE

• USE

• We use there is to say that something exists or is in a place

• THERE + VERB TO BE (sing/pl)

"There is a laptop on the table " "There's a mobile phone on the table" "There are two feet on the table"

What's in this bedroom?

2. THERE WAS / THERE WERE

• USE

• We use there is to say that something existED or WAS in a place IN THE PAST (not anymore)

• THERE + TO BE (PAST)

(sing/plural)

"Last year, there WAS a supermarket in that corner" "When I was young, there WERE fireworks at every festivity"

What was in the room before the burglary?

3. ARTICLES AND QUANTIFIERS

ARTICLES

QUANTIFIERS

A/AN/SOME or ANY

1. Look! There is ________ elephant and _________ tiny bears in the zoo.
2. I don't need ______ money , because I'm going to bring my luch to school.
3. He doesn't have _____ pens, but I have ______.
4. Our teacher didn't give us _______ homework yesterday.
5. Excuse me, I need _______ information about the flight to London.
6. Paul wants to buy _______ new shoes.
7. There isn't _______ milk in the fridge, we need to buy _____.
8. Are there ______ toilets in the park?
9. Mr. Smith has _______ questions for the tour guide.
10. Thomas read ___________ interesting books last month.

4. present simple

SHORT ANSWERS

"Yes, I do""No, I don't"

"Do you smoke?"

EVERYDAY ACTIVITIES / GENERAL HABITURAL EVENTS

"I read everynight before I go to bed" "We always have a holiday in the summer"

GENERAL TRUTHS AND FACTS

"Time passes really quickly when you get older" "Water boils at 100 degrees" "Ten times ten makes one hundred"

INSTRUCTIONS / DIRECTIONS

"You take the train into the city centre and then you take a number five bus" "So what you do is … you read the questions first and then you write down your answers in the box. You don’t write on the question paper." (before a test)

I promise, I swear, I agree (speech act verbs)

"I will pay you back, I promise, when I get paid." "I agree with everything you say."

SCHEDULED PLANS

"The lesson starts at 9:30 tomorrow instead of 10:30."

NEWSPAPER HEADLINES

"Man rescues child from lake." "Taiwanese envoys arrive in China."

INSTRUCTIONS / DIRECTIONS.

PRESENT SIMPLE

I PROMISE / I SWEAR / I AGREE

SCHEDULED PLANS

EVERYDAY ACTIVITIES / GENERAL or HABITUAL EVENTS.

NEWSPAPER HEADLINES

GENERAL TRUTHS AND FACTS.

5. present continuous

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

USES

We use it to talk about:

• ACTIONS HAPPENING NOW

• TEMPORARY ACTIONS

1. ACTIONS HAPPENING NOW

"She is studying at the moment"

2. TEMPORARY ACTIONS

"This year, I am teaching at this school, but next year we'll see"

TO BE CONTINUED...

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