Basic English Grammar

Activity Book

LESSON 7: SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE:

INFORMATION QUESTIONS.

EXERCISE 1: Use the verbs into parentheses to fill in the blanks.

Use present tense.
1) (know) Charles _____________Shakira.
2) (want, not) I ______________ to go to the concert.

EXERCISE 2: Answer the following questions.

a) Where do you live? I live in __________________________________.
b) Say WH question words and their meanings you already know in En-
glish. E.g. Who = people.

EXERCISE 3: Look at the grammar chart. Analyze it with your

teacher. Listen and Point.
INFORMATION
QUESTIONS
Where do you live ? does
Where does your best friend live ? (he,she, it)
What time does the movie begin ? OR
What does a rabbit eat ? do
Where do Jaime and Irvin have lunch?
You need an
Verb auxiliary verb
Wh question Aux.
subject (Base complement to make an
word Verb
form) information
question.

EXERCISE 4: Reorder the words. Write questions.

a) do/my parents/where/work? _________________________________
b) your mother/does/what/eat/for lunch? _________________________
_______________________

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c) does/where/live/the president of Ecuador? ______________________

_________________________

EXERCISE 5: Make questions according to the answers.

1) A: _____________________________________________________?
B: To class ( John goes to class at 7 o´clock)
2) A: _____________________________________________________?
B: at 7:15 (I begin classes at 7:15)
3) A: _____________________________________________________?
B: pancakes (My brother has pancakes for breakfast)

ORAL EXERCISE: Make questions with ideas of your own. Use

the information given and make sure your sentences make sense.
E.g. What/ Karla/ play What does Karla play on the weekends?
a) Where / study / Karla and her best friend.
b) When / your favorite TV show / finish.
c) What time / News / begin
d) What / read /you.
e) Where / Carlos / live.
f ) Where / you / do/
g) When / your sister / wake up.
h) What/ eat/ Carmen.
HOMEWORK:

Do the oral exercise above in written form.

NOTE:
Wh question sentences never can be responded with Yes or No.

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LESSON 8: SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE:

YES/NO QUESTIONS.

EXERCISE 1: Make questions with ideas of your own. Use the in-
formation given and make sense.
E.g. What/ Karla/ play What does Karla play on the weekends?
a) Where / study / Karla and her best friend.
b) When / your favorite TV show / finish.

EXERCISE 2: Answer the following questions.

a) DO you speak Spanish? Yes / No
b) Say auxiliary verbs in simple present tense you already know in English.
E.g. is, do……etc.
EXERCISE 3: Look at the grammar chart. Analyze it with your
teacher. Listen and Point.
YES/NO
QUESTIONS
Do you speak French? No, I don´t.
does
Does your best friend live in Ambato? Yes, He does.
(he,she, it)
Does the movie begin at 7:15? No, It doesn´t.
OR
Does a rabbit eat carrots? Yes, It does.
do
Do Jaime and Irvin have eggs for lunch? Yes, They do.
You need
Verb an auxil-
Aux. iary verb
subject (Base complement Short answer
Verb to make a
form) Yes/NO
question.

EXERCISE 4: Reorder the words to write correct questions.

a) do/Chinese/my parents/speak? ________________________________

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b) your mother/does/rice/eat/for lunch? __________________________

______________________
c) does/in Quito/live/the president of Ecuador? ____________________
_________________________

EXERCISE 5: Make questions according to the answers.

1) A:_____________________________________________________?
B: Yes, ________ ( John goes to class at 7 o´clock).
2) A:_____________________________________________________?
B: No, _________ (I begin classes at 7:15).
3) A:_____________________________________________________?
B: Yes, _________ (My brother has pancakes for breakfast).

ORAL EXERCISE: Make questions with ideas of your own. Use

the information given and make sure the sentences make sense. If the sen-
tence has a (√) respond positively, and an (X) respond negatively.
E.g. Karla/ play. (√) Does Karla play basketball on weekends? Yes, She does.
a) study / Karla and her best friend. (X)
b) your favorite TV show / finish. (√)
c) News / begin. (X)
d) read /you. (√)
e) Carlos / live. (√)
f ) you / do. (X)
g) your sister / wake up. (√)
h) eat / Carmen. (X)
HOMEWORK

Do the oral exercise above in written form.

NOTE:
You also have to use an auxiliary verb to make a Yes/No
question and answer it in short form.

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LESSON 9: SIMPLE PAST TENSE

EXERCISE 1: Use the given words to make truthful sentences.

a. Grass/be green b. A restaurant/sell shoes. c. A restaurant/serve food.

EXERCISE 2: Say the verbs in past tense that you have already learned.

EXERCISE 3: Look at the grammar chart and analyze it with your

teacher. Listen and Point.

PRESENT PAST

a) Carlitos plays soccer every day b) Carlitos played soccer yesterday.

PRESENT TIME PAST TIME
a) I drink a cup of coffee every day. a) I drank a cup of coffee yesterday.
b) Alice helps her mother every Monday. b) Alice helped her mother last Monday.

I walked in my garden yesterday morning.

You cooked some delicious food last Sunday.
“_ed”
We finished the exercise a few minutes ago.
They helped their mom last Friday.
You had lunch one hour ago.
We came to class yesterday. “irregular”
He did his homework last Saturday
Subject Verb (past) complement “watch out”

EXERCISE 4: Answer the following question.

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What did you do yesterday?

1.- I watched TV yesterday.
2.- I __________________________. 5.- I __________________________.
3.- I __________________________. 6.- I __________________________.
4.- I __________________________. 7.- I __________________________.

EXERCISE 5: Write 6 sentences about what you did last summer.

1.- I __________________________. 4.- I __________________________.
2.- I __________________________. 5.- I __________________________.
3.- I __________________________. 6.- I __________________________.

HOMEWORK

Draw a picture that represents each verb in the VOCABULARY.

VOCABULARY

Look at the examples. Complete the following chart. Write (R) regular, (I)
irregular.
VERB PAST VERB PAST
Help (R) helped cook
Sleep (I) Slept drive
Play ( ) have
Drink( ) go
Live( ) need
wake up( ) like
Watch( ) read

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NEGATIVE ( - )

I didn´t play basketball.

Carlos didn´t eat hot dogs.
Jaime and I didn´t watch “El Chavo”
We didn´t do my homework.
Aux. Verb
Principal
Subject You use the auxiliary verb Complement
verb
“did” with any subject.

ORAL EXERCISE: Name 4 things you didn´t do yesterday.

HOMEWORK

Use the verbs into parentheses to fill in the blanks. Use past tense.
1) (go) Charles _____________ to Paris.
2) (want, not) I ______________ to go to the concert.
3) (brush, not) Jaime ______________ his teeth at night.
4) (live, not) We _____________ in Australia.
5) (go) John __________ to the disco last Friday.
6) (eat) Erik ___________ beans.

NOTE:
DO-DOES: Auxiliary verbs Simple Present tense.
DID: Auxiliary verb Simple Past tense.

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LESSON 10: SIMPLE PAST TENSE:

INFORMATION QUESTIONS

EXERCISE 1: Use the verbs in the parentheses to fill in the blanks.

1) (go) Laura _____________to Spain last summer.
2) (want, not) I ______________ to eat any soup yesterday.

EXERCISE 2: Answer the following questions.

a) Say WH question words and their meanings you already know in English.
E.g. Who = people.

EXERCISE 3: Look at the grammar chart. Analyze it with your

teacher. Listen and Point.

INFORMATION
QUESTIONS

Where did you have lunch yesterday?

What did your best friend do last summer?
What time did the movie begin ? did
What did Carlos eat for breakfast?
Where did your father study High School?
Wh question Aux. subject Verb complement You need an
word Verb (Base auxiliary verb
form) to make an
information
question.

EXERCISE 4: Reorder the word to write correct questions.

a) did/your grandmother/where/work? ___________________________
________________________
b) your mother/did/what/eat/for lunch? __________________________
______________________
c) did/when/arrive/Jaime/in Quito? _______________________________

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