Grammar Booklet
Grammar Booklet
Grammar
Booklet
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The Past Simple Tense
In the regular verbs, we put(-ed / -d/- ied) at the end of the verb.
As for the irregular verbs, they don’t follow that rule. The form of the
drink - drank
cut - cut
stand - stood
can – could
Key words:-
We use the Negative of Past Simple tense to say that an action didn’t
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Index
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Questions:
To form Yes /No question in the Past Simple Tense:- We put Did at the
the sentence?
e.g. Did Peter listen to music last night? Yes, he did. / No, he didn’t.
We give short answers with Yes or No, +the subject + did or didn’t
Wh- questions:
We start with the question word + did + subject + main verb + the rest of
the sentence?
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am - is Buy bought
was
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2.Rewrite the following sentences :-
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5- Yesterday, he studied Maths. (What)
(last year)
10 - You win a prize.
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(What)
14 - She wore a nice skirt yesterday.
17- He cried a lot because he had got bad marks yesterday. (Why)
(When)
20- I saw a white dog this morning.
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3. Read the
story.
This weekend was great for Lucy. She went to London with
her best friend Karen. They bought their tickets two weeks
ago. They planned every detail and did shopping. They
arrived London in the morning. They took the bus from the
airport to the hotel. They were tired and hungry. They had
a nap then went to a restaurant and had a great lunch. Then
they took the sightseeing bus and enjoyed it. The next day
they visited museums and took photos. They went shopping
and bought some souviners .They came back in the early
evening. It was a great weekend.
4. Read text again and circle irregular past
verbs.
5. Match present and past
forms.
1. Buy a. Went
2. See c. Ate
3. Eat d.Bought
4. Have e. Swam
5. Do f. Saw
6. Go j. Had
7. Drink h. Gave
8.Spend i. Met
9. Swim j. Spent
10.Meet k. Drank
11. give l. Did
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Dear Max,
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The past continuous Tense
Key words:
(all day/all morning) yesterday- at 2 o'clock (last Monday, .... etc.)
at 3 o'clock yesterday-yesterday afternoon (evening-morning-
night- at this time last week/month/year - from three o'clock till
four.
Affirmative
I
he was+verb +ing
she
it
singular nouns
you
we were + verb + ing
they
plural nouns
Negative
To form negative sentences using the past continuous tense we
add not after verb to
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Subject + was not (wasn't) + verb + ing
Question
Short answers
Yes, Subject+ was OR were Yes, they were.
No, they weren't.
No, Subject+ wasn't OR weren't
Yes, she was.
No, she wasn't.
To form Wh questions:
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1-Choose the correct answers:
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12-My friend was…………………………… his plants from 2 to 3 yesterday.
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3-I live in Rome. (last year)
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4-He write short story. (yesterday)
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5-Did you make a cake? (No)
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6- I studied Maths yesterday. (all day yesterday)
………………………………………………………………………………………
7- The teacher explained the lesson. (all morning yesterday)
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8- She wasn’t playing football yesterday at 1 o’clock. (they)
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9- They were dancing at the party yesterday all night. (what)
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10- Were you watching T.V. all morning yesterday? (No)
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(was playing – were reading – were cooking – were eating)
4-Write (4) sentences using the past simple and continuous tenses:
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Positive form
Subject + had + past participle .
Example : By the time I got the station, the train had left.
Negative form
Subject + had + not + past participle .
Questions form
Had + subject + past participle ........?
Rules
Sequential Actions:
Use the past perfect to show that one action happened before another
action in the past. The action that occurred first is in the past perfect
tense
Example: By the time we got to the cinema, the movie had already
started
Past of Past:
Use the past perfect when talking about an action that happened before
a specific time in the past
Example: She had never traveled abroad before last summer .
Reported Speech:
Use the past perfect when reporting what someone had said or
thoughtin the past
Example: She told me that she had finished her work .
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enough.
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c). She found her phone after she cleaned her room.
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3.Write sentences to describe the sequence of events in the
following situations :
a). You woke up late for work, but fortunately, your colleague
c). Sam realized he forgot his keys. He was already at the door.
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Affixes
Root Word
A root word is a word in its simplest form.
A root word has nothing added to it.
Examples:
Do Read
Heat Pack
Write Use
Affixes
Affixes : word part added to the root
word
Divided in two form :
1. Prefix
2. Suffix
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Prefixes
Prefixes add meaning to thousands of
words.
Prefixes are syllables that is added to the
beginning of a root word to create new
meanings.
Example: Pre + View = Preview (first look).
Suffixes
Suffixes are syllables that is added to the end of a
root word to create new meanings.
1. Turn + ed = Turned (in the past)
2. Quick + ly = Quickly (how it turned)
Kinds of Suffixes:
_ance
_ancy
_ation _able
_ian _ible
_ism _al _en _ly
_ist _ful _ify _ward
_ment _ish _ize _wise
_ness _ive
_ship _ous
_or
_er
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Dis Happy
Im
write Possible
Un
ed Re
Talk Like
Unhappiness
Replaying
Careful
Hopeless
made a mistake.
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Used to
We use “used to” to talk about things happened in the
Affirmative:
e.g: She used to have long hair. (Now, she has short hair.)
old.
Question:
sentence ?
Yes/No question
sentence ?
e.g: What did you use to drink when you were a baby?
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1-Choose the correct answer:
1-She (used- uses) to go to a nursery .Now, she goes to
school.
car.
children.
8-She used to (eat-eats) lots of fast food, but now she eats
healthy food.
children.
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10-He (didn’t-doesn’t) use to help his grandpa in the field.
teenager.
children.
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2-Rewrite the sentences use the words between the
brackets.
1-She went to the cinema in the past. (used to)
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.3-In the past he played puzzles but now he doesn’t. (used to)
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(used to)
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9-I ate a lot of candy when I was a toddler . (used to)
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16-No, he didn’t use to cook Chinese food . (Did)
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Comparative Adjectives
Adjectives up to two syllables can form the
comparative by adding -er; three or more syllables
can form the comparative by using "more" before
the adjective.
Small Smaller
Tall Taller
Expensive more expensive
Dangerous more dangerous
One syllable adjectives ending with a vowel + a
consonant
Big Bigger
Hot Hotter
Fat Fatter
Thin Thinner
Happy Happier
Lazy Lazier
Easy Easier
Irregular adjectives
Bad Worse
Good Better
Far Farther
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positive comparative
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good
fair …………………..
happy ………………….
dark ………………….
hot …………………...
dangerous …………………..
fat ………………….
expensive ………………….
boring …………………
bad …………………
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1- Meat/expensive/ potatoes
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planets.
Jack’s
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Superlative Adjectives
Adjectives up to two syllables can form the
superlative by adding -est; three or more syllables
can form the superlative by using "most" before
the adjective.
Small Smallest
Tall Tallest
Expensive most expensive
Dangerous most dangerous
One syllable adjectives ending with a vowel + a
consonant, double the constant letter and add -est
Big Biggest
Hot Hottest
Fat Fattest
Thin Thinnest
Irregular adjectives
Bad Worst
Good Best
Far Farthest
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positive superlative
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good
fair …………………..
happy ………………….
dark ………………….
hot …………………...
dangerous …………………..
fat ………………….
expensive ………………….
boring …………………
bad …………………
2-Write the superlative form of the adjective:
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Should & Shouldn't
Usage: Should is used to give advice
You should do something= it’s a good thing to do or the right
thing to do
Example: You should go to bed early.
You shouldn’t do something= it’s not a good thing to do.
You shouldn’t eat a lot of candies.
Structure:
Affirmative: Should + V (infinitive)
You should eat vegetables and fruit every day.
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2-You should………………. a present for your friend’s birthday
Yes, we………………
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10-Adam and Suzan should …………….their exams.
a) No b)Yes c) and d) or
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2-Rewrite the following sentences
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9- It’s not good for your health to drink soda drinks. (shouldn’t)
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3-Fill in the gaps:
(should – shouldn’t)
important
jacket.
(should – shouldn’t)
and paper.
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Plurals
• Plural: means more than one (person, animal, place, thing)
2. Add -es to form the plural of nouns that end in s, ss, sh, ch, o or x
e.g:fox-foxes
3. Nouns ending with a consonant letter and (y),remove (y)and add -ies .
e.g:baby-babies
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Irregular nouns
Rule 1: Rule 2:
Some change: Some don't change:
woman women
fish fish
tooth theeth
foot feet
mouse mice
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1.Choose the right answer answer
sea.
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2.Change into plural.
1.foot.........................
2.Pony........................
3.glass.......................
4.fox..........................
5.Child.......................
6.girl..........................
7.Table.......................
8.mouse......................
9.watch......................
10.bike.......................
11.sheep.....................
12.tooth........................
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13.Toy.........................
14.woman....................
15.fish.........................
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