ESQUEMES ANGLÈS

Docent: Ángeles Sanz

POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES

Personal

pronoun

Possessive

adjectiveExamples of use

I My This is my book.

You Your Wash your hands!

He His Tony and his wife

She Her These are Sarah and her husband Peter

It Its The dog is wagging its tail.

We Our

You Your

They Their That is their house. 2

POSSESSIVE ‘S

She’s taking a photo

with Paul’s camera.

“John, this is Paul’s brother”

“Are you going to James’s party”“This is my friends’ house”

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ADJECTIVES

Use them to describe

My house is old but I’m proud of it.

They are invariable in gender and number.

That tree is very high.

Those aerials are very high.

Before a noun

She knows a very rich man.

After “to be”.

He is a rich man.4

COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES (I)

Adjectives

Comparative Superlative

Compare people and things The one in a group

taller than

more + adj. + than

less + adj. + than

better than

worse than

further than

as + adj. + as

as much as

the same as

(+ obj. Pron.)

(+ sub. pron. + aux. Verb)

the coldest

the most + adj.

the least + adj.

the best

the worst

the furthest

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VERB “TO BE” IN THE PAST:

WAS/ WERE

Affirmative Negative Interrogative Short answer

I wasI was not

(I wasn’t)Was I?

Yes, I was.

No, I wasn’t

You wereYou were not

(you weren’t)Were you?

Yes, you were.

No, you weren’t

He* wasHe* was not

(he wasn’t)Was he*?

Yes, he* was.

No, he wasn’t

We wereWe were not

(we weren’t)Were we?

Yes, we were.

No, we weren’t

You wereYou were not

(you weren’t)Were you?

Yes, you were.

No, you weren’t

They wereThey were not

(they weren’t)Were they?

Yes, they are.

No, they weren’t6

PRESENT PERFECT

Present perfect simple (experience)

Affirmative

S + have + participle

Negative

S + haven’t + participle

I’ve been to London (when?)

I’ve never been to London

My sister’s just started a new job

I have already finished my homework

He hasn’t worked in a bank

I haven’t finished my homework yet.

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Present perfect simple (experience)

Interrogative

Have + S + participle?

Yes, S + have

No, S+ haven’t

Has he worked in a bank?

Have you ever worked in a bank?

Have you finished your homework yet?

Yes, he has No, he hasn’t

PAST SIMPLE

Affirmative Negative

I stayed in a hotel.

I took the photo.

I didn’t stay in a hotel.

I didn’t take the photo.

Interrogative

Did you stay in a hotel?

Did you take the photo?Yes, I did. No, I didn’t.

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