UNIT1 : THE REAL MEIn this unit we’ll see:

-Personality adjectives-Relative Pronoun

-Adverbs of possibility-Present simple &

-Present continuous

Adjectives

A chatty person

She is feeling moody

He is extroverted

He is feeling nervous and shyHe must be honest

RELATIVE PRONOUNS

• Relative pronouns are used to join sentences. We’ll see who, which and where.

• Who: When it refers to people.

- Mary is a person who everybody loves.

- Where is teh girl who sells ice-creams.

RELATIVE PRONOUNS

• Which: It makes reference to feelings, things or animals

- This is the dog which my parents gave me for Christmas.

- The letter which arrived yesterday is from your best friend.

- Friendship is something which everybody needs in life.

RELATIVE PRONOUNS• Where: It refers when the antecedent is a

place.

-Hawaii is the place where I want to be now.

-The house where the witch lives was made of chocolate.

- We are meeting in the square where all the foreign people take pictures.

ADVERBS OF POSSIBILITY

• 1) Probably and definitely after auxiliars like to be, can …

- She is probably very shy and nervous.- She is definitely very intelligent. She got

excellent marks.- She can probably come to your 15

birthday party.- Your mother probably can’t pick up from

school tomorrow.

AVERBS OF POSSIBILITY• 2) Probably and definitely before other verbs

( no auxiliars ). Go, eat, think…. With a lexical meaning.

• She probabably comes after the party.• She definitely thinks you ‘re very intelligent.• 3) Perhaps and Maybe They both mean the

same and are place at the beginning of the sentence.

• Maybe She doesn’t speak because she doesn’t know any Spanish.

• Perhaps she doesn’t speak because he is very shy.

-ED & -ING ADJECTIVES

• Many adjectives ending in -ing and -ed present some difficulties for the foreign students of the English language. Many times students find it hard to decide on which adjective to use.

-ed ( normally refer to the way people feel)

-ing ( normally refer to the way things make us feel)

-ED -ING

AMUSED AMUSING

TERRIFIED TERRIFIED

BORED BORED

ANNOYED ANNOYING

DEPRESSED DEPRESSING

DISAPPOINTED DISAPPOINTING

DISGUTED DISGUSTING

HAVE A LOOK ON THIS WEBSITES!!!

• http://www.clafoti.com/imagenes12/adj_ing_ed_2.htm

• 1- Copy the following exercise and do it in your notebook ( important for the exam)

• http://www.autoenglish.org/gr.ad.inged.p.htm

Present Simple tense

•It is used for habits and routines.•Normally used with Frequency adverbs.•Be careful with the 3 fantastics “ he / she/ it ” we will add –s/-es at the end of the verb. Only in affirmative sentences.

- Example: Mary drinks coke every day.( Mary is fantastic and she needs –s)

Every morning When I wake up, I have breakfast, later I have a shower and finally I brush my teeth.Every morning When Sarah wakes up, she drinks just milk, later she has a quick Shower and she brushes her teeth.

Frequency Adverbs : used to explain how often we …

100% 50 % 0%Always usually sometimes hardly ever never

often seldom / rarely She always catches the bus at the same time.She never gets late to work ALWAYS PRESENT SIMPLEThe boys live near the school.

These time expressions:Every day…Twice a month…. ALWAYS WITH PRESENT SIMPLE Once a year…On mondays, on Tuesdays…

Present simple structures

Affirmative:

Subject + verb + object ( I, you, we, they )

Subject + verb-S + object ( he, she, it)

Negative:

Subject + don’t + Inf. + object ( I, you, we, they)

Subject + doesn’t + Inf. + Object ( He, she, it)

Present Simple

Interrogative:

Do+ Inf+ object? (I, you, we, they)

Does + Inf + object? ( he/ she/ it)

1   Teachers work hard ( aff. )2. Teachers don’t work hard.( neg. )3. Do teachers work hard? ( ? )

Let’s practise!!

1   Teachers eat at school2   Luis likes pop music3   My boyfriend dances very well4   People from China speak Russian5   I go to school in the evening6   My cat sleeps 12 hours a da7   My mum watches TV every day8   I run more than 500 metres in a minute9   We fry eggs in the microwave10    My neighbours buy a new car every year

 

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

- Used to describe an action taking place at the moment.

- Used to describe a temporary action.

1. My brother is revising Maths right now. (action in this moment)

2. I’m taking up an English course. ( I’m not doing the action now but it takes a long time )

Time expressions to identify the Present Continuous TenseNow…Right nowAt this moment…

PRESENT CONTINUOUS STRUCTURE

Subject+ verb to be (am, is, are..) + v-ing+ object

Subject+ to be + not + v-ing+ object.

To be (am/ is/ are ) + subject+ v-ing + object ?

Examples:

- I am revising for the exam in this moment.

- Now, she is calling me to go for a walk.

- You aren’t studying because you don’t hace an exam tomorrow.

- Are you going to the cinema right now?

- Is she going with you?