Sunday, September 11

Pronouns

Subject Pronouns+Verb + Object Pronouns        Reflexive Pronouns
I love me                           so              I love myself
You love you                           so      You love yourself
He loves him                         so        He loves himself
She loves her                          so        She loves herself
(Impossible) It loves it                              so              It loves itself
We love us                              so      We love ourselves
You love you                           so   You love yourselves
They love them                         so They love themselves

Quantitative Pronouns
                          Person                       Thing                            Place
+No                                                                                                      *To avoid double negation
+   Some     +      one              /            thing               /             where
- ? Any               body


Distributive Pronouns
Every    +    one              /                thing               /            where
                    body  

Relative Pronouns 
who
which            
    

Thursday, June 30

Simple Tenses

(DO+BASE FORM)
Present
+Subject+Verb (Base Form) *Except 3rd person Singular -s/-es+(Direct & Indirect) Object+CC (Manner Place Time)
I play tennis on Mondays.
He plays the piano at night.
- Subject+Auxiliary Verb (Present Simple)+NOT+Main Verb (B.F.)+O+Circumstantial Complement
I don’t work at 9.00
She doesn’t go home today.
? Auxiliary Verb (Present Simple)+Subject+Main Verb (B.F.)+O+CC+Prep?
Do you dance with me?
Does the cat eat everything?
Short Answers
Adv (Affirmation or Negation), Subject+Auxiliary Verb+(Abbreviation of the Negation)
Yes, I do. /No, he doesn’t.

Past
+Subject+Verb (Past Simple -ED)+O+CC *Irregular Verbs
I studied hard for the exam.
He played football yesterday.
We took the bus the previous year.
You travelled around the world for eighty days.
- Subject+Auxiliary Verb (Past Simple)+NOT+Main Verb (B.F.)+O+CC
They didn’t pay the dinner last month.
? Auxiliary Verb (Past Simple)+Subject+Main Verb (B.F.)+O+CC+Prep?
Did you see him in the city?
Short Answers
Adv (Affirmation or Negation), Subject+Auxiliary Verb+(Abbreviation of the Negation)
Yes, I did. /No, he didn’t.
(MODAL & SPECIAL VERBS+BASE FORM)

Future
+Subject+Modal Verb Affirmative WILL/SHALL*1st person+Main Verb (Base Form) + O + CC
I will always love you
- Subject+Modal Verb Negative WON’T/SHAN’T*1st person+Main Verb (B.F.)+O+CC
I won’t buy a car tomorrow
? Modal Verb WILL+Subject+Main Verb (B.F.)+O+CC+Prep?
Will he go to the cinema with us?
Short Answers
Adv (Affirmation or Negation), Subject+Modal Verb+(Abbreviation of the Negation)
Yes, I will. /No, he won’t.

Conditional
+Subject+Modal Verb Affirmative WOULD/SHOULD/COULD/MIGHT+Main Verb (Base Form) +O+CC
I would buy a car, if I had money. /I’d buy a car, if I’d money.
- Subject+(Modal Verb+Negative) WOULDN’T/SHOULDN’T/COULDN’T/MIGHT NOT + Main Verb (B.F.) +O+CC
You shouldn’t go out tonight, it’s raining.
? Modal Verb for Conditional tense+Subject+Main Verb (B.F.)+O+CC+Prep?
Could you open the window, please? It’s hot here.
Would you like a cup of tea?, etc.
Short Answers
Adv (Affirmation or Negation), Subject+Modal Verb+(Abbreviation of the Negation)
Yes, I would. /No, he wouldn’t.

(See -S/-ES RULES)

Simple Tenses

(DO+BASE FORM)
Present
+Subject+Verb (Base Form) *Except 3rd person Singular -s/-es+(Direct & Indirect) Object+CC (Manner Place Time)
I play tennis on Mondays.
He plays the piano at night.
- Subject+Auxiliary Verb (Present Simple)+NOT+Main Verb (B.F.)+O+Circumstantial Complement
I don’t work at 9.00
She doesn’t go home today.
? Auxiliary Verb (Present Simple)+Subject+Main Verb (B.F.)+O+CC+Prep?
Do you dance with me?
Does the cat eat everything?
Short Answers
Adv (Affirmation or Negation), Subject+Auxiliary Verb+(Abbreviation of the Negation)
Yes, I do. /No, he doesn’t.

Past
+Subject+Verb (Past Simple -ED)+O+CC *Irregular Verbs
I studied hard for the exam.
He played football yesterday.
We took the bus the previous year.
You travelled around the world for eighty days.
- Subject+Auxiliary Verb (Past Simple)+NOT+Main Verb (B.F.)+O+CC
They didn’t pay the dinner last month.
? Auxiliary Verb (Past Simple)+Subject+Main Verb (B.F.)+O+CC+Prep?
Did you see him in the city?
Short Answers
Adv (Affirmation or Negation), Subject+Auxiliary Verb+(Abbreviation of the Negation)
Yes, I did. /No, he didn’t.
(MODAL & SPECIAL VERBS+BASE FORM)

Future
+Subject+Modal Verb Affirmative WILL/SHALL*1st person+Main Verb (Base Form) + O + CC
I will always love you
- Subject+Modal Verb Negative WON’T/SHAN’T*1st person+Main Verb (B.F.)+O+CC
I won’t buy a car tomorrow
? Modal Verb WILL+Subject+Main Verb (B.F.)+O+CC+Prep?
Will he go to the cinema with us?
Short Answers
Adv (Affirmation or Negation), Subject+Modal Verb+(Abbreviation of the Negation)
Yes, I will. /No, he won’t.

Conditional
+Subject+Modal Verb Affirmative WOULD/SHOULD/COULD/MIGHT+Main Verb (Base Form) +O+CC
I would buy a car, if I had money. /I’d buy a car, if I’d money.
- Subject+(Modal Verb+Negative) WOULDN’T/SHOULDN’T/COULDN’T/MIGHT NOT + Main Verb (B.F.) +O+CC
You shouldn’t go out tonight, it’s raining.
? Modal Verb for Conditional tense+Subject+Main Verb (B.F.)+O+CC+Prep?
Could you open the window, please? It’s hot here.
Would you like a cup of tea?, etc.
Short Answers
Adv (Affirmation or Negation), Subject+Modal Verb+(Abbreviation of the Negation)
Yes, I would. /No, he wouldn’t.

(See -S/-ES RULES)

Sunday, June 26

Reported Speech

A speaker's words reported in subordinate clauses governed by a reporting verb, with the required changes of person and tense (e.g. he said that he would go, based on I will go ).
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Reporting Verbs 
Verb + (Object Pronoun) + (that)                          inform us that...
         + (Object Pronoun) + to + Verb                   remind me to close...
         + (Object Pronoun) + + for + SN                 apologise for

say    said to him
tell    told her
ask    asked them
 
advise, explain, amounce, mention, reply, offer, suggest, declare, wonder

SAY vs. TELL
TELL takes a personal object ("me"; "him"; "her", etc.)
TELL is not used before questions

SAY never takes a personal object (the personal object with "to" is used instead).

         TELL + PERSONAL OBJECT + DIRECT OBJECT
         She told me she was going to be late.
 
         SAY + DIRECT OBJECT + PERSONAL OBJECT WITH "TO"
         Why did she say that to you?
                                     OD     OI
*EXCEPTIONS 
There are special phrases in which TELL is followed  by the direct object:
TELL the truth
TELL lies (a lie)
TELL stories
TELL the time
TELL jokes
TELL nonsense
.
.
SUMMARY
To tell someone (not) to do something
(?) To say (not) to do something
 







Sunday, June 19

Genitive Case

Possessive nouns
 
Possessions
The car of Arthur 
Arthur's car



Family relationships
The sisters of Charles have got bikes 
Charles' sisters' bikes or Charles' sisters have got bikes.

Peter is the youngest brother of Linus and Lucy 
Peter is Linus' and Lucy's younger brother.

Two friends of Sue's.                 My sisters' children.

That man's book.                      Those boys' kite.

Mr Hill's records.                       My friends' clothes.

Places
St. Mary's (hospital)                 St. Peter’s (church)

the baker's (shop)                   the travel agent's (office)

Harrod's

Time expressions
Tonight's show 

Wednesday, June 15

Adjectives

Order of Adjectives

                                                        SACO                                                                                                              general to specific
Determiner+Adjective(Opinion  Size  Quality  Shape  Age  Colour  Origin  Material  Type  Purpose)+Noun
Some                                       juicy                                                                   oranges.    
 Articles
 The                      nice    small           round new green   Turkey metal                       bike. 
 A                                    big                                      red                                      house.
 An                                                               old               Scottish                           man.

Demonstratives
This                     lovely big                                                                                      city.
These                  outgoing                                                                                brothers.

Numbers
Two                interesting small   square  tenth-century silver    French  wooden            tables.
Three                                                                          blue                                      cars. 

Possessives:
   Genitive Case
John's            expensive                                                                                   umbrella.
   Possessives
His                  cheap                                                                                                lamp.          
My                                        new brand                     fucshia                              bicycle. 
       Cambridge dictionary