Present Continuous - ThereIs-Are - Prepositions of Place

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Grammar points 3

A. Current activities – Present continuous

I AM

YOU AREHE IS

SHE IS VERB + ING

IT IS

WE ARE

YOU ARE

THEY ARE

Questions

Are you cleaning your house today? >> Yes, I am / No, I’m not

Is your sister watching a horror film? >> Yes, she is / No, she isn’t

Affirmative sentences

You’re cleaning your house today

Your sister’s watching a horror film

Negative sentences

You’re NOT cleaning your house today

Your sister’s NOT watching a horror film

Examples

* Are they listening to music? >> Yes, they are / No they aren’t * They’re listening to music

* They’re NOT listening to music

* Am I helping you? >> Yes, you are / No, you aren’t

* I’m helping you

* I’m NOT helping you

* Is it raining hard? >> Yes, it is / No, it isn’t

* It’s raining hard

* It’s NOT raining hard

* Are Patty and you studying for the exam? >> Yes, we are / No, we aren’t

* Patty and you are studying for the exam

* Patty and you aren’t studying for the exam

* Is the teacher checking up the homework? >> Yes, he is / No, he isn’t

* The teacher is checking up the homework

* The teacher isn’t checking up the homework



B. Countable and uncountable nouns

Countable

They may be SINGULAR or PLURAL. They may be counted using numbers.

Examples: pencil, mouse, calendar, poster, house, lamp, orange, CD’s, bags, brushes,windows, markers, students, lawyers…

Uncountable

They are always SINGULAR. They may not be counted using numbers.

Examples: coffee, meat, milk, flour, chocolate, bread, water, oxigen, sand…

C. There is / there are

Singular (countable and uncountable nouns)Questions

Is there a calendar on the desk? >> Yes, there is / No, there isn’t

Is there (ANY) coffee in the cup? >> Yes, there is / No, there isn’t

Affirmative

There’s a calendar on the desk

There is (SOME, a little, 80 cc of…) coffee in the cup

Negative

There isn’t a calendar on the desk

There is (ANY) coffee in the cup

Plural (countable nouns)

Questions

Are there ANY calendars on the desk? >> Yes, there are / No, there aren’t

Are there ANY trucks in the garage? >> Yes, there are / No, there aren’t

Affirmative

There are (SOME, 2, 3, several…) calendars on the desk

There are (SOME, 2, 3, several…) trucks in the garaje

Negative

There isn’t a calendar on the desk

There are (ANY, 2, 3, several…) trucks in the garaje



D. The use of A/AN, SOME, ANY

A/AN

>> For singular countable nouns: Questions, affirmative and negative sentences

Ex: Is there A laptop on the shelf?, There’s A bird in the tree, There isn’t AN eraser on the book

SOME

>> For uncountable nouns: affirmative sentences

Ex: There are SOME students in class, There are SOME chairs in the room, There are SOME pencils

>> For countable nouns: affirmative sentences

Ex: There is SOME milk in the glass, There is SOME water in the bottle, There is SOME juice here

ANY

>> For plural countable nouns: questions and negative sentences

Ex: Are there ANY pencils in the cup?, There aren’t ANY girls in our course

>> For uncountable nouns: questions and negative sentencesEx: Is there ANY meat in the fridge, There isn’t ANY ice cream in the dish



E. Prepositions of place

IN

ON

AT

BESIDE – NEXT TOIN FRONT OF - OPPOSITE

BEHIND

BETWEEN

OVER

UNDER

ABOVE

BELOW

NEAR

BY

AROUND

ACROSS

Questions to ask about the place

+ Where’s the jacket?

>> It’s ON the sofá

>> It’s BEHIND the door

>> It’s BETWEEN the chair and the bed

+ Where are the keys?

>> They’re NEXT TO the wallet >> They´re IN the drawer

>> They’re IN FRONT OF the book

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