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1
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Is a pronoun that replaces the noun as the subject in a sentence

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Subject Pronouns

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Does the action

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Subject Pronouns

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 one that is performing the action
 person, place, thing or idea

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Subject

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  1. I
  2. You
  3. He//She/It – needs a third person verb
  4. We
  5. They
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Subject Pronouns

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  • Receives the action
  • My teacher gave I a new book vs. my teacher gives me a new book
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Object Pronouns

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  1. Me
  2. You
  3. Him/her/it
  4. us
  5. them
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Object Pronouns

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7
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I - Am
You - Are
He - Is
She - Is
It - is

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Verb “Be” in Present tense
- singular

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we are
you are
they are

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Verb “Be” in Present tense
- plural

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9
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NEAR/ HERE - This
FAR/ THERE - That

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This, That, These and Those
- singular

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NEAR/ HERE- These
FAR/ THERE- Those

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This, That, These and Those
- plural

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Can be used for introduction ex: _ is my friend john

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this

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Pairs – uses plurals

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these/those

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Things that happen now

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this/these

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Things finished

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that /those ex: I liked that concert

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15
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movement/direction towards a person/place/thing
o ex: I talked _ him
o we went _ school

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Basic preposition: to

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16
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Basic preposition: to
- formula

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to + place/thing/person

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17
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location in place/time
o ex: we arrived _ the airport
o wake me up _ 6: 00 am
o we stayed _ the hotel

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Basic preposition: At

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18
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Basic preposition: At
- formula

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at + place/ time

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19
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mostly used on things seen on paper (book, comic, magazine, email (because it used to be on letters)

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Basic preposition: In

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20
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withing something (containers, enclosed spaces) or inside the edges (like a cup, lake)

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Basic preposition: In

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21
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  • buildings, rooms
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Basic preposition: In

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  • areas, region cities
    o she left it _ the top corner
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Basic preposition: In

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  • groups of people
    o she works _ the finance team
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Basic preposition: In

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24
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but NOT on high level elected groups
o he’s _ the board

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answer: on
Basic preposition: In (later lesson “on”)

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25
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can be used on liquid/substances to show what they contain
o there’s a lot of chili _ that sauce
o do you have milk _ your coffee

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Basic preposition: In

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26
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Exceptions: words that even though starts with a vowel in spelling, sounds consonant and vice versa:
o I go to a university (yuniversity)
o He is a unique person (yunique)
o I need an x-ray (ex-ray)

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Articles: A/an

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Articles: A
-formula

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  • A + consonant sound
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Articles: A, An
- formula

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  • An + vowel sound
29
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  • general
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Articles: A, & An

30
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  • with a singular countable noun
    o I need _ pen (as in any pen counts)
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Articles: A, & An
answer: a

31
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  • Introduce something for the fist time
    o Yesterday I saw _ bird eating _ burger.
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Articles: A, & An
answer: a , a

32
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  • When speaking about someone’s job
    o I’m _teacher
    o You’re _ engineer
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Articles: A, & An
answer:
-a
-an

33
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  • When we want to say 1 with big numbers
    o I need _ hundred roses
    o I’ve eaten _ thousand mangos in my life
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Articles: A, & An
answer: a , a

34
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  • How many times
    o I go to the gym twice _ week
    o I have coffee three times _ day
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Articles: A, & An
answer: a , a

35
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  • Specific
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Articles: The

36
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When we mention something for the 2nd time
o _bird ate _ burger in 2 minutes

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Articles: The
answer: the

37
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With groups of society
o _ rich/poor/homeless/youth

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Articles: The
answer: the

38
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When there’s only 1 of something
o _ sun/moon/earth/Eiffel tower

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Articles: The
answer: the

39
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With plural countries
o _united states/united kingdom/Netherlands/philipines (because ther’s many parts together)

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Articles: The
answer: the

40
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  • With instruments
    o I can play _ piano
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Articles: The
answer: the

41
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With morning, afternoon, evening
o See you in _ morning
o I usually work in _ afternoons
o _ evenings are our busiest time
 but we say AT night, not “_” night

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Articles: The
answer:
-the
-the
-the
-at the

42
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streets, towns, cities, countries, specific mountains

o I want to climb the mount Everest

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Articles: no articles

43
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Y (to) ies
Lady - ladies

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Singular and Plural nouns
- Consonant+y

44
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Y + s

Monkey - monkeys

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Singular and Plural nouns
-Vowel +y

45
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+s

Zoo – zoos
Radio – radios
Stereo – stereos
Video - videos

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Singular and Plural nouns
-Vowel +o

46
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+ Es
Hero – heroes
Echo-echoes
Tomato-tomatoes
Potato- potatoes
Exceptions:
Piano – pianos
Photo-photos

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Singular and Plural nouns
-Consonant + o

47
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    • s
      Car- cars
      House- houses
      Apple - apples
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Singular and Plural nouns
-General/regular nouns

48
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Changes:
Man – men
Child- children
foot – feet
tooth – teeth
mouse – mice
person - people
Doesn’t change:
Sheep
Deer
Series
Species
Fish (follows the rule for animals instead of the sh plural rule)

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Singular and Plural nouns
-Irregular nouns

49
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    • Es
      bus- buses
      bush-bushes
      fox-foxes
      beach-beaches
      quiz-quizzes
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Singular and Plural nouns
- S, Sh, X, Ch,Z

50
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    • Es
      bus- buses
      bush-bushes
      fox-foxes
      beach-beaches
      quiz-quizzes
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Singular and Plural nouns
- S, Sh, X, Ch,Z

51
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    • S
  • Sometimes ves
    Roof – roofs
    Safe – safes
    Leaf - leaves
    Wife -wives
    Shelf – shelves
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Singular and Plural nouns
-F, Fe

52
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Possessive adjective formula

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  • Possessive adjective + noun
53
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  1. My
  2. Your
  3. His
  4. Her
  5. Its
  6. Our
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Possessive adjectives

54
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  • Has one form, no plural
    o _ balloon is blue
    o _balloons are blue
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Possessive adjectives
answer: my

55
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possesive adjective rule you musn’t confuse

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  • Don’t confuse it’s (contraction) with its (possessive adjective)
    o it is – is is a verb
     possessive “s” is mostly are for nouns
56
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  • answer the question “whose?”
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Possessive “s”

57
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  1. used after a person’s name.
    a. jane_ bike
    b. jack sparrow_ hat
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Possessive “s”
answer: ‘s

58
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  1. after plural nouns
    a. the girl_toys.
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Possessive “s”
answer: s’

59
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  1. after irregular plurals
    a. children_ bike
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Possessive “s”
answer: ‘s

60
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  1. after names ending with “s”
    a. Jame_book
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Possessive “s”
answer: s’

61
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  • both are verbs
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Likes and dislike

62
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you can have a noun/verb with “ing” after them
o I _ walking the dog

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Likes and dislike
answer: either

63
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you can have a noun/verb with “ing” after them
o I _ walking the dog

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Likes and dislike
answer: either

64
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enjoy, love

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Like
-aside from like you can say-

65
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like formula

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  • He/she/it/we/you/they (subject pronouns) + like +s
    o She likes camping
66
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Dislike
aside from dislike you can say

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-I don’t like/enjoy/love
-hate

67
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Dislike:
what pronouns are use for Dislikes
and what is the formula

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a. He/She/It + dislikes
i. Because “dislikes” is in the third person singular form
1. Only third person singulars (except for they because it could describe a singular unknown gendered person ex: a theif)
a. Ex:He dislikes it.

68
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Dislike: what pronouns are used with Dislike

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a. i/you/we/they
i. All other pronouns must use the verb “dislike”, which is in the third person plural form

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