Sarah Jane Lewis PLUS 2 ENGLISH GRAMMAR REFERENCE AND PRACTICE ma Dl AUDI0 CD Contents to be: Short answers; There is / There are. a/an; Plurals; Demonstratives. Object pronouns, Possessive adjectives and pronouns. Present simple of have (got) for possession; Expressions with to have.
Present simple and adverbs of frequency. Adjectives and nouns of nationality; Time / Dates Direct and indirect objects; Word order. must, have to, can, could, be able to, should, need, may, might. Prepositions of place.
Prepositions of time. Prepositions of movement. Countable and uncountable nouns; Collective nouns; Compound nouns. some, any, a few, a little, few, little, no, none.
much, many, a lot (of), too, so (.that), How questions. other(s), another, else; every, each; all, whole; both, either, neither. Genitive form with 's; whose Reflexive pronouns; each other; one another; get + adjectives. Comparatives and superlatives of adjectives.
Comparatives / Superlatives with nouns and verbs; less, fewer; the least, the fewest; as. as Past simple to be Past simple Past continuous. Present perfect simple. Present perfect continuous; Present perfect tenses with for and since Present perfect simple or Past simple.
Past perfect, Past perfect or Past simple?. Syue1uo2 Future simple; Future with going to. Question words; Exclamations. Verbs of sensory perception.
The -ing form (gerund) after prepositions and certain expressions. UNIT m to be: Short answers; There is / There are lam Im lam not I'm not Am I? Am | not? You are You're Youarenot Youre not/You arent Are you? Aren't you? He is He's He is not He's not / He isn't Is he? Isn't he? She is She's She is not She's not / She isn't Is she? Isn't she? Itis It's It is not It's not / It isn't Is it? Isn't it? Weare We're We are not We're not/ We aren't Are we? Aren't we? Youare You're Youarenot Youre not/You aren't Are you? Aren't you? They are They're They arenot ‘They're not / They aren't Are they? Aren't they? Short answers To form the short answer we repeat the subject pronoun and the verb, after Yes or No. A Is she tired? B Yes, she is. / No, she isn’t.
A Are they students at the university? B Yes, they are. / No they’re not. There is | There are When we want to say something exists, begin the sentence with there + be + noun phrase. There is a blackbird in the garden.
There aren’t any forks in the kitchen drawer. Is there a printer in the office? There are many trees in the park. Are there any tickets left? Note! Why do we use there is/ there are? English sentences do not usually begin with an indefinite noun phrase. A vase is on the table.
Instead, we prefer to begin the sentence with there + be and put the indefinite subject after be. Remember the sentence structure with question words: Question word + verb + subject Where is the TV remote? How are your grandparents? 1 Choose the correct form of the verb to be to complete the sentences. 1 Francis my friend. 5 Myson eight and my daughter 2) Sam and Mark brothers, they ten.
They at are cousins. junior school now. 3A they French? 6 1 not very confident at playing B No, they. 7 Where the children? 4A Joanne very hungry? 8 Paul not very tall.
B No, | don’t think she is. 2 Reorder the words to make sentences using the verb to be. TLINA 1 we/to/ going / aren't / today / the beach / ? 5 cold / she / wearing / isn't / just / a T-shirt / ? Aren't we going to the beach today? 2 playing / they / in the play / the main roles/ are 6 not/ raining/ is / very much / it / anymore ad ala], / S} Alay, ‘SIaMsue JOYS aq 0} 3 well / not / feeling/ is / today / he / very 7 you / better / the operation / looking / are / after 4 abus/ you/ taking / to the airport / are / ? 8 cinema / they / to / tonight / the / are / going /? Change these affirmative sentences into the negative and interrogative forms. 1 She is a nice woman.
4 You are very organised. She isn't a nice woman. Is she a nice woman? 2 They are firemen. 5 It is cold outside this evening.
? ? 3 He is always on time for swimming lessons. 6 She is a computer programmer. ? a áì Listen and complete the dialogue. Juan Excuse me.
Is this seat taken? Juan Just some friends from university. We're Kathy No, go ahead and sit down. doing some research for a project. My name's Juan, by the Kathy (4) are those sketches? They're way.
(1) 's yours? really good. Kathy Oh hi! Nice to meet you. Juan Thanks! They're mine. I'm drawing some Juan That's an unusual accent.
(2) pictures of the famous paintings here. are you from? Kathy (5) do you study? Kathy I'm from Bristol, in the UK. I'm here on Juan Art and design. And you? Kathy That sounds cool.
Juan I'm from Portugal. Juan Well, enjoy your holiday Kathy. Kathy (3) are you here with? Kathy OK, thank you. It was nice speaking to you.
Bye! Complete the beginning of the sentences with the correct question words: what, why, who, how, which, whose, where. 1 colour is your hair? 5 jumper is this? 2 much is an ice cream? 6 are you crying? 3 is that short man over 7 are your hobbies? there? 8 dress do you prefer: the 4 is the university campus? red one or the blue one? Match the short answers (a-f) with the questions. TINA Is Maxine going to the Halloween party? a oO Yes, they are. AuaAWNo Are you in my Science class? b LJ No, he isn't.
Are Emma and Jason singing in the school concert? c oO No, she isn't. 1D alaYl, / S} ata, ‘SIaMsue JOYS :aq 0} Are you and Jeffrey going out for pizza? Is Michael speaking to you online now? eL] Yes, | am. Is that your car parked in the street? fi oO No, we're not. Write short answers to the following questions.
Are you wearing jeans today? Is your best friend a good singer? Yes, lam. 2 Are you a member of the athletics team? Are your mother and father at work right now? 3 Are you going to Birmingham next week? Is your school near the sea? 4 Are your grandparents having dinner at your house tonight? Is it your birthday today? Fill in the gaps using there is or there are. 1 twenty students in my a few buses waiting at the language class. station, but none are the right bus for me.
2 five members in my favourite only one egg left in the fridge. | like my town centre. two 3 a beautiful sculpture in my cinemas, a bowling alley and lots of great next-door neighbour's garden. Write sentences about the pictures using there is or there are.
Write ONE sentence for each picture. a/ an; Plurals; Demonstratives The indefinite articles a and an come before: » asingular countable noun aman, an idea » modifiers + a singular countable noun a happy girl, a very famous person, an interesting book ‘When to use a; when to use an: « We use a before a consonant sound (even if the first letter is a vowel). a dog, a girl, a horse, a unit, a European, a doctor, a nice picture « We use an before a vowel sound (even if the first letter is a consonant). an address, an hour, an assistant, an actor, an ugly boy, an honest person A/an has no plural form.
Instead, we use either no word or some. Plurals ‘We use the plural to indicate more than one person or thing. Pay attention to the following spelling rules: « The regular plural form of a noun adds -s or -es. book > books school > schools cup > cups uncle > uncles week > weeks + Most nouns add -s, but if the noun already ends in -s or -sh, -o, -z, -ch or -x we add -es.
kiss > kisses wish > wishes tomato tomatoes watch > watches box > boxes « Asmall number of nouns have a special form. If the noun ends in a consonant and -y, we must take away the -y and add -ies. baby > babies party > parties « Many words that end in -f or -fe change to -ves in the plural. leaf > leaves _ wife > wives This, these, that and those are called demonstratives.
This and these are used to indicate things that are close. This is for singular words and these is for plural words. This is my book. These are my books.
That and those are used to talk about things that are far away. That is for singular words and those is for plural words. That is my dog over there. Those are my friends at the end of the street.
Note! This, these, that and those are words which ‘point’ to things, people etc. near to or far from the speaker. This, these, that and those are also determiners (followed by a noun or by one/ones): This pen is hers. These blue hats are nicer than those ones.
Those books are interesting. That car is faster than this one. 1 Write a or an in front of the following words. 8 can of fizzy drink.
mm rp’ Rewrite the following sentences putting the words in the correct order. Then listen and check Z LINN your answers. 1 apple / always / after / eat /1/ breakfast / an 4 Italy / country / is / a / sunny | always eat an apple after breakfast. S9AIEisuoua( :s[ern[d :u0 /0 2 bought/ book / my brother / an / about 5 Max/ fantastic / had / party / birthday / a elephants / interesting packed lunch /1/a/ usually / take / to 3.
singer / saw / a/ in town/ Maryanne / famous school Complete the sentences with the correct indefinite article ONLY when necessary. 1 I'd like a bottle of water and some chocolate. 6 I'll give you hundred pounds if you 2. The printer has run out of ink.
can diveoff the top diving board into the pool. 3 Heis vegetarian, you can’t eat 7 I'd like to buy computer but the meat at his house. one | like is expensive model. 4 My neighbour is photographer.
8 I have fear of heights. Let's ask him to take shot of us. 9 I'm inviting group of friends for 5 person who suffers from lunch tomorrow night. claustrophobia does not like being 10 | want assistant who can speak in small spaces.
Change these sentences to the plural form. 1 Adog is an animal. 5 Awriter writes a book. 2 A potato is a vegetable.
6 A garden usually has a bush. 3 A leaf fell off the tree. 7 A party is a fun way to celebrate your birthday. 4 Apencil is like a pen.
8 Awish is a special dream. Rewrite the following sentences in the plural form. This giraffe is taller than that tiger. 5 This is a sad film.
This house is bigger than that one. 6 That goat escaped from the field. 3 This is a tasty cake. 7 This is a bicycle and that is a motorbike.
4 That is an interesting painting. 8 That is a friendly dog. saatensuourag ‘sjemg ‘uv/o = Z JINN 6 Underline the correct answer to complete the sentences. 1 Are these/ this your trainers?