grammar revisions
GRAMMAR REVISIONS: the basics
the present simple
To talk about actions we habitually do, facts that are generally true, feelings, we use the present simple.
exercises to practice on this page (scroll down) or click below:
4025 Negations in the Simple Present, don't or doesn't – Exercise 2
4675 Questions and short answers in the Simple Present – Exercise
1415 Questions with question words in the Simple Present – Exercise
4039 Sentences and questions in the Simple Present – Exercise 1
4041 Sentences and questions in the Simple Present – Exercise 2
4031 Simple Present – Negations – Contracted forms – Exercise 1
4033 Simple Present – Negations – Contracted forms – Exercise 2
4661 Simple Present – Negations – Contracted forms – Exercise 3
4663 Simple Present – Negations – Contracted forms – Exercise 4
4023 Simple Present – Negation of sentences in English – Exercise 1 (verbs in bold)
4037 Simple Present – Negation of sentences in English – Exercise 2 (verbs in bold)
4043 Simple Present – Negation of sentences in English – Exercise 3
there are more exercises here: https://agendaweb.org/verbs/present_simple-exercises.html
DON"T FORGET TO WORK ON HAVE (have/has)
and BE (am-is-are) --> !!! BE doesn't use the auxiliary DO in negative sentences and questions:
practise here
FIRST REVISIONS
1° BE (=être) in the present simple: "je suis, tu es, il / elle / c'est, nous sommes, vous êtes, ils sont"
- you are sad (= you're sad) --> you are not happy (= you're not sad = you aren't sad)
- he/she/it is hungry (= she's hungry) --> he/she/it is not hungry (= he's not hungry = he isn't hungry)
- we are tired (=we're tired) --> we are not tired (=we're not tired = we aren't tired)
- you are angry (= you're angry) --> you are not happy (= you're not sad = you aren't sad)
- they are here (=they're here) --> they are not here (=they're not here = they aren't here)
AVOIR - HAVE: "J'ai, tu as, elle a, il a, nous avons, vous avez, ils ont..."
--> in American English, you can use "HAVE":
I have a pencil --> I don't have a pen
You have a dog --> you don't have a dog
She has a dog --> She doesn't have a cat (he has a dog --> he doesn't have a cat)
We have a dog --> We don't have a cat
You have a dog --> you don't have a dog
They have a dog --> They don't have a cat
--> in British English, to express possession, you can use "HAVE GOT":
I have got a pencil --> I haven't got a pen
You have got a pencil --> You haven't got a pen
He has got a pencil --> He hasn't got a pen = She has got a pencil --> She hasn't got a pen
We have got a pencil --> We haven't got a pen
They have got a pencil --> They haven't got a pen
- NUMBERS, TELLING THE TIME AND DATE IN ENGLISH
Then practice with more worksheets :
There are two ways to answer the question “What time is it?” in English.
The first is the more traditional British way.
Here you begin by saying the minutes (in intervals of five) and you need to use past plus the hour, or to plus the next hour. (9:20 – twenty past nine; 9:45 – quarter to ten)The second is the American way.
Here you read the time as if you were reading a digital clock – the hours are spoken first then the minutes with nothing in between. (9:20 – nine twenty; 9:45 – nine forty-five)