Midterm Review

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Midterm Review

• Verbs

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Be

• I am a student.
• You are a doctor.
• He is the president of the company. Hes not
  angry.
• Mary Brown is the school principal. She is nice.
• The new car is very expensive. It is not cheap.
• Paul and I are good friends. We are not enemies.
• The dogs are hungry. They are not happy.

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Subject and verb must agree.

• Cats and dogs are animals. Cats is a good pet.
• Dr. Smith are an animal doctor. She like all
  kinds of animals.
• Her husband dont like pets. He is allergic to
  cats.
• Mr. Smith works at a auto factory. His boss are
  friendly.
• Their son Tom is in the second grade at school.
  He doesnt likes math.
• His teacher come early to class. There is 25
  students in his class.
• Tom sometimes forget to bring her homework.

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Check short answers

• Is Tom a good student?
• Yes, he is.
• No, he is.
• Yes, he isnt.
• Yes, hes.
• Are Gina and Julia sisters?
• Yes, she is.
• No, they are.
• Yes, they arent.
• Yes, they are.

• Am I Santa Claus?
• Yes, Im not.
• No, hes not.
• Yes, we are.
• No, you arent.
• Are you a good driver?
• No, he isnt.
• No, youre not.
• No, I amnt.
• No, Im not.

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Use Wh- questions to ask for information.

• What things
• What do you eat for breakfast? Cold cereal.
• Who people
• Who does the dog bark at? The mailman.
• Where places
• Where do the dirty dishes go? In the sink.
• Why reason or purpose
• Why do the students come late? They work late.
• When time
• When does the class start? At 630.
• How manner, how many count
• How do you feel? Terrible.
• How many balls do you need? Three.

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Who and What can ask questions about the subject.

• Use the third person singular verb do not use
  do/does.
• Who comes to class early? The students who dont
  work.
• Who wears blue jeans to work? Mr. Jones.
• What makes honey? Bees.
• What comes after the number ten? Eleven.

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Forming Questions

• Ask for information

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Wh- questions

• Wh questions often use do or does as the helping
  verb.
• I like movies about adventure.
• What kind of movies do you like?
• He likes to play soccer.
• What does he like to play?
• Marys parents help her.
• Who do Marys parents help?
• I live in El Monte.
• Where do you live?
• She gets up at 700 every morning.
• When does she usually get up?
• He studies because he wants good grades.
• Why does he study?

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Wh- questions

• We dont use a helping verb if the question word
  is the same as the subject of the sentence
•   Cathy teaches grammar.
• Who teaches grammar? (Who Cathy subject)
• An accident happened on the freeway.
• What happened? (What an accident subject)
• Jack kissed Rose on the Titanic.
• Who kissed Rose? (Jack who subject)
• Khaled gets good grades.
• Who gets good grades? (Khaled who subject)
• An elephant sat on my car.
• What sat on your car? (An elephant what
  subject)

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Wh- Questions with be

• Use a Wh- question word BE subject other
  information (purpose, place, time)
• Whats your name?
• Where are my car keys?
• Who is the man at the door?
• When is the final exam?
• Why are you dessert before dinner?

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Wh- questions with BE

• What things
• What is that round thing? Its my new watch.
• Who people
• Who was the 16th president? Abraham Lincoln.
• Where places
• Where are my keys? On the table.
• Why reason or purpose
• Why were you late for class? Because my there
  was no parking.
• When time
• When is your sister coming for dinner?
• How manner, how many count
• How was your vacation last month?

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Possessive?

• Possessive adjectives (my, your, his, her, its,
  our, their) are never plural but only describe
  the following noun
• Ours books are expensive.
• Never use an apostrophe because they are already
  possessive
• Hiss book is on the table.
• Are not pronouns (I, you, he, she, it, we, they)
• Where is he computer?

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Tricky questions

• Who/what question about the subject never mix BE
  with simple present tense verbs.
• Whos likes chocolate ice cream?
• Who likes chocolate ice cream?
• Who is chocolate ice cream?
• Who like chocolate ice cream?

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Whose and Whos

• Notice the differences in meaning ?
• Where is Janes purse?
• Where are Johns keys?
• Whose car is that?
• Whos in the car?