Negative and Questions in present continuous

Forming negative and questions

The negative form

Present continuous negative form

• In order to turn a sentence in the present continuous tense into negative, you just put the word ( NOT) after the conjugated verb ( BE ).

Example:

•  I'm watching a tennis game on T.V.

I'm not watching a tennis game on T.V.   (It's just that simple)

• Some more Examples:

Reciprocal Pronouns

Reciprocal Pronouns

<u>Each other and one another<u/>

Reciprocal Pronouns

  One of the easiest type of pronouns to understand is the reciprocal pronouns, let's take a look at it.

1. Peter and his fiancee are arguing with each other.

  What do you notice from the example above?

The thing that I notice is that peter is arguing with his fiancee and his fiancee is arguing with him.

 

So, both of them are doing the same action; there is a mutual action between them which is (arguing).

They are subjects of only one verb, that's why we use a reciprocal pronouns.

• One more example:

Indefinite Pronouns

Indefinite Pronouns

• What is an indefinite Pronoun?

The Indefinite Pronouns

It is a pronoun that you use when you want to indicate to things or people

without determining who or what they are.

in other words, they are used to refer to non specified people or things.

• There are singular indefinite pronouns, plural indefinite pronouns and variable indefinite pronouns:

Different types of Indefinite pronouns

• First: the singular ones.

For people:

Everybody - everyone
Somebody   - some one
nobody    - no one
anybody   - anyone.

Examples:

Relative Pronouns

Relative pronouns

This is an important type of English pronouns and you really need to master it as much as possible.

what are relative pronouns?

These pronouns are:

(Who, Whom, Which, That and Whose)

• I drove the car that I got for my birthday.

(I drove the car) is (main clause)

(that) is (relative pronoun)

(I got for my birthday) is ( relative clause).

Relative Pronouns In English

Usage of relative pronouns

• A relative pronoun introduces a relative clause and there are two types of relative clauses

defining and non defining relative clauses.

First: defining relative clauses:

Reflexive Pronouns

Reflexive pronoun

• Another type of pronouns in the English language is what is called (reflexive pronouns).

• What is a reflexive pronoun?

It is a pronoun that you use when you want to show that the object of a verb is exactly the same as the subject of that verb.

 How to form reflexive pronoun

For Example:

 1. I cut myself shaving.

The subject which is  (I) and the object which is (myself) are the same.

Demonstrative Pronouns

Demonstrative Pronouns

• there are different types of pronouns and they have different usages. one of the most confusing pronouns are the demonstrative pronouns,but after learning them you will find out that they are very easy to use and to be understood

 let's take a look at them

a demonstrative pronoun identifies a thing or things a person or people.

• there are four of them:

(this - these - that - those)

Demonstrative Pronouns

Present continuous Tense

Present continuous

 The structure of the present continuous tense and how to use it.

• Structure

   

I                   am + (verb+ ING).

He

She               is + (verb+ ING).

It

We

They             are + (Verb+ ING).

You

So, you conjugate verb (be) in the Simple present tense according to the subject and the verb in the base form + ING.

Examples:

Simple Past Execise

Exercise

Choose the correct answer:

1. I…………… some computer games last night.

a) Play

b) Played

c) Plaied

2. She…………the front door yesterday to prevent strangers from entering the house.

a) Close

b) Closed

c) Closied

3. Last year, he……………me of insulting him.

a) Accuse

b) Accused

c) Accuses

4. Two years ago, they…………..to New York.

Personal and Possessive pronouns

Personal and  Possessive pronouns

In the English language, there are different types of pronouns.

At first we are going to learn two types of them.

• Personal pronouns and  Possessive pronouns.

Subject Pronouns

 Personal pronouns:

Personal Pronouns
Subject pronouns	Object pronouns
I	Me
You	You
She	Her
He	Him
It	It
We	Us
They	Them
You	You

• What is the Subject?

Simple Present Exercise

Exercise

Choose the Correct answer:

1.  My father.................... to work every day

• Go
• Goes
• Gos

 2. She......................a beautiful car

• Have 
• Is
• has

3. They.................at the movie theater

• Are
• Is
• Am

Past Simpe Tense (part 4)

How to form a question:

First: WH questions.

• In order to form a question in the past simple; you need to use an auxiliary verb which is (DID).

How to form a WH question in simple past

For Example:

1. I watched a movie last night.

• if you want to ask a question with what ( to ask for information about things or people).

put (what) + auxiliary verb (did) +  (Subject)  + verb in base form.................................?

So the question will be:

• What did you watch last night?

Another example:

Definite and Indefinite articles

Definite and Indefinite articles 

  1. could you lend me a pen?

  2. I saw an airplane crashing. 

  3. The bus is so packed.

• As you can see from the examples above, in the English language (a, an and the) are the definite and indefinite articles.

First: INDEFINITE ARTICLE