Basic English Grammar Chapter 1 Using  Be  and  Have
Be (singular) _____ (singular noun) is a/an _____ (singular noun). Maria  is a student. A beetle is an insect. A bug is an insect. It is an ant. I have a brother. An animal is in the wild. An animal is wild.
Articles Articles frequently come before singular nouns. A  and  An  mean the same thing. A  is used in front of words that begin with consonants (b, c, d, f, etc. and also u) An  is used in front of wards that begin with  a, e, i  and  o .
Exercise 4 Complete the sentence with your own words …  is a language. …  is a country. …  is a city. …  is a continent. …  is an animal. …  is an insect.
Exercise 8 What are the following things? English England Butterflies Chickens Europe Roses A carrot Rusian and Arabic Spring Japan and Venezuela A computer A bear Bees An ant Winter and sumer September and October A dictionary Typewriters A Honda El Salvador
Exercise 7  Complete the sentence with your own words …  a country. … countries. … languages. … a language. … a city … cities … animals … an insect. … a peninsula. … streets in this city. … countries in Asia. … a city in Europe. … a plant. … a season.
Armenia (Country) Armenian (people) China Chinese El Salvadore Salvadorian Colombia Colombians
Noun + are + Noun : Plural Usually  add an “s” to nouns to make them plural. Cat/Cats Car/Cars
Plural words that end in “Y” If a there is a vowel (a, e, i, o, u) before the “Y” add an “S” Boy/Boys If there is a consonant (b, c, d, x, t, r…) before the “Y”, change the “Y” to “ies” Baby/Babies
NOUN and NOUN + ARE + NOUN Canada and China are countries. Theater and cinema are places. A chair and a stool are seats. San Francisco and San Mateo are places.

Basic English Grammar Chapter 1

  • 1.
    Basic English GrammarChapter 1 Using Be and Have
  • 2.
    Be (singular) _____(singular noun) is a/an _____ (singular noun). Maria is a student. A beetle is an insect. A bug is an insect. It is an ant. I have a brother. An animal is in the wild. An animal is wild.
  • 3.
    Articles Articles frequentlycome before singular nouns. A and An mean the same thing. A is used in front of words that begin with consonants (b, c, d, f, etc. and also u) An is used in front of wards that begin with a, e, i and o .
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    Exercise 4 Completethe sentence with your own words … is a language. … is a country. … is a city. … is a continent. … is an animal. … is an insect.
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    Exercise 8 Whatare the following things? English England Butterflies Chickens Europe Roses A carrot Rusian and Arabic Spring Japan and Venezuela A computer A bear Bees An ant Winter and sumer September and October A dictionary Typewriters A Honda El Salvador
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    Exercise 7 Complete the sentence with your own words … a country. … countries. … languages. … a language. … a city … cities … animals … an insect. … a peninsula. … streets in this city. … countries in Asia. … a city in Europe. … a plant. … a season.
  • 7.
    Armenia (Country) Armenian(people) China Chinese El Salvadore Salvadorian Colombia Colombians
  • 8.
    Noun + are+ Noun : Plural Usually add an “s” to nouns to make them plural. Cat/Cats Car/Cars
  • 9.
    Plural words thatend in “Y” If a there is a vowel (a, e, i, o, u) before the “Y” add an “S” Boy/Boys If there is a consonant (b, c, d, x, t, r…) before the “Y”, change the “Y” to “ies” Baby/Babies
  • 10.
    NOUN and NOUN+ ARE + NOUN Canada and China are countries. Theater and cinema are places. A chair and a stool are seats. San Francisco and San Mateo are places.