Correct the Error
Correct the mistake:
Do you have website?
Correct:
Do you have *a website?
(A singular count noun needs an article!)
(General, first time it's mentioned-> a)
Choose the correct answer:
A shamrock is a symbol of _______ in Ireland.
a) a good luck
b) good luck
c) good lucks
b) good luck
noncount noun-> No -s, No "a" article
Complete the sentence with your own ideas:
I don't have many _____ about this.
"many" -> Count noun
Possible examples: thoughts, ideas
What are 3 times we use gerunds?
- verb + gerund (certain verbs)
- Gerund=Subject
- preposition + gerund
When do you use comparatives?
When do you use superlatives?
Comparatives- To compare 2 things!
Superlatives- To compare 3 or more things!
Correct the mistake(s):
Which is more important, the love or the money?
Which is more important, *love or *money?
(Noncount nouns, generalization-> NO article)
She runs ______ I do.
a) quickly
b) as quicker as
c) as quickly than
d) as quickly as
d) as quickly as
Subject + verb + as + adverb + as....
Complete the sentence with your own ideas:
I want to _____ well but my _____ isn't good.
I want to (verb) well but my (noun) isn't good.
For example:
I want to speak well but my speech isn't good.
Correct the sentence:
We're going to park by our house this afternoon.
Correct answer:
We're going to *the park by our house this afternoon.
(A singular count noun needs an article!)
(Specific-> the)
When do you use adjectives?
When do you use adverbs?
We use adjectives to describe nouns.
We use adverbs to describe verbs.
I'm sure you'll succeed at ______ a job.
a) find
b) to find
c) finding
d) finds
c) finding
(preposition + gerund)
Maria speaks _______ in the class.
a) clearer
b) the clearer
c) the clearest
d) the most clearly
d) the most clearly
Complete the sentence with your own ideas:
My children need me _____ (verb)
My children need me....+ infinitive
For example:
My children need me to remind them to brush their teeth.
What are 3 times we use infinitives?
- verb + infinitive
- adjective + infinitive
- noun/pronoun + infinitive
What's the comparative of "big"? What's the superlative of "big"?
Comparative- bigger than
Superlative- the biggest
She wants stop at the post office for stamps.
She wants *to stop at the post office for stamps.
(want + infinitive)
Their team is better than ours. Which is true?
a) Our team plays as well as they do.
b) Our team doesn't play as well as they do.
c) Their team doesn't play as well as we do.
d) Their team doesn't play as good as we do.
b) Our team doesn't play as well as they do.
not as...as...
The second one is more/better!
Complete the sentence with your own ideas:
This year, I want to start _____ (verb)
This year, I want to start + gerund
For example:
This year, I want to start eating healthy food.
We need to find a restaurant ______ the party.
a) have
b) to have
c) having
d) had
b) to have
(noun + infinitive)
What are 3 examples of adjectives?
What are 3 examples of adverbs?
Possible examples:
Adjectives- good, big, large
Adverbs- quickly, slowly, happily
I need him ________ with the yard work.
a) help
b) to help
c) helping
d) helped
b) to help
(pronoun + infinitive)
You're moving _______. You need to move faster.
a) slow
b) too slowly
c) too slow
d) slowest
b) too slowly
too + adverb
Complete the sentence with your own ideas:
I don't sleep as _____ as....
For example:
I don't sleep as well as I used to.
I don't sleep as long as I want to.
Complete the sentence with your own ideas:
In my house, we need more...
In my house, we need more... + (plural noun OR noncount noun)
For example:
In my house, we need more eggs. (eggs=plural count noun)
In my house, we need more furniture. (furniture=noncount noun)
What are linking verbs?
Give 3 examples of linking verbs?
Linking verbs are special verbs that use adjectives.
Linking verbs: be, seem, appear, become, smell, taste, sound, feel