Times and Dates
You write it like this:
"It's 3:30 PM."
How do you write: "It's three-thirty / half-past three in the afternoon?"
They are the things we use to write, with ink.
What are pens?
We wear these two things inside the house, at night or in the morning.
The forms of this verb are: "am," "is" and "are".
What are all the forms of the "to be" verb in the present tense?
Yes, I am. I'm taking a test right now.
What's the answer to the question:
"Are you taking a test right now?"
"It's 8:15 AM."
How do you write "It's eight-fifteen or a quarter after eight in the morning"?
It's made of cloth and has colors and symbols to represent a country (for example, in the U.S., it has white stars on blue and red and white stripes).
What is a flag?
We wear t-shirts, shorts, swimsuits, and sandals or flip-flops during this season.
What do we wear in the summer?
The past tense forms are "was" and "were."
What are the past tense forms (conjugations) of the "to be" verb?
The short answer is:
"Yes, she does." OR "No, she doesn't."
The long answer is:
"Yes, she has a history class." or "No she doesn't have a history class."
What's the answer to the question:
"Does she have a history class?"
The months of this season are March, April, and May.
What are the months of spring?
It is the thing we use to cut paper.
What is a pair of scissors? / What are scissors?
We wear a coat or jacket, sweater, scarf, gloves or mittens, pants, and boots during this season.
What clothes do we wear in the winter.
Use this tense for actions that are true all the time.
Expressions like "always," "every/each day," "every/each week," "every/each year," etc. show that we need to use this verb tense.What expressions show we need to use the present tense?
When do we need to use the present tense?
The short answer is:
"Yes, we do." or "No, we don't."
The long answer is:
"Yes, we study chemistry." or "No, we don't study chemistry."
What's the answer to the question:
"Do you guys (you all) study chemistry?"
Important American holidays in this season are Labor Day, Halloween, and Thanksgiving.
What are important American holidays in the fall/autumn?
It is the thing we use to get rid of errors or mistakes in our writing (so we don't see them any more).
What is an eraser?
We get a flood if we have this first kind of weather,
or a drought if we have the second kind of weather.
What disaster do we have if it rains too much, or if it does not rain for a long time?
We use expressions like "right now" or "at this moment" with this verb tense, to show what's going on at this exact time.
(subject) + "to be" in the present + verb-ing
"My parents are working / I am studying ...."
When do we use the present progressive or present continuous?
The short answer is:
"Yes, I am."
The long answer is:
"Yes, I'm a student at Las Lomas."
What's the answer to the question:
"Are you a student at Las Lomas?"
It's the question you ask when you want to know the month, day, and year when a person was born.
"When's your birthday?"
It depends.
For essays, we use a stapler or paper clip.
For art projects, we usually use glue or tape.
What do we use to put papers together or keep papers together?
Tsunamis and hurricanes happen here.
What weather disasters happen in or over the ocean?
These are four expressions that we use to indicate the past tense (with irregular verbs or verbs that end in -ed).
What are "yesterday," "last night," last week," "last year," "two hours ago," etc.?
"Yes, my friends and I did. We went to a party last weekend."
What's the answer to the question:
"Did your friends and you go to a party last weekend?"