The Tenses
We form this tense by adding -ED to the end of the verb (unless it is irregular).
What is the Past Simple?
A verb that demonstrates a level of possibility, ability, permission, or obligation (eg. can, could, will etc.)
What is a Modal Verb?
These nouns are treated as plural eg. committee, board of directors etc.
What is a Collective Noun?
They are words combined to form a new noun eg. police+man = policeman.
What is a compound noun?
Canberra
What is the capital of Australia?
We use this tense to speak of habits or repeated actions.
What is the Present Simple?
A verb + an adverb or preposition (or both).
What is a Phrasal Verb?
The subject and verb in a sentence must agree on this.
There are a group of words often seen together eg. fast food, a quick shower.
What is a Collocation?
21 out of 25 of the world's most __________ ______'s live in Australia.
What are Venomous Snakes?
We form this tense with HAD + the past participle.
What is the Past Perfect?
It typically goes between the main verb and the auxiliary verb eg. We can USUALLY find a seat.
What is a Frequency Adverb?
For adjectives with three syllables or more, we use these words to form the comparative and superlative.
What is More and Most?
Along, past, across, over, round, from, to, into, out of, onto, off etc.
What are Prepositions of Movement?
There are more _____ than people.
What are Sheep?
We form this tense with HAD + BEEN + the present participle.
What is the Past Perfect Continuous?
It's a verb that doesn't require a direct object eg. He ran.
What is an Intransitive Verb?
My, your, his, her, its, our, their.
What are Possessive Determiners?
To ask for information in a polite way eg. I'd like to know where I can find the bathroom? Could you tell me what time it is?
What is an Indirect Question?
Kangaroos can't _____ backwards.
What is Walk?
We use this tense to speak of future arrangements.
What is the Present Continuous?
They are verbs that help the main verb by extending its meaning eg. to be, to have, to do
What are Auxiliary Verbs?
What are Demonstrative Determiners?
Subject + Verb + Object.
What is the order of a basic positive sentence?
It is home to the world's oldest ________ on Earth.
What is culture? (Aboriginal culture is 40,000-60,000 years old.