Wednesday 18 November 2015

6th GRADE: UNIT 3 - GRAMMAR AND EVERYDAY LANGUAGE


4th GRADE: PAST SIMPLE (REGULAR VERBS)



Read these examples:

1. Affirmative:

. I climbed the hill
. You finished your homework.
. My mum cooked paella yesterday.

2. Negative:

. I didn't climb the hill
. You didn't finish your homework.
. My mum didn't cook paella yesterday.

3. Questions:

. Did you climb the hill? Yes, I did.
. Did you finish your homework? Yes, I did.
. Did your mum cook paella yesterday? Yes, she did.


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Sunday 15 November 2015

6th GRADE: PRESENT PERFECT with SINCE and FOR

We often use for and since with perfect tenses:
  • We use for to talk about a period of time: five minutes, two weeks, six years
  • We use since to talk about a point in past time: 9 o'clock, 1st January, Monday
forsince
a period of timea point in past time
- - - - - - - - - - - -- • - - - - - - - - - -
20 minutes6.15pm
three daysMonday
6 monthsJanuary
4 years1994
2 centuries1800
a long timeI left school
everthe beginning of time
etcetc
Look at these example sentences using for and since with the Present Perfect tense:
  • I have been here for twenty minutes.
  • I have been here since 9 o'clock.
  • John hasn't called for six months.
  • John hasn't called since February.
  • He has worked in New York for a long time.
  • He has worked in New York since he left school.





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