| 1 |
uk: a film = us: a movie. |
| 2 |
after love, like, don't like and hate we can use a noun or a verb+ing: i love animals; i hate shopping for clothes; i like soap operas. |
| 3 |
spelling of verb + ing forms: 1. most verbs: visit visiting, fly flying. 2. verbs ending in consonant + vowel + consonant: shop shopping. 3. verbs ending in -y: play playing. 4. verbs ending in -e: dance dancing. |
| 4 |
we don't use the when we talk about things we like or don't like in general: i love animals (= all animals); i don't like sport. (=all sport). |
| 5 |
we say play basketball/football/tennis but play the piano/the guitar. |
| 6 |
a bike = a bicycle. |
| 7 |
the cafe is on the left. the cafe is on the right. |
| 8 |
the cafe is in the king street. the cafe is opposite the bank. |
| 9 |
the cafe is next to the bank. the cafe is near the bank. |
| 10 |
we can say in king street or on king street. |
| 11 |
online = connected to the internet: do you chat to friends online? |
| 12 |
a tv programme (uk) = a tv show (us). |
| 13 |
subject pronouns go before the verb. object pronouns go after the verb. |
| 14 |
we use can or can't to talk about ability. |
| 15 |
we sometimes use (very) well with can: she can swim well. they can ski very well. |
| 16 |
we don't use do or does in questions with can: can you cook? |
| 17 |
we can say on the right/left or on your right/left. |
| 18 |
both goes after be, but before other verbs: we're both very busy in the week; we both like the same bands. |
| 19 |
together is usually at the end of the sentence: we watch dvds together. |
| 20 |
frequency adverbs go after be and before other verbs: rob's always late; we usually go to concerts together. |
| 21 |
phrases with every are usually at the end of the sentence: he eats burgers and chips every day. |
| 22 |
for the years 2000 - 2009, we usually say two thousand, two thousand and one, etc. |
| 23 |
for the years 2010 - 2099, we usually say twenty ten, twenty eleven, etc. |
| 24 |
we use in with years: in 1980, in 2009, etc. |
| 25 |
past time phrases: 1. joe was in paris last week. |
| 26 |
past time phrases: 2. he was at home yesterday afternoon. |
| 27 |
past time phrases: 3. he was in bed four hours ago. |
| 28 |
past time phrases: 4. he's at work now. |
| 29 |
we use last with days (last monday) and months (last june). we also say last night, last week, last weekend, last month, last year. |
| 30 |
we say yesterday morning, yesterday afternoon and yesterday evening, but last night. |
| 31 |
four hours ago = four hours before now. |
| 32 |
we use in and capital letters with months: in January, etc. |
| 33 |
150 = a hundred and fifty. |
| 34 |
390 = three hundred and ninety. |
| 35 |
1,000 = a thousand. |
| 36 |
16,200 = sixteen thousand, two hundred. |
| 37 |
750,000 = seven hundred and fifty thousand. |
| 38 |
1,000,000 = a million. |
| 39 |
50,000,000 = fifty million. |
| 40 |
we don't use a plural -s with hundred, thousand or million: three hundred, etc. |
| 41 |
we use and after hundred, but not after thousand: a hundred and fifty, but sixteen thousand, two hundred. |
| 42 |
we can say a hundred or one hundred, a thousand or one thousand and a million or one million. |
| 43 |
the past of there is/there are is there was/there were: there was a big party; there were some amazing fireworks. |
| 44 |
we can also make questions with was there..? and were there..?: was there a party?; were there a lot of people at the weekend? |
| 45 |
we say i was born in 1991. |
| 46 |
we can say march the seventh or the seventh of march. |
| 47 |
we write March 7th or 7th March. |
| 48 |
in the uk, 5/6/15 = 5th june 2015 (day/month/year). |
| 49 |
in the us, 5/6/15 = 6th may 2015 (month/day/year). |
| 50 |
what day is it today? it's monday. |
| 51 |
what's the date today? (it's) march the seventh. |
| 52 |
when's your birthday? (it's on) june the second. |
| 53 |
we use let's.., why don't we..? and shall we..? to make suggestions. |
| 54 |
we use what/where what time shall we..? to ask for suggestions. |
| 55 |
let's.., why don't we.., and shall we..? are followed by a verb: let's go to the cinema, etc. |
| 56 |
we use a or an to talk about one of many places, people or things: they're a rock band from london (there are a lot of rock bands from london). |
| 57 |
we use the when there's only one place, person or thing: it was at the birmingham arena (there's only one place with this name). |
| 58 |
we use a/an to talk about a person, place or thing for the first time: paul and i went to a concert last saturday. |
| 59 |
we use the to talk about the person, place or thing again: the concert was fantastic! |
| 60 |
we also use the in these phrases: 1. in the city centre 2. go to the theatre/cinema 3. in the morning/afternoon/evening 4. at the weekend. |
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