Hi there ,
Hope you are enjoying the Sardinian sun!!!
OK – last week grammar wise we looked at Countable/Uncountable Nouns/ Quantifiers and the Present Progressive Continuous Tense.
Some / any
(+) There’s some bread, potatoes, water in the fridge.
(-) We don’t have any tea/ biscuits/ chocolate etc. We have no tea!!!! (A disaster for a tea drinker like me!!!!)
(?) Do you have any salt/ tomatoes?
NB OFFERS AND REQUESTS
Would you like SOME tea? Not ANY TEA X
Can I have SOME apples? Not ANY APPLES X
Much/many / a lot of
(+) I eat a lot of / lots of fruit and vegetables.
(-) I don’t eat much chocolate.
(?) How much bread do you eat?
How many biscuits do you eat every day?
Are there many students at the lesson?
We also saw TOO MUCH/TOO MANY
There are too many adverts on the TV. / There’s too much traffic on the roads today.
NOT ENOUGH
There aren’t enough buses to the University. /There isn’t enough flour to make a cake.
A FEW /A LITTLE (Positive idea!!!)
There are a few cans of beer left! /I’ve got a little money!!!
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Form
S TO BE V + ING
I am studying
He is going
They are eating
Questions
Are you listening…..?
I s she coming..?
Neg. to be + NOT
I’m not going to his party.
They aren’t watching TV!
Remember we use the Present Prog. to talk about actions that are happening at this moment or around about now!!
e.g. What are you doing (at the moment)? I’m reading/watching TV/ having lunch etc.
Cp with WHAT DO YOU DO? I’m a student/teacher etc.
OR At the moment I’m studying French (i.e. in this period…)
Also be careful with some Stative verbs which are not usually used in this tense!!!
e.g. verbs like “mean, understand, like, love, matter, belong etc. “
(“I’m loving it!!!!”) Horrible!!!!!!!!!!!
As regards vocab. we looked at weddings and talked about customs. !
See you next week!
Don’t forget to bring your photocopies of the old tests!
SallyD