Be ready to be

amazed!
GRAMMAR PRACTICE
 Comparatives vs.
Superlatives
Josh runs faster thanHowever,
Sue. Gabriella is the f
In which sentence do we compare 2 people with each other? 1
How do you know this?
RULE: -er than
RULE: y  ier
Ex: pretty  prettier
1 .
Gabriella is on place number _____ How do you know this?
RULE:
One syllable: V-est
Pretty  prettiest
beautiful  most beautiful
More than one syllable: most + Verb
 Comparatives vs.
Superlatives
Comparatives -er + than Superlatives: Pretty  prettiest
RULE: y  ier One syllable: V-est beautiful  most beautiful
Ex: pretty  prettier More than one syllable: most + Verb

• Sharon paints better / gooder / best than Greg. IRREGULAR

Good  betterbest
• Simon is the smallest / smaller than in the class. Bad worse worst
Farfurtherfurthest
• John draws badlier / worse than his sister. Muchmoremost
Littleless least
• Carol has the more / most prizes.
• Vivian makes the delicious / more delicious / most delicious cupcakes ever.
• Our class is louder than / the loudliest of all classes.
 NEED TO
Hey, I don’t know Is it okay if the
+ person doesn’t NO!
what to do the HW?
Does s/he have to
do it? YES!

- You don’t need to Is it okay if the

hurry. The bus will get person doesn’t YES!
here in 15 minutes. hurry?

? Do you need to go
now? Can’t you stay? Does the person YES!
Does she need to go have to go?
now? Can’t you stay?
 Fill in the blanks with
«need to»

• _______ need to
Does he _________ go to the dentist?
doesn’t need
don’t need
• She _______________(-) come. I __________ (-) her help.
to
need tobring your jacket. They won’t let you go outside
• You ___________
without it.
 COULD Does person «A»
have to read a
book or play a NO!
A:I’m very bored. I don’t know what to do... game?
B: You could read a book or you could play a Is it a
game with me. suggestion? YES!

Fill in the blanks with

«could»

could go swimming if you like.

• We _________
could ask her friend
• If she doesn’t know what to do, she _____________
what she wants.
 Fill in the blanks with «need to» /
«could»
Do need
A: Hey, what __________ we ________ from the store? Do you have
strawberries? to
don’t need
B: Yes, I do. So, you ______________
to go to the store because we have all
the ingredients for the cake.
could could
A: If you like I ___________ buy some chocolate. We _________ add that to
the cake.
B:need
Yes, that’s
to a great idea! However, we only have an hour left, so you
__________ hurry. could
A: Okay! Maybe you _________ start mixing the other ingredients until I come.
B: Sure! 
 Present Simple Tense
• I always do my homework as soon as I get home.
• Is it a habit that I always do?
Yes, it is.
• How do we understand it?
Because it says “always”.
• She never cleans her room in the week days. She always cleans it in the
weekend.
• Does she clean her room on Mondays?
No, she doesn’t.
• How do we understand it?
Because it says “weekdays” in the first sentence.
• When does she clean her room?
In the weekend
• Is it a habit for her to clean her room in the weekend?
Yes, it is.
• How do we understand it?
Because it says “always”.
 Let’s remember the rules!
Affirmative Negative Question

I work I don’t work Do I work?

He He he
She works She doesn’t work Does she work?
It It it

We We we
You work You don’t work Do you work?
They They they
 Present Continuous Tense

• I am working on my project right now.

• Does the action happen in the present, future or past time?
It happens in the present time.
• How do we understand it?
Because it says “right now”.
 Let’s remember the rules!
Affirmative Negative Question

I am working I am not working Am I working?

He He he
She is working She isn’t working Is she working?
It It it

We We we
You are working You aren’t working Are you working?
They They they
PRESENT SIMPLE vs PRESENT
CONTINUOUS
 Past Simple Tense
• I went to the cinema with my best friend last night. I had a great time!
• Did the action happen in the present, future or past time?
It happened in the past time.
• How do we understand it?
Because it says “went”, “had” and “last night”.
• Are these completed actions in the past?
Yes, they are completed actions that happened in the past.
In affirmative sentences, we use the past form of the
verbs. In regular verbs, we add “-ed, -ied, or –d” to the
verb to use it in the past time.
 Remember Spelling Rules

• Most verbs ( +ed)

walk→walked play →played

• Verbs ending in e (+d)

live →lived use →used

• Verbs ending in a consonant + y

cry →cried carry →carried

• Short verbs ending in a vowel + a consonant (vowel: a, e, i, o, u)

fit →fitted stop →stopped
BE CAREFUL!!! When the verb ends with a vowel + “ y”

stay →stayed enjoy →enjoyed

 I
You
He
didn`t
She watch TV yesterday.
(did not)
It
We
You
They
Question
Question Form
Form

I
You
He
Did She visit London ?
It
We
You
they
 Positive Negative
I did. I didn’t
you did . you didn´t
he/she/it did. he/she/it didn’t.
Yes, we did. No, we didn’t.
you did. you didn´t
they did. they didn’t
 Past Continuous Tense
I was baking a cake when you called me yesterday.
 Do these actions take place in the PAST or PRESENT?

In the PAST.

 How do you know?

WAS/WERE

 Are they COMPLETED ACTIONS or ACTIONS IN PROGRESS IN THE

PAST?

They are ACTIONS IN PROGRESS IN THE PAST.

They are informing us about what was happening AT A SPECIFIC

TIME IN THE PAST.

goes
are playing
is jumping
cooks
washes

do
are singing
watch movie every
night.
 arrived was writing
was crossing saw
were they shouting woke up
were fixing opened
Did Mary break was skating
was sleeping knocked
saw was talking (talk) on the phone.
cafe, he _________________

was watching went