PAST SIMPLE OF TO BE

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ABITUDINI
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ROUTINE QUOTIDIANA
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REALTA’ CHE NON CAMBIANO (il sole sorge ad est)
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LEGGI FISICHE (l’acqua bolle a 100°C)
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ORARI (indicare o chiedere) (TIMETABLE) (il treno
parte alle 8 a.m.)
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PROGRAMMI PRESTABILITI (la cerimonia di apertura
sarà il 10 dicembre)
AVVERBI DI FREQUENZA
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ALWAYS
USUALLY
OFTEN
SOMETIMES
RARELY
SELDOM
NEVER
Ex.: she is always at home on Sundays
He rarely speaks English at school
FORMA AFFERMATIVA
SOGGETTO
I
YOU
HE
SHE
IT
WE
YOU
THEY
VERBO FORMA BASE
(3°PERS. SING. +S)
LOVE
LOVE
LOVES
LOVES
LOVES
LOVE
LOVE
LOVE
C
O
M
P
L
E
M
E
N
T
I
VARIAZIONI ORTOGRAFICHE X
3° PERS. SING.
FRASE AFFERMATIVA
Se il VERBO TERMINA con:
 -S,
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-SS, SH, -CH, -X, Z, O > -ES
CONSONANTE+Y> -IES
EX.: Andy watch-es cartoons every evening
Mary do-es her homework in the afternoon
Alex dr-ies (dry) his hair with a hairdrier
She studies (study) French at school
BUT
ay-s after school for her Art
On Tuesday, Elisa st
Club
SOME EXAMPLES
Mary love-s Paul
 We usually play tennis on Sundays
 he never watch-es TV
 Sophie always sleep-s till 10 o’clock on Sunday
 Matt go-es to school every day
 Sean and me like dancing very much
 You often travel to Spain for your summer
holidays
 We usually go to Switzerland for our Christmas
holidays
 The train arrive-s at 10 o’clock
 the water boil-s at 100°C
 The sun rise-s IN the east
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FORMA INTERROGATIVA
DO/DOES
DO
DOES
DOES
DOES
DO
DO
DO
SOGGETTO
YOU
HE
SHE
IT
WE
YOU
THEY
VERBO
FORMA
BASE
SPEAK
(NO -S)
…..
?
SOME EXAMPLES
DOES Mary love Paul?
 DO we usually play tennis on Sundays?
 DO they sometimes drink cola?
 DOES Sophie always sleep till 10 o’clock on
Sunday?
 DOES Matt go to school every day?
 DO Sean and me like dancing very much?
 DO you often travel to Spain for your summer
holidays?
 DO we usually go to Switzerland for our
Christmas holidays?
 DOES the train arrive at 10 o’clock?
 DOES the water boil at 100°C?
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FORMA NEGATIVA
SOGGETTO
I
YOU
HE
SHE
IT
WE
YOU
THEY
DO NOT/DON’T
DOES NOT/
DOESN’T
DON’T
DON’T
DOESN’T
DOESN’T
DOESN’T
DON’T
DON’T
DON’T
VERBO
FORMA
BASE
SPEAK
NO –S
SOME EXAMPLES
Mary DOESN’T love Paul
 We DON’T usually play tennis on Sundays
 They never drink cola
(ATTENTION: con NEVER> FRASE AFFERMATIVA
 Sophie DOESN’T always sleep till 10 o’clock on
Sunday
 Matt DOESN’T go to school every day
 Sean and me DON’T like dancing very much
 You DON’T often travel to Spain for your summer
holidays
 We DON’T usually go to Switzerland for our
Christmas holidays
 The train DOESN’T arrive at 10 o’clock
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RISPOSTE BREVI
AFFERMATIVA
NEGATIVA
YES, I DO
NO, I DON’T
YES, YOU DO
NO, YOU DON’T
YES, SHE DOES
NO, SHE DOESN’T
YES, HE DOES
NO, HE DOESN’T
YES, IT DOES
NO, IT DOESN’T
YES, WE DO
NO, WE DON’T
YES, YOU DO
NO, YOU DON’T
YES, THEY DO
NO, THEY DON’T