CHECK LIST

- S present simple- 3rd person singular

He goes to work at nine oclock. She drives an Audi. The dog runs very fast.
The plane leaves at 7.30pm. The teacher corrects the exercise. Michael works for IBM.
- The man with a beard has a dog. The plane for America leaves at 9.00pm.
everybody/ everyone/ somebody/ noone etc = 3rd person singular.
Everybody knows the answer. Nobody writes letters nowadays. Someone always comes late.

Capital letters for NATIONALITY and LANGUAGES.

Days of the week, months of the year.

I met a Brazilian on the train. He speaks Portuguese, but not Spanish.
Today is the first Friday of January. I go on holiday in August.

- Adjectives BEFORE nouns. (no plural adjectives!)

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It is a small quiet town. She has long dark hair.

It is a very small dog. (a dog very small)

- a before PROFESSIONS / JOBS.

My brother is an engineer.

My mother is a housewife.

My friend is a dentist.

- this/ these that/ those--- singular/plural agreement

this days this people that students that books
these days these people those students those books

- WORD ORDER

subject- verb- complement

Lives in Ibiza my friend Pilar.

Is very nice Vila-real. Arrives at 9.00pm the plane.
My friend Pilar lives in Ibiza.
Vila-real is very nice.
The plane arrives at 9.00pm

-PEOPLE is plural!
Many people have a dog. Some people study English. People go to Benicassim in summer.

I like + gerund
I like swimming.

I like going out with my friends.

Id like to go to Russia.

- his/her

Id like + infinitive

Id like to learn Chinese.

He likes studying English

Id like to have a dog.

your/ their

Peter and his daughter. Susan and her son.

The children are playing with their toys.

- present simple/ present continuous

I am writing to you
(I write to you is ALWAYS, USUALLY...etc)

- the
If you are speaking IN GENERAL, about ALL of those things then there is NO definite article in
English
I like coffee I like dogs He likes music. Love is all you need..(the love is all you need)

- is can not stand alone, with no subject !

is very nice
is very expensive
is good
Its very nice
Its very expensive
Its good.
- False friends. eg: actually, journey, plenty, carpet
Nowadays I work in Castellon. I work in Castellon now. At the moment ....
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Can /must
I can drive
He can swim
Can you dance? We must go
NEVER NEVER CAN TO/ MUST TO He can to swim We must to go

No the in these expressions

The last week

the last year
the last weekend
Last year I went to Paris on holiday.
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the last month

the last summer

Last weekend I met my friends.

Other/ another
Other before a plural, another before a singular
Other languages
another language
other people

another person

too, very much, a lot, every day, every week, every year....AT THE END of the
sentence

I like reading very much.

I like very much reading

I like ice-cream a lot. We go to Benicassim every summer.

I like a lot ice-cream
We go every summer to Benicassim

- I want to / I need to
I want to go to London. I want to study Japanese.
I need to go to the doctor. He needs to study more.

I want to have an ice-cream.

- I agree / I dont agree

I am agree / I am not agree
- Most people
( most of the people)

Most people like watching television.

-Go to places = went to places

I go to the market on Saturday.

I went to London last year.

- Adverbs of Frequency
I always drive to work.
He sometimes goes to the cinema.

WATCH OUT!
childrens

I go to the cinema every Sunday.

She never has any free time.