GRAMATICA para Tercero Bsico Units 1 to 3

CONTENIDOS FIRST TERM

Grammar
Present simple/continuous
Can- ability
Word order
Comparatives
Past simple
There was/were
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Vocabulary
Professions
Places
Entertainment
Adjectives
Prepositions of place

Use of English
Talking about your
interests
Expressing likes & dislikes
Making suggestions

THE PRESENT SIMPLE

Affirmative

I like
You like
He likes
She likes
It likes
We like
You like
They like

Negative
Short form

Long form
I do not like
You do not like
He does not like
She does not like
It does not like
We do not like
You do not like
They do not like

I dont like
You dont like
He doesnt like
She doesnt like
It doesnt like
We dont like
You dont like
They dont like

Interrogative
Do I like?
Do you like?
Does he like?
Does she like?
Does it like?
Do we like?
Do you like?
Do they like?

Usamos el presente simple para acciones permanentes o habituales que suceden ahora.
Importante! Fjate que las terceras personas del singular aaden una s a la forma del verbo. Seguimos las
mismas normas que para formar plurals:
- Si la base del verbo acaba en y : Si delante de la y tenemos una consonante, se sustituye la y por
ies. Ejemplo: try- tries. Pero si delante de la y hay una vocal, nicamente se le aade una -s, sin quitar
la y. Ejemplo: play- plays
- Si la base del verbo acaba en s, ss, sh, ch, x, o- se aade -es. Ejemplo: dress-dresses; go-goes.
Time expressions with simple present:
Once a week, twice a week, every day, every morning, every year, usually, always, sometimes, seldom,
never, at noon, in the evenings, etc.
PRACTICE
1- Write the third person singular
Escribe la tercera persona del singular
I cook
He ..... They fly
We study
She .... I read
You teach
He ..... I buy

It ...
She ...
He ....

You like
I do
We walk

He ....
He ....
She ...

2- Ask and answer questions as in the example. Use the information in the table to help you
Pregunta y contesta como en el ejemplo. Usa la informacin de la tabla para ayudarte.
Mary
Andy
Rally + Ben
You

Go to school
yes
no
yes
?

Play the piano

no
yes
no
?

Like fish
no
yes
yes
?

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Example: Does Mary go to school? Yes, she does.

does
Mary (play the piano)-_________________________________________________________________
Mary (like fish)- _____________________________________________________________________
Andy (play the piano)- ________________________________________________________________
Andy (like fish)- _____________________________________________________________________
Andy (go to school) __________________________________________________________________
Sally + Ben (go to school) _____________________________________________________________
Sally + Ben (play the piano)- ___________________________________________________________
Sally + Ben (like fish)- ________________________________________________________________
You (play the piano)- _________________________________________________________________
You (like fish)- ______________________________________________________________________
You(go to school)- ___________________________________________________________________
3- Fill in the blanks with the verbs from the box below.
Rellena los huecos con los verbos que te damos.
Be love- clean- have- have- meet go sep- teach learn come visit
1. Mary is a teacher. She .French. The children her and they ..a lot from
her. Mary ..home at 3:00 and ..lunch. Then she ..for an hour. In the
afternoons she .shopping or she her house. Sometimes she
.her aunt and .tea with her. Every Sunday she .her friends.
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THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Affirmative
Long form
Short form

Long form

I am working
You are working
He is working
She is working
It is working
We are working
You are working
They are working

I am not working
You are not working
He is not working
She is not working
It is not working
We are not working
You are not working
They are not working

Im working
Youre working
Hes working
Shes working
Its working
Were working
Youre working
Theyre working

Negative
Short form
Im not working
You arent working
He isnt working
She isnt working
It isnt working
We arent working
You arent working
They arent working

Interrogative
Am I working?
Are you working?
Is he working?
Is she working?
Is it working?
Are we working?
Are you working?
Are they working?

Usamos el presente continuo para hablar de acciones que son temporales y estn sucediendo en el
momento de hablar. Las expresiones temporales que usamos con el presente continuo son:
Now, at the moment, at present, right now, etc.
Atencin! Recuerda que cuando la base del verbo es monoslaba y tiene la estructura
consonante+vocal+consonante debemos doblar la consonante. Mira el ejemplo:
Run- running; dig-digging.
PRACTICE
1- Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb in brackets.
Rellena los huecos con la forma correcta del verbo en parntesis.
It is Sunday morning and the family is on the beach. Mrs Fairfax ..(sleep) under a sunumbrella. Mr Farfaix (read) a book. Their daughter .(swim)
in the sea. Their son .(play) with a ball.
It is noon and the family is on the beach. Look! The two girls ..(run) towards the boy.
Mrs Fairfax .(call) them. Mr Fairfax (drink) some Coke and
he ..(read) a book.

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2Complete the sentences using the words in brackets. - Completa las oraciones usando
las palabras entre parntesis.
He is reading a book
1- What are Tom and Tina doing in the disco?
(dance) ..
2- What are you doing?
(listen/records) ..
3- What is the baby doing?
(cry) ..
4- What is your sister doing in the bathroom?
(have/ a bath) ..
3- Put the verbs in brackets into the Simple Present or Present Continuous.
Pon los verbos entre parntesis bien en presente simple o presente continuo.
Today is (be) Sunday. My sister .(paint) a picture at the moment. My brothers
..(ride) their bicycles in the garden now. They (wear) their new jackets.
I often ..(read) a magazine on Sundays, but today I .(write) a letter to
my cousin, Anna. She often .(send) me letters. Anna ..(want) to be a
doctor. Sometimes my mother ..(ask) me what .(want) to be, but I
..(not/ know).
4- Put the verbs in brackets into the Simple Present or Present Continuous.
Pon los verbos entre parntesis bien en presente simple o presente continuo.
It is .(be) Saturday afternoon and my sister and I (be) at my friends party.
Some children ..(dance) in the sitting-room now. My friend ..(open) a
present at the moment. Two children ..(eat) chocolate cake, and three children
.(play) a game. I often (go) to parties because I
.(have) a lot of friends. But I ..(not/go) to parties on
Sundays because I always .(visit) my grandparents on Sundays.
5- Choose the expression from the box for each sentence. - Elige una expresin de las que te damos
para cada una de las frases.
Now on Fridays always at the moment every night
My father is listening to the radio ..at the moment.
moment
I .. have toast for breakfast.
We watch the 9 oclock news
My brother is doing his homework ..
My mother goes to the supermarket .
I read a book or a magazine in bed
My grandmother ..sends me a birthday present.
My brother is playing football
At school we have our history lesson .
My father ..buys a newspaper from the shop near his office.
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QUESTION WORDS
WHAT?
WHO?
QUE?
QUIN?

WHEN?
CUNDO?

1- Fill in the gaps with who, whose, what, when or where

. is it? Its a monkey.
.are you going? To the park
is your birthday? May the 1st

WHERE?
DNDE?

HOW?
CUNTO?

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is your pen? Here it is.

are they? Theyre Jane and Pam.
is your school? Its near here.
are you? I am fine.
is Father? Hes in the garden
are they? They are teachers.
do you have lunch? At 12.00 p.m.
much is this? Its 70p
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CAN- ABILITY
CAN
Tiene la misma forma en todas las personas:
I/ You/ He/She Can
Despus de Can debemos usar el verbo en la
forma de base verbal: I can play
Se usa para para expresar habilidad en el
presente o para perdir permiso.

COULD
Tiene la misma forma en todas las personas:
I/ You/ He/She Could
Despus de Could debemos usar el verbo en la
forma de base verbal: I could play
Se usa para expresar habilidad en el pasado, para
pedir permiso de forma ms educada..

PRACTICE
1- Fill in with can, could or couldnt
Completav los huecos con can, could o couldnt
When I was young I could
could.play sport but I dance well. Now Im old; ..climb
the stairs but I ..sit in my armchair and watch TV.
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TOO . ENOUGH

TOO-ENOUGH
Too + adjetivo / adverbio- significa demasiado.
Hes too young to travel alone (no puede viajar solo)
Tiene un sentido negativo
He drove too slowly to win the race
(no condujo lo suficientemente rpido como para ganar
la carrera)
Adjetivo/adverbio + enough- significa tanto como
Shes old enough to drive a car
quieres, suficiente
(puede conducer coches
He left early enough to catch the train
(se fu pronto y por eso pudo coger el tren)
Enough + noun
Hes got enough money to buy a car
PRACTICE
1- Write sentences using too and enough. Explain what you mean with each sentence.
Example: Jane is too generous with everybody.
everybody Jane shouldnt be so generous.
1..
2..
3..
4..
5..

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THE PAST SIMPLE

Formamos el pasado simple de los verbos regulares aadiendo ed a la base del verbo. Si el verbo es
irregular debemos aprenderlo de una lista de verbos irregulares.
Usamos el pasado simple para acciones que ocurrieron en un momento del pasado y han finalizado ya. Las
expresiones temporales que usamos son:
Yesterday, then, last night, last week, last month, last year, a week ago, a month ago, a year ago, two days
ago, in 1980, when etc.
PRACTICE
1- Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple - Pon los verbos en parntesis en el pasado simple.
Pamela: What did
did you do.(you/do)
last weekend?
do
Tony: I .(go) to my cousins house.
Pamela: .(be) it far?
Tony: No, it only (take) us 30 minutes.
Pamela: ..(you/stay) there long?
Tony: We ..(stay) only for the weekend.
What .(you/do) last weekend?
Pamela: My family and I ..(take) the dog and we (have) a picnic
on the beach.
Tony: (be) it sunny?
Pamela: Yes, the sun ..(shine) all day.
2- Fill in the blanks with the past simple of the correct verbs from the list. Remember some of them are
irregular! - Rellena los huecos con el verbo correcto de los que te damos en la lista. Date cuenta de que
algunos son irregulares! Mira en el diccionario aquellos que no conozcas el significado.
Put up- cook go- make- take collect- drink meet speak play feel- sing
Last week I went
wentcamping with my friends. We .tents and sleeping bags. Three of us
the tents while the others .wood and ..a fire. We potatoes and
.coke. In the evening, Tom the guitar and everybody .songs. We .
Some French tourists and to them in French. At about midnight, we all
..sleepy, so we to bed.
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COMPARATIVES

Adjectives of:
One syllable
Two syllables ending
in y, -w & -er
Two or more syllables

Comparison of adjectives
Positive
Comparative
Long
Longer than
Happy
Happier than

Superlative
The longest
The happiest

Modern
Beautiful

The most modern

The mot beautiful

More modern than

More beautiful than

Usamos los comparativos para comparar dos o ms personas o cosas. Usamos el superlativo para
comparar tres o ms personas o cosas.
Usamos la partcula than con el comparativo y la partcula the con el superlativo.
Algunos adjetivos forman el comparativo de forma irregular. Ejemplos:
Good- comparative: better superlative: best
bad- comparative: worse superlative: worst
far- comparative: further superlative: furthest
little- comparative: less superlative: least
much/many- comparative: more superlative: most
La forma as . as se usa para comparar dos personas o cosas que son iguales. Ejemplo: Hes as tall as
Peter. El es tan alto como Peter. (El y meter son igual de altos).

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Usamos not as as con oraciones negativas. He is not as tall as Peter.

PRACTICE
1- Write sentences about places you know as in the example.
Escribe frases sobre lugares que conoces siguiendo el ejemplo.
Ejemplo: (beautiful) The most beautiful place I know is Venice
1- (expensive).
2- (cheap).
3- (cold)
4- (hot)
5- (ancient).
2- Complete Jims letter Completa la carta de Jim. (Recuerda poner las partculas than or the)
Dear Anna,
Here I am in Las Vegas! Im having a wonderful time. The weather is hotter
hotter(hot) and .(dry)
in England. The houses are ..(big) ours and the cars are ..(long) and
..(wide) those in our country. I love the food here. Yesterday I had ..(good)
hamburger Ive ever eaten! The hotel is beautiful; I think its (beautiful) hotel Ive ever
seen. At the moment I am in a casino; Its (big) in the world and its
(busy) in town. Ill phone you when I get back.
Love, Jim
VOCABULARY
PLACES
ENTERTAINMENT

ADJECTIVES

Bank
Cinema
Hospital
Library
Museum
Music shop
Park
Police station
Post office
Restaurant
Supermarket
Swimming pool
Flat
House
School
shop

Adventurous
Attractive
Competitive
Energetic
Friendly
Funny
Generous
Lazy
Selfish
Talented
Bald
Blonde
Curly
Dark
Long
valuable

Dance
Do acrobatics
Do card tricks
Do magic
Draw a picture
Juggle
Play a musical
instrument
Ride a unicycle
Sing
Take photographs
Tell jokes

USE OF ENGLISH
Interviewing people

Making suggestions
Lets .
Excuse me
How about?
Can I ask you some questions? Shall we..?
Yes, sure
No way!
Why dont we. ?
Thats a good idea.
Terrific!

Short
Straight
Wavy
Angry
Big
Frightened
Furious
Large
Messy
Neat
Rich
Scared
Strange
Tidy
Wealthy
weird

PROFESSIONS PREPOSITIONS
(PLACE)
Acrobat
Above
Actor
Behind
Comedian
Between
Juggler
In
Malician
In front of
Mime artist
Next to
Musician
On
Pavement artist Opposite
Carpenter
Under
Dentist
At the end of
Plumber
Near
Reporter
On the left of
Journalist
On the right of
Secretary
waiter

Telling stories
One night.
At first,.
After a while .
Later,..
Suddenly,.
Finally ..

1- Using the expressions from the table write down a short dialogue. Be creative.
Utiliza las diferentes expresiones de la tabla y escribe un dilogo. Se creativo.