Lesson II

Simple Present
Sentences with Main)
(Verbs

Simple Present Tense: ( 1)

Sentences with present tense verbs
express repeated, customary and
habitual actions
e.g.
The boy gets up at seven oclock in the
morning.
Or they also express general truths
e.g.
.Water runs downhill

.Go to p. 29 ex. a

Affirmative Statements Patterns ( 2)

Complement
Time

Place

Object

Jack

Verb

Subject

Simple / Sform

Noun/Pronoun

lives

. in a dormitory
He
.

gets up
at 7:00

I
.

eat
in the office

They

breakfast

at 9:00
eat

breakfast

Auxiliary do( 3)
To make negative statements or questions
we need the auxiliary do.
Do dont
plural nouns)
Does doesnt
nouns)

(I, they, you, we,

(he, she, it, singular

Negative Statement( 4)
Pattern
Complement
Time

Place

Bill
.

Object

Subject

Main Auxiliary
Simpl Do
e
Simple/Sform

doesnt

live

doesnt

get up

Noun/Prono
un

in a dormitory

He
.

at 7:00

I
.

Verb

dont
at my work

eat

breakfast

Yes / No question( 5)
pattern
Complement

Time

Place

VERB

Object

AUX
Simpl SUBJE DO
CT
( NOT)
e
Simpl
e/S

Does

Bill

live

.dormitory
.Yes, he does. No, he doesnt
Doesnt
.

He

get up

at 7:00

.Yes, he does. No, he doesnt

in a

Information/Wh Question patterns ( 6)

a. Subject Unknown
Complement
Time

Place

Object

(doesnt)
VERB or SForm

.e.g
Affirmative. 1
.Who takes chemistry ? Jack and Betty
Who works in the lab on Saturday ?
.Nobody
.What anuses Jack ? TV
.What relaxes Bill ? Good music
Negative. 2
.Who doesnt take chemistry ? George
.Who doesnt do homework ? Jane
What doesnt disturb the Stephens ?

QW

2. Part of complement unknown

QW + AUX DO or DOES (NOT) + SUBJECT + VERB SIMPLE +
Co. (Place , Time)

e.g.
Who / Whom does Betty see in the lab ?
What doesnt Bill like ?
Where do the Stephens live ?
When dont they eat lunch?
c. Verb unknown

QW + AUX DO or DOES (NOT) + SUBJECT + DO + Co.

(Place , Time)
e.g.

What does Betty do on Saturday ?

What doesnt Bill do on Fridays ?
p. 30
What do the Stephens do for recreation
? ex.

PRONOUNS: object( 9)
forms

Plural

you
us
them

Singular

me
you

him
her
it

Subjects
(pronouns or nouns)

I
You
We
They
Plural Noun (e.g. the
girls)
He
She
It

.p. 32 ex. h

But
When two simple sentences are grammatically
parallel and closely related in context, they are
usually combined into a single compound
sentence.
a. And joins two affirmative statements.
e.g. Jack goes downtown on Saturdays, and he
goes to the movies on Saturday nights.
Note/Do not join unrelated sentences like the
following:
e.g. George is twenty. Mr. Allen is tall.
b. But joins contrastive patterns, affirmative and

Phrase( 12)
It is a word used differently in different
grammar books. In this one it means
a group of words which work
together as a unit to perform a single
function, to fill one of the positions in
a sentence pattern. Phrases are of
many different types and patterns. A
phrase does not have a subject and
.related verb

Place Phrases( 13)

They are usually introduced by

prepositions, and thus they are also
.called prepositional phrases
.e.g
In a dormitory, in the library, in a sunny
.laboratory, at the movies, at home
Note/ Two or more place phrases may be
used together: on the table near the
.door; in the box on the shelf

)14(

Verbs of motion such as go, walk, run are followed

by place phrases beginning with to. Some of them
. include the definite article and some do not
.Home and downtown are exceptions
.Learn these expressions
.We go home / downtown
.We go to class / school / church / bed
We go to the library / the movies / the store/ the
.country / the city

Country alone means nation, but the country, as

.used here, means any rural area

Time Phrases( 15)

They are frequently of the same pattern. The noun

names a time. The prepositions must be
memorized, as they differ with different time
expressions. The presence or absence of the
.article is also fixed
Note 1/ in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening,
.at noon, at night, on Saturdays
Note 2/ The s on the end of Saturdays indicates that the
activity occurs regularly. We adds to days of the week
: and to other time words
on weekdays, on holidays, on weekends, on Saturday
.nights
Note 3/ Time phrases with every are not introduced by a

Two-word Verbs( 17)

Two-word verbs are phrases consisting of a
verb followed by a particle (preposition
or adverb) which somehow changes the
meaning of the verb. The two words
together function as a single verb in a
sentence pattern. The one in this lesson
.is get up, meaning to arise from bed
.p. 32 ex. k
.p. 34 ex. a. b. c

The End of Lesson II