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Kareem is a friend of mine. There is a test tomorrow. When can you come to our farm? That is a question. Adjectives 11 01 (001 ...

Personal Pronouns Pronouns are words that take the place of nouns. The English per- sonal pronouns are: Singular Plural First Pe ...

If a pronoun replaces a noun in the sentence, it must have the same characteristics as the noun: the same number (singular or pl ...

(you and I) The children are helping. (she) I like a lot. Change the italicized noun in each sentence to the corresponding pro ...

The boys watched her. Do theyunderstand us? When you change a direct object noun to a direct object pronoun, you must add toor ...

Subject Pronoun Direct or Indirect Object Prepositional Phrase I me after me you you behind you he him for him she her from her ...

17 Verbs Verbsare the words in a sentence that describe the action of a sen- tence or that introduce the condition or state of s ...

18 Practice Makes Perfect: English Grammar for ESL Learners Intransitive Verbs Used in a Sentence come Can you come to the party ...

They smell nice. (They arenice.) This makes sense. Linking Verb We smell coffee. (We arecoffee.) This makes no sense. Transiti ...

Rewrite each sentence with the pronouns shown. I rarely find a good book. You He We often make mistakes. She They He goes h ...

It grows very slowly. They He There are two special verbs that have more complicated ending changes in the present tense: to h ...

He has no tickets. They She We have a new apartment. You He They are from Costa Rica. He I I have a big problem. They Sh ...

Asking Questions A sentence that has the verb to bein it is easily formed as a question. Just invert the position of the verb an ...

24 Practice Makes Perfect: English Grammar for ESL Learners You buy flowers every day. She sings beautifully. It is a nice day. ...

Negation Add notafter the verb to beto make it negative: I am I am not you are you are not she is she is not we are we are n ...

We do our homework. Lisa likes my cousin. It seems very old. When a negative sentence becomes a question, the question begins ...

Verbs 27 The girls are not happy. Sean does not speak Spanish. The boys do not make a cake for her. They do not do this very of ...

When you use an adverb that shows that an action is done frequently (often, sometimes, always, usually, every day, etc.), you sh ...

Give an emphatic response to each statement. EXAMPLE: He does not speak English. He does speak English. She does not understand ...

30 Practice Makes Perfect: English Grammar for ESL Learners Infinitive Past Tense Infinitive Past Tense to be was/were to make m ...