Grammar - Elementary

To Be
Adjectives
Pronouns and Possessive Adjectives
Present Simple Structure
Present Simple Use
There is / There are
Adverbs of Frequency
Possessive 'S
Can
Some and Any
Capital Letters
 Simple Verb Patterns
Past Simple "To Be"
Past Simple Structure
Past Simple Use
Present Continuous Structure
Present Continuous Use
Comparatives and Superlatives
Adverbs
'Going To' and Present Continuous for Future
Prepositions of Time
Whose?

Present Simple Structure

Positive
I   You
We   They 		+ Verb

but

He
She   It 		+ Verb +  s 

Examples.

We go to the theatre every Friday.
They speak Spanish very well.
I love to cook at the weekend.

but:

She speaks French.
He smokes cigars and cigarettes.
The bank opens at 9 o'clock.

Questions

Question Word + Do
Does 		+ Subject + Infinitive Verb

Examples:

Where do you live?
What time do your sisters arrive home?
Do we leave now or at five o'clock?

but:

Does your sister work in the city?
How often does your father have a holiday?
Why does the television make that strange noise?

Negative

Subject + Don't
Doesn't 		+ Infinitive Verb

Examples:

They don't live in that house.
We don't want to stay in that hotel.
I don't think it's a good idea.

but:

Sarah doesn't write to me very often.
The President doesn't want to cut taxes.
It often doesn't rain here for months.


Present Simple Use

We use the present simple to talk about things in general, things which are always true and habits. It's not important if the action is happening at the time of speaking.

Examples:

She works at the hospital.
I love eating fish.
The shop next to the bank sells great pizza.
Brazil exports a lot of wood to the rest of the world.