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This document provides a grammar summary covering several topics: 1) Adjectives and their placement relative to nouns. 2) Possessive adjectives like my, your, her, and their forms. 3) The use of have got to indicate possession. 4) When to use possessive 's and s' with plurals. 5) The uses of some and any with plural nouns.
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- 1. Grammar file 4 English File 1 1 Adjectives (3) 4 Possessive ’s Adjective Noun Singular It’s a car. fast Plural They’re cars. She’s very tall. s Use ’s with people. They’re quite good-looking. He’s the boyfriend of my sister. s Use s’ with plurals. It’s my parent’s house. s Adjectives don’t change. They’re fasts cars. s Use of with things. the film’s end s Adjectives go before nouns. It’s a car fast. 5 some / any 2 Possessive adjectives (2) I’ve got three stamps. I my I’ve got some stamps. (= we don’t know how many) you your he his she her s + some I’ve got some aspirins. it its Rome is famous for its history. s – any I haven’t got any stamps. we our We love our dogs. s ? any Have you got any envelopes? they their Their sister is beautiful. s some = not an exact number. s Use some / any + plural nouns. s Possessive adjectives don’t change. Their daughters are tall. Theirs daughters … s s Use any in – and ? . s s your (s.) and your (pl.) are the same. 6 like / love / hate + (verb)-ing 3 have got Infinitive (verb)-ing Spelling _ s + s cook I like cooking. + ing study She hates studying. I (etc.) ’ve I (etc.) haven’t got a phone. got a phone. dance We love dancing. e + ing He (etc.) ’s He (etc.) hasn’t 1 vowel + 1 consonant s ? s ✗ swim They love swimming. ➝ double consonant have. you (etc.) s Use verb + -ing after like, love, and hate. Have I (etc.) Yes, haven’t. got a phone? Has he (etc.) No, has. he (etc.) hasn’t. 7 The letter s in English Contractions ’ve = have ’s = has 1 Verb be He’s Italian. haven’t = have not hasn’t = has not (he / she / it form) 2 Verb have got He’s got two children. Word order in questions (he / she / it form) Verb have Subject got 3 Plural noun Their names are Carla and Niki. Has she got a car? 4 Possessive ’s His wife’s name is Alessandra. How many sisters have you got? 5 Present simple He lives in Milan. (he / she / it form) s Use have got for things / people. s Remember five grammatical uses for s in English. © Oxford University Press
- 2. Grammar check 4 English File I 1 Adjectives Write sentences. 4 Possessive ’s Write sentences. ○ ○ ○ 1 day (beautiful) It’s a beautiful day. 1 house (his friend) It’s his friend’s house. ○ ○ 2 friends (old) They’re old friends. 2 husband (Julia)? Is he ? ○ ○ 3 flat (modern) It . 3 girlfriend (my brother) ○ ○ 4 restaurant (expensive) She’s . ○ ○ 4 cats (your aunt)? ○ 5 shoes (dirty) ○ Are they ? ○ 6 town (famous) ○ 5 children (the president) ○ ○ 2 Possessive adjectives Complete. They’re . ○ ○ ○ 1 She lives with her brother and sister. ○ 5 some / any Complete. ○ 2 We live with children. ○ 1 They’ve got some new books to read. ○ 3 Do you live with family? ○ ○ ○ 2 We haven’t got clean cups. 4 Do they live with parents? ○ 3 I need new shoes. ○ 5 France is famous for cheese. ○ 4 They’ve got nice friends. ○ ○ 3 a have got Write sentences. Use contractions. 5 Has Greg got brothers or sisters? ○ ○ 6 She knows lovely places in Austria. ○ 1 he / video camera e He’s got a video camera. ○ ○ 2 she / video ○ 6 like / love / hate + (verb)-ing or ✗ ? ○ 3 they / fax ○ Correct the sentences. ○ 4 we / new computer e ○ ○ ○ ○ 5 I / mountain bike ○ ○ I love I like I don’t like I hate ○ ○ ○ ○ b Write questions with have got and a, an, or ○ any. Write the answer. ○ ○ ○ 1 / he? ○ ○ ○ ○ Has he got any cigarettes? Yes, he has. ○ 1 Lou likes shopping and driving. ○ 2 / you? ✘ ○ ✘ He hates shopping. ○ ○ ○ 2 He loves eating in restaurants. ○ ○ ○ ○ 3 / she? 3 He doesn’t like going to the cinema. ○ ○ ○ ○ 4 He doesn’t like swimming. ○ ○ ○ 4 / you? ○ 5 He hates writing letters. ○ ○ ○ ○ 6 He likes cycling. ○ ○ 5 / he? ✘ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ © Oxford University Press