Lesson 2 (part B1)

B.1 Notice the position of words like always and compare the meaning.

	SINGLE-WORD ADVERB OF FREQUENCY	MAIN VERB
John	Always	studies	At night
Mary	Usually	Studies	At night
Bob	Often	Studies	At night
Bill	Sometimes	Studies	At night
Alice	Seldom	Studies	At night
tom	never	studies	At night
	Always	100%	All of the time
	Usually		Most of the time
	Often	50%	Much of the time
	Sometimes		Some of the time
	Seldom		Almost never
	never	0%	Not at any time

COMMENTS

Adverbs like always (SINGLE-WORD ADVERB OF FREQUENCY) come before the main verb of a sentence. (See section B.2 for sentences with be)

Note:  Some of these adverbs are also used in other positions, as in the sentence Sometimes I study at night.

Exercise 9. Substitute a word like always for the multi-word adverbials of frequency.

Mary drinks milk all of the time                  MARY ALWAYS DRINKS MILK

John drinks milk most of the time             JOHN USUALLY DRIKNS MILK

1.       John drinks coffee some of the time

2.       He almost never drink tea

3.       Mr. Allen drinks coffee much of the time

4.       Mrs. Allen almost never drinks coffee

5.       She drinks tea most of the time

6.       Mr. Miller has coffee at 10 A.M all of the time

7.       Mrs. Allen has coffee at 10 A.M some of the time

8.        Mrs. Miller almost never drinks milk in the morning

9.       She has coffee in the morning most of the time

10.   Mr. and Mrs. Miller eat in restaurant some of the time

11.   John eats in restaurants all of the time

12.   Mary almost never eats in a restaurant

13.   She eats at home most of the time

14.   Mr. and Mrs. Miller eat in a restaurant much of the time

Taken from: English sentence structure by Robert Krohn 

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Lesson 2 (part A2)

A.2  Notice the use of does in questions.

Previous pattern:
STATEMENT:	The book is green.
	The book is green.
QUESTION:	Is the book green?
New pattern:
STATEMENT:	John works in the morning.
	John works in the morning.
QUESTION:	Does john works in the morning?

COMMENT

Use the question pattern when you make questions to be answered with yes or no. Don’t make questions with the statement word order; such questions are used only in special situations.

NOTE: In American English, the question which corresponds to john has a book is usually does john have a book? Has john a book?

ADDITIONAL EXAMPLES

Does Mr. Smith practice in class?

Does the student study?

Does mary read Spanish?

Exercise 3. Change the teacher’s statement into a question.

John studies at night                              DOES JOHN STUDY AT NIGHT?

Mary studies in the afternoon           DOES MARY STUDY IN THE AFTERNOON?

1.       John studies the lessons.

2.       He understands the lessons.

3.       He has coffee at 11 o’clock

4.       He has lunch at noon.

5.       Mary practices in the afternoon.

6.       She eats supper at 6 o’clock.

7.       She writes letters at night.

8.       Mr. Allen works in the afternoon.

9.       He reads at night.

10.   John comes to the class every morning.

11.    Mr. Miller comes here at the afternoon.

12.   He leaves at night.

 taken from :English Sentence Structure by Robert Krohn

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Lesson 1 (part A3)

A.3. Notice the contractions which are made with am, are, and is :

				Contractions:
			singular
I	are	Busy	1	I’m	Busy
You	are	Busy	2	You’re	Busy
He	Is	Busy	3	He’s	Busy
She	Is	Busy	3	She’s	Busy
it	is	green	3	It’s	Green
			plural
We	are	Busy	1	We’re	Busy
You	Are	Busy	1	You’re	Busy
They	Are	Busy	2	They’re	Busy
John	is	Busy	3	John’s	Busy
Mary	are	Busy	3	Mary’s	Busy

Comments

1.    Contractions are commonly used in speaking.

2.    Contractions are often written in notes and letters to friends and relatives. However, full forms are usually used in formal writing, such as papers which students write in college.

Exercise 7. Practice the contractions which are made with be. Make substitutions in the proper places. For example:

I’m                                           I’M HUNGRY.

Mary’s                                    MARY IS HUNGRY.

1.       They’re

2.       John’s

3.       He’s

4.       I’m

5.       You’re

6.       We’re

(Continue with the following forms: )

7.       We

8.       I

9.       He

10.   She

11.   We

12.   You

13.   The teacher

14.   We

15.   I

Taken from: English Sentence Structure by Robert Krohn

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