Complete Grammar Nick Coates
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Complete Grammar is a new and comprehensive grammar course for Ethiopia. In four volumes that provide full coverage of grades 1-12, this new series is tailored to the English language curriculum. Helping to improve students’ understanding of each topic in the curriculum, these books can offer valuable guidance throughout their study at primary and secondary level. How Complete Grammar can help your students: deals with grammar clearly and thoroughly, including full explanations and examples to guide and assist students offers an easy-to-use, student-focused approach, with examples and references familiar to students’ everyday life uses up-to-date, modern teaching methods that will engage students includes a wide range of engaging practice exercises to reinforce learning features appendices for quick reference.
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fore a e a noun. Articles go befor es are a and an. We use them be ing icl e th art on e ly nit on efi is ind ere e th Th noun. They mean singular common n. the rso pe or e usual sound of a vowel sound (th an in front of u) letters a, e, i, o, nge, an uncle an insect, an ora an ant, an egg, sound of the (th und e usual a consonant so of nt fro in a other letters) a house g, a fish, a gate, a ball, a cat, a do mes of 1 Write the na
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The presen t perfect te nse A Present pe rfect
USE The presen t perfect te nse links th place in the e past and past but th the present. ere • the recen The ac t past, often is always a connection with now. It tion takes with just/alre We have jus is used for: ady/yet. t finished. Th • the unfin ey have already ished past, ar rived. Has often with We have be sh e sin ea ten yet? ce/for. en here for ten minutes • experienc . They have es, often wi lived here sin th ever/neve Have you ev ce 2001. r. er eaten snail • changes, s? I’ve neve comparing r flown in a the pa plane. The climate has warmed st and present. in recent ye ars. The ba by has grown quickly. FORM
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Nick Coates is an international English language expert and has worked in Africa as both teacher and teacher trainer. He is the author of several highly successful primary and secondary courses for countries in Africa and worldwide.
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1 We form it with has/h ave + (not) + past parti I ciple: have walked you (’ve) arrived we he have not walked has (’s) known they she (haven’t) arrived has not seen it 2 The past known (hasn’t) participles of reg irregular. Yo seen u have to lea ular verbs end in -ed. Some comm rn their past see – seen on verbs are participles. eat – eaten Se e pa 3 Note the ge 11 go – gone 2 for a list. difference be tween the He has gone past particip to les be He has been Ghana (and he is still in Ghana no en and gone. to Ghana (b w). ut he is back 4 To make from Ghana the question now.) form we ch ange the wo Have I/y rd order: ou/we/they Has he/she/it finished? 5 We use ha ve(n’t) and has(n’t) in sh ort answers I/you/we/th . Yes, ey have. he/she/it No, I/you/we/th ha ey haven’t s. 6 We can pu . t a question he/she/it word What have hasn’t. I done? Whe in front of a present pe re has she be rfect quest ion: en? How ha ve you been ? 34
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