ESS- Lessons 1-6 explained in English and Portuguese

English Sentence Structure

 (English)    

This page is a guide for students that want to learn English.

You will find exercises that help beginners and advanced students. 



In a simple way the  you find exercises 
-  that show the correct way to speak 
-  the correct way to write. 
-  the way to correct the usage of English spoken in the wrong way.

Unfortunately many times we forget the basics in English. It is important how we communicate
  -  by speaking 
  -  by writing  

Enjoy the exercises and practice them, you will see the difference in a short time.

Lesson 1                     Lesson 4
Lesson 2                     Lesson 5
Lesson 3                     Lesson 6

( Portuguese) 

English Sentence Structure

                                                                              

Esta página é uma guia para estudantes que querem aprender Inglês.

Você vai encontrar exercícios 
  -  que ajudam o aluno iniciante  
  -  também os alunos avançados. 

São exercícios simples que mostram a maneira correta de falar e escrever. O metodo é também bom para corrigir alguns aspectos em que o uso do Inglês é falado errada.

Infelizmente, muitas vezes, esquecemos o básico do Inglês que faz a diferença em toda a nossa comunicação com outras pessoas, faladas ou escritas.

Aproveite os exercícios e praticá-los, você verá a diferença em pouco tempo.

Lesson 1                    Lesson 4
Lesson 2                    Lesson 5
Lesson 3                    Lesson 6

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English Sentence Structure - (mp3) Lessons 1-6

English Sentence Structure

 (English)    

This page is to be used as a guide for students that want to learn English an a simpler, faster way with "English Sentence Structure".

You will find exercises that help both the beginner and also the advanced students. They are simple exercises that show the correct way to speak and write. They also correct some ways where the usage of English is spoken in the wrong way.

Unfortunately we many times forget the basics in English that make a whole difference in our communicating with others either spoken or written.                                                      

Enjoy the exercises and practice them, you will see the difference in a short time.

Lesson 1                     Lesson 4
Lesson 2                     Lesson 5
Lesson 3                     Lesson 6

Check out the possibility to learn English on Skype with  Theodore Nightingale.

Pelo Skype você pode encontrar-me com o nome "englishcoursetn" Aproveite e deixa um recado... "quero uma aula demonstrativa"  

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English Sentence Structure- lesson 3 ex 3

Eu aprendi uma coisa ao passar os anos!

Uma delas é perceber a sequencia na frase. 

No primeiro slide você pode encontrar uma sequencia em uma frase afirmativa.

Observe:
He studies English here in the morning.  (observe a sequencia:  sujeito + verbo + o que + onde + quando)

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Exercise 3. Practice the position of adverbials of place and time. Substitute the words in the proper positions.

The teacher has breakfast   at a restaurant   in the morning. 

at 7 A.M.            THE TEACHER HAS BREAKFAST  AT A RESTAURANT   AT 7 A.M.

1. at a restaurant                   

2. coffee                                  

3. at noon                               

4. here                                    

5. In that building                

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English Sentence Structure - Lesson 6 ex 15

The use of posessive pronouns:

           singular:    my, your, his, her, its,

plural:       our, your, their

Usually, we use the personal pronouns at the beggining of a sentence, but when there is something that we talk about that is posessive we use the posessive pronouns.

My car is blue.

My job is fantastic.    

But, in lesson 15 we find the following examples:

personal                                  posessive
Mary                    washed              her           hands.  
I                           washed              my           hands.

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Exercise 15. 

Mary washed her hands.

 I                I         WASHED MY HANDS. 

John         JOHN WASHED HIS HANDS. 

1. Mrs. Miller  

2. George and Paul  

3. The students 

4. We  

5. The man  

6. Mary 

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English Sentence Structure Lesson 6 ex 10

In this lesson we work with quantity expressions,

Hope it is helpful!!!!!

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Exercise 10. Substitute a few, and a little in place of a small number or a small quantity. Substitute a lot of in place of a large number or a large quantity. 

John drinks a large quantity of coffee. JOHN DRINKS A LOT OF COFFEE. 

I need a small quantity of sugar. I NEED A LITTLE SUGAR. 

1. They have a small quantity of money.

2. He has a small number of apples.

3. We have a large number of classes. 

4. We need a large quantity of bread. 

5. Do you drink a large quantity of milk? 

6. Does John have a large number of ties? 

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English Sentence Structure - Lesson 6 ex. 6

Articles:  a and an

When  do I use the article a in English?

I use a before any word that is sigular and that starts with a consonant.

example:  a book,  a car,  a house  etc...

I use an in words that start with vowels

examples:  an apple, an elephant  etc..       

I can also use an before   "hour"   because the "h" is silent and when I say hour I don´t pronounce the consoant h but instead the o.   (our)

Enjoy this lesson!

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Exercise 6. Practice the use of a, an and some with nouns. Substitute the words into the statement and make the necessary changes.

He’s going to buy a car tomorrow. 

house                  HE’S GOING TO BUY A HOUSE TOMORROW.

apples                           HE’S GOING TO BUY SOME APPLES TOMORROW.                             

1 table          
2 chairs        
3 furniture    
4 tomatoes  
5 soup          
6 bananas   

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English Sentence Structure - Lesson 6 ex 3

Let´s observe the simplicity of English.

For example:

In the sentence... 

1. John is studying music.   ( I find no article "the" before the word music)

but... in  

2. I am studying the history of Brazil  uses "the"  because of the word "of".

3. John is studying Mexican music.

Did you understand?   I hope so!!

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Exercise 3. Substitute the words which are given. Use the article the when necessary.

John is studying music. 

music of Mozart             JOHN IS STUDYING THE MUSIC OF MOZART

philosophy                                 JOHN IS STUDYING PHILOSOPHY.

1. philosophy of Aristotle
2. history  
3. history of Thailand
4. music
5. music of Mexico
6. Mexican music

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English Sentence Structure- Lesson 6 ex. 2

How do we use  "the"  in sentences?

We need to remember that names of people, languages,  

with a few exeptions of countries, streets or time do not use "the"!!

Look at the examples: 

When listening to exercise 2 try to understand how and when "the" is used.
In general, when there is a name, it is capitalized... we don´t use the.

For example:
Mr. John Smith    does not use "the"
but, the doctor needs "the" 
  
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Substitute the words which are given. Use the article the where an article is necessary.

I am going to see the professor.

 

Professor Miller  I AM GOING TO SEE PROFESSOR MILLER.

doctor           I AM GOING TO SEE THE DOCTOR.

            1. Doctor Allen              
2. Miss Smith                
3. United States            
4. Canada                      
5. Pacific Ocean            
6. Pennsylvania Avenue

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English Sentence Structure - Lesson 5 ex 15

When do we use any and some?

When you can count something you use some.
When you make a question or negative sentence you use any.

When you have a question that asks:  
Do you want any coffee?

The answer may be:
Not any, thanks.    or
Yes  please I would like some.

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English Sentence Structure - Lesson 5 ex 11

When do we use auxilaries with adverbs of frequency? 

In this exercise we  need to be careful when always, usually, often. somtimes are used. These adverbs of frequency use an auxilary in negative and questions. 

I don´t always go downtown.

I seldom go downtown.

Seldom, rarely and never do not use auxilaries.

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English Sentence Structure - Lesson 5 ex 8

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English Sentence Structure - Lesson 5 ex 7

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English Sentence Structure - Lesson 5 ex 6

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English Sentence Structure - Lesson 5 ex. 6

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English Sentence Structure - Lesson 5 ex. 4

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English Sentence Structure - Lesson 5 ex 3

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English Sentence Structure - Lesson 5 ex 1

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English Sentence Structure - Lesson 4 ex 16

This is an interesting lesson. We find this sentence:

The    store    is     new.
           noun         adjective


In English we can put the adjective first.  ex.

It    is   a    new        store.
                  adjetive   noun
Em inglês podemos colocar o adjectivo antes do substantivo.

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English Sentence Structure - Lesson 4 Ex 15

In the last exercise we used the simple progresive.
In this lesson we want to answer the quertion in a simple way.

STATEMENT:              John  is studying grammar.

QUESTION:              Is John studying grammar
ANSWER:              Yes, he   is.

As you can notice the verb "is" or in this case the auxilary is found in the beginning of the question and  in the answer it is found at the end,

Como pode observar o verbo "is" ou neste caso é usado como auxiliar. Na pergunta encontramos no começo, mas na resposta encontramos no final da resposta.

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English Sentence Structure - Lesson 4 - ex 12

In this lesson we want to practice the present progresive:

I  am    writing    now.
     to be +    verb ing

  

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