Corso d’Inglese Grammar

1. Soggetti / pronomi / possessivi

soggetto	pronome	aggettivo possessivo	pronome possessivo	pronome riflessivo
i	me	my ( mio )	mine ( il/la mio/a )	myself ( me stesso/a )
you	you	your	yours ( il/la tuo/a )	yourself ( te stesso/a )
he	him	his	his	himself
she	her	her	hers	herself
it	it	its	----	itself
we	us	our	ours	ourselves
you	you	your	yours	yourselves
they	them	their	theirs	theirselves

2. What time is it ?

1:00 – One o’clock;
12:00 - twelve o’clock or Noon se mezzogiorno.
4:00 p.m. It’s four in the afternoon.Sono le sedici.
6:30 - half past six or thirty minutes till seven ( 30 minuti fin alle sette). Ricordiamo che till è il termine meno formale rispetta ad untill/fino a.
10:30 Half past ten. Le 10 e mezza, ma anche thirty minutes untill 11/ 30 minuti fino alle 11.
11:30 Half past eleven. Le 11 e 30, ma anche thirty minutes untill 12/mezz’ora fino alle 12.
It’s half past twelve. Sono le 12:30.

Morning - Mattina dalle 12 della mezzanotte fino alle 12 dell’ora di pranzo. Afternoon - Pomeriggio dalle 12 di mezzogiorno fino al tramonto. Evening - Sera dalle 17:00 fino alle 20:00. Night - dalle 6:00 p.m. fino alla mezzanotte, 12:00 a.m

3. adverbs of frequency

[always, often, usually, somtimes, hardly ever, ever|never] [max freq … 0]

always sempre
Often ( spesso)
Usually ( solitamente )
Sometimes a volte
hardly ever quasi mai
Ever ( mai )
- Have you ever met him? (Lo hai mai conosciuto?)
Never ( mai ) (vuole sempre il verbo nella forma affermativa)
- I have never met him. (Non l’ho mai conosciuto.)

4. Other adverbs

Just ( appena )
- I have just met him. (L’ho appena conosciuto.)
Already ( già ) (usato in frasi affermative e interrogative)
- I have already met him. (L’ho già conosciuto.)
- Have you already met him? (Lo hai già conosciuto?)
Recently or Lately ( Recentemente )
- I have met him recently. (L’ho conosciuto recentemente.)
Yet
- ancora (in frasi negative) - I haven’t met him yet. ( Non l’ho ancora conosciuto. )
- già (in frasi interrogative) - Have you met him yet? ( Lo hai già conosciuto? )

5. Preposizioni

in - in tra - beetwen con - with su - on per - for fra -

6. Present Simple

6.1. DO/DOES

Il verbo do che in italiano significa fare può essere utilizzato anche come ausiliare per la formazione di frasi interrogative e negative. In questo secondo caso si veda la tabella sotto:

DO - tutte le persone DOES - terza persona singolare

N°	question word	auxiliary	subject	infinite	other
1		do	you	like	cinema ?	yes/no question form	ASI form
2	where	do	you	stay ?		double question form	QUASI form
3		do	you	do ?			ASI form
4	what	does	max	study			QUASI form
5		does	max	speak	english ?		ASI form
		Do	you	have	a bycicle ?		ASI form

Ref	answers	subject	auxliary	verb	other
1	No	i	don’t	like	cinema
1	yes	i	do			Yes/no questions form
2		i		stay	in appartment
3		I		do	the homework
4		He		study	French
5	yes	He	does			short form*
5	no	he	doesn’t			short form*
6	yes	I		have	a bycicle

*in short form ( 5 ) use personal pronoum

NB : He does like rock music - in the like form do/does is a reinforcing

6.2. Questions whit be

Don’t use do/does

N°	BE	subject	infinite	other
1	Are	you	study		ASI form
2	Is	there		a bank near here ?	ASI form
3

Ref	answers	subject	BE	verb	other
1	Yes	I	am	study	english
1	Yes	I	am			yes/No form

6.3. Questions with have

Si può applicare il DO/DOES e il “question whit be”

6.4. have/has

have breackfast : fare colazione
i have not : non ho
i don’t have : non c’e’ l’ho

6.5. Example

do/does/did

7. Past Simple

vds Irregulars verbs

7.1. DID

Use DID for all person

NB : I walked \(\neq\) I didn’t walk

N°	question word	auxiliary	subject	infinite	other
1		Did	you	go	to Rio ?
2		Did	Max	go	to Paris ?
3	Where	did	they	go	last week ?
4		did	max	have	a bicycle ?

Ref	answers	subject	auxliary	verb	other
1	yes	i		went	to Rio
1	yes	i	did			short form*
1	no	i	didn’t			short form*
1	no	i	didn’t	go	to Rio
2	yes	he	id			short form*
3		them		went	at cinema
4	yes	he	had

*in short form ( 4 ) use personal pronoum

7.2. question with Was/Were

Don’t use did in questions

N°	BE	subject	infinite	other
1	was	you	study		ASI form
2	Is	there		a bank near here ?	ASI form
3

Ref	answers	subject	auxliary	verb	other
1	Yes	I		studyed	english
1	Yes	I	did			short form*

7.3. Example