Irrelevant ideas
Francisco Garcia is a student (1). (2)He is fifteen years old. (3) She is kind and friendly. (4) He is from Los Angeles, California. Francisco is at a desk.

the irrelevant idea : She is kind and friendly.


Subject and Verb
Francisco and his family live at 145 Oak Street.

The subject:Francisco and his family
The verb:live


Action Verbs
examples: run, talk, skip, sleep, jump, hop, snore, go

Imperative sentences
For example: Come here! Sit down! Open the door!

Negative Imperatives
For example: Don't go! Do not walk on the grass. Don’t waste your time.

Count and Non count Nouns
Count Nouns:tomatoes-onions-bananas-apples-eggs-oranges
Non count Nouns:lettuce-meat-fish-chicken-bread-cheese

Sequential Order
___Mrs. Garcia pays for the groceries and the Garcia family goes home.
___Then Maria and Francisco carry the groceries into the apartment.
___Next, Mr. and Mrs. Garcia put away the groceries in the kitchen.
___Finally, the family relaxes and has lunch.

End Punctuation
Example: It’s very convenient.(statement)
Example: Is it convenient?(question)
Example: Finally, they relax!(Strong statement)

Adjectives
The tall woman is in the park.

adjective:tall (before nouns(

The woman is tall.

adjective:tall(after the verb be)


Location phrases
I am in my favorite place.

Location phrases:in my favorite place


Simple Present:
Example: I walk to school every day.
Example:I never dance.

Adverb of frequency
I often arrive early.

Adverb of frequency:often


Present Continuous Tense
Example:We are studying right now.
Example:We are not studying right now.

Object Pronouns
Please help me understand.

Object Pronouns:me(after verbs)

Fatima works with you.

Object Pronouns:you(after preposition)


Adverb
I called you last night.
You dress is very beautiful.
The rain stopped quite suddenly.
She's watching them carefully.
I sometimes go shopping with my parents.

Types of adverbs
It answers the question "when?"
I phoned you yesterday.

It answers the question "where?"
I live here.

It answers the question "how?"
She sleeps soundly.

this answers the questions "to what degree?" or "how much?"
It is too dark for us to see anything.

this answers the question "how often?"
He will never finish in time.


Organization :general to specific
----1----- It's cold, wet Saturday in Washington D.C.
----2----- I'm staying home and watching a movie.
----3----- There are many people in the movie.
----4----- They are singing and dancing.

Time Expressions
in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening on Saturday, on January 3rd at 12:oo p.m. at noon, at night, at midnight
for two hours , for five days, for ten minutes from 3:00 to 5:00

Simple Past Tense with regular verbs: affirmative
Example :I lived in Jeddah last year.
Example: I did not live in Riyadh last year.

Simple Past Tense with be (was/were): affirmative & negative
Example:I was at the game.
Example:I was not (wasn’t) at the game.

Simple Past Tense with have(had): affirmative & negative
Example:I had breakfast at 7:00 a.m. this morning.
Example:I didn’t have breakfast at 8:00 a.m. this morning.

Parts of a Letter
March 23, 2010 : The heading
Dear Abdullah, : The greeting
how are you? I’m great. I’m sitting in the park right now. I’m relaxing with my friends. Last weekend was really exciting. I went to Jeddah with my family […] Did you do anything interesting? Write soon! : The body of the letter
Your friend, : The closing
MAHER Al-HAMAD : The signature

Time Transition Words
Later on, we took a bus to Central Park.

Time Transition Word: Later on


Synonyms for adjectives
Very interesting = amazing
Unusual = strange
Frightening = scary
Very good = great
Very tired = exhausted
Bright = sunny

Antonyms for adjectives
Boring # exciting
Cloudy # clear
Empty # crowded
Careless # careful
In danger # safe
Uncomfortable # comfortable

Simple past tense of irregular verbs
They took a trip to New York.
They didn’t take a trip to San Francisco.

SUBJECT and PREDICATE
My family lives in an apartment.

SUBJECT:My family
PREDICATE:lives in an apartment


Compound Subject
My sister speaks English well.
My mother and my father speak English well.
My brother, sister, and mother speak English well.

Compound predicate
He laughed and cried at the same time.

Transitive Verbs: Subject + Verb + Object
Khalid and Ahmad had lunch at a restaurant.

Subject :Khalid and Ahmad
Verb:had
Object:lunch


Intransitive verbs
The sun rises in the east.

Connecting words: And
I like chocolate ice cream. I like coffee ice cream.
I like chocolate ice cream and coffee ice cream.

Connecting words: or
I can’t speak French. I can’t speak Japanese.
I can’t speak French or Japanese.

Sentence Combining:
(A) I am a cartoon animal.
(B) I am famous.
I am a famous cartoon animal.
• (A) I have big ears.
(B) I have black ears.
I have big black ears.
• (A) I always wear red shorts.
(B) I always wear white gloves.
I always wear red shorts and white gloves.
• (A) I live in a place called Disneyland.
(B) I work in a place called Disneyland.
I live and work in a place called Disneyland.