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"This is" Lesson (A1 Level)

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  "This is" Lesson (A1 Level) Introduction "This is" is a very common phrase in English used to identify or introduce a person or an object. It's one of the first things you learn in English! Forms The basic form is: This is + [noun] For example: "This is a book." We often use contractions (short forms) in spoken English: This's + [noun] For example: "This's a book." Negative Form To make "this is" negative, we add "not" after "is": This is not + [noun] For example: "This is not a book." Contraction: This isn't + [noun] For example: "This isn't a book." Question Form To make "this is" a question, we invert "is" and "this": Is this + [noun]? For example: "Is this a book?" Uses Identifying Objects : We use "this is" to point to something and say what it is. "This is a table." (You are pointing to a table) "This...
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Past Simple Tense (A1 Level)

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  Understanding the Past Simple Tense (A1 Level) What is the past simple tense? The past simple tense is used to talk about actions or events that happened in the past and are finished. Forms of the Past Simple Regular Verbs: To form the past simple of regular verbs, we usually add "-ed" to the base form of the verb. Examples: play → played walk → walked cook → cooked If the verb ends in "e", we just add "d". Examples: like → liked dance → danced If the verb ends in "consonant + y", we change "y" to "i" and add "-ed". Examples: study → studied cry → cried Irregular Verbs: Irregular verbs have special past simple forms that do not follow the "-ed" rule. You need to learn these forms. Examples: go → went see → saw eat → ate have → had Negative Form: To make a negative sentence, we use "did not" (or "didn't") + the base form of the verb. Examples: I did not (didn't) play football ye...
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