Progressive Tense ` The progressive tense involves action that is, was, or will be in progress at a certain time. In the progressive tense, verbs are formed with a "be" verb + ing. ` run ` I am running a marathon right now. (present progressive) I was running a marathon at this time last year. (past progressive) I will be running a marathon next Sunday. (future progressive) ` eat ` I am eating lunch now. I was eating lunch when you saw me. I will be eating lunch in the meeting. ` learn ` I am learning English at my desk. I was learning English the last 2 years. I will be learning English then. ` cook ` I am cooking my supper now. I was cooking our dinner when you called me. I will be cooking breakfast by the time you come home.
Simple Tense ` Verb tense tells you when the action happens. ` There are three main verb tenses: present, past, and future. ` Each main tense is divided into simple, progressive, perfect, and perfect progressive tenses.
Action Verbs ` Action verbs express action and are the most common verbs. ` Action verbs need s at the end with third-person, singular subjects. ` He eats bread. She walks to the station. It floats on the sea. ` Negative sentences need do not, does not, or did not. ` I do not eat bread. He does not eat bread. You did not walk to the station. It does not float on the sea. ` Interrogative sentences begin with do, does, or did. ` Do you eat bread? Does he eat bread? Does she walk to the station? Did they finish it? ` Do not can be shortened to don't, does not to doesn't, and did not to didn't. ` I don't eat bread. She doesn't walk to the station. It doesn't float on the sea. They didn't finish it.
Personal Pronouns ` Personal pronouns refer to a person: I, You, They, He, We I go to school. You are a student. They are Koreans. He works here. We gave her food. ` The word ‘it' refers to an ob-ject: I drank it. It is big. They cut it into halves.
Pronouns ` A pronoun takes the place of a noun. ` Example story: ` Mary is one of the heads of the ToJi Corporation. Mary works with Mr. James and Mr. James' son Tom. Mr. James and Mr. James' son Tom are experts in biochemistry. Mary, Mr. James, and Tom researched and invented a drug for cancer treatment. ` If the story above is written using pronouns: ` Mary is one of the heads of the ToJi Corporation. She works with Mr. James and his son Tom. He and his son Tom are experts in biochemistry. They researched and invented a drug for cancer treatment.
Possessive Nouns ` Possessive nouns are used to indicate ownership. ` Possessive nouns usually are formed by adding an apostrophe (') and s. ` John's bookGrandma's mirror ` When a noun is plural and ends in s, just add an apostrophe ('). The kids' toys My parents' house ` If two people own one thing, add the apostrophe and s to the second person only. John and Mary's new house David and Sue's wedding Tom and Doug's car ` If two people own separate things, add the apostrophe and s for each person. ` Susan's and Beth's books Jean's and Dan's pants Ben's and Jim's offices
Non-count Nouns ` Work with ex-pressions such as (some, any, enough, this, that, and much). We ate some rice and milk. I hope to see some sunshine today. This meat is good. She does not speak much Spanish. Do you see any traffic on the road? That wine is very old. ` Do NOT work with ex-pressions such as (these, those, every, each, either, or neither).
Non-count nouns ` Cannot be counted. They usually express a group or a type. ` water, wood, ice, air, oxygen, English, Spanish, traffic, furniture, milk, wine, sugar, rice, meat, flour, soccer, sunshine, etc. ` Generally cannot be pluralized. ` Work both with and without an article (a, an, or the), depending on the context of the sentence. ` Sugar is sweet. The sunshine is beautiful. I drink milk. The wood is burning.
Count Nouns ` Work with appropriate articles (a, an, or the). ` a pen, the computer, a bottle, the spoon, a desk, the cup, a television, the chair, a shoe, the finger, a flower, the camera, a stick, the balloon, a book, the table, a comb, etc. ` Do NOT work with much (for example, you would never say much pens or much computers).
Count Nouns vs. Non-Count Nouns ` Can be counted as one or more. ` pen, computer, bottle, spoon, desk, cup, television, chair, shoe, finger, flower, camera, stick, balloon, book, table, comb, etc. ` Take an s to form the plural. ` pens, computers, bottles, spoons, desks, cups, televisions, chairs, shoes, fingers, flowers, cameras, sticks, balloons, books, tables, combs, etc. ` Work with ex-pressions such as (a few, few, many, some, every, each, these, and the number of). ` a few pens, a few computers, many bottles, some spoons, every desk, each cup, these televisions, the number of chairs, a few shoes, a few fingers, many flowers, some cameras, every stick, each balloon, these books, the number of tables, many combs, etc.
Singular and Plural Nouns A noun names a person, place, thing, or idea. ` Usually, the first page of a grammar book tells you about nouns. Nouns give names of concrete or abstract things in our lives. As babiesdad" as their first word, nouns should be the first topic when you study a foreign language. ` For the plural form of most nouns, add s. ` bottle – bottles cup – cups pencil – pencils desk – desks window – windows ` For nouns that end in ch, x, s, or s sounds, add es. ` box – boxes bus – buses ` For nouns ending in f or fe, change f to v and add es. ` wolf – wolves ` Some nouns have different plural forms. child – children ` Nouns ending in vowels like y or o do not have definite rules. ` baby – babies
"I'm" ` I'm' is an abbreviation for the word 'I AM.' It is used in combination with other words to tell someone about yourself or to describe something you are doing. ` Here are some examples: ` "I'm so tired." "I'm confused." "I'm happy." "I'm twenty three years old." "I'm hungry." "I'm nervous." "I'm excited." "I'm leaving work." "I'm thirsty." "I'm from Seattle." ` You can also add desc-riptive words with 'I'm' such as: ` "I'm extremely tired." "I'm very happy." "I'm terribly hungry." "I am super excited." "I'm very nervous." ` Source: TALKENGLISH.COM
Sam 박셔린~♥ I'm so happy you tried! kkk
"I'm so happy and blessed."...too kkk
10 years ago
Julia 너무 피곤해요.
I'm confused.
난 행복해요.
스물세살이에요.
배가 고파요.
I'm nervous.
신나요.
I'm leaving work.
목이 말라요.
시애틀에서 왔어요.
This is my attempt to translate to Korean. I guess I learned a little Korean this year, but I don't know if it is right.
It's a default here in MP. 
I wondered and asked oppa about it before...
It happened when I typed it too... I typed it without a hyphen... 
kkk
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