EIGHTH GRADE ENGLISH

Virtual English Practice

I term March 16th.

https://www.grammar.cl/english/adjectives-word-order.htm

Adjectives: 

Adjectives are words that give more information about a noun or pronoun and can go in different positions in a sentence.

Most adjectives can be used in front of a noun:

They have a beautiful house.
We saw a very exciting film last night.

or after a link verb like be, look or feel:

Their house is beautiful.
That film looks interesting.

 When we use more than one adjective before a noun in English, we often put the adjectives in a specific order. It can sound quite strange if the adjectives are in a different order. However, there are two things to remember. First, it's very rare to use more than three adjectives before a noun. Second, sometimes the order can be changed, usually to emphasise something.

1. Opinion: pretty, horrible, lovely
2. Size: huge, tiny, big, little
3. Age: old, young, new
4. Shape: round, square, triangular
5. Colour: black, red, yellow
6. Origin: British, Chinese, French
7. Material: woollen, wooden, silk
8. Purpose: writing (paper), school (shoes)

Determiners (words like 'a' or 'some' or' several') go at the beginning. We also put adverbs like 'really' and 'very' at the beginning, after the determiners.

Here are some examples:

• I carried a very small black suitcase.
• They have some old French paintings.
• She was wearing a new red silk dress.
• That is a really ugly wooden chair.
• We bought a new round kitchen table.
• There are some new Chinese students in the class

For example:

1. I love that really big old green antique car that always parked at the end of the street.
2. My sister adopted a beautiful big white bulldog.

When there are two or more adjectives that are from the same group, the word and is placed between the two adjectives:

1. The house is green and red.
2. The library has old and new books.

When there are three or more adjectives from the same adjective group, place a comma between each of the coordinate adjectives:

1. We live in the big green, white and red house at the end of the street.
2. My friend lost a red, black and white watch.

A comma is not placed between an adjective and the noun.

Differences between People

Activity: Write a text discribing a person, place,object...Use all information studied before.

Virtual English Practice

I term March 1st

Present Perfect

Definition of the present perfect tense

The present perfect is used to indicate a link between the present and the past. The time of the action is before now but not specified, and we are often more interested in the result than in the action itself.

The Present Perfect is used to describe

• An action or situation that started in the past and continues in the present. I have lived in Bristol since 1984 (= and I still do.)
• An action performed during a period that has not yet finished. She has been to the cinema twice this week (= and the week isn't over yet.)
• A repeated action in an unspecified period between the past and now. We have visited Portugal several times.
• An action that was completed in the very recent past, expressed by 'just'. I have just finished my work.
• An action when the time is not important. He has read 'War and Peace'. (= the result of his reading is important)

Forming the Present Perfect

The present perfect of any verb is composed of two elements : the appropriate form of the auxiliary verb to have (present tense), plus the past participle of the main verb. The past participle of a regular verb is base+ed, e.g. played, arrived, looked. For irregular verbs, see the Table of irregular verbs in the section called 'Verbs'.

Affirmative
Subject	to have	past participle
She	has	visited.
Negative
Subject	to have + not	past participle
She	has not (hasn't)	visited.
Interrogative
to have	subject	past participle
Has	she	visited?
Negative interrogative
to have + not	subject	past participle
Hasn't	she	visited?

To Walk, present perfect

Affirmative	Negative	Interrogative
I have walked	I haven't walked	Have I walked?
You have walked	You haven't walked.	Have you walked?
He, she, it has walked	He, she, hasn't walked	Has he, she, it walked?
We have walked	We haven't walked	Have we walked?
You have walked	You haven't walked	Have you walked?
They have walked	They haven't walked	Have they walked?

Example practice:  (Speak)

Affirmative sentence:  She has spoken in the meeting for three hours.

Negative sentence: She has not spoken in the meetin for three hours.

Question:   Has she spoken in the meeting for three hours? Yes, she has./ No, she has not( hasn´t)

Rewrite the sentences like in the example.

1. They _______________London this month. (leave)

2. He _______________a lot of English papers. (bring)

3. She _________________me about it. (tell)

4. I ___________________a long letter from father this week. (get)

5. She (just)___________________; she will speak to you in a minute. (come)

6. I ____________________ to Radio City. (be)

7. I think the director_____________________ the town. (leave)

8. I ______________________my office. (paint)

9. We______________________ her since she arrived to our city. (know)

10. I _______________________your name. (forget)

11. He_______________________ the door. (close)

12. He_______________________ it since we left him. (do)

13. I ________________________ him my last penny. (give)

14. This order ______________________to many misunderstandings. (lead)

15. He __________________________his name on my book. (write)

 

COMPLETE THE CHART VERBS BELOW.