Commerce 1
The Business Environment
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p.4 - 9
! Study these key words used for grammar:
sentence = zin
tense = tijd (bijv. present tense = tegenwoordige
tijd)
present = tegenwoordige (tijd)
past = verleden (tijd)
past = verleden (tijd)
verb = werkwoord
subject = onderwerp
noun = zelfstandig naamwoord
Language Spot Unit 1A: The present
simple
Key
words: present, 1 verb, fact or habit
They like Italian food (fact)
I, you, we, they, your friends, my parents, etcetera = base form (like, do, work, talk, have)
He, she, it, the teacher, France, the iPad, my dog = base form +s (likes, does, works, talks, has)
Examples:
I walk to school every day (habit, every day)
I walk to school every day (habit, every day)
Spain has a Mediterranean climate (fact, Spain = it so verb
+s)
Tim plays football on Saturdays
(habit,
Saturdays, he = verb +s)
I am too late
(fact)
Language Spot Unit 1B: Questions & Negations = Vragen & Ontkenningen
Questions
1) form of 'to be' (AM, ARE, IS) ?
SWITCH SUBJECT & VERB
I am too late --> Am I too late?
2) can, could, have got, must, should, etcetera?
SWITCH SUBJECT & VERB
She can call all the clients --> Can she call all the clients?
3) ALL other verbs
Add DO/DOES/DON'T/DOESN'T
They like Italian food --> Do they like Italian food?
Tim plays football --> Does Tim play football? !! (no +s after 2nd verb)
Negations
1) form of 'to be' (AM, ARE, IS) ?
I am or I'm not / you are not aren't / she is not or isn't
I am too late --> I'm not too late
2) can, could, have got, must, should, etcetera?
Cannot, couldn't, haven't got, etcetera
She can call all the clients --> She can't call all the clients
3) ALL other verbs
Add DON'T/DOESN'T
They like Italian food --> They don't like Italian food
Tim plays football --> Tim doesn't play football !! (no +s after 2nd verb)
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