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IMPROVE YOUR WRITING SKILLS A/ AVOID BASIC MISTAKES Articles - indefinite: sing. a/an I'd like a cup of tea. - general: sing/pl. No article I'like tea/apples - particular: sing/pl. the I don't like the tea in this tea shop Always with an auxilary Do you like tea? Would you like some tea? He won't/will not believe you. Be V-ing Present Past Present perfect past perfect He's working. He was working. He has been working all morning. He had been working all morning. Present simple S (third person sing.) She sings very well. Past simple -ed (regular verbs) - 2nd column (irregular verbs She worked yesterday. She sang at the concert yesterday. Temps composés HAVE + past participle Have you seen him today? I hadn't thought about it. “Depuis” For + duration since + starting point (+present perfect or past perfect) He hasn't worked for 2 hours. He hasn't worked since 2 o'clock. Passive voice BE + past participle He was beaten to death. Conjugation Interrogative and negative forms Modals Modal + Verb base He mustn't reveal the secret Modal +have +past participle Probability in the past He must have revealed the secret. He can't have done it. Gerund Verb-ing used as a noun (after a preposition, as a subject, after stop or start...) I'm fed up with (your) shouting. (Your) shouting gets on my nerves Stop shouting! Infinitive to+verb The action is not done yet I'd like you to stop shouting. He stopped watching the film to help his mum. “Il y a” Existence There is+sing/there are+pl There's a new student in our class. Are there many students in your school? Time marker … ago. (simple past) He arrived two days ago. Subject pronouns I you he she it We you they Before a verb We went out yesterday. Object pronouns Me you him her it us you them After a verb Lend him this book please! Possessive Possessor's (sing.) possessors' (plural) Your father's car Your parents' car Possession Possessive adjectives + noun My, your, his, her, its our, your, their Prossessive pronouns Without a noun (Your car is Mine, yours, his, hers, its blue whereas mine is red) ours, yours, theirs Reflexive pronouns Myself, yourself, himself, herself itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves Relative pronouns Subject Who, which, that The man who is at the door... The car which/that is parked in front of the door... Object No pronoun or who(m), which, that The man Ø/that/who(m) you can see at the door.... The car Ø/that/which you can see... possession whose The man whose car is parked in front of the door..... Always singular adj+noun Short curly black hair Short adj-er (than) more + long adj (than) ▲ good-> better ▲ bad-> worse ▲ far-> farther/further My brother is more athletic than me but I'm slimmer. Equality As + adj + as so+adj+as (only negative) His hair is as curly as mine but it is not so long. Inferiority Less + adj + than He is less tidy than me and less organised. Superiority This is my youngest brother, he is the most talented in the family ▲ Irregular The + short adj-est The most + long adj ▲ good-> better ▲ bad-> worse ▲far-> farther/further Inferiority The least + adj I am the least hard-working. Adjectives Comparative Superiority ▲Irregular Superlative She was looking at herself in the mirror. The children did it themselves; nobody helped them many/much Many + pl much + sg Did you see many people at the concert? There isn't much cheese left. Few /little few + pl little + sg There were few people at the concert. There is little milk left Linkwords (see worksheet) B. No more typical mistakes: People People are (sg) These (pl of this) Those( pl of that) w.o. after what to (purpose) Children A child Who -> that Must + BV Want + subject + to Every +sing persons Some people is are waiting at the bus stop. this that ex I don't know what is the problem is. for to do this … 2 Children(s) A child(ren) … a car who is red -> THAT/WHICH He must to do that He want that you do He wants you to do I play tennis every Sunday(s) C. Understand and correct your mistakes X ???? 3rd p. art aux comp for/since Fr GC il y a awk. Ing int. inv irr. LK mod. neg pass. poss poss. adj. prep pron. rel sg/pl sp Span. sup tns voc W.O. omission meaningless third person singular article auxiliary comparative for/since French grammatical category ago/there is/there are akward gerund questions invariable irregular form linking word modal negation passive voice possessive possessive adjective preposition wrong pronoun wrong relative pronoun agreement spelling Spanish superlative tense vocabulary word order oubli incompréhensible “s” 3e personne du sing. pb article pb auxiliaire comparatif traduction de depuis gallicisme nature grammaticale traduction de “il y a » Maladroit /mal dit /lourd gérondif forme interrogative invariable irregulier mot de liaison modal forme negative voix passive cas possessif adjectif possessif préposition problème de pronom problème de relatif pb accord orthographe hispanisme superlatif temps lexique ordre des mots