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Contractions
with BE: I'm, You're, He's, She's, It's, We're,
They're
These contractions are commonly used to describe people and to speak in the present progressive tense. Describing
People 1. How
would you describe yourself? 2. What
is a compliment you often give? Use you're in your
answer. 3. Think
of a man and a woman that you know. Talk about what
they are like. 4. Use it's to describe the
weather today. 5. Use it's to describe
your city. 6. Think
about yourself and another person or people, such
as your spouse or your family. What kind of people are
you all? 7. Think
about a friend's family. What are they like? Examples I'm
kind, generous, and intelligent. I'm a
kind person. I'm also a generous and intelligent
person. We're
healthy and active. We're
healthy people. We're a
healthy family. We're a healthy and active family. Adjectives list:
active, happy, pleasant, kind, thoughtful,
sensitive, sweet, attractive, unattractive, healthy,
creative, honest, gracious, trustworthy, intuitive,
loving, social, mischievous, charismatic, optimistic,
pessimistic, extroverted,
introverted, depressive, uptight, serious, conservative,
liberal, entitled,
lucky, unlucky, artistic, savvy, aggressive,
competitive, studious, talented, suave,
sporty, handsome, beautiful, simple, realistic The Progressive Tense With this tense, you will frquently use going to. For casual, popular speech, combine the words and pronounce gunnu with u as in up sounds. It is usually spelled gonna. 1. What
are you doing today? 2. Think
of a man and then a woman. Describe each person's
life, e.g. where the person is living, working, any
projects or plans he/she is
doing. 3. Use it's going to to describe how the weather will be later today. 4. How about you and your spouse or family? What are you all doing today? Also, do you have plans, such as places you're gonna visit? 5. Think about a family you know. What are some things they're gonna do? |
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