Grammar and Usage

Lesson 22 (Level 1)

Conjunctions

conjunctions connect two words or sentences.

and - Ali and Reza are friends

but - the car is fast but it's old

or - Is he at home or at work?

so - It's holiday so let's go picnic

I have a book and a pen
I have a car and Hadi has a car, too
she is speaking English but I am speaking Arabic
we are playing football but we are not playing vollyball
Is it black or is it white?
You stay home or come with me
it's snowing so it's very cold
I am learning English so I can speak English.

Present Continues Tense Practice

Structure

subject + To Be + Verbing + C

I am beginning my work
you are submitting your homework
they are paying their tax
the doctor is treating his patient
she is living in Herat
Ali and Reza are entering the school

Present Continues Tense Usages

Present Continues Tense is used:

To show an action is happening now

I am talking to my father

He is washing the dishes

We are speaking on the phone
To show the current state or condition of someone or something

she is wearing a blue coat

it's raining in Kabul
To show a regular or repeated action

the trees are growing very fast

we are playing football every day
To express will or intention

I am leaving Kabul

she is making a film next year

Be going to

Future action with "be going to"

be + going to is used to show a strong will for a future action.

subject + be going to + Verb + C

I am going to travel to Iran
You are going to watch a movie
they are going to make a house
He is going to talk with you
she is going to teach English
Ali and Reza are going to enter the school

Change the following sentences into English

Make sentences from below jumbled words

now/is/she/working
Sara/Samira/and/English/studying/are
from/coming/Afghanistan/are/we
ver/growing/fast/are/the tees
a car/he/everyday/driving/is
are/football/playing/the students/

Turn the following sentences into question

the car is moving on the street
my brother is working at a bank
she and her brother are living in kabul
Samira and Sara are helping their mother at home
they are making a house in the city
the students are speaking English

Change the following sentences into Present Continues Tense

she (work)s in a hotel
they (play) football at school
I (speak) English with my students
he (drive)s a taxi in the city
we (make) a house in the garden
you (come) home from USA

Grammar Exercise

make present continues sentences from below jumbled words

in/living/they/a/are/house
cleaning/is/she/house/the
in/brother/the park/playing/my/is
red/wearing/is/Sara/jacket/a
football/we/at/playing/are/school.
Habib/are/his/teaching/brother/and/English
father/working/your/is/a bank/in/?
helping/at/my/I/home/am/mother
Samira and Sara/English/are/speaking
very/growing/the trees/fast/are
Nasim/homework/is/his/writing
in/sky/the/birds/the/are/flying

ّFill in the blanks with proper conjunctions

Hashem his brother are learning English. they are going to school in the morning they are going to English class in the afternoo. their house is near the park they go to park every day. Sara is Hashem's sister. she is learning English she is not going to school. she is graduated . Hashem his brother are going to the same school they are not classmates. now, I ask you, who is older, Hashem his brother?

Try the above exercise on your own first. see the answers only if you're unable to figure out the answers. Jumbled words
conjunctions

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