Transcript draw

Inovácia obsahu a metód vzdelávania prispôsobená potrebám
vedomostnej spoločnosti
ART TECHNIQUES
Drawing
(grammar)
VYPRACOVAL: Mgr. VLADISLAV KRAVEC, jún 2014
„Moderné vzdelávanie pre vedomostnú spoločnosť/Projekt je spolufinancovaný zo zdrojov EÚ“
CONTENT
• Grammar used in this lesson
(Present simple and continuous tense
revision – form, use)
Grammar in use
• Present simple tense
– he, she, it: in the third person singular the verb
always ends in -s:
he draws, she needs, he gives, she thinks.
– Negative and question forms use DOES (=the third
person of the auxiliary 'DO') + the infinitive of the
verb.
E.g.: He draws. Does he draw? He does not draw.
Grammar in use
– Verbs ending in -y : the third person changes
the -y to -ies:
fly flies, cry cries
!Exception!: if there is a vowel before the -y:
play plays, pray prays
– Add -es to verbs ending in:-ss, -x, -sh, -ch:
he passes, she sketches, he fixes, it pushes
Grammar in use
• Present continuous tense
- The present continuous of any verb is composed of
two parts - the present tense of the verb to be + the
present participle of the main verb.
E.g. : I am drawing, You are sketching, She is
observing...
- The form of the present participle is: base + ing,
e.g. sketching, measuring, rubbing
Grammar in use
• Present simple and continuous tense
comparison:
+ He draws / He is drawing
? Does he draw / Is he drawing?
- He does not draw / He is not (isn’t) drawing.
Grammar in use – PS vs. PC
Present simple tense is used:
• to express habits, general truths, repeated actions
or unchanging situations, emotions and wishes:
I sketch my ideas every day (repeated action); He
lives in Prešov (unchanging situation); Crosshatching
is a shading technique (general truth)
• to give instructions or directions:
You start drawing rough shapes and then refine the
outline and add some details.
Grammar in use - PS
• to express fixed arrangements, present or future:
Your drawing lesson starts at 9:10 am.
• to express future time, after some conjunctions:
after, when, before, as soon as, until:
He'll give it to you when you come next Saturday.
• ! The simple present is not used to express actions
happening now. !
Grammar in use – PC
Present continuous tense is used:
• to describe an action that is going on at this moment
e.g.
You are reading this text. You are studying English
grammar.
• to describe an action that is going on during this
period of time or a trend, e.g.
Are you still studying at the same school? More and
more people are becoming vegetarian.
Grammar in use – PC
• to describe an action or event in the future, which
has already been planned or prepared
• e.g. We're going on Landscape drawing course
tomorrow. I'm drawing a portrait of my friend
tonight.
• to describe a temporary event or situation, e.g.
He usually draws figures, but he's drawing a still-life
tomorrow.
Grammar in use – PC
• with 'always, forever, constantly', to describe
and emphasise a continuing series of
frequently repeated actions, e.g.
Lea is always coming late to the lesson!
You're forever complaining about your English
teachers!
Sources
• Murphy, R.: English Grammar In Use, Cambridge
University press, 2004
• Murphy, R.: Essential Grammar in Use, Klett Ernst
/Schulbuch, 2013
• Turnbull, J., Lea, D., Parkinson, D., Phillips, P., Francis,
B., Webb, S., Bull, V., Ashby, M.: Oxford Advanced
Learner's Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 2010
• http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/
• http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/