Types of Stories
Let’s review present and past
| Present Simple | Past Simple |
|---|---|
| -Express general truths -Habits -Future timetables -Permanent situations -For giving directions -When telling stories | -Specific time in the past -Habits in the past -Completed actions in the past |
| (+) S + verb -s/-es (-) S + don’t/ doesn’t + verb (base form) (?) Do /Does + S + verb (base form) ? | (+) S + verb –d/-ed or irregular past form (-) S + didn’t + verb (base form) (?) Did + S + verb (base form) ? |
| (+) She often learns a lot . (-) She doesn’t often learn a lot. (?) Does she often learn a lot? | (+) She learnt a lot last year. (-) She didn’t learn a lot last year. (?) Did she learn a lot last year? |
| Always / every day/month / usually / often / sometimes Example: He often reads mystery stories. | in 1999/ two years ago/ yesterday/ last month/ last week Example: I saw a horror movie 2 years ago. |
Information Questions
| Present Simple | Past Simple | |
|---|---|---|
| QUESTION WORDS | -What -Where -When -Why -Who -How | -What -Where -When -Why -Who -How |
| FORM | Wh + do/does + S + verb (base form) ? | Wh + did + S + verb (base form) ? |
| EXAMPLES | What do you like watching on TV? When does she go to the movies? | What did you like reading at primary school? Why did he enjoy telling mystery stories when he was a child? |
Express preferences
How to express preferences?
- LIKE: I like chatting on WhatsApp.
- HATE: I hate WhatsApp.
- ENJOY: I enjoy playing video games on Twitch.
- LOVE: I love YouTube.
- DON’T LIKE: I don’t like uploading photos on Instagram.
- PREFER: I prefer Tik Tok.
Now you know that we can express our preferences using the verbs: love, like, hate, enjoy, prefer or don’t like.
Look at the chart for first and second person: I, you, we, they.
We can use the verbs like, hate, enjoy, love, don’t like and prefer with a noun or with the – ing form of a verb.
For example:
- Verb plus noun: I like WhatsApp.
- Verb plus –ING: People like chatting on WhatsApp.
Now, look at the chart for third person: he, she, it
Remember: We add “s” to the verb of preference and the auxiliary doesn’t for the negative form.
For example:
- Verb plus noun: He likes Instagram.
- Verb plus -ING: She likes looking at photos on Instagram.
And some examples for the negative form:
- He doesn’t like Instagram.
- She doesn’t like looking at photos on Instagram
QUESTIONS
Look at the chart:
In questions, we put the auxiliary verb «do» before the following subjects: they, we, you and I. These are yes/no questions.
Remember: Yes or no questions are questions whose expected answer is either «yes» or «no».
For example:
- Do they like chatting on WhatsApp?
- There are two possible answers: Yes, they do or No, they don’t.
Kinds of short answers:
According to the subject used in each question you can say:
- Yes, I do. Yes, you do. Yes, we do. Yes, they do. If the answer is affirmative.
- No, I don’t. No, you don’t. No, we don’t. No, they don’t. If the answer is negative.
Look at the chart for third person: he, she, it
In questions, we put the auxiliary verb «does» before the following subjects: he, she, it.
For example:
- Does he like working online?
- There are two possible answers: Yes, he does. Or no, he doesn’t
Kinds of short answers
According to the subject used in each question you can say:
- Yes, she does. Yes, he does. Yes, it does. If the answer is affirmative
- No, she doesn’t. No, he doesn’t. No, it doesn’t. If the answer is negative
Types of stories
- Mystery: That movie is a mystery.
- Detective: The detective caught the thief at the end of the story.
- Fantasy: I like reading fantasy books.
- Romance: A month ago, I watched the top ten romance movies.
- Adventure: People enjoy adventure movies because there’s a desire to search for more.
- Fables: My mother read Aesop’s fables last month.
- Fairy tales: My kid prefers fairy tales.
- Biography: My husband wrote his biography a year ago.
- Myth: When I was a child, I enjoyed listening to myths.
- Legend: I don’t believe in the legend of the sword.
- Speech: The speaker gave a moving speech at the graduation ceremony.
- Science fiction (sci fi): Some kids don’t like reading science fiction books.
- Horror: My brother doesn’t like horror books.
- Historical: My teacher likes reading historical book collections.
- Realistic: When I was a child, I hated cartoon characters in realistic versions.
- Narrative essay: He doesn’t like writing narrative essays.