Stu d ent B o o k
Present: Simple and Continuous
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Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Lesson 4
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Present Simple: Be-Verbs
Present Simple: Affirmatives and Negatives
Present Simple: Yes/No Questions
Present Continuous
Future and Past
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Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Lesson 4
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Future: Will/Won’t
Future: Will…?
Past: Was/Were
Past: Regular Verbs
More on Past
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Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Lesson 4
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Past: Irregular Verbs
Past: Negatives
Past: Yes/No Questions
Progress Test 1
Adjectives and Adverbs
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Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Lesson 4
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Adjectives
Adverbs
Comparatives
Superlatives
Pronouns, Nouns and Prepositions 77
Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Lesson 4
Pronouns
Nouns and Articles
Some/Any + Noun
Prepositions of Place and Time
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Helping Verbs and Question Words 95
Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Lesson 4
Helping Verbs: Can/May/Will/Should
What/Who/Whose with Be-Verbs
What with Common Verbs
Progress Test 2
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To THE TEACHER
My First Grammar is a fun and easy grammar book series designed for
young English learners. The grammar concepts and activities in this series are
designed for the needs of elementary school students from the second to fourth
grade. My First Grammar uses a spiral approach in presenting essential
grammar points. This allows students to study from any book in the series without
missing important grammar points. My First Grammar provides various learnercentered activities that encourage active learning.
My First Grammar’s main concern is nurturing a feeling of success while
students learn grammar. By providing age-appropriate grammar structures,
sentences and activities, this grammar series helps students maintain the feeling
of success and interest. Constant linking and cumulative reviews ensure that
students reuse the grammar concepts and retain them.
Organization of the Student Book
Link and Review at the beginning of each lesson can be used as a cumulative review
or a tool for assessment. In each lesson, teachers can use this section to monitor
students’ language development and identify areas of weakness in need of review.
Look and Learn sections introduce new grammar concepts in a fun, easy, and
uncluttered manner. They offer a resource for students to refer to while practicing the
grammar concepts that are newly introduced. These sections also provide a concise
grammar summary that can be revisited in later lessons for review.
Look and Say activities allow students a step-by-step approach to using the grammar
in context. These activities provide illustrations and examples of how the target
grammar is used. Teachers can rely on these activities to ease students into a feeling
of comfort in learning the grammar.
Look and Practice activities provide a variety of methods for students to use and practice
the material they are learning. They are designed to give students a sense of understanding
and success in mastering English. Some activities allow students an open ended response
giving them greater control over their personal learning experience. Furthermore, colorful
illustrations and real photos aid students to use their visualization in learning process.
Interactive games or entertaining comics are provided in Lesson 4 of Units 1, 2, 4
and 5 and Lesson 3 of Units 3 and 6. These additional activities are used to wrap up
the units. Students will consolidate the English grammar concepts taught in each unit,
while enjoying the activities.
Progress Tests are provided in Lesson 4 of unit 3 and Lesson 4 of unit 6. These tests
are to be used to assess students’ development.
Present: Simple and Continuous
Lesson 1 Present Simple: Be-Verbs
Lesson 2Present Simple:
Affirmatives and Negatives
Lesson 3Present Simple: Yes/No Questions
Lesson 4 Present Continuous
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Lesson 1
Present Simple: Be-Verbs
1 Look and Learn
Affirmative
Negative
Amy is in the classroom.
The boys are in the house.
She is not a teacher.
They are not hungry.
Question
Is she a student?
Are they thirsty?
• Contraction
I’m
We’re
You’re
They’re
He’s
I’m not
We’re not
We aren’t
You’re not
You aren’t
They’re not He’s not
They aren’t He isn’t
She’s
It’s
She’s not
She isn’t
It’s not
It isn’t
2 Look and Say
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Mr. Binn is not a bus driver.
He is a policeman.
Amy isn’t in the house.
She’s in the car.
The children are not sad.
They are happy.
They aren’t balls.
They’re balloons.
Is it a blue crayon?
No, it isn’t.
It is a green crayon.
Are they monkeys?
Yes, they are.
Is Karen a nurse?
No, she isn’t.
She is a doctor.
Is that a church?
Yes, it is.
3 Look and Learn
There + Be-Verb
Affirmative
There is
a book.
some milk.
There are some pens.
Negative
Question
a book.
There isn’t
any milk.
a book?
Isthere
any milk?
There aren’t any pens.
Are there any pens?
4 Look and Say
There is a table.
There aren’t any chairs.
• Are there any balloons?
Yes, there are.
There is a cake on the table.
There isn’t any juice on the table.
There isn’t any coffee on the table.
• Are there any candles?
No, there aren’t.
There are plates on the table.
There aren’t any forks on the table.
There are napkins on the table.
• Is there a banner?
Yes, there is.
• Is there any orange juice?
No, there isn’t.
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5 Look and Practice
A. Look and read. Circle True or False.
1
2
he men aren’t bus drivers. True
T
They are policemen.
False
3
here isn’t any milk.
T
There is some orange juice.
4
Karen isn’t in her room.
She’s in the kitchen.
True
False
ike isn’t a basketball player. True
M
He is a baseball player.
False
B. Look and write. Circle the correct answer.
1
Is
she
_______
________
an artist?
Yes, she is.
2
3
No, he isn’t.
_______ ________ a school?
Yes, it is.
5
No, they aren’t.
_______ ________ a baseball player?
Yes, he is.
4
No, she is.
_______ ________ alligators?
Yes, they are.
No, it isn’t.
_______ ________ any flowers?
Yes, there are.
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True
False
No, there aren’t.
C. Look and fill in the blanks.
1
2
isn't a bus driver.
She ______
They ________ snakes.
She's a nurse.
________
_____________ alligators.
3
4
It ________ a balloon.
______ _______ a doctor?
________ a ball.
Yes, ______ _______.
5
______ _______ teachers?
No, ______ _______.
D. Look and write.
1
2
3
4
5
is
There _________
a sofa.
6
There _________ a chair.
There _________ two dogs.
There _________ any flowers.
There _________ a TV.
_________ _________ any books?
Yes, there are.
7
_________ _________ a radio?
No, there isn’t.
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Lesson 2
1
Present Simple:
Affirmatives and Negatives
1 Link and Review
Read and write.
aren't thirsty. (X)
ex. They ________
are
ex. They ________
hungry. (O)
1
It __________ a ball. (X)
2
It _______ a balloon. (O)
3
I __________ sad. (X)
4
I _______ happy. (O)
5
We __________ doctors. (X)
6
We _______ nurses. (O)
Look and write.
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8
________ ________ a knife?
________ ________lions?
No, there isn’t.
No, they____________.
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10
________ you in the car?
No, ________ ________.
Yes, ________ ________.
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_____ _____ a baseball player?
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________ ________ any books?
They ___________ alligators.
Yes, there are.
________ ________ snakes.
Question
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
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Unit-Lesson
1-1
1-1
1-1
1-1
1-1
1-1
1-1
1-1
1-1
1-1
1-1
1-1
2 Look and Learn
Present Simple: Affirmatives and Negatives
Affirmative
Negative
I speak English.
You don’t speak Spanish.
She drinks milk.
He doesn’t drink coffee.
Irregular Verb
Regular Verb
~s
eateats
getgets
~es
watchwatches
~ies
crycries
have
has
washwashes
go
goes
flyflies
do
does
3 Look and Say
Every Day
On Sundays
John gets up at 7 o’clock in the morning.
He doesn’t get up at 7 o’clock.
He gets up at 8 o’clock.
He goes to school with his friends.
He doesn’t go to school.
He goes to church with his family.
He does his homework at night.
He doesn’t do his homework.
He plays games with his family.
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4 Look and Practice
A. Look and write the correct verb form.
1
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
church
.
.
.
.
.
.
don't go
We ______________
to church every day.
go
2
go
We ________
to church on Sundays.
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
.
laundry
.
.
laundry
.
.
My mom ______________________ the laundry every day.
do
3
She ___________ the laundry on Mondays and Thursdays.
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
.
.
.
soccer
.
.
.
They ______________________ soccer practice every day.
have
4
They ___________ soccer practice on Wednesdays.
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
.
.
library
.
.
library
.
Mrs. Green ______________________ at the library every day.
work
She ___________ at the library on Tuesdays and Fridays.
B. Read and circle.
Answer about you and your family.
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1
I have / don’t have a big family.
2
I live / don’t live in a city.
3
I get up / don’t get up early in the morning.
4
I take / don’t take a bus to school.
5
My dad speaks / doesn’t speak Japanese.
6
My mom drinks / doesn’t drink coffee.
C. Look, choose and write.
2
1
speaks
Amy __________
English.
Amy _____________ a dog.
doesn't speak
She ________________
Chinese.
She ______________ a cat.
3
4
John ____________ in a house.
John ____________ tennis.
He _____________ in an apartment.
He ________________ ice hockey.
Word Bank
live
5
speak
have
play
6
My mom and dad __________ a car.
They _______ shopping on Saturdays.
They ___________________ a truck.
They __________ shopping on Mondays.
7
8
My mom _____________ the dishes.
I ________________ a bike.
My dad ______________ the dishes.
I ________________ a moped.
Word Bank
ride
go
do
drive
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Lesson 3
1
Present Simple: Yes/
No Questions
Yes/No
1 Link and Review
Read and circle the correct word.
1
Are you a student? No, I’m not / I aren’t .
2
There is / are
3
She isn’t / aren’t
4
Amy and Mike is / are
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6
Is / Are
some milk in the glass.
thirsty.
friends.
there any cookies?
We don’t / doesn’t
have a big family.
Look and write the correct verb form.
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
.
.
.
.
.
.
shopping
7
go
My mom _________________ shopping every day.
8She ____________ shopping on Saturdays.
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
.
kite
.
.
kite
.
.
9Ben _______________________ a kite every day.
fly
10He _________ a kite on Mondays and Thursdays.
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
TV
.
.
.
.
.
TV
11 John _______________________ TV every day.
watch
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12 He _________ TV on Saturdays and Sundays.
Question
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
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Unit-Lesson
1-1
1-1
1-1
1-1
1-1
1-2
1-2
1-2
1-2
1-2
1-2
1-2
2 Look and Learn
Present Simple: Yes/No Questions
Yes / No Question
Answer
Do you walk to school?
Yes, I do. / No, I don’t.
Does Amy walk to school?
Yes, she does. / No, she doesn’t.
3 Look and Say
Does Amy drink milk every day?
Yes, she does. She likes milk.
Does your dad walk to work?
No, he doesn’t. He drives to work.
Do they go to school in the morning?
Yes, they do.
Do they ride motorcycles?
No, they don’t. They ride bikes.
Does it snow in Korea?
Yes, it does.
Do they speak Spanish in class?
No, they don’t. They speak English.
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4 Look and Practice
A. Look, read and write.
Write Yes, or No about you.
have a pet
Lucy
Willy
Ben
& Ken
live in a house play the violin
listen to radio
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
I
Write the answer.
1
Lucy
Does Lucy have a pet?
Yes, she does.
________________
2
Lucy
Does Lucy listen to radio?
________________
3
Willy
Does Willy live in a house?
________________
4
Ben & Ken
Do Ben and Ken have a pet?
________________
Do you play the violin?
________________
5
I
Write the question.
1
Willy
Does Willy listen to radio?
_______________________________
Yes, he does.
2
Lucy
_______________________________ Yes, she does.
3
Willy
_______________________________ No, he doesn’t.
4
Ben & Ken
_______________________________ No, they don’t.
5
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I
_______________________________ Yes, I do.
B. Look and write the question or the answer.
1
Let's play.
speak
2
Does
__________
your teacher __________
English?
speak
Yes, she does.
_______ students _______ lunch at school?
Yes, they do.
3
have
_______ the monkey __________ a short tail?
No, it doesn’t.
have
4
_______ she __________ early?
No, she doesn’t.
get up
5
Do they walk to school?
______, _________ ____________.
6
Does he have long hair?
______, _________ ____________.
7
Does it rain in your country?
______, _________ ____________.
C. Write the answers about you and your family.
1
2
3
4
5
Do you get up early?
_____________________________________
Do you have a pet?
_____________________________________
Do you walk to school?
_____________________________________
Does your dad drive to work?_____________________________________
Does your mom work?
_____________________________________
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Lesson 4
1
Present Continuous
1 Link and Review
Look and write the correct verb form.
doesn't do the laundry every day.
ex.. My mom ____________
do
study
go
1
2
3
Ben and Ken ______________ English every day.
4
5
6
Karen _________ to school by bus every day.
They __________________ English every day.
_______ they ___________ English every day?
She _____________ to school by bus every day.
________ she ________ to school every day?
Find the mistake and correct it.
ex.
1
Are
Do
they
have
1
7
there
orange
your
Does
Do
mom
drink
coffee
2
3
Amy
dances
your
dad
John
a
1
Do
3
go to church
every day?
3
basketball
player?
2
you
3
lives
1
20
glass?
every day?
2
Does
12
the
every day?
2
1
11
in
3
1
10
juice
2
1
9
every day?
3
any
1
Is
practice
2
Are
8
soccer
in
an
2
apartment?
3
Question
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
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12
Unit-Lesson
1-2
1-2
1-3
1-2
1-2
1-3
1-1
1-3
1-3
1-3
1-1
1-3
2 Look and Learn
Present Continuous
Affirmative
Negative
Question
Amy is eating.
She isn’t drinking.
Is she having lunch?
The boys are playing.
They aren’t studying.
Are they playing outside?
Verb + ing
speak → speaking
stand → standing
dance → dancing
write → writing
run → running
sit → sitting
3 Look and Say
What is happening at the circus?
1
The bears
are riding a bike.
They
2
3
The tiger
is jumping.
It
4
5
Are the horses running?
Yes, they aren't
6
7
Are the elephants dancing?
No, they aren’t.
They are walking in a line.
8
The monkey
is eating a banana.
It
The clowns
are driving a toy car.
They
The dog
is holding the balloons.
It
Is the girl sitting on the horse?
No, she isn’t.
She is juggling on the horse.
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4 Look and Practice
A. Look, compare and write.
watch TV
cook
sleep
run
hunt
do her homework
eat
swim
C
3
1
4
A
D
2
5
B
E
It's night time now. What's everyone doing? Match and write.
1
2
____
now. It _____________________.
C The owl ___________________
isn't sleeping
is hunting
3
4
5
____ The mice __________________ now. They __________________.
____ The boy ___________________ now. He ____________________.
____ The woman ________________ now. She ___________________.
____ The girl ____________________ now. She ___________________.
B. Use the words on the left and write the question.
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1
she / read a book
2
you / watch TV
now?
3
Mary / do her homework
now?
4
they / play outside
now?
5
John / surf the Internet
now?
6
you / study
now?
Is she reading a book
now?
C. Look, choose and write.
What is everyone doing now?
1
2
isn't playing the violin.
Amy _______________
John _______________ a newspaper.
is playing
She _______________
the piano.
He _______________ a book.
3
4
The cats _______________ water.
They _______________ the windows.
They _______________ milk.
They _______________ the car.
Word Bank
drink
wash
play
read
D. Look and write.
1
2
Is he watching TV?
Are they playing soccer?
Yes, he is.
____________________
____________________
3
4
fly
read
____________________?
____________________?
Yes, they are.
Yes, she is.
E. Let's have fun!
Go to page 24 and play Rock-Paper-Scissors in pairs.
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