English Grammar and U.S. History

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Course Outline

  1. Question Tags
  2. Present Simple Uses
  3. Present Continuous Uses
  4. English Question Formation
  5. Wh- and Yes-No Questions
  6. Interrogative Words
  7. Simple and Continuous Past
  8. English Relative Pronouns
  9. Pronouns and Possessives
  10. Countable and Uncountable Nouns
  11. Some, Any, No and Every
  12. English Articles
  13. Jamestown and the Pilgrims
  14. American Independence
  15. U.S. Formation and Expansion

Key Dates

  1. 1513Juan Ponce de León arrived in Florida and claimed it for the King of Spain
  2. 1607the first permanent English settlement in North America, Jamestown, was founded
  3. 1620the Pilgrim Fathers arrived at Plymouth, Massachusetts, after a 66-day Atlantic crossing on the Mayflower
  4. 1775 to 1783the American War of Independence took place
  5. 1789George Washington became the first president of the United States

1. Question Tags

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1. What kind of tag completes the sentence, “They are ready, ...?”

2. Which tag correctly completes “She hasn’t called, ...?”

3. Which sentence uses the present simple to present information as a bare fact without adding the speaker’s viewpoint?

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What does a question tag repeat from its sentence?

The sentence’s auxiliary and subject pronoun.

Which tag follows an affirmative statement?

A negative tag.

Which tag follows a negative statement?

An affirmative tag.

What does the present simple present without the speaker’s comment?

Bare facts.

What kinds of statements can the present simple express?

General truths or characteristics.

What actions does the present simple describe as habitual?

Actions that are habitual or repeated.

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