WHAT ARE YOU LIKE?. I like working hard. HARD-WORKING.

WHAT ARE YOU LIKE?

I like working hard.

HARD-WORKING

I judge severely.

CRITICAL

I am sensible and don’t do foolish things anymore.

MATURE

I always say ‘thank you’ and ‘please’.

POLITE

I never say ‘thank you’ or ‘please’.

RUDE

I’m very careful not to offend people.

TACTFUL

I’m a teacher and a nurse.

PATIENT

I stick to rules.

STRICT

SEVERE

I don’t drink and drive.

RESPONSIBLE

SENSIBLE

negative prefixes + adjectives

UN- IN-IL-

IM- IR- DIS-

unusual indecentillegitimate

impossible irrelevant disobedient

UN-

UNCOMFORTABLE

UNCONSCIOUS

UNCRITICAL

UNPREDICTABLE

UNREASONABLE

UNLIKELY

IN-

INEXPENSIVE

INCORRECT

INSENSITIVE

INHOSPITABLE

IL-

ILLEGAL

ILLOGICAL

IM-

IMMORAL

IMMATURE

IMPOSSIBLE

IMPOLITE

IR-

IRRESPONSIBLE

IRREGULAR

DIS-

DISHONEST

DISSATISFIED

DISRESPECTFUL

THE SIMPLE PRESENT

I walkYou walkHe / She / It walks We walkYou walkThey walk

Do Do I walk?DoDo you walk?DoesDoes he / she / it walk?DoDo we walk?Do Do you walk?DoDo they walk?

I don’tdon’t walkYou don’tdon’t walkHe / She / It doesn’t doesn’t walkWe don’tdon’t walkYou don’tdon’t walkThey don’tdon’t walk

THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS

I am am walkingYou are are walkingHe / She / It is is walking We are are walkingYou are are walkingThey are are walking

Am Am I walking?AreAre you walking?IsIs he / she / it walking?AreAre we walking?Are Are you walking?AreAre they walking?

I’m not ’m not walkingYou aren’t aren’t walking He / She / It isn’t isn’t walkingWe aren’t aren’t walking You aren’t aren’t walking They aren’t aren’t walking

THE SIMPLE PRESENT

It rains a lot in winter.

I always study Maths in the afternoon.

Piove molto in inverno.

Studio sempre matematica il pomeriggio.

= habitual actions

THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Take your umbrella! It is raining!

I’m studying 3 foreign languages now, so I’m a bit busy.

You’re always using the telephone! Our phone bill will be enormous!

I can’t come to the party because I’m playing football on Friday afternoon.

= nowPrendi l’ombrello! Piove / Sta piovendo!

Studio / Sto studiando tre lingue straniere adesso, quindi sono un po’ occupato.

Sei sempre lì che usi il telefono! La nostra bolletta sarà salatissima.

Non posso venire alla festa perché gioco/ giocherò

a calcio venerdì pomeriggio.

= at the moment

= with ALWAYS to express irritation

= future plans