My Cat Gregory
Gregory is my
beautiful gray Persian cat. He walks with pride and grace, performing a dance
of disdain as he slowly lifts and lowers each paw with the delicacy of a ballet dancer. His pride, however, does not extend to his appearance, for he spends
most of his time indoors watching television and growing fat.
He enjoys TV
commercials, especially those for Meow Mix and 9 Lives. His familiarity with
cat food commercials has led him to reject generic brands of cat food in favor
of only the most expensive brands. Gregory is as finicky about visitors as he
is about what he eats, befriending some and repelling others. He may snuggle up
against your ankle, begging to be petted, or he may imitate a skunk and stain
your favorite trousers. Gregory does not do this to establish his territory, as
many cat experts think, but to humiliate me because he is jealous of my
friends.
language features:
-Verb
-Tense
Definition verb:
Action verbs are verbs that show the performance of an
action, something that a person, animal, force of nature, or thing can do. They are dynamic verbs that show something happening.
Kinds of Verb :
There are two kinds
of action verbs. They are:
1.Regular action verbs
Verbs that follow the pattern of adding -ed for the
past
simple (V1) and
past participle (V3).
e.g. talk à talked
Or adding -d if the verbs end in –e
e.g. smoke à smoked.
2.Irregular action verbs
Verbs that do not follow the usual rules
for verb
forms for the past simple (V1) and past
participle (V3).
e.g. sleep à slept à slept
draw à drew à drawn
-Tense
simple present tense is divided into 3:
-Usage
There are
4 (four) usage of Simple Present Tense. They are:
1.Explaining
repeated actions
2.Explaining
facts or generalizations
3.Explaining
scheduled events in the near future
4.Explaining
now actions (non continuous verbs)
-Nominal
Nominal present tense is the simple present
tense where the
sentences use to be (are, am, is).
See the following diagram of to be:
are you is he
we she
they it
plural nouns singular nouns
am I
Formula:
( + ) S + are/am/is + Noun/Adjective
e.g. My father is a doctor
( -
) S + are/am/is + not + Noun/Adjective
e.g. My father is not a doctor
( ?
) Are/Am/Is + S + Noun/Adjective?
e.g. Is my father a doctor?
-Verbal
Verbal present tense is the simple present
tense where the sentences
use verbs.
In positive sentence, the verbs for subject
he, she, it, and singular
nouns should be added by s/es
In negative and interrogative sentences, it
uses do/does as the
auxiliary. Do is used by I, you, we, they,
and plural nouns. Does is
used by he, she, it, and singular nouns.
Formula:
( + ) S + V1 + s/es
e.g. They play football
My
sister sings a song
( -
) S + do/does + not + V1
e.g. They don’t play
football
My
sister doesn’t sing a song
( ?
) Do/Does + S + V1
e.g. Do they
play football?
Does my
sister sing a song?
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