This document provides examples of when to use I versus me in sentences. It explains that you should remove other people from the sentence and check if it still makes sense. For example, "Look at where I live" is correct, while "Look at where me live" is incorrect. The document also gives the example "Look at where Alfie and I live" to show using I when referring to yourself with another person.

2. I AND ME
• When you talk about yourself with another person, it can be tricky
to know whether to use I or Me.
• You must remove the other person from the sentence to check it
makes sense.
• Look at where I live.
• Look at where me live.
• Look at where Alfie and I live. (this is the correct version).

3. Infinitive
form
Simple Present Present
Progressive
Simple Past Past Progressive
to walk I walk
you walk
he/she/it walks
we walk
they walk
I am walking
you are walking
he/she/it is walking
we are walking
they are walking
I walked
you walked
he/she/it walked
we walked
they walked
I was walking
you were walking
he/ she/ it was walking
we were walking
they were walking
to talk I talk
you talk
he/she/it talks
we talk
they talk
I am talking
you are talking
he/she/it is talking
we are talking
they are talking
I talked
you talked
he/she/it talked
we talked
they talked
I was talking
you were talking
he/ she/ it was talking
we were talking
you were talking
to sing I sing
you sing
he/she/it sings
we sing
they sing
I am singing
you are singing
he/she/it is singing
we are singing
they are singing
I sang
you sang
he/she/it sang
we sang
they sang
I was singing
you were singing
he/ she/ it was singing
we were singing
you were singing

4. Determiners
Articles Demonstratives Possessive Quantifier
There are two kinds of articles: There are four
demonstratives:
possessive determiners
can be confused with
pronouns
Numbers before a noun are
quantifier determiner. Others
include:
the definite article (the)
the indefinite article (a or an).
If the word after it begins with
a vowel sound (a e i o or u)
then its ‘an’ (for example an
elephant or an apple). If the
word after begins with a
consonant, it’s ‘a’. For example
a teddy or a ball
this, that, these
and those
My, your, his, her, its, our
and their
Some, many, more, less, no,
little, both, each, all, enough,
half, whole, every, any, much,
few, several, plenty, lots, a lot
and ample
Mine, yours, his, hers,
its, ours and theirs, on
their own, are pronouns
not determiners.
Nouns can be found with or
without articles
Demonstrative, possessive and quantifier determiners must come before a
noun.
• Although some cases determiners can be used with pronouns. (All of
them were wrong. I would like that one. I will eat lots of those. She
squashed five of these. The one I really wanted was lost.

5. Phrases do not include a verb and add
extra information to a sentence.
Clauses include a verb
The knight fought his way through the
forest.
Mrs Patterson, who a keen
mathematician, solved the problem.
For four days, the child had a terrible
hacking cough.
The doctor the patient for
at least a week.
There are a huge number of people
living in the Borough of Barnet.
Above the castle a menacing
monster.
All through the night, the rain fell. She .
I’d like to go to Disneyland for my dream
holiday next summer.
Next Saturday evening, we’re
pizza and chips.

6. Apostrophe for Possession/
Possessive form/ to show ownership
Apostrophe for Contraction/ Contracted
form
Brian’s brain was about to explode. I’ll (I will) take the book back to the library
tomorrow.
The ’s work was exceptional. They’ve (They have) eaten all the ice cream!
James’ were too small for him. You shouldn’t (should not) touch the flames.
The ’ toilets were very busy. He won’t(will not) peek before Christmas day.
The ’s dinner was in a silver bowl. Who’s (Who is) coming to the party?
The ’ dinner was in a silver bowl. I shan’t(shall not) get upset by actions.
The ’s coats were hung in the
hallway.
It’ll (It will) not work in this school

7. The is used to offer
advice, emphasise urgency or importance. It
is used after certain expressions
You can use the
to give an order, to give a
warning and (if you use
"please") to make a request.
states an
actuality or fact.
If I you, I wouldn’t go near that
dog.
touch that! We go to see a
movie this Sunday.
you like it?
Olivia recommended that Sam
for the school basketball team.
over here! I follow you.
that a whelk?
You to listen to the teacher and
not answer back.
for a swim. Jack every Friday.
The sky clear tonight.
We suggest that he the test
after break.
me alone.
I'm trying to learn
English!"
The aliens unable
to breathe our air.
I wish I able to come to your
party.
out! She during the
third lap. That tasty.

8. Using a semi-colon
Merge Two Sentences with a
Semi-colon
Semi-colons Can Replace
Conjunctions
No one was seriously hurt in the
accident; one man suffered a broken
finger.
Mary went to the market; (and) she
bought fresh peaches.
John calls it football; Sam calls it
soccer.
Eat oranges throughout the journey;
(because) you may catch scurvy.
The girls went to the supermarket;
they bought lots of clothes.
I switched off the alarm clock; (as) it
was time to get up.
Bill was going bald; his hair was
falling out.
I heard the news; (but) I refused to
believe them.

9. Using a colon
colon ( : ) is used
before an explanation
about something or to
introduce a list.
I have one goal: to find her. To make the perfect jam sandwich
you need three things: some bread,
butter and strawberry jam.
Conjunction: a word used to join
two parts of a sentence.
He’d lost everything: his friends, his
happiness and his pride.
He was very cold: the temperature
in the room was below zero.
Mr Daly had a clear set of demands:
a giant super-computer, a brand
new Ferrari and sack of gold coins.

10. Relative Clause
Relative clauses use relative pronouns are who, which, and that;
who also has the derived forms whom and whose. In some cases
the relative pronoun may be omitted and merely implied
This is the putter (that) he wins with
This is the man [that] I saw
It is the customer who pays the wages
My mother, who is an excellent cook, is thinking of
opening a restaurant.