Western culture does not care much about the order of young and old, and only add descriptors when necessary, such as video profiles, direct face-to-face introductions generally do not addolder/younger, directly as described below:
- This is my brother,Bruce.
English prefers to get to the point first, so address them first: (In Chinese: Uncle Sam)
- Uncle Sam
- Mommy Pig
- Daddy Pig
Muddy Puddles
- To refer to all mud pits, add the s plural form.
- To describe a favorite type of thing, which indicates a preference for this broad category, add s,to this to indicate a preference for this category, rather than a single cat or dog.
- I like cats.
- I like Monkeys.
To describe the weather generally use it for weather
- To describe the weather as it is raining/snowing, use the present tense
- It is raining
- it is snowing
- English time and place like to be at the end
- it is raining today.
- so,Peppa and George can't play outside.
To describe an action that has just been happening and is now over or done, usePresent perfect tense.
- have/has + past participle of the verb.
- The focus of the present perfect is on the result。
- It stopped raining.
- It has stopped raining, plus raining to describe what it is.
- it's stopped snowing
- I was looking for something and I found it.
- I'm finishing my homework.
- george has found a big puddle
- present perfect tense interrogative sentence
- have you just had a bath?
- has she + past participle of the verb?
go out to play.
Express what you like, if you like to do something, add ing to the action and change it to a gerund to describe it; or add to do to describe it.
- I love reading books.
- I love drawing pictures.
- I love singing songs.
- I love to read books.
- I love to drink teas.
- Peppa loves jumping in muddy puddles.
- Third person verbs should be added with an s. Loves
Pappa,If you jump in muddy puddles,you must wear your boots.
- Real conditional sentences use verb prototypes
- wear your boots
- For hypothetical conditional sentences, the past tense of the verb is used (suppose I am an alien)
There is something in a certain location, using the there be construction.
- there are two books on the table.
- there is a big puddle.
- there's a really big puddle.
George wants to jump into the big puddle first
- jump in vs. jump into
- into has a sense of direction, indicating which way to jump into a certain place, and in means always jumping in a certain place.
I must check if .... (Followed by an affirmative sentence and preceded by an if to indicate uncertainty)
- I have to make sure... Is it...
- I must check if it's safe for you.
Let's go and show Daddy.
- Go and show it to your father, who is not in sight, go first, with go
present perfect tense (grammar)
- have/has + been plus the ing form of the verb
- The focus of the present perfect tense is on the process。
- Describe what has just been done for a certain period of time , indicating atime periodDoing something.
- I have been doing my homework
- He has been looking for you.
- present perfect tense interrogative sentence
- have you been watching tv.
- has she been...
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When we have done something, use the present perfect tense
- When we have cleaned up,will you and Mommy come and play,too?
- When I've finished my homework,can I watch TV?
- When I've finished my breakfast ,can I go out with my friends.
Guess What we have been doing.
- guess what we've been doing.
- Guess what we just did. Emphasize the process.
Guess what we have done.
- Guess what we just made. Emphasize the results.
look at the mess you're in.
- Look how dirty you are.
Let's clean up quickly before Mummy sees the mess.