Manual Nivel b1
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INDICE B1
Grammar
Simple past
Comparatives and superlatives
Enough
Connectors
Vocabulary
The description
Give my opinion
Grammar
Can / Could / Be able to
Present perfect
Past simple Vs. Present perfect
How to express quantity
Vocabulary
Food
Express what you like or don’t like
Grammar
Imperative
Reported Speech: Questions
Vocabulary
How to express my opinion
Ways of cooking
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Grammar
Question tags
Modal verbs
Yet-already
To get + adjective
Prepositions of easy confusion
Vocabulary
Talking on the phone
Grammar
Past simple vs. past continuous
Present perfect vs. present continuous
Used to
Ever and never
Vocabulary
To travel
Boats
Activity
Make it count
Grammar
Questions: Basic rules
Vocabulary
Bedroom furnishings
Houses. Flats and rooms.
Activities
Dream house
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The bedroom
Grammar Which vs. What
Open vs. Opened
Vocabulary
Wimbledon vocabulary
Bullfighting
Activity
Tennis
Grammar
Expressions with the verbs 'to come'
Things you might not know about the verb 'to be'
Vocabulary
Interesting facts
Forensics
Activity
Criminal Minds
Grammar
Reflexive and Ergative verbs
Delexical verbs: have, take, make, give, go and do
Vocabulary
Taboo words / Swearwords
Activity
Bad Words
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Unit 1B1
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B1 – UNIT 1
1. PASADO SIMPLE
◙ El pasado simple se usa en los siguientes casos:
· Para hablar de acciones acabadas en un periodo de tiempo en el pasado.
I saw him yesterday. (Le vi ayer.)
· Para narrar o describir hechos en el pasado.
They lived in the country; their house was very old. (Vivían en el campo; su casa era muy vieja.)
Oraciones Afirmativas:
· Para formar la oración afirmativa en pasado, debemos tener en cuenta el verbo, que puede ser Regular o Irregular:
Verbos Regulares: se forman añadiendo la terminación –ed al verbo. Si el verbo termina en –e añadimos solo la –d.
I want > I wanted (Yo quiero > Yo quería). She wants > She wanted (Ella quiere > Ella quería). I love Paul > I loved Paul (Quiero a Paul > Quería a Paul).
� Pero existen otros casos:
Los verbos monosilábicos acabados en una sola consonante precedida por una sola vocal duplican la consonante final delante de -ed.
rob – robbed stop – stopped sin – sinned hug – hugged
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Los verbos de dos o más sílabas que acaban en una sola consonante precedida por una sola vocal, duplican la consonante final si el acento recae en la última sílaba.
admit – admitted prefer - preferred
Los verbos acabados en consonante + y cambian la y por i y añaden -ed, pero no los acabados en vocal.
occupy – occupied carry – carried study – studied play – played enjoy - enjoyed
Muchos verbos acabados en –l o –p duplican la consonante final delante de –ed aunque no cumplan la regla del acento.
travel – travelled worship - worshipped
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Verbos Irregulares: a continuación mostramos la tabla.
Infinitive Simple Past Past Participle Spanish
be was / were been ser
become became become convertirse
begin began begun comenzar
bring brought brought traer
buy bought bought comprar
come came come venir
do did done hacer
dream dreamt/dreamed dreamt/dreamed soñar
drink drank drunk beber
drive drove driven conducir
eat ate eaten comer
feel felt felt sentir
find found found encontrar
forget forgot forgotten olvidar
get got got tener, obtener
give gave given dar
go went gone ir
have had had tener
keep kept kept guardar
know knew known saber
learn learnt/learned learnt/learned aprender
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make made made hacer
meet met met conocer, encontrar
pay paid paid pagar
put put put poner
read read read leer
say said said decir
see saw seen ver
sell sold sold vender
send sent sent enviar
sleep slept slept dormir
speak spoke spoken hablar
spend spent spent gastar
take took taken tomar
tell told told decir
think thought thought pensar
write wrote written escribir
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· El verbo to be tiene dos formas: was y were
I was Yo era / estaba
You were Tú eras / estabas
He was Él era / estaba
She was Ella era / estaba
It was Eso era / estaba
We were Nosotros éramos/
estábamos
You were Vosotros erais / estabais
They were Ellos eran / estaban
Oraciones Negativas:
· Para negar, no importa si el verbo es regular o irregular. Usamos la forma pasada de do not (did not/ didn’t) seguido del verbo en infinitivo.
I did not read / I didn’t read Yo no leí/ leía
You did not read / You didn’t read Tú no leíste/ leías
He did not read / He didn’t read Él no leyó/ leía
She did not read / She didn’t read Ella no leyó/ leía
It did not read / It didn’t read Eso no leyó/ leía
We did not read / We didn’t read Nosotros no leímos/
leíamos
You did not read / You didn’t read Vosotros no leísteis/
leíais
They did not read / They didn’t read Ellos no leyeron/ leían
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· Para negar el verbo to be, no necesitamos did not/ didn’t. Negamos directamente con el to be (was not/ wasn’t – were not/ weren’t).
I was not I wasn’t Yo no era / estaba
You were not You weren’t Tú no eras / estabas
He was not He wasn’t Él no era / estaba
She was not She wasn’t Ella no era / estaba
It was not It wasn’t Eso no era / estaba
We were not We weren’t Nosotros no éramos/
estábamos
You were not You weren’t Vosotros no erais / estabais
They were not They weren’t Ellos no eran / estaban
Oraciones Interrogativas:
· Usamos también el auxiliar did o did not (didn’t), seguida del sujeto y el verbo en infinitivo para formular preguntas.
Did I read? ¿Leí/ Leía?
Did you read? ¿Leiste/ Leías?
Did he read? ¿(Él) leyó/ leía?
Did she read? ¿(Ella) leyó/ leía?
Did it read? ¿(Eso) leyó/ leía?
Did we read? ¿Leimos/ leíamos?
Did you read? ¿Leísteis/ leíais?
Did they read? ¿Leyeron/ leían?
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Exercise. Complete these sentences with the verbs between brackets:
a. My cousin buyed/bought (buy) a really bad book yesterday. b. Did/does she sleep/slept (sleep) at home tonight? c. I want/wanted (want) to eat something. I _was/were_ (be) hungry, so I
cook/cooked (cook) pasta. d. You are not my friend anymore. You didn´t tell/ not told (tell) me the truth.
Exercise. Write yes or no if the question is correct or no for these answers:
1. Did you saw them?
No, I didn’t see them.>
2. When did you go th the disco?
Last Thursday night. >
3. were did she be? >
She was at the train station.
4. Where did you find it?
We found it lost in the forest.>
5. Why did she leave the room? Because she said that the film was very sad. >
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2. Formas Interrogativas del pasado simple
ENGLISH CASTELLANO
Did + subject + (infinitive of the verb)
Did + sujeto + (forma infinitiva del verbo)
(en castellano es distinto...)
DID I play tennis
yesterday ? ¿Jugaste al tenis ayer?
DID you study French
yesterday morning ?
¿Estudiaste francés ayer a la mañana?
DID he paint the house
yesterday afternoon?
¿Pintó la casa ayer a la tarde?
DID she work
last night ? ¿Trabajó anoche?
DID It rain
last week? ¿Llovió la semana pasada?
DID we start school
in 1999? ¿Comenzamos la escuela en 1999?
DID they visit us
two days ago?
¿Nos visitaron
hace dos días?
Exercise: now try to order the following questions At/ start / work/ time /what / did / you /yesterday?'I started at two.'
At/ time /bed/ did/ to / last/ go / night/ what / he? 'He went at midnight.'
in Italy /did/ where/ you/ stay? 'I stayed with some friends.'
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enjoy /show/ did/ they/ the? 'No, they didn't. They did not like it.'
when /your cousin /arrive/ did? 'He arrived at three I believe.'
do /did/ you/ what/ night/ last? 'I watched the news on television.'
who /you/ did/ stay/ yesterday/ with? 'I stayed with Sara.'
happened / last/ what/ month? 'The president resigned.
did /to/ school/ how/ come/ you/ yesterday? 'I came on foot as usual.
play /did/ you/ Tim/ with/ chess? 'Yes, he did. Tom is very good at it.
3. Pronunciación de la Terminación -ED de los Verbos en Tiempo Pasado
Básicamente, existen en inglés tres formas de pronunciar la terminación -ed de los verbos cuando se enuncian en tiempo pasado. Vamos a ver cada uno:
Sonido [d]
Cuando el verbo termina en sonido vibrado (es decir, cuando al pronunciar la última letra sientes que el sonido vibra en tu garganta), entonces, para pronunciar el pasado en -ed, se utiliza el sonido vibrado [d]
listen listened [lísend]
study studied [stádid]
enter entered [énterd]
receive received [risívd]
memorize memorized [mémoraizd]
jam jammed [yámd]
rob robbed [róbd]
clog clogged [clogd]
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Sonido [t]
Cuando el verbo termina en sonido sordo (es decir, cuando al pronunciar la última letra el sonido no vibra, solo truena en la garganta o en los labios y dientes), entonces, para pronunciar el pasado en -ed, se utiliza el sonido sordo [t]
walk walked [uókt]
talk talked [tókt]
stop stopped [stopt]
jump jumped [yompt]
laugh laughed [laft]
practice practiced [práctist]
match matched [matcht]
watch watched [uátcht]
wash washed [uásht]
close closed [clost]
Sonido [êd]
Cuando el verbo termina en sonido [t] o en sonido [d] (observa que en los grupos anteriores ninguno de los verbos termina en esos sonidos), entonces, para pronunciar el pasado en -ed, se utiliza el sonido [êd] , cuya vocal suena muy cerrada y breve.
repeat repeated [ripírêd]
invent invented [invéntêd]
wait waited [uéirêd]
want wanted [uántêd]
decide decided [disáidêd]
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add added [ádêd]
include included [inclúdêd]
need needed [nídêd]
¿No consigues coger la pronunciación de los verbos regulares en pasado? En este artículo te daré algunas pistas que te ayudarán a conseguirlo. ¿Cuáles son las reglas? Todos los libros de gramática inglesa hablan de tres formas de pronunciar los verbos que acaban en -ed . Estos tres sonidos son /d/, /t/ y /id/. Para saber cuándo poner cada uno de estos sonidos hay que conocer el sonido que antecede a -ed. La explicación sigue: “si acaba en /b, v, g, g, dz, etc (alfabeto fonético) entonces el sonido es /d/; si acaba en /p, k, tf, etc. el sonido es /t/ y si acaba en /t/ el sonido es /id/ .” La regla más importante (que nadie te ha dicho nunca) Hay una regla que nunca dice nadie y que es muy importante para los hispanohablantes . Esta regla sí la debemos recordar (además es fácil recordarla).
LA REGLA MÁS IMPORTANTE:
No hay que pronunciar la “e” delante de la “d”. Ya sé que en español suena “e” pero en inglés hay que borrarla; es como si no existiese, no se pronuncia nunca, en ningún verbo regular en pasado (o participio). O sea que jamás deberemos decir “loved” “played” , walked, talked, “worked” [guorked], tal y como se leen en español.
Nota: Esto es lo que hace la mayoría de los estudiantes a los cuales doy clases; ponerse pronunciar la “e” de los pasados porque es así como se lee.
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Algunas pistas más: El inglés es un idioma en el cual predominan los sonidos de las consonantes puras (sin una vocal al lado), es decir, decimos “t” o “d” (no “te”, “de”, “ta”, “da”, etc.). Insisto un poco más para que se quede la idea. Si en español vemos la letra “t” automáticamente pronunciaremos “te”, es decir, acompañaremos a la consonante “t” de la vocal “e” porque el español es un idioma en el que predomina el sonido de las vocales . En inglés, en cambio, si vemos la letra “t” podemos decir “ti” (alfabeto) o simplemente “t” sin vocal. Repito: tttt (sin vocal). Tras esta explicación, doy tres pistas más para aprender a pronunciar correctamente los verbos acabados en -ed.
1. En principio escogemos entre pronunciar el sonido /t/ sin vocal ó el sonido /d/ sin vocal. Nota: Respecto a “id” (el tercer sonido al que se refieren las explicaciones) decir que la “i” es tan corta que casi la podemos asimilar a la “d,” así nos quedamos sólo con “d" sobre todo cuando empezamos a aprender los sonidos. Más tarde, con más practica, podemos intentar distinguir el sonido /id/. 2. La única manera de saber cuándo el verbo regular acaba en un sonido /t/ ó en /d/ (ó /id/)es escuchar mucho inglés. Dejo unos enlaces para ir haciendo oído.
1.Write the verbs in past tense
1. clean 2. cook 3. dive 4. do 5. drive 6. eat 7. go 8. hit 9. live 10. pay 11. play 12. read
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13. run 14. sit 15. speak 16. study 17. swim 18. think 19. type
2. Write what the people did yesterday
You cook dinner every day.
1. I clean my room after breakfast. 2. He dives in the sea. 3. We live in Salacgriva. 4. You cook very tasty meals 5. He eats salad for dinner. 6. It swims in the lake. 7. We speak three languages. 8. He sits at the window at his work. 9. She sits at the table. 10. We run in the park in the morning. 11. You hit the empty can in the street. 12. They run to work every morning. 13. He plays the guitar very well. 14. She drives a nice new car. 15. They swim in the river in summer. 16. You think about your future. 17. He lives in Latvia. 18. She reads different magazines. 19. We cook meals in the evening. 20. I have some bread on the table. 21. I have a pocket in my new jacket. 22. You have a candle on the table at the window. 23. They have a lot of candles in their room. 24. She has a little brother. 25. I have some friends in different countries 26. I work every day. 27. I have a black car. 28. I like black coffee. 29. I have a party in summer.
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3. Now write the correct past forms of the verbs:
1. Yesterday I ..... (REMAIN) in the house. I ........ (COOK) dinner and ........ (DO) some housework.
2. I ......... (REST), ......... (READ) books, ......... (WATCH) television and ........ (GO) to sleep.
3. I ....... (BE) at school most of the day. I ............. (STUDY). I ........ (GO) to the gym and ........... (WORK) out, ....... (WORK) in my computer, ......... (WATCH) a little TV.
4. I ............. (GO) to work in the morning and I ............ (GO) to school in the afternoon.
5. I ............ (teach) yesterday. I teach at school two days a week.
6. This morning I ........... (GET) up at eight and ............ (WATCH) news.
7. We ............. (walk) around the city.
8. Yesterday I ............. (ATTEND) a speech at Columbia University.
9. I .............. (GO) to my shrink.
10. I ............... (BE) pretty good at school.
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5 Now find the infinitive forms of the previous verbs in the wordsearch: ( 12 verbs )
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COMPARATIVOS Y SUPERLATIVOS
Comparative adjectives – Adjetivos comparativos
◙ Utilizamos la forma comparativa de los adjetivos para describir y comparar diferentes objetos o personas, necesariamente con dos elementos a comparar como mínimo.
◙ Tipos de comparaciones: (a) Inferioridad, (b) Igualdad y (c) Superioridad.
◙ Algunos adjetivos tienen una forma de comparación de superioridad irregular (ver tabla).
◙ ¿Cómo se hace la forma comparativa de un adjetivo?
(a) Inferioridad: less … than… (menos… que…)
Rosi de Palma is less attractive than Elsa Pataki.
(Rosi de Palma es menos atractiva que Elsa Pataki)
(b) Igualdad: as… as… (tan… como…)
Rafael Nadal is as good as Roger Federer.
(Rafael Nadal es tan bueno como Roger Federer)
(c) Superioridad: se forma dependiendo de las sílabas de un adjetivo. Para hacer una oración siempre es necesario poner than (que) detrás del adjetivo.
� Adjetivos de 1 sílaba:
◙ Añadimos –er al adjetivo:
cheap – cheaper , high – higher , rich – richer .
(barato – más barato , alto – más alto , rico – más rico).
◙ Cuando estos adjetivos acaban en vocal + consonante, se dobla la última consonante:
hot – hotter , fat – fatter .
(caliente – más caliente , gordo – más gordo).
� Adjetivos de 2 sílabas acabados en –y:
◙ Cambiamos la –y por –i y después se le añade –er.
happy – happier , funny – funnier .
(feliz – más feliz , divertido – más divertido) .
� Adjetivos de 2 sílabas acabados en –y , -er , -ow , -le: añadimos -er
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narrow – narrower
gentle – gentler
� Adjetivos de 2 o más sílabas:
◙ Ponemos more delante del adjetivo:
expensive – more expensive , interesting – more interesting.
( caro – más caro , interesante – más interesante ).
Superlative adjectives – Adjetivos superlativos
◙ Utilizamos la forma superlativa de los adjetivos para destacar la cualidad de un objeto o persona sobre el resto; ya no son necesarios mencionar dos elementos como mínimo como en la comparación, sino que hablamos de un solo elemento.
◙ La forma superlativa de un adjetivo se forma dependiendo de las sílabas que tenga. Siempre es necesario poner el artículo definido the delante del adjetivo, ya que hablamos de algo/alguien en concreto.
� Adjetivos de 1 sílaba:
◙ Añadimos –est al adjetivo:
cheap – the cheapest , high – the highest , rich – the richest.
(barato – el más barato , alto – el más alto , rico – el más rico)
◙ Si acaba en –y, cambiamos la –y por –i y después se le añade –est.
happy – the happiest , funny – the funniest .
(feliz – el más feliz , divertido – el más divertido) .
� Adjetivos de 2 o más sílabas:
◙ Ponemos most delante del adjetivo:
expensive – the most expensive, interesting – the most interesting.
( caro – el más caro , interesante – el más interesante ).
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◙ Estos son los adjetivos que tienen una forma comparativa y superlativa irregular:
Exercise5. choose the comparative form of superiority of these adjectives:
Ej. small - smaller
1. good: gooder/better 2. intelligent: intelligenter/more intelligent 3. old: older/old 4. bad: worse/ bader 5. large: larger/large
adjetivo comparación superlativo
good better the best
bad worse the worst
far further-farther the furthest / farthest
old older / eldest the oldest / eldest
many/much more the most
little less the least
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Ejercicio6. Correct or no?
Ej. My flat isn’t very big. - I want a bigger flat.
1. My motorbike isn’t very fast. I’d like a faster 2. My husband isn’t very rich. I need a rich 3. His camera isn’t very good. He needs one better 4. It isn’t very hot today. It was hotter yesterday. 5. I’m not very interested in football. I’m more interested in tennis.
Ejercicio7. Complete these sentences with a superlative form:
Ej. He’s a very good footballer. He’s the best footballer in Europe at the moment.
1. She’s a pretty girl. She’s THE PRETTIEST/PRETTIEST girl in my class.
2. There are many exciting cities in North America, but I think New York is THE MOST
EXCITING/EXCITEST.
3. August is a hot month in Spain. It’s usually THE HOT/ THE HOTTEST month of the
year.
4. I was so happy when I got married. My wedding day was THE BEST/BETTER day of
my life.
5. It’s such an expensive restaurant. I think it’s THE MOST EXPENSIVE/MORE
restaurant in Madrid.
6. It’s a very interesting book. It’s one of THE MORE INTERESTING/THE MOST
INTERESTING books I’ve ever read.
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Comparing people...
: Compare the following people:
Bob Homer Alice 28 years old 39 years old 9 years old 55 kilos 80 kilos 33 kilos 1.50 mt 1.55 mt 1.20 mt
Bob is (YOUNG) than Homer.
Homer is (OLD) than Alice.
Alice is (SLIM) than Bob.
Bob is (SHORT) than Homer.
Homer is (FAT) than Bob.
Alice is (SHORT) than Homer.
Homer is (UGLY) than Alice.
Homer is (SLOW) than Bob.
Bob is (TIDY) than Homer.
Alice is (BEAUTIFUL) than Bob.
Alice has got (LONG) hair than Bob.
Homer can play the guitar (GOOD) than Alice.
Alice can run (FAST) than Homer.
Alice draws (BAD) than Bob.
Bob is (INTELLIGENT) than Homer.
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Homer is a (INTERESTING) person than Bob.
Now, compare the following people:
Harry Garfield Sponge Bob 32 years old 10 years old 6 years old 75 kilos 60 kilos 3 kilos 1.90 mt 0.57 mt 0.20 mt ex: Harry is older than Garfield. (OLD-YOUNG)
Write ONE word per gap
Garfield Sponge Bob. (YOUNG-OLD)
Sponge Bob Harry. (FAT-SLIM)
Harry Sponge Bob. (SHORT-TALL)
Garfield Harry. (SHORT-TALL)
Garfield Harry. (FUNNY-BORING)
Sponge Bob's eyes Harry's. (SMALL-BIG)
Harry Garfield. (STRONG-WEAK)
Garfield Harry. (BEAUTIFUL-HORRIBLE)
Bob Sponge at sports Garfield. (GOOD-BAD)
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Much, far, etc with comparatives
We cannot use ¨very¨ with comparatives. Instead, we use, for example, much, far, very much, a lot (informal), lots (informal), and no, rather, a little, a bit (informal) and even.
Examples:
My boyfriend is much / far older than me. (NOT …..very older than me)
Russian is much / far more difficult than Spanish.
Very much nicer
A bit more sensible (informal)
A lot happier
Is your mother any better? (¿Se encue tra tu madre un poco mejor?)
Rather more quickly
She looks no older tan her daughter
A little less expensive
Your cooking is even worse than Henry´s.
¨Quite¨ cannot be used with comparatives except in the expression ¨quite better¨ meaning ¨recovered from an illness. Any, no, a bit and a lot are not normally used to modify comparatives before nouns.
There are much/far nicer shops in the centre. (BUT NOT ……a bit nicer shops)
1. Many more / less/ fewer
When ¨more¨ modifies a plural noun, it is modified by many instead of much. Compare:
Much/ far/ a lot more money
Many /far / a lot of more opportunities
2. Much / by far / quite / etc. with superlatives
Superlatives can be modified by much and by far, and by other adverbs of degree such as quite (meaning ¨absolutely¨), almost, practically, nearly and easily.
He´s much the most imaginative of them all.
She´s by far the oldest.
We´re walking by far the slowest.
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He´s quite the most stupid man I´ve even met.
I´m nearly the oldest in the company.
This is easily the worst party I have been to this year!
3. Very with superlatives
Note the special use of very to emphasize superlatives and first, next and last.
Bring out your very best wine – Michael´s coming to dinner.
You´re the very first person I´ve spoken to today.
This is your very last chance
Using the adjective modifiers that we have seen in this lesson, compare two of the ideas given below:
Reading / watching movies
Big city/ small
town
English / other
languages
Classical music/
rock music
Travelling / staying at home
Paintings / photos
A computer/ a tablet PC
Education/ experience
How do you want to be remembered?
After watching the movie answer the question below and come up with practical ways in which we can be kind to other people in our everyday life.
Which characteristic the narrator says is BY FAR the most important. Do you agree?
http://vimeo.com/11083824#at=25
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Listening 2:
http://vimeo.com/19890458
You are going to watch a short film about a single day in the life of Amar, a fourteen year-old Indian boy. As you watch the film you should think how your daily routine is similar or different to that of Amar. Use as many adjectives modifiers as possible.
Speaking:
The title of the film in Amar (All great achievements require time). What does “all great achievements require time” mean?
ENOUGH – BASTANTE/ SUFICIENTE
El adverbio enough significa bastante o suficiente y lo colocamos de la siguiente manera:
- Antes de un sustantivo.
We don’t have enough bread for tonight. (No tenemos suficiente pan para esta noche.)
- Después de un adjetivo, un adverbio o un verbo.
She doesn’t have to worry; she is good enough. (No tiene que preocuparse; es suficientemente buena.)
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Do you rest enough? (¿Descansas lo suficiente?)
Exercise8. Put enough in the right position:
a. The kitchen is (YES/NO ) clean (YES/NO ). b. The supermarket doesn’t have (YES/NO ) milk (YES/NO ) today. c. My room isn’t (YES/NO ) tidy (YES/NO ) d. This exercise is (YES/NO ) easily (YES/NO) e. Is your car (YES/NO ) big (YES/NO)?
Does he (YES/NO ) eat (YES/NO)?
LOS CONECTORES
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CONNECTORS:
1. Read the pairs of sentences below. Which pair expresses similar ideas? Which pair expresses contrasting ideas?
similar ideas vs. contrasting ideas
1. Their team has got the best players. Moreover, their coach is
fantastic.
2. Their team has got the best players. Nevertheless, they lost the last
game.
2.Choose the correct connector:
CONNECTORS OF ADDITION: in addition, furthermore, moreover, as well as, also, and
CONNECTORS OF CONTRAST: however, nevertheless, on the one hand / on the other hand, in spite of / despite, although /even though, but
In addition;despite,however,but,as well as,nevertheless
1. Lorena seems to be quite clever. ......., she often gets low marks.
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2. The service at this restaurant is excellent. .........., the food is delicious.
3. I've never been to Argentina, .........having relatives there.
4. Jordi is a careful driver. .........., he’s had several accidents.
5. Cristina loves playing sport, ........ she’s not very good at it.
6. Anna is talented at music.......... art.
Some connectors have got similar meanings but are followed by different structures. Despite and in spite of are followed by a noun phrase or a gerund.
We did not wear coats despite the cold weather.
I tried to look happy in spite of feeling terrible.
Even though and although are followed by a clause.
My car constantly needs repairs even though it’s new.
My cousin and I aren’t very close, although we’re the same age.
Choose the correct connector.
1. We're studying now there's an interesting film on TV.
2. I’d like to talk to you I know you’re busy.
3. her efforts, she failed the exam.
4. we were having difficulties, we felt optimistic.
5. We didn’t win the game all all our hard work
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VOCABULARY:
La descripción:
This is: esto/a es.
This is a house
That is: eso/a, aquel/la es
That is the orange house
These are: estos/as son
These are the English books
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Those are: esos/as, aquellos/as son
Those are the English books:
Appearance
I am / You are / He is / She is …
Tall
small
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►El verbo To be es el verbo descriptivo más utilizado
Character
I am / You are / He is / She is …
shy
quiet
lively
active
easygoing
outgoing
nice
friendly
funny
happy
annoying
sad
aggressive
a pain in the neck
a little chatter box
overweight, fat
slim
young
old
… years old.
beautiful / pretty ,
handsome
sun-tanned
pale
►Con el verbo tener y haber TO HAVE también podemos utilizarlo para la descripción física
I have / You have / He has / She has (got) …
blue / green / grey / brown eyes
freckles
a beard
a full beard
a moustache
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a goatee
a stubbly beard
blond hair
red hair
brown hair
black hair
dyed hair
blond highlights
short hair
long hair
straight hair
curly hair / curls
a bald head
a square / round / triangular / oval face
a big / small / long nose
big / small ears
Clothing and Accessories
I wear / You wear / He wears / She wears …
glasses
contact lenses
I am wearing / You are wearing / He/She is wearing …
earrings
a necklace
a wristband
a bracelet
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a cap
a red scarf
a tie
Expressing Opinions
English Vocabulary
Below are some phrases that you can use to help express opinions. Some of these phrases are more appropriate for written English such as giving your opinion in an essay whereas some can also be used in spoken English.
Personal Point of View
We use these words and phrases to express a personal point of view:
In my experience… As far as I'm concerned… Speaking for myself… In my opinion… Personally, I think… I'd say that… I'd suggest that… I'd like to point out that… I believe that… What I mean is…
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General Point of View
We use these words and phrases to express a point of view that is generally thought by people:
It is thought that... Some people say that... It is considered... It is generally accepted that...
Agreeing with an opinion
We use these words and phrases to agree with someone else's point of view:
Of course. You're absolutely right. Yes, I agree. I think so too. That's a good point. Exactly. I don't think so either. So do I. I'd go along with that. That's true. Neither do I. I agree with you entirely. That's just what I was thinking. I couldn't agree more.
Disagreeing with an opinion
We use these words and phrases to disagree with someone else's point of view:
That's different. I don't agree with you. However… That's not entirely true. On the contrary… I'm sorry to disagree with you, but… Yes, but don't you think… That's not the same thing at all. I'm afraid I have to disagree. I'm not so sure about that. I must take issue with you on that. It's unjustifiable to say that...
EXPRESSIONS YOU MAY USE
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Introduce your opinion:
In my opinion… En mi opinion
I(personally)) think/I believe/ Personalmente creo que/no creo que
I feel/I don’t feel that… Me parece/no me parece que
In my view/ In my point of view …. Bajo mi punto de vista
As I see it… Como lo veo yo
As far as I’m concerned … En lo que a mi respecta
It’s clear to me that… me parece evidente que
I agree/I don’t agree that… Estoy de acuerdo en que/ No...
Sequence ideas:
To begin with… Para empezar ...
The first point is… El primer argumento es ...
First of all …/First/Firstly,... En primer lugar ... / Primeramente,...
Secondly/ Thirdly… En segundo lugar/ en tercer lugar
Finally…/Lastly… Por último…
Add information
Furthermore, … Además (formal)
Moreover, …. Además (formal)
In addition, … Además (less formal)
Besides, … Además (the least formal)
What is more, … Es más, ...
Also…/...too También
As well as… al igual que
Apart from (that)… Aparte de (eso)
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Give a reason
Due to(+noun)/Due to the fact that(+sentence) Debido a/Debido al hecho de que…
Owing to(+noun)/Owing to the fact that(+sentence) “
Because……(+sentence) porque
Because of………(+noun e.g.: the rain) a causa de / por ... (e.g.: la lluvia)
Since…/As……(+sentence e.g.: he is the boss) ya que, puesto que…(e.g.: él es el jefe)
That’s why ... por eso ...
For this/that reason por esta/esa razón…
Express a consequence
Cosequently… en consecuéncia
Therefore… por lo tanto
So… así que, por eso…
As a result of… como consecuencia de
This means that… esto significa que
Introduce the conclusion
In short… en resumen
In brief… “
In summary… “
To sum up “
In conclusion… en conclusión
To conclude… “
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CONJUNCTIONS
According to - de acuerdo con / según Namely - a saber
After - después que Neither... nor - ni... ni
Although - aunque, si bien Nevertheless - sin embargo, no obstante
And - y Nor - ni
As - cuando, mientras, a medida que, como
Notwithstanding - no obstante
As if - como si Or - o
As long as - mientras, con tal que Or else - sino
As soon as - en cuanto Otherwhise - de otra manera, si no
As though - como si Provided - siempre que , con tal de que
As well as - además de Providing - siempre que , con tal de que
Because - porque Since - puesto que, ya que, desde que
Because of - debido a So as to - para
Before - antes que So as not to - para no
Both...and - tanto...como So that - para que
But - pero Still - sin embargo, no obstante
But - sino Than - que ( en comparaciones )
Either... or - o... o Therefore - por lo tanto
Even though - aunque Though - aunque
Except - excepto, salvo Unless - a menos que
For - porque Until - hasta que
Furthermore - además Whenever - cada vez que, cuando
However - sin embargo Whereas - siendo que, mientras
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If - si Whether - si
In case of - en caso de Whether... or - si... o
In order to - para While - mientrar, mientras que, aunque
Moreover - además, por otra parte Yet - sin embargo, no obstante
More Expressions you can use to introduce an opinion
In my opinion, ... In my eyes, ...
To my mind, ... As far as I am concerned, ... Speaking personally, ...
From my point of view, ... As for me / As to me, ... I dare say that ...
I would say that ... It seems to me that ... I am of the opinion that ..
My impression is that ... I am under the impression that ... It is my impression that .
I have the feeling that ... My own feeling on the subject is that ...
I have no doubt that ... I am sure / I am certain that ...
I hold the opinion/ the view that ... (I form / adopt an opinion.)
I guess that ... It goes without saying that ...
My view / opinion / belief / impression / conviction is that ...
I think / consider / find / feel / believe / suppose / presume / assume that ...
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1. Read the text about St. Patrick.
St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, was born in Wales around 385 AD. His real name was not Patrick but Maewyn Succat. He had wealthy parents and they had a good life in the country. When he was 16 years old he was captured by pirates who took him to Ireland and sold him to a farmer.
He worked as a shepherd, tending sheep and pigs. He was very lonely and prayed all the time. One night, after more than six years as a prisoner, Patrick heard a voice – which he believed to be God’s - telling him to escape. He walked for more than 200 miles until he reached the coast. He boarded a ship that took him to France where he became a priest.
He went back to Wales but, several years later, another vision told him that he had to return to Ireland to convert the Druid Irish people to Christianity.
St. Patrick lived and preached in Ireland for many years. Instead of disregarding native Irish beliefs, he incorporated traditional customs and rituals into his lessons. He used the shamrock, a three-leaf clover, to explain the Christian concept of God (Father, Son and Holy Spirit).
According to a legend, St. Patrick drove all the snakes from Ireland. This is not true. Ireland never actually had snakes.
Saint Patrick died on March 17 – the day we now celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Lots of cities in Ireland and in the US have St. Patrick's Day parades. Most people wear green and one of the fun Irish traditions is to pinch anyone who is not wearing green on St. Patrick's Day.
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Complete the sentences.
1. St. Patrick's Day is an annual feast day celebrating the patron saint of .
2. St. Patrick's Day is celebrated on .
3. People wear something on St. Patrick's Day.
4. A is a three-leaf clover.
5. Several cities celebrate the holiday with a
6. If you do not wear green on St. Patrick's day someone might you!
5. Have fun with a Crossword Puzzle. Use the picture clues.
1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6. 7. 8.
9.
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1 2
3 4
5 6
7
8
9
Across
3. St. Patrick is the patron saint of ______
8. The ______ has a pot of gold.
9. You must wear something ______ on St. Patrick's Day.
Down
1. The ______ is the Irish national emblem.
2. The ______ is a three-leaf clover.
4. There is a pot of gold at the end of the ______.
5. Leprechauns have a pot of ______.
6. Many cities celebrate St. Patrick's Day with a ______.
7. St. Patrick's Day is celebrated on ______.
1. What do you think about this tradition?
2. Write a text about a tradition you know.
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CAN / COULD / BE ABLE TO
◙ Can y could son formas invariables (no se conjugan) y aparecen siempre seguidas de un verbo en infinitivo (sin to).
◙ Can sólo se utiliza en las oraciones en presente y could es su forma en las oraciones en pasado, aquellas que implican un tono de cortesía o en oraciones condicionales.
◙ Estos son los principales usos de can y could:
· Expresar capacidad para hacer algo:
She can swim very well. ([Ella] Sabe nadar muy bien). She could swim very well. ([Ella] sabía nadar muy bien).
· Pedir algo de forma educada:
Can I have a beer, please? (¿Me pone una cerveza, por favor?). Could I have a beer, please? (¿Me podría poner una cerveza, por favor?).
· Expresar posibilidad o imposibilidad de hacer algo:
I can give you her phone number. (Puedo darte su número de teléfono). I could give you her phone number. (Podría darte su número de teléfono).
· Expresar y pedir permiso:
Can I smoke here? (¿Puedo fumar aquí?). Could I smoke here? (Podría fumar aquí?).
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◙ Forma negativa: se añade not detrás de can y could: cannot / could not.
I cannot / can’t believe it! (¡No me lo puedo creer!). We cannot / can’t meet tonight. (No podemos quedar esta noche).
◙ Forma interrogativa: El sujeto se coloca entre can/could y el verbo en infinitivo.
She can play the saxophone > Can she play the saxophone? You can drink alcohol > Can you drink alcohol?
Exercise1. Complete the sentences with can or could. In some sentences you can use both options although the meaning changes:
1. Mike can/could drive, but he doesn’t have a car.
2. Smoking can/could be dangerous for your health and those around you.
3. When we were kids, we can not/could not go to bed very late.
4. Extreme rain could /cancause the river to flood the city.
◙ Be able to corresponde a la expresión en español ‘ser capaz de’.
◙ El verbo to be nunca aparecerá en infinitivo, sino que se conjugará en cualquier tiempo verbal y siempre de acuerdo con el sujeto de la oración.
◙ Después de la preposición to debe aparecer un verbo en infinitivo.
◙ La negativa o interrogativa se hace según el tiempo verbal usado del verbo to be.
It seemed difficult, but I was able to learn the list of irregular verbs. (Parecía difícil, pero fui capaz de aprenderme la lista de verbos irregulares).
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I will be able to speak fluent English very soon. (Seré capaz de hablar inglés fluido muy pronto).
She is not able to pronounce the word ‘literature’ correctly. (Ella no es capaz de pronunciar la palabra ‘literature’ correctly).
Are you able to sing a song in English? (¿Eres capaz de cantar una canción en inglés?).
◙ Debemos tener en cuenta que en muchos casos podemos usar tanto can como be able to en una misma oración. Como en español, la diferencia de significado de ambos verbos es mínima.
Ejercicio2. Complete the sentences with can or be able to:
1. When Tom went to Wales, he can/was able to save a lot of money.
2. Can/are able to they play paddle well?
3. She was not able/ can´t to not understand the plot of the film.
4. My girlfriend cannot come/ is not able to with us to the Rolling Stones concert.
PRESENT PERFECT
How do we make the Present Perfect Tense?
The structure of the present perfect tense is:
subject + auxiliary verb + main verb
have past participle
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Here are some examples of the present perfect tense:
subject auxiliary verb main verb
+ I have seen ET.
+ You have eaten mine.
- She has not been to Rome.
- We have not played football.
? Have you finished?
? Have they done it?
Contractions with the present perfect tense
When we use the present perfect tense in speaking, we usually contract the subject and auxiliary verb. We also sometimes do this when we write.
I have I've
You have You've
He has She has It has John has The car has
He's She's It's John's The car's
We have We've
They have They've
Here are some examples:
I've finished my work. John's seen ET. They've gone home.
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He's or he's??? Be careful! The 's contraction is used for the auxiliary verbs have and be. For example, "It's eaten" can mean:
It has eaten. [present perfect tense, active voice] It is eaten. [present tense, passive voice]
It is usually clear from the context.
How do we use the Present Perfect Tense?
This tense is called the present perfect tense. There is always a connection with the past and with the present. There are basically three uses for the present perfect tense:
1. experience 2. change 3. continuing situation
1. Present perfect tense for experience
We often use the present perfect tense to talk about experience from the past. We are not interested in when you did something. We only want to know if you did it:
I have seen ET. He has lived in Bangkok.
Have you been there? We have never eaten caviar.
past present future
!!!
The action or state was in the past.
In my head, I have a memory now.
Connection with past: the event was in the past. Connection with present: in my head, now, I have a memory of the event; I know something about the event; I have experience of it.
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2. Present perfect tense for change
We also use the present perfect tense to talk about a change or new information:
I have bought a car.
past present future
- +
Last week I didn't have a car.
Now I have a car.
John has broken his leg.
past present future
+ -
Yesterday John had a good leg.
Now he has a bad leg.
Has the price gone up?
past present future
+ -
Was the price $1.50 yesterday?
Is the price $1.70 today?
The police have arrested the killer.
past present future
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- +
Yesterday the killer was free.
Now he is in prison.
Connection with past: the past is the opposite of the present. Connection with present: the present is the opposite of the past.
***Americans do not use the present perfect tense so much as British speakers. Americans often use the past tense instead. An American might say "Did you have lunch?", where a British person would say "Have you had lunch?"
3. Present perfect tense for continuing situation
We often use the present perfect tense to talk about a continuing situation. This is a state that started in the past and continues in the present (and will probably continue into the future). This is a state (not an action). We usually use for or since with this structure.
I have worked here since June. He has been ill for 2 days.
How long have you known Tara?
past present future
The situation started in the past.
It continues up to now. (It will probably continue
into the future.)
Connection with past: the situation started in the past. Connection with present: the situation continues in the present.
For & Since with Present Perfect Tense
We often use for and since with the present perfect tense.
We use for to talk about a period of time - 5 minutes, 2 weeks, 6 years. We use since to talk about a point in past time - 9 o'clock, 1st January,
Monday.
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for since
a period of time a point in past time
x------------
20 minutes 6.15pm
three days Monday
6 months January
4 years 1994
2 centuries 1800
a long time I left school
ever the beginning of time
etc etc
Here are some examples:
I have been here for 20 minutes. I have been here since 9 o'clock. John hasn't called for 6 months. John hasn't called since February. He has worked in New York for a long time. He has worked in New York since he left school.
For can be used with all tenses. Since is usually used with perfect tenses only.
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Exercises:
Fill in the gaps with the most appropriate word from the list below:
Present Perfect - 1
Has he eaten? Has she eaten? Hasn't he eaten? Hasn't she eaten? Have I eaten? Have
they eaten? Have you eaten? Haven't we eaten? Haven't you eaten? He hasn't eaten I have eaten
I haven't eaten She has eaten They haven't eaten We have eaten We haven't eaten You
have eaten
EAT Affirmative Form
Negative Form Interrogative Form
Interronegative Form
I Haven't I eaten?
he He has eaten
she She hasn't eaten
we Have we eaten?
you You haven't eaten
they They have eaten
Haven't they eaten?
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Present Perfect - 2
Has she written? Hasn't he written? Hasn't she written? Have I written? Have they written? Have you written?
Haven't we written? Haven't you written? He has written He hasn't written I have written I haven't written She has written They have written They haven't written We have
written We haven't written You haven't written
WRITE Affirmative Form
Negative Form Interrogative Form
Interronegative Form
I Haven't I written?
he Has he written?
she She hasn't written
we Have we written?
you You have written
they Haven't they written?
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What have you done today? Simple Present Perfect gap-fill exercise
1. I a shower today. (to take)
2. We the newspaper today. (to read)
3. I to my English teacher today. (to speak)
4. She television today. (to watch)
5. He two cups of coffee today. (to have)
6. They four e-mails today. (to send)
7. He a new friend today. (to make)
8. I a film today. (to see)
9. She two postcards today. (to write)
10. You this test today. (to do)
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PASADO SIMPLE VS. PASADO CONTINUO
◙ Para formar el Pasado Simple debemos tener en cuenta si el verbo es Regular o Irregular [ver Módulo 1; apartado 2. Pasado Simple].
◙ El Pasado Simple lo usamos en las siguientes situaciones:
· Para hablar de acciones acabadas en un periodo de tiempo en el pasado. Puede ir acompañado de algunos marcadores como: yesterday, the day before yesterday, last night, last week, last month, last year, three years ago, in 1971…
I called you yesterday. (Te llamé ayer). Did she come last night? (¿Vino ella anoche?). They didn’t work last year. (Ellos no trabajaron el año pasado).
· Para narrar o describir hechos en el pasado:
When I was a child I was really shy, I liked playing the guitar but I didn’t study too much. How were you? (Cuando yo era pequeña era muy tímida, me gustaba tocar la guitarra pero no estudiaba demasiado. ¿Tú cómo eras?).
· Para formar las condicionales de segundo tipo:
If you were busy I would do it for you. (Si tú estuvieras ocupado, yo lo haría por ti).
If we had a car we could go to the beach. (Si tuviéramos un coche podríamos ir a la playa).
◙ El Pasado Continuo se forma con el verbo to be en pasado simple + verbo en –ing.
I was watching a film. (Estaba viendo una película). Were you waiting for me? (¿Me estabas esperando?).
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She wasn’t working in this company. (No estaba trabajando en esta empresa).
◙ El Pasado Continuo lo usamos en las siguientes situaciones:
· Para hablar de acciones en proceso que ocurrieron en un momento específico del pasado:
At 10 o’clock she was waiting for the bus. (A las 10 ella estaba esperando el autobús).
· Para describir el contexto o el ambiente en el que se desarrolla una acción en el pasado:
It was raining; I was watching a film and thinking about the problem. (Estaba lloviendo; yo estaba viendo una película y pensando en el problema).
· Para describir una acción que se estaba desarrollando en el pasado y es interrumpida por otra acción también en el pasado (pasado simple).
I was reading the newspaper when she called me. (Yo estaba leyendo el periódico cuando ella me llamó).
· Para describir dos acciones que ocurren al mismo tiempo:
They were drinking and talking while I was cooking alone. (Ellos estaban bebiendo y hablando mientras yo estaba cocinando sola).
· Para hablar de acciones habituales en el pasado que son molestas para el hablante. Normalmente usamos el adverbio always.
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She was always talking in class. (Ella siempre estaba hablando en clase).
◙ Existen algunas reglas ortográficas para añadir la –ing:
Normalmente añadimos la –ing al verbo sin que se produzca ningún cambio; también a los verbos que acaban en –y :
listen > listening try > trying go > going lay > laying read > reading fly > flying
Los verbos acabador en consonante + -e, omiten la –e para añadir –ing:
live > living write > writing behave > behaving
Los verbos monosilábicos acabados en una sola consonante precedida de una sola vocal duplican la consonante final delante de –ing:
stop > stopping swim > swimming run > running
Los verbos de dos o más sílabas que acaban en una sola consonante precedida de una sola vocal duplican la consonante final si el acento recae en la última sílaba:
refer > referring occur > occurring
Los verbos acabados en –ie cambian la –ie por –y delante de –ing:
die > dying lie > lying
Muchos verbos acabados en una sola vocal + l o p duplican la consonante finaldelante de –ing, aunque no cumplan la regla del acento:
travel > travelling worship > worshipping
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Exercise1. A group of people were staying in a hotel. One evening the fire alarm went off. Choose the sentences saying what each person was doing at the time.
Example: (I / have/ a bath) I was having a bath.
1. (Rachel / write / a letter to her sister)
1. Rachel was writing a letter to her sister
1. Rachel were writing a letter to her sister
2. (Peter / get / ready to go out)
2. Peter were getting ready to go out
2. Peter was getting ready to go out
3. (Charles and Dennis / have / a drink)
3. Charles and Dennis were having a drink
3. Charles and Dennis was having a drink
4. (Tom / make / a phone call)
4. Tom was making a phone call.
4. Tom were making a phone call.
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Exercise2. Choose the correct simple past or continuous sentences:
1. (it be) easy to do the exercise?
2. Sam (take) another cake while his mum was not looking.
3. George (walk) his dog when he hear a strange noise.
4. He (get) lots of presents for his birthday.
5. (He, work) on his computer at 5 o’clock?
6. (You, buy) a blue skirt yesterday?
7. I (eat) and my brother was watching TV.
8. He (have) a shower when the phone rang.
Write down the correct form (pronoun + verb).
Simple Past / Present Perfect Simple
I / open
he / write
they / do
you / swim
she / give
Use
When do we use which tense?
1. 'Already' is a signal word for ... 2. 'Just' is a signal word for ... 3. '2 years ago' is a signal word for ... 4. 'Yet' is a signal word for ... 5. 'Yesterday' is a signal word for ...
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Positive Sentences
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
1. Mary (win) the lottery last year.
2. We (prepare / already) dinner.
3. James (find) your ring in the garden yesterday.
4. He (come / just) home.
5. They (buy) their car two years ago.
Negative Sentences
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
1. I (see / not) anyone yet.
2. Phil (go / not) to the cinema last night.
3. We (be / not) to the zoo so far.
4. She (arrive / not) yet.
5. Emily (visit / not) me last week.
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B1 - UNIT 2 QUESTION TAGS
◙ Son preguntas breves empleadas cuando el emisor necesita aprobación por parte del interlocutor o quiere comprobar que está escuchando.
◙ Corresponden a la muletilla utilizada en español al final de la frase: ¿no? / ¿verdad?
Como en inglés son abreviaturas de una oración interrogativa completa, se utilizan los mismos verbos auxiliares y el mismo orden de palabras que en las oraciones interrogativas completas:
These documentaries are very interesting, aren’t they? (Estos documentales son muy interesantes, ¿verdad?).
It’s not snowing, is it? (No está nevando, ¿no?).
◙ Principales question tags:
· Frase afirmativa + question tag negativa:
We are going to Morocco, aren’t we? (Vamos a Marruecos, ¿no?)
Ralph is a bit shy, isn’t he? (Ralph es un poco tímido, ¿verdad?)
· Frase negativa + question tag afirmativa:
You don’t like vegetables, do you? (No te gusta la verdura, ¿no?)
Alice can’t drive, can she? (Alice no puede conducir, ¿no?)
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◙ Otros tipos de question tags:
· Con el imperativo (se utiliza el auxiliar will en la tag question y la orden o invitación del imperativo se convierte en una orden brusca):
Sit down, will you? (Siéntate, ¿quieres?).
· Con someone / somebody (el sujeto de la tag question es they):
Someone has called all the customers, haven’t they? (Alguien ha llamado a todos los clientes, ¿no?).
· Con Let’s…(la tag question de esta expresión es shall we):
Let’s go home, shall we? (Vamos a casa ¿no?).
· Con varios auxiliares (en este caso la question tag debe hacerse con el primero de ellos):
They shouldn’t have told her, should they? (No deberían habérselo dicho, ¿verdad?).
◙ Entonación de las tag questions:
· Entonación descendente: el hablante está seguro de lo que dice, por lo que no haría falta una respuesta de su interlocutor. Corresponde a la muletilla del español ¿eh?
Frank is a clever boy, isn’t he? (Frank es un chico listo, ¿eh? [El hablante da su opinión]).
· Entonación ascendente: el hablante no está seguro de lo que dice, por lo que la tag question es una forma de pedir información a su interlocutor.
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Frank passed his exams, didn’t he? (Frank aprobó los exámenes, ¿no? [El hablante duda y pide información])
Ejercicio 1. Choose the correct question tag to complete the following sentences:
a. You will send me a postcard from Llangollen, WON’T YOU/ WILL YOU? b. Somebody answered the phone when I was out, DIDN’T THEY/ WAS I? c. You are not older than me, ARE YOU/ AREN´T YOU? d. Rachel has gone to Brussels, HASN’T SHE/ HAS SHE? e. She is invited too, ISN’T SHE/ IS SHE? f. Let’s have another drink, SHALL WE/ SHALL NOT WE?
You don’t know who I am, DO YOU/ DON´T YOU?
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VERBOS MODALES
◙ Los verbos modales sirven para hablar de obligación, voluntad, posibilidad o capacidad. Solo tienen formas de presente o de pasado, es decir, que no tienen ni infinitivo, ni participio ni gerundio (excepto must y ought to, que solo tienen formas de presente). La siguiente tabla muestra los verbos modales más importantes:
VERBO USO EJEMPLOS
Can
Expresar capacidad para hacer algo.
She can swim very well.
Puede/ Sabe nadar muy bien.
Pedir algo educadamente.
Can I have some more coffee, please?
¿Me puedes poner más café, por favor?
Expresar posibilidad o imposibilidad
I can’t go with you; I’m not feeling well.
No puedo ir contigo; no me encuentro bien.
Expresar y pedir permiso.
Can I open the door?
¿Puedo abrir la puerta?
En negativa: expresar deducción.
It can’t be raining. The ground is not wet.
No puede estar lloviendo. El suelo no está mojado.
Could
Expresar capacidad para hacer algo en el pasado.
I could drive at the age of twelve.
Yo sabía conducir a los doce años.
Pedir algo educadamente. Could you tell me the time, please?
¿Podría decirme la hora, por favor?
Expresar imposibilidad en el pasado.
The light was too bright. I couldn’t open my eyes.
La luz era demasiado brillante. No podía abrir los ojos.
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Hacer conjeturas. We could have a drink in the pub.
Podríamos tomarnos una copa en el bar.
Pasado de Can en estilo indirecto. They said they could do it again.
Dijeron que lo podían hacer de nuevo.
May
Pedir permiso. May I stay a bit longer?
¿Puedo quedarme un poco más?
Conceder permiso. You may play now.
Ya podéis jugar.
Expresar posibilidad.
We may visit our friends on Monday.
Puede que visitemos a nuestros amigos el lunes.
Hacer conjeturas.
She may still be asleep because the room is dark.
Puede que todavía esté durmiendo porque la habitación está oscura.
Might
Expresar la posibilidad remota de que algo ocurra.
They might invite us to the party.
Puede que nos inviten a la fiesta.
Hacer conjeturas.
They might have broken the window while I was sleeping.
Puede que rompieran/ hayan roto la ventana mientras dormía.
Must
Expresar obligación. You must go to school.
Debes ir a clase.
En forma negativa: expresar prohibición.
You mustn’t smoke in hospitals.
No se debe fumar en los hospitales.
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Expresar deducción afirmativa.
They must be happy with the new building.
Deben de estar contentos con el nuevo edificio.
Have to
Expresar obligación.
I had to go to the doctor yesterday because I didn’t feel well.
Ayer tuve que ir al médico porque no me encontraba bien.
En forma negativa: expresar ausencia de obligación.
You don’t have to buy anything; there is plenty of food in the fridge.
No tienes que comprar nada; hay mucha comida en la nevera.
Should
Dar consejos.
You should do more physical exercise.
Deberías hacer más ejercicio físico.
Expresar obligación moral. We should be more tolerant.
Deberíamos ser más tolerantes.
Criticar acciones pasadas (seguidas de have + participio).
She should have been quiet.
Debería haberse callado.
Shall
Hacer un ofrecimiento. Shall I open the window?
¿Abro la ventana?
Hacer sugerencias.
What shall we do tonight?
¿Qué hacemos esta noche?
Expresar decisions. I shall speak to the headmaster.
Yo hablaré con el director.
Dar instrucciones tajantes.
You shall be here at ten tomorrow.
Mañana estarás aquí a las diez.
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Will
Para hablar del futuro. I will go to the fair tomorrow.
Iré a la feria mañana.
Como pregunta corta a un imperativo.
Pass me the salt, will you?
Pásame la sal, ¿quieres?
Would
Hacer un ofercimiento. Would you like some tea?
¿Quieres té?
Pedir algo educadamente. Would you pass me the salt, please?
¿Podrías pasarme la sal, por favor?
Como pasado de will en el estilo indirecto.
He said he would fix it the following day.
Dijo que lo arreglaría al día siguiente.
Solo en afirmativa: expresar costumbres o rutinas en el pasado (solía).
When we were children we would go fishing every weekend.
Cuando éramos niños, solíamos ir a pescar todos los fines de semana.
◙ Los verbos modales tienen la misma forma verbal para todas las personas, es decir, no se le añade –s a la tercera persona del singular, por ejemplo.
◙ En oraciones afirmativas y negativas, van siempre delante del verbo principal; en las interrogativas, la estructura es: verbo modal + sujeto + verbo principal. Después de un verbo modal el verbo principal va si to.
She can walk very fast. (Ella puede caminar muy rápido). Can she walk very fast? (¿Puede caminar muy rápido?).
◙ Con los verbos modales no usamos auxiliar do/ does/ did.
◙ Para negar, colocamos la partícula negativa not, detrás del verbo modal; la forma contraída no la usamos en todos los modales.
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- can > cannot > can’t - could > could not > couldn’t - may > may not - might > might not > mightn’t - must > must not > mustn’t - have to > have not to > haven’t to - shall > shall not - should > should not > shouldn’t - will > will not > won’t - would > would not > wouldn’t
I can’t eat almonds. (No puedo comer almendras). I won’t cook for you tonight. (No te haré la cena esta noche). You shouldn’t smoke so much. (No deberías fumar tanto). You mustn’t watch so much television. (No se debe ver tanta televisión).
Exercise1. Match these sentences:
1-I’m tired; may I a- please tell me your address and telephone
number?
2-She doesn’t have to b- go to my sister’s house for dinner on Saturday?
3-Mrs. Clayton, would you c- translate the letter into English, only into German.
4- Shall we d- sit here?
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YET/ NOT YET
◙ Yet tiene diferentes significados:
· En la oración negativa > Todavía.
I haven’t started yet. (No he empezado todavía).
· En la oración interrogativa > Ya.
Have you started yet? (¿Has empezado ya?).
· Para responder de forma negativa a una pregunta con yet, usamos not yet > Todavía no.
Have you booked the flight yet? – Not yet. (¿Has reservado el vuelo ya? – todavía no).
◙ Normalmente yet aparece al final de la oración, tanto negativa como interrogativa.
◙ En la oración interrogativa con yet, es más común usar el Present Perfect.
Has she come back yet? (¿Ha llegado ella ya?).
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Exercise5. The following sentences are translated into English , but are they correct?:
1- ¿Has visto la película? No, todavía no. No he podido ir al cine.
Have you seen the film? No, not yet. I haven’t been able to go to the cinema.
2- ¿Habéis entendido todo ya? Si, lo hemos entendido porque Pedro nos lo ha explicado con muchos detalles.
Have you understood everything yet? Yes, we have understood it because Pedro has explained it to us with many details.
3- Carmen y Teresa han ido ya a la playa.
Have Carmen and Teresa gone to the beach yet?
4- No han creado la nueva página Web aún, han sido muy perezosos.
They haven’t created the new web site yet, they have been very lazy.
5- No hemos pedido una nueva impresora aún, pero hemos tenido suerte porque nos han prestado una.
We haven’t ordered a new printer, but we have been lucky because they have lent us one yet.
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GET + ADJETIVO
◙ Usamos get + adjetivo para expresar cambio de un estado a otro como resultado de una acción. En este caso get funciona como un auxiliar.
to get angry (enfadarse) to get hungry (entrarle a uno hambre) to get married (casarse) to get tired (cansarse)
She left the window open and the table got wet. (Ella dejó la ventana abierta y la mesa se mojó).
[Una cosa es estar mojado (to be wet) y otra mojarse (to get wet). Con get nos referimos al proceso].
You are going to get hungry during class if you don't have breakfast. (Te va a entrar hambre durante la clase si no desayunas).
[Una cosa es estar hambriento (to be hungry) y otra es el proceso de entrarle a uno hambre (to get hungry)].
◙ Estos son algunos de los adjetivos más utilizados con get (proceso de…):
- get hungry - get well
- get thirsty - get dry
- get ready - get dark
- get late - get cold
- get serious - get fat
- get hot - get busy
- get anxious - get angry
- get impatient - get old
- get sick - get thin
- get bald
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Exercise7. Match the following sentences:
1-Those apples are not green, they are … a) getting deaf
2-Why does Yadira… b) got tired
3-Yesterday I was doing aerobics but I… c) getting mature
4-He works in a very noisy place, he is… d) get dry
5-If you put the skirt near the window now, it will… e) get angry?
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PREPOSITIONS OF EASY CONFUSION
TO/ FOR
◙ Principales usos de las preposiciones to y for:
To
LUGAR
a, hacia
Im gointo to the beach.
Voy a la playa.
a, hasta
The snow came to the door.
La nieve llegaba a la puerta.
TIEMPO
hasta
From one to six.
Desde la una hasta las seis.
menos (para la hora)
It’s ten to five.
Son las cinco menos diez
MODO
a (para introducir un objeto indirecto)
She gave them to me.
Me los dio a mí.
a, hasta
From one to five.
Del uno al cinco.
para (intención)
I work here to ear some Money.
Trabajo aquí para ganar algo de dinero.
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For
LUGAR
para, en dirección a
The bus for Cádiz.
El autobús para Cádiz.
TIEMPO
durante
For one week.
Durante una semana.
para, por
The camping is for the 3rd of July.
El camping es para el 3 de Julio.
desde hace
I don’t smoke for months.
No fumo desde hace meses.
MODO
para (destino)
I bought something for her.
He comprador algo para ella.
por (intención)
I eat for pleasure.
Yo como por placer.
por, a favor de
He’s for a change in the department.
Él está a favor de un cambio en el departamento.
por (causa)
I couldn’t sleep for the heat.
No pude dormir por el calor.
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Exercise4. Elige la oración correcta:
1. a. I’m going to the cinema. b. I’m going for the cinema.
2. a. They are to a rise in the price. b. They are for a rice in the price.
3. a. It’s quarter for five. b. It’s quarter to five.
4. a. I don’t see her for months.
b. I don’t see her to months.
5. a. I’m making an effort to stop smoking.
b. I’m making an effort for stop smoking.
6. a. She can’t hear me to the wind.
b. She can’t hear me for the wind.
7. a. I bought it for fun.
b. I bought it to fun.
8. a. The cake is to tomorrow.
b. The cake is for tomorrow.
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Exercise5. Completa con la preposición correcta:
1. Take this notebook, it’s …you!
2. John is going…the market tomorrow
3. Gerard is waiting…his girlfriend.
4. I am very busy this morning; can you take the little boy... school today?
5. She always sleeps…thirty minutes in the afternoon.
6. Don’t talk…Richard about the problem, he can’t help you.
7. The museum is open from 9 a.m. …6 p.m.
8. She needs special tools … making the new sculpture.
9. We use these books … teach Spanish to the new students.
10. They are leaving…Brazil next Sunday; they will stay there on holidays…6
days.
Vocabulary:
Llamadas telefónicas / vocabulario telefónico
Telephone language and phrases in English
Answering the phone> responder al telefono
• Good morning/afternoon/evening, council town speaking.
> buenos días/tardes/tardes noches ( a partir de las 18h), habla con el ayuntamiento.
• Who's calling, please?
> ¿con quién hablo?
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Introducing yourself> presentarse
• This is Paul Smith speaking.
> Soy Paul Smith
• Hello, this is Paul Smith from Speakspeak International.
> Soy Paul Smith
Asking for someone> preguntar por alguien
• Could* I speak to John Martin, please?
> ¿Podría hablar con el Señor J.M, por favor?
* PASADO Y CONDICIONAL DE CAN: PODER
• I'd like* to speak to John Martin, please.
> Me gustaría hablar co J.M, por favor
* SUJETO+ WOULD LIKE TO + INFINITIVO: SUJETO+ GUSTARÍA+ INFINITIVO
• Could you put me through to John Martin, please?
> ¿Podría pasarme con J.M
• Could I speak to someone who …
> ¿Podría hablar ....
Explaining> explicar
• I'm afraid Mr Martin isn't in at the moment.
> Lo siento pero el señor Martin no está en este momento
• I'm sorry, he's in a meeting at the moment.
> Lo siento pero él está reunido en este momento
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• I'm afraid he's on another line at the moment.
> Lo siento pero está hablando por teléfono
Putting someone on hold> poner en espera
• Just a moment, please.
> un momento por favor
• Could you hold the line, please?
> Un momento por favor
• Hold the line, please.
> no cuelgue por favor
Problems> problemas
• I'm sorry, I don't understand. Could you repeat that, please?
>Lo siento, no le entiendo. ¿Puede repetir?
• I'm sorry, I can't hear you very well. Could you speak up a little, please?
> Lo siento, no le oigo muy bien. ¿Puede hablar más alto?
• I'm afraid you've got the wrong number.
>Lo siento, se ha equivocado.
• I've tried to get through several times but it's always engaged.
> Lo he intentado varias veces pero está siempre ocupado.
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• Could you spell that, please?
> ¿Puede deletrearlo ,por favor?
Putting someone through> pasar la llamada
• One moment, please. I'll see if Mr Jones is available.
> Un momento por favor. Veré si el Sr. Jones está disponible.
• I'll put you through.
> le paso la llamada
• I'll connect you.
> Le paso la llamada
• I'm connecting you now.
> le paso la llamada ahora mismo.
Taking a message> tomar recado
• Can I take a message?
> ¿puedo coger el recado?
• Would you like to leave a message?
> ¿Quiere dejar un mensaje?
• Can I give him/her a message?
> ¿Puedo darle un mensaje?
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• I'll tell Mr Jones that you called
> Le diré al Sr. Jones que le ha llamado.
• I'll ask him/her to call you as soon as possible.
> Le diré que le llame tan pronto como sea.
hang up: colgar
cut off: cortar
hold on: esperar
pick up: descolgar
call-ring back: volver a llamar
put trough: pasar la llamada
directory: guía telefónica
collect call: cobro revertido
switchboard operator: telefonista
directory enquirie: información telefónica
dialing: sonido telefónico
bad line: mala señal
Resumen llamadas telefónicas:
Cuando nosotros llamamos
1: Nos identificamos...
My name is ______. Mi nombre es........
This is _______ (here). Soy .............
2: Si preguntamos por alguien...
Could I speak to _____, please?: podría hablar con......
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Could you put me through to _______, please? Podría pasarme con......
Could I have extension 123, please?Podría pasarme con la extensión……
I'd like to speak to ________ , please. Me gustaría hablar con
3: Explicamos el motivo de la llamada...
I'm calling to ask about...: Llamo para preguntarle sobre......
I'm phoning to tell you about...: llamo para comentarle sobre.....
4. Si queremos dejar un mensaje...
Could you give ____ a message? . puede dejarle un mensaje?
Could you ask ___ to call me when he gets back? Puede decirle que me llame?
5. Agradecemos la atención...
Thanks you very much for your help.: Muchas gracias por su ayuda
Thanks for the information.: Gracias por la información
6.Cierre de la llamada...Good bye.: adiós
Telephoning Hablar por teléfono
Hello? ¿Hola?
May I speak to Mr Peterman, please? Podría hablar con el Sr Peterman, por favor?
Hold the line, please. Espere en línea, por favor.
Please dial the extension number. Por favor disque el número de interno.
I was cut off. Me cortaron.
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Hang up, please. Corte, por favor.
Can I take a message? ¿Quiere dejarle un mensaje?
The line is dead. No se oye nada.
I'll call back later. Llamaré más tarde.
This is an answering machine. Please leave a message after the beep. Este es un contestador automático. Por favor deje su mensaje después de la señal.
I would like to make a collect call to... Quisiera realizar una llamada por cobro revertido a...
PASADO SIMPLE VS. PASADO CONTINUO
◙ Para formar el Pasado Simple debemos tener en cuenta si el verbo es Regular o Irregular [ver Módulo 1; apartado 2. Pasado Simple].
◙ El Pasado Simple lo usamos en las siguientes situaciones:
· Para hablar de acciones acabadas en un periodo de tiempo en el pasado. Puede ir acompañado de algunos marcadores como: yesterday, the day before yesterday, last night, last week, last month, last year, three years ago, in 1971…
I called you yesterday. (Te llamé ayer). Did she come last night? (¿Vino ella anoche?). They didn’t work last year. (Ellos no trabajaron el año pasado).
· Para narrar o describir hechos en el pasado:
When I was a child I was really shy, I liked playing the guitar but I didn’t study too much. How were you? (Cuando yo era pequeña era muy tímida, me gustaba tocar la guitarra pero no estudiaba demasiado. ¿Tú cómo eras?).
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· Para formar las condicionales de segundo tipo:
If you were busy I would do it for you. (Si tú estuvieras ocupado, yo lo haría por ti).
If we had a car we could go to the beach. (Si tuviéramos un coche podríamos ir a la playa).
◙ El Pasado Continuo se forma con el verbo to be en pasado simple + verbo en –ing.
I was watching a film. (Estaba viendo una película). Were you waiting for me? (¿Me estabas esperando?). She wasn’t working in this company. (No estaba trabajando en esta empresa).
◙ El Pasado Continuo lo usamos en las siguientes situaciones:
· Para hablar de acciones en proceso que ocurrieron en un momento específico del pasado:
At 10 o’clock she was waiting for the bus. (A las 10 ella estaba esperando el autobús).
· Para describir el contexto o el ambiente en el que se desarrolla una acción en el pasado:
It was raining; I was watching a film and thinking about the problem. (Estaba lloviendo; yo estaba viendo una película y pensando en el problema).
· Para describir una acción que se estaba desarrollando en el pasado y es interrumpida por otra acción también en el pasado (pasado simple).
I was reading the newspaper when she called me.
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(Yo estaba leyendo el periódico cuando ella me llamó).
· Para describir dos acciones que ocurren al mismo tiempo:
They were drinking and talking while I was cooking alone. (Ellos estaban bebiendo y hablando mientras yo estaba cocinando sola).
· Para hablar de acciones habituales en el pasado que son molestas para el hablante. Normalmente usamos el adverbio always.
She was always talking in class. (Ella siempre estaba hablando en clase).
◙ Existen algunas reglas ortográficas para añadir la –ing:
Normalmente añadimos la –ing al verbo sin que se produzca ningún cambio; también a los verbos que acaban en –y :
listen > listening try > trying go > going lay > laying read > reading fly > flying
Los verbos acabador en consonante + -e, omiten la –e para añadir –ing:
live > living write > writing behave > behaving
Los verbos monosilábicos acabados en una sola consonante precedida de una sola vocal duplican la consonante final delante de –ing:
stop > stopping swim > swimming run > running
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Los verbos de dos o más sílabas que acaban en una sola consonante precedida de una sola vocal duplican la consonante final si el acento recae en la última sílaba:
refer > referring occur > occurring
Los verbos acabados en –ie cambian la –ie por –y delante de –ing:
die > dying lie > lying
Muchos verbos acabados en una sola vocal + l o p duplican la consonante finaldelante de –ing, aunque no cumplan la regla del acento:
travel > travelling worship > worshipping
Exercise1. A group of people were staying in a hotel. One evening the fire alarm went off. Choose the sentences saying what each person was doing at the time.
Example: (I / have/ a bath) I was having a bath.
1. (Rachel / write / a letter to her sister)
1. Rachel was writing a letter to her sister
1. Rachel were writing a letter to her sister
2. (Peter / get / ready to go out)
2. Peter were getting ready to go out
2. Peter was getting ready to go out
3. (Charles and Dennis / have / a drink)
3. Charles and Dennis were having a drink
3. Charles and Dennis was having a drink
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4. (Tom / make / a phone call)
4. Tom was making a phone call.
4. Tom were making a phone call.
Exercise2. Choose the correct simple past or continuous sentences:
1. (it be) easy to do the exercise?
2. Sam (take) another cake while his mum was not looking.
3. George (walk) his dog when he hear a strange noise.
4. He (get) lots of presents for his birthday.
5. (He, work) on his computer at 5 o’clock?
6. (You, buy) a blue skirt yesterday?
7. I (eat) and my brother was watching TV.
8. He (have) a shower when the phone rang.
- Sam took another cake while his mum was not looking.
- He got lots of presents for his birthday.
- Did you buy a blue skirt yesterday?
- I was eating and my brother was watching TV.
- George was walking his dog when he hear a strange noise.
- He was having a shower when the phone rang.
- Was he working on his computer at 5 o'clock?
- Was it easy to do the exercise?
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EL PRESENT PERFECT VS. PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUO
Certain verbs
The following verbs are usually only used in Present Perfect Simple (not in the
progressive form).
state: be, have (for possession only)
Example: We have been on holiday for two weeks.
senses: feel, hear, see, smell, taste, touch
Example: He has tasted the cake.
brain work: believe, know, think, understand
Example: I have known him for 2 days.
Present Perfect Simple Present Perfect Progressive
regular verbs: form of have + verb form -ed
irregular verbs: form of 'have' + 3rd column of
Example:
I / you / we / they have DRIVEN
he / she / it has DRIVEN
regular verbs: form of 'have' + infinitive + ed
Example:
I / you / we / they have TALKED
he / she / it has TALKED
form of 'have' + been + verb + ing
Example:
I / you / we / they have been TALKING
he / she / it has been TALKING
Present Perfect Simple Present Perfect Progressive
Result (what / how much / how often)
I have read 5 letters. / I have been to London
twice.
Duration (how long)
I have been read for an hour.
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DIFERENTES USOS DE ‘USED TO’
3.1. TO GET + USED + TO + -ING (ACOSTUMBRARSE A)
◙ Utilizamos el verbo TO GET antes de la expresión USED TO para referirnos al proceso de acostumbrarse a algo.
To get+ used + to + driving on the left. (Acostumbrarse a conducir por la izquierda).
◙ Una vez conocemos los elementos de esta estructura y su posición, debemos tener en cuenta que para formar una oración debemos utilizar obligatoriamente un sujeto y asegurarnos que el verbo to get está conjugado en el tiempo verbal adecuado.
I got used to driving on the left. (Me acostumbré a conducir por la izquierda).
[En este ejemplo utilizamos el sujeto de primera persona singular (I) y el verbo to get está conjugado en pasado, ya que explicamos algo que ocurrió en tiempo pasado].
◙ Para darle sentido negativo o interrogativo a una oración, debe modificarse el verbo TO GET siguiendo las reglas del tiempo verbal utilizado.
I didn’t get used to driving on the left. (No me acostumbré a conducir por la izquierda).
Did you get used to driving on the left? (¿Te acostumbraste a conducir por la izquierda?).
[En estos ejemplos se utiliza la estructura con el pasado simple, por lo tanto el verbo GET sufre las modificaciones establecidas por dicho tiempo verbal].
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3.2. TO BE + USED + TO + -ING (ESTAR ACOSTUMBRADO A)
◙ Utilizamos el verbo TO BE antes de la expresión USED TO para referirnos al hecho de estar acostumbrado a algo.
To be + used + to + driving on the left. (Estar acostumbrado a conducir por la izquierda).
◙ Al igual que con la estructura anterior, debemos tener en cuenta que para formar una oración debemos utilizar obligatoriamente un sujeto y asegurarnos que el verbo to be está conjugado en el tiempo verbal adecuado.
I am used to driving on the left. (Estoy acostumbrado a conducir por la izquierda).
[En este ejemplo utilizamos el sujeto de primera persona singular (I) con su correspondiente forma del verbo to be en presente simple, puesto que es el tiempo verbal que utilizamos para hablar de hábitos en ese momento].
◙ Para darle sentido negativo o interrogativo a una oración, debe modificarse el verbo TO BE siguiendo las reglas del tiempo verbal utilizado.
I wasn’t used to driving on the left. (No estaba acostumbrado a conducir por la izquierda).
Were you used to driving on the left? (¿Estabas acostumbrado a conducir por la izquierda?)
[En estos ejemplos se utiliza la estructura con el pasado simple, por lo tanto el verbo TO BE sufre las modificaciones establecidas por dicho tiempo verbal].
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3.3 USED TO + VERBO INFINITIVO (SOLER en pasado)
◙ Utilizamos la expresión USED TO para referirnos siempre a un estado o hábito del hablante que se desarrollaba en un tiempo pasado y ya ha finalizado.
Hábito: I used to play the guitar when I was a child. (Solía tocar la guitarra cuando era pequeño).
Estado: I used to live in London. (Vivía en Londres [pero ya no vivo allí]).
◙ Para darle sentido negativo o interrogativo a una oración, la estructura debe incluir los elementos de negación e interrogación del pasado simple.
I didn’t used to play the guitar when I was a child. (No solía tocar la guitarra cuando era pequeño).
Did you used to live in London? (¿Estabas acostumbrado a conducir por la izquierda?)
[En estos ejemplos se utiliza la estructura con el pasado simple, por lo tanto el verbo TO BE sufre las modificaciones establecidas por dicho tiempo verbal].
◙ En las estructuras 2.1 y 2.2, el verbo terminado en –ing viene introducido por la preposición to, que equivale a la preposición en español a. No hay que confundir la partícula to de infinitivo (to eat: comer) con la preposición a, la cual requiere un verbo terminado en –ing.
To eat (comer) : to = marca de infinitivo
To get used to eating (Acostumbrarse a comer): to = preposición a.
To be used to eating (Estar acostumbrado a comer): to = preposición a.
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¡Recuerda!
TO GET USED TO + V-ing = Acostumbrarse a algo.
TO BE USED TO + V-ing = Estar acostumbrado a algo.
USED TO + V-inf = Soler hacer algo (pasado).
· Las oraciones requieren un sujeto obligatoriamente.
· El verbo debe conjugarse según el sujeto y el tiempo verbal usados.
Exercise2. Complete these sentences with used to, get used to or be used to:
1-We ----------- go to school walking through the park when we were children.
2-They -----------getting up early everyday, they can meet you at 7:00.
3-Sarah and George will -----------living together very soon.I am sure.
4-Did Inés -----------do exercise last year? Now she never does any!
5-The puppy -----------sleeping in his kennel very soon after we brought him home.
6-My grandmother -----------having dinner late, so don’t give her the pizza now, it’s too early for her.
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EVER – NEVER
◙ Never significa ‘nunca’ y lo usamos en oraciones donde el verbo va en forma afirmativa para que no haya doble negación. Es decir, ni el verbo ni el auxiliar se niegan con la partícula not, sino que con never la oración ya es negativa.
a. My friends never go to the cinema. (Mis amigos nunca van al cine).
◙ En el caso de una oración en presente simple, la tercera persona singular ‘he’, ‘she’, ‘it’, mantiene la –s del verbo, puesto que el verbo no va en forma negativa.
She never travels alone. (Ella nunca viaja sola).
◙ Ever tiene varios significados según el uso:
· Nunca > en oraciones negativas e interrogativas en las que aparece una partícula negativa.
I don’t ever eat meat. (Yo nunca como carne). Don’t you ever eat meat? (¿Nunca comes carne?).
· Alguna vez > en oraciones interrogativas para preguntar por lo que se ha hecho alguna vez. Usamos el Pretérito Perfecto.
Have you ever been to Italy? (¿Has estado en Italia alguna vez?).
· Siempre > en algunas expresiones.
- for ever (para siempre)
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Exercise1. Complete con ever/never:
1-I haven’t ever/ never travelled to India
2-Have you never/ ever met my business partner?
3-We have never/ever worked before, we are only seventeen.
4-He hasn’t ever / never spoken to me.
5-If you never/ ever want to learn German, call me and I will teach you.
6-We don’t ever/ never deliver goods abroad.
7-I know this situation will go on forever/ never
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TRAVELLING
Travel agency
Deseo un camarote de primera para ... I want a first-class cabin (stateroom) to ...
¿Cuánto cuesta? How much is it?
Perfectamente, mañana pasaré a buscar el pasaje. All right. I'll come for my ticket tomorrow.
Haga el favor de enviarme el pasaje al hotel. Allí lo abonará el conserje.
Please send the tickets to the hotel. The porter will pay for them.
Quisiera hacer un viaje de placer por ... I want to take a pleasure trip to ...
¿Qué ciudades me aconseja visitar? What towns do you advise me to visit?
¿Podría prepararme un viaje combinado hacia...? Could you arrange me a combined journey to ... ?
Desearía hacer el viaje en micro, en autopullman y hospedarme en hoteles de segunda clase.
I would like to make the trip by motor coach, by pullman coach, and stay at second-class hotels.
Quisiera visitar la región ... I would like to visit the ... region.
Resérveme dos plazas para el micro del día 10 de Diciembre.
Book me two seats on December 10's coach.
¿Tiene folletos turísticos? Have you any tourist brochures?
¿Cuánto le debo? How much do I owe you?
En Inglaterra vacation se usa para las vacaciones de las universidades. En el resto de los casos, holiday es la palabra más corriente. En Estados Unidos vacation tiene un uso más generalizado.
No deben confundirse travel, journey y trip. El sustantivo travel es incontable y se refiere a la actividad de viajar en general: Mark está interesado en los viajes. Mark is interested in travels. Journey y trip se refieren a un viaje ya definido. Journey indica sólo el movimiento de un lugar a otro: Este viaje ha sido realmente largo. This journey has been really long. Trip incluye también la estadía: ¿Cómo fue tu viaje a Buenos Aires? How did your trip to Buenos Aires go?; Está en viaje de negocios. She is on a business trip. Otras palabras que se usan para referirnos a viajes son voyage y tour. Voyage es un viaje largo por mar: Magallanes es famoso por rodear el Cabo de Hornos. Magellanes is famous for rounding Cape Horn. Tour es un viaje organizado donde se va parando en distintos lugares: Jennifer hará un viaje por Patagonia. Jennifer will go on a tour around Patagonia.
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RAILWAY VOCABULARY - VOCABULARIO SOBRE TRENES
llevar retraso to be late
perder el tren to miss the train
reservar to book
subir to get on
bajar to get off
reservar to reserve
No asomarse por la ventana
don't lean out of the window
transbordarse to change trains
terraplén embankment
pasajero passenger
tren de vapor steam train
To get on : subir
To get off: bajar
Don´t lean out of the window: No asomarse por la ventana
Pasajero: passenger
Dining car: coche restaurante
Ticket collector: revisor
First class: primera clase
Second class: segunda clase
Coach: vagón
Sleeper: coche cama
Ventanilla: window
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Pasillo: corridor, aisle
Asiento: Seat
Asiento libre: free seat
Litera: couchette
Picar (billete): to date-stamp
To sit: sentarse
Maleta: bag, luggage
Vapor train: tren a vapor
Express train: tren rápido
Fast train: tren expreso
Local train: cercanías
Night train: tren nocturno
Compartimento: Compartment
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THE STATION - LA ESTACIÓN
cambiar de tren change trains
el coche restaurante dining car
procedente de from
ventanilla de información
information office
la consigna automática left luggage lockers
la consigna left luggage
puntual on time
andén platform
estación railway station
el revisor ticket collector
ventanilla ticket office
con destino a to
vía track
sala de espera waiting room
salidas departures
llegadas arrivals
Frases:
I'd like a room for the night.
Quisiera una habitación para la noche
Would you like a single room, or a double room? ¿Quiere una habitación individual o doble?
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How much is the room? ¿Cuánto cuesta la habitación?
Here's your key. Your room number is 101. Aquí está su llave. Su habitación es la 101.
If you need anything, dial 0 for the reception area. Si necesita cualquier cosa, marque el 0 para contactar con recepción
What's the daily (weekly) rate?
What time do I have to check out?
I would like a single (double) room
Is it a good hotel?
My room key please
Is it necessary to make a reservation?
What did he have to pay for?
At what time is dinner served?
Charge it to my bill
Please, send for a taxi
How long will you remain?
Serve my breakfast in my room, please
I have booked a room
Is there any letter for me?
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Vocabulario
Inglés Español
porter portero
waiter
camarero
bath room cuarto de baño
key
llave
breakfast desayuno
dinner comida
supper cena
menu carta
luggage equipaje
valet botones
bill cuenta
room number habitación número
arrival llegada
bath baño
bellboy botones
booking reserva
cancellation cancelación
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departure salida
double room habitación doble
elevator (US) ascensor, elevador
floor piso
front office recepción
front-office clerk recepcionista
ground floor planta baja
hall porter conserje
housekeeper ama de llaves
housekeeping staff personal de habitaciones
ice-dispenser surtidor de cubos de hielo
key llave
key card llave magnética
key clerk encargado de llaves
laundry lavandería
lift (GB) ascensor, elevador
lobby vestíbulo
luggage equipaje
mail clerk encargado del correo
porter portero
registration card tarjeta de registración
room service servicio a la habitación
single room habitación simple
safe caja de seguridad
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shower ducha
staff personal
towel toalla
twin beds dos camas simples
vacancy disponibilidad de habitaciones
voucher cupón
wake-up call despertador telefónico
to book reservar
to check in registrarse
to check out registrar la salida
to deposit depositar
to disturb molestar
to do a room hacer una habitación
to stay permanecer
American plan (US) pensión completa
modified American plan (US)
media pensión
European plan habitación solamente
bed and breakfast, B&B cama y desayuno
guesthouse casa de huéspedes, pensión
half board (GB) media pensión
room and board, R&B (GB)
pensión completa
to stay permanecer
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la reserva booking
la primera clase first class
días festivos public holidays
tarifa reducida reduced rate
la reserva reservation
billete de ida solamente one way ticket
billete de ida y vuelta return ticket
segunda clase second class
billete de ida single ticket
tarifa normal standard rate
horario timetable
días laborables weekdays
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En el aeropuerto
1- Viajar en avion flight - vuelo flight number - numero de vuelo take off - despegar land - aterrizar check-in desk - el sitio donde se hace el check-in departure lounge - sala de salida arrivals - sala de llegadas baggage reclaim - recogida de equipaje passport control - inspección de pasaportes duty free - sin impuestos boarding card - tarjeta de embarque board - embarcar boarding gate - puerta de embarcar passengers in transit - viajeros en transito car hire - alquilar de coches short stay carpark - parking de estancia de corto estancia long stay carpark - parking de larga estancia drop off area - sitio de estancia de pocos minutos customs - aduanas nothing to declare - nada para declarar Frases que se pueden usar en el aeropuerto Where is the check-in desk for the flight to London? - ¿Donde esta el check-in para el vuelo a londres? Did you pack your luggage yourself? - ¿Hizo su equipaje usted mismo? Have you left your luggage unattended at anytime? - ¿Ha dejado su equipaje en algun momento solo? Which gate is the flight to London leaving from? - ¿En que puerta sale el vuelo para londres?
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Airport & Planes (Aeropuerto & Aviones)
ESPAÑOL INGLÉS
Aduana Customs
Agencia de viajes Travel agency
Billete Ticket
Billete de ida Single ticket
Billete de ida y vuelta Return ticket
Bolsa de viaje Travel bag
Carrito de equipajes Luggage trolley
Cheque de viaje Traveller's cheque (U.K.) / Traveler's check (USA)
Consigna (equipaje) Left-luggage office
Destino Destination
Documentación Papers
Equipaje Luggage
Equipaje de mano Hand luggage
Equipaje permitido Baggage allowance
Exceso de equipaje Excess baggage
Frontera Frontier ; Border
Guía (grupo turistas) Guide ; Courier
Guía (libro) Guidebook
Horario Timetable
Itinerario Itinerary
Llegada Arrival
Maleta Suitcase
Mapa Map
Máquina expendedora de billetes Ticket machine
Oficina de información Information office
Pasajero Passenger
Pasaporte Passport
Precio del billete Fare
Regreso ; Vuelta Return
Reserva Reservation
Retraso Delay
Sala de espera Waiting room
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Salida Departure
Seguro de viajes Travel insurance
Taquilla Ticket office
Tarjeta de identidad Identity card
Turismo Tourism
Turista Tourist
Viajante ; Viajero Traveller
Viaje Journey ; Trip
Viaje de ida Outward journey
Viaje de ida y vuelta Return journey ; Round trip
Viaje de negocios Business trip
Viaje de novios Honeymoon
Viaje de recreo Pleasure trip
Viaje de turismo Holiday
Viaje organizado Organized tour
Visado Visa
Visado de estancia Permit to stay
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VOCABULARY
BOATS
How many types of boats do you know? Here´s a list with 10 of the most common boats!
First of all read them all out loud and then do the exercise so that you can practice as much as possible.
Bote de remo
Velero
Canca
Bote salvavidas
Lancha a motor
Barco
Barco de crucero
Yate
Ferry
Balsa
Rowing boat
Sailboat
Canoe
Lifeboat
Speedboat
Ship
Cruise liner
Yatch
Ferry
Raft
/róuin(g)bout/
/séilboutt/
/kanúu/
/láifboutt/
/sspíidbout/
/shipp/
/crúusláinneer/
/iótt/
/férii/
/rafttt/
Exercise:
Here´s what you have to do: we have 10 people who always get seasick (se marean por el mar). You need to come up with a sentence, using the vocabulary above and sayind who gets seasick and where.
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Ex.: Shelly got seasick when she was on the ship!
Shelly
Barco
Peter
Bote salvavidas
Ashley
Transbordador/ Ferry
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Natalie
Canoa
Nick
Lancha a motor
ACTIVITY – Make it count
In this activity we will talk about life, inspiration and travel.
You are going to watch a short film in which the 10 quotes appear. As you watch the film you should consider the following questions:
What is the story of how the film came to be made? Which countries did the men visit? How do the quotes relate to the narrative of the film?
http://vimeo.com/40004005
How can you make the most of your life / this year / this week / today / this class / this moment?
And now, I would like YOU to plan a trip around your itinerary. You also have to decide what you’re going to do in each country. Then, you can write an essay about your trip.
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B1 – UNIT 3 QUESTIONS REVIEW: BASIC RULES
These rules apply to most written and spoken questions.
1.Auxiliary verb before subject: Have you…?
In a question, an auxiliary verb normally comes before the subject.
When is Oliver leaving? (NOT: When Oliver is leaving?) Have you received my letter of June 17? (NOT: You have received…? ) Why are you laughing? (NOT: Why you are laughing?) What are all those people looking at? (NOT: What all those people are looking
at?) How much does the room cost? (NOT: How much the room cost?)
2.Do: Do you like…?
If there is no other auxiliary verb, we use do, does or did to form a question.
Do you like Mozart? (NOT: Like you Mozart?) What does ¨periphrastic¨mean? (NOT: What means ¨periphrastic) Did you wash the car today?
3.¨Do¨ not used with other auxiliaries
¨Do¨ is not used together with other auxiliary verbs or with ¨be¨
Can you tell me the time (NOT: Do you can tell me the time?) Have you seen John? (NOT: Do you have seen John?) Are you ready? (NOT: Do are you ready?)
4.Infinitive after do
After ¨do¨ we use the infinitive (without ¨to¨)
What does the boss want? (NOT: What does the boss wants?) Did you go climbing last week? (NOT: Did you went climbing last week?)
5.Only auxiliary verb before subject
Only auxiliary verb goes before the subject, not the whole of the verb.
Is your mother coming tomorrow? (NOT: Is coming your mother tomorrow?) Is your daughter having a lesson today? (NOT: Is having your daughter…?)
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When was your reservation made? (NOT: When was made your reservation?)
This happens even if the subject is very long:
Where are the President and his family staying? (NOT: Where are staying the President……)
6.Who phoned / Who did you phone?
When who, which, what or whose is the subject (or part of the subject), ¨do¨ is not normally used. Compare:
Who phoned? (¨who¨ is the subject) Who did you phone? (¨who¨ is the object) What happened? (¨what¨ is the subject) What did she say? (¨what¨ is the object)
More examples:
Which costs more- the blue one or the grey one? (NOT: Which does cost more?)
Which type of battery lasts longest? (NOT: Which type of battery does last longest?)
How many people work in your office? (NOT: How many people do work in your office?)
NOTE: ¨Do¨ can be used after a subject question word for emphasis, to insist on an answer.
Well, tell us, what did happen when your father found you? So, who did marry the princess in the end?
7. Prepositions: What are you talking about?
Prepositions often come at the end of ¨wh-¨ questions, separated from their objects.
What are you talking about? Who did you buy the ticket from? What did you clean the floor with?
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EXERCISE 1:
Ask questions for the following answers:
A: Hello. You’d like to open a savings account with our bank, correct?
B: Yes, that’s right.
A: ________________________________________________?
B: Mark Abreu.
A: ________________________________________________?
B: A – B – R – E – U.
A: ________________________________________________?
B: 441 Miami Gardens Drive, North Miami Beach.
A: ________________________________________________?
B: 33168.
A: ________________________________________________?
B: It’s a house.
A: ________________________________________________?
B: March 29, 1942.
A: ________________________________________________?
B: No, I don’t. I’m retired now.
A: ________________________________________________?
B: I was the manager of a large clothing store.
A: ________________________________________________?
B: No, I never had an account with your bank before
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EXERCISE 2 - READING
Adventure Tours
These questions and answers are from the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) page of a website for Adventure Tour Company. After you read them, answer the questions on the next page.
Q. What type of person joins your trips and courses?
All sorts! There’s no typical customer profile. We have young people and older people, men and women, and people from many countries.
Q. How large are your groups?
The groups are usually small -- between 4 and 12 people. On easy trips, there is a ratio of 1 guide for every 2 people. On difficult trips, there is 1 guide for each person.
Q. Do I have to be especially fit?
Fitness is important for all aerobic activities like skiing, trekking, and climbing. If you are not in top shape now, we recommend this: take regular aerobic exercise –- running, swimming, cycling –- for 2-3 months before your holiday. On request, we will send you more detailed information and sample training programs on CD-ROMs.
Q. What is included in the price?
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Our prices typically include all the fees for the guides and instructors and the accommodations. Prices don't usually include travel, lift passes, lunches, personal insurance, or rental of equipment.
Q. What kind of accommodations do you use?
In Europe, you stay in double rooms in chalets or hotels with meals included. At high altitudes, you stay in mountain huts with 4-8 people in your room. Our trips to Mount Kilimanjaro and the Himalayas are camping trips with two people in one tent, with hotel accommodation at the start and end of the trip.
Q. Who leads your trips?
Very experienced mountain guides and ski instructors. They all have specialized training and have certificates from professional schools.
Q. Do you provide equipment?
We provide group equipment: ropes for climbing trips and camping gear for treks. If you need other equipment we can recommend local rental shops.
Q. Do you offer group discounts?
We are happy to give discounts to groups. Contact us for further details.
Circle T if the statement is true and circle F if the statement is false according to Adventure Tour’s FAQ.
1. T / F The company specializes in tours for women.
2. T / F Usually, there aren’t more than 12 people in a group.
3. T / F The company gives fitness classes at its offices.
4. T / F The price of the tour includes the plane fare.
5. T / F People on the tour stay in private rooms in five-star hotels.
6. T / F In Europe, on the mountains, people stay in cabins with several
other people.
7. T / F On Mount Kilimanjaro, people camp out in tents.
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8. T / F The guides and instructors with the company are very well trained.
9. T / F The company provides the equipment that its customers use.
10. T / F If you are with a group, it’s possible that you can get a better price.
VOCABULARY
BEDROOM FOURNISHING
Mesilla de noche
Lámpara
Edredón
Funda de almohada
Albarnoz
Sábana
Cama de matrimonio
Cama individual
Litera
Sofá cama
Bedside locker
Lamp
Duvet
Pillow case
Bathrobe
Sheet
Double bed
Single bed
Bunk bed
Sofa bed
/bedsaidd_lóka/
/lamp/
/dúuvvei/
/pilóu_keiss/
/bathróub/
/sshíitt/
/dáabol_bédd/
/ssíngol_bédd/
/bank_bédd/
/ssoúfa_bédd/
Now pay attention to the following example:
¨The people in room 201 on the second floor want bigger bedside lockers¨
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EXERCISE:
Based on the pictures bellow and following our example, practice the vocabulary above by creating the exact type of sentence as before.
EXAMPLE:
505 /5th
Mesilla de noche / más bonita
Answer: The people in room 505 on the fifth floor want nicer bedside lockers,
326 /3rd
Lámpara / más grande
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702 / 7th
Edredón / más ligero
632 / 6th
Funda de almohada / más pequeña
963 / 9th
Albornoz / más grueso
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865 / 8th
Sábana / más blanca
102 / 1st
Cama de matrimonio / más blanda
367 / 3rd
Cama individual / más grande
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759 / 7th
Litera / más alta
105 / 1st
Sofá cama / más cómoda
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HOUSES AND FLATS
A.Finding somewhere to live
Look at these notices on a university notice-board. Useful collocations are in bold.
Are you looking to move into a f lat or house next term? The Harmer Agency has a wide range of suitable accommodation.
Fully furnished flat available to rent from 1st of September. Quiet residential area. 800$ per calendar month. Tel: xxxxxx
Newly-built apartment. Available soon. Spacious accommodation, fully – fitted kitchen. Off-road parking. To let furnished or unfurnished. Would suit single academic or mature student!
**Fully-fitted = kitchen that is already equipped with modern cooker, washing machine, cupboards, etc.
Describing your house/flat/room
In these e-mails people are describing their living accommodation.
Hi Mave,
Luke and I have just moved into our dream home. It's a big old four-storey house. It's got a spacious living room which has a wonderful view of the park, and a cosy study where we can both work. And there are some lovely light, airy bedrooms which overiook the Barden. There is a separate basement flat, which we might turn into a granny flat for my mother. And if we want to add an extension there's room for that too. It needs to be completely refurnished, but Luke and I have always wanted to do up an old house.
Come and visit.
Love, Julia
** to do up – to repair
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Hi Julia,
You're so lucky! I'd love to move out of my awful one room flat. It's in such a dilapidated building. You go into a draughty hall down a chilly corridor and into this really cramped room. I want to buy a place of my own but there's a shortage of affordable housing here and I don't want to take out a big mortgage I´d love to see your house. I hope you ll invite me to your house-warming party
Big hug.
Mave
Collocations with home
She left home to go to university, but moving away from her family made her feel homesick.
Peter's back from a year abroad. His family are throwing a party to welcome him home.
(To a guest who's just arrived) Come in and make yourself at home while I finish getting dinner ready. [relax and make yourself comfortable]
I haven't lived in Oxford for long but I already feel at home there.
I'd like to buy a second home near the coast. [house used only for weekends, holidays, etc.
1. Answer these questions using collocations from A.
1. What kind of accommodation would suit a student who has no furniture of his own?
2. What kind of accommodation would suit someone who is only going to be in a place for three months?
3. What part of town would you want to live in if you wanted to be somewhere where there are lots of private houses and no factories or other work places?
4. What kind of accommodation would suit a young single person who would prefer to live alone rather than to share?
5. If accommodation doesn't have its own garage, what else might it have to make life easier for car-owning residents?
6. If you are moving into a new unfurnished house, but don't need to take a washing machine, cooker or fridge with you, what does the house have?
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2 Look at B. Match the beginning of each sentence on the left with its ending on the right.
1 We want to turn our garage into a house-warming party.
2 Jill has invited me to her mortgage.
3 Next week I have to move out of my own.
4 Karl makes a business out of doing up granny flat.
5 Our bedroom overlooks my flat.
6 Our house needs to be completely the garden.
7 I hope that one day I'll have a place of old houses.
8 The bank can help if you want to take out a refurbished.
3. Correct the collocation errors in these sentences.
1. We live on a busy road, but we're lucky because we have off-road park.
2. Gemma has moved off from her old flat and has now got a new place in Walville Street.
3. We're building an expansion to our house which will give us a bigger kitchen.
4. The flat is totally furnished, which is good because I have no furniture of my own. .5 She had to get out a big mortgage as the house was very expensive.
6. There is no buyable housing for young people in this area; prices are ridiculously high.
7.New people have entered into the house next door. I haven't met them yet.
8. It's a very spatial apartment with a huge living room and a big kitchen.
9. The flat is accessible to rent from the first of March onwards.
10. My brother and his wife live in a windy old cottage.
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GRAMMAR:
Which and What: the difference
¨Which¨ and ¨what¨ are often both possible, with little difference of meaning.
Which / What is the hottest city in the world?
Which / What train did you come on?
Which / What people have influenced you most in your life?
We prefer ¨which¨ when we have a limited number of choices in mind.
We´ve got white or brown bread. Which will you have?
(more natural than …¨What will you have?¨)
Which size do you want? – small, medium or large?
When we are not thinking of a limited number o choices , ¨what¨ is preferred.
What language do they speak in Greenland?
(more natural than ¨Which language….¨)
What´s your phone number? (NOT: Which is your phone number?)
2.Determiners: which and what
Before nouns, which and what can be used to ask question about both things and people.
Which teacher do you like best?
Which colour do you want – green, red, yellow or brown?
What writers do you like?
What colour are your baby´s eyes?
3.Which of…
Before another determiner (e.g. the, my, these) or a pronoun we use: which of
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Who and what are not normally used with ¨of¨
Which of your teachers do you like best? (NOT: Who / What of your teachers….)
Which of us is going to do the washing up? (NOT: Who of us…? )
Which of these coats is yours? (NOT: What of these…?)
Exercise 1:
Fill the gaps with the verb in brackets using either which or what.
1 ________ are you doing?
2 ________ would you prefer, the onion soup or the prawn cocktail?
3 ________ do we need to take for the picnic?
4 ________ are you going to wear for the wedding?
5 ________ dress shall I wear, the red one or the blue one?
6 ________ sort of music do you like?
7 ________ kind of films do like, horror films or thrillers?
8 ________ are you taking on holiday?
9 ________ dentist did you see, Dr Pain or Dr Deville?
10 ________ is your favourite sport? Exercise 2: Listening and writing Watch the following video and then answer the following question: WHAT makes YOU happy? http://vimeo.com/62237573
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1.OPEN VS. OPENED
We normally use ¨open¨ , not ¨opened¨ as an adjective.
I can read you like an open book! (NOT: ….an opened book)
Are the banks open this afternoon? (NOT: Are the banks opened…?)
¨Opened¨ is used as the past tense and past participle of the verb open, to talk about the action of opening:
She opened her eyes and sat up.
The safe was opened with dynamite.
2.When ¨open¨ is not used
Note that ¨open¨ is NOT the normal word to refer to the fastenings of clothes, or to switches or taps.
I can´t untie/undo this shoelace. (NOT: I can´t open this shoelace)
How do you unfasten this belt?
Could you turn / switch the radio on? (NOT: ….open the radio)
Who left the taps turned on? (NOT: Who left the taps open?)
Exercise 1:
Complete the text. For each of the missing words you have been given the initial and the last letters. - open or opened? 1.
You left the bag o_________n .
2. She o___________d her eyes and saw she was alone.
3. Kevin has left the window wide o_______n .
4. After nearly three hours of work the safe was o____________d .
5. Are the banks o________n this afternoon?
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Exercise 2 True or false (correct or incorrect): Which of the statements is true?
After nearly two hours of work the safe was opened.
She open her eyes and saw she was alone.
Are the banks open this afternoon?
Kevin has left the window open.
You left the bag opened.
VOCABULARY
BULLFIGHTING
Being a Spaniard and not having to talk about bulls is almost impossible. As it is something completely fascinating for foreigners, here´s some useful vocabulary you may need when you have to talk about this topic.
Los toros / tauromaquia
Torero
Capote
Espada
Traje de luces
Bullfighting
Bullfighter / Matador
Cape
Sword
Bullfighing costume
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Banderilla
Plaza de toros
Burladero
Corrida de toros
Pitón
Spear
Bullring
Barrier
Bullfight
Horn
Exercise:
Apart from practicing the vocabulary above, here´s an exercise that can also be considered a review of the interrogative tense.
Imagine you are talking to an English friend of yours who doesn´t stop asking you questions about ¨bullfighting¨.
Here´s an example:
The bull´s ¨cuernos¨ didn´t touch the ¨torrero¨ - ¨But why didn´t the bull´s horns touch the bullfighter?¨
Now, it´s your turn. Do the same with all the sentences below:
1.I´ve never been interested in ¨los toros¨ - But why………..
2.I´ve never been to a ¨corrida de toros¨ - But why……….
3.The torero didn´t use a ¨capote¨ - But why……..
4.The matador didn´t use a ¨espada¨ - But why………
5.The toro didn´t run at the ¨burladero¨ - But why……….
6.I´ve never heard of that ¨torero¨ - But why……
7.The ¨matador¨ didn´t have a ¨banderilla¨ - But why……
8.I´ve never been to a ¨plaza de toros¨ - But why…..
9.The ¨matador¨ didn´t wear a traditional ¨traje de luces¨ - But why…..
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Wimbledon vocabulary
Saque directo
Saque
Doble falta
Falta de pie
Puntuación
Set
Volea
Revés
Raqueta
Juez de silla
Ace
Serve
Double fault
Foot fault
Score
Set
Volley
Backhand
Racket
Umpire
/éiss/
/sséervv/
/dáabol_fóolt/
/futt_fóoltt/
/sskóo/
/ssétt/
/vvolii/
/bákhhandd/
/rákitt/
/áammpaia/
Listening exercise:
For those of you who are into tennis, here´s a video you might want to watch. After watching it, answer the questions below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=I6MK0tdAlYI
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1.The club where the competition takes place every year is called
a)The Old England Club
b)The All England Club
c)The New England Club
2)The Wimbledon Tennis Tournament is played on
a)artificial turf
b)grass tennis courts
c)clay tennis courts
3)According to the video Wimbledon is
a)the most important tennis tournament in the world
b)the biggest tennis tournament in the world
c)the greatest tennis tournament in the world
Exercise 2:
You went to a friend of yours who lives in London. There is the Wimbledon Tournament and you would like to go see it. You love tennis, whereas your friend is not very keen on it, so he starts complaining about everything.
Use ¨there are too many¨ , ¨there aren´t enough¨ …..
Example:
Saque directo – rápido
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¨ There are too many fast aces in this match, aren`t there?
Doble falta - estúpido
Árbitro – indeciso
Puntuación – alta
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GRAMMAR
PHRASAL VERBS AND EXPRESSIONS WITH THE VERB ¨TO COME¨
FOCUS POINT 1 :
WHEN IT COMES TO…. - ´CUANDO SE TRATA DE …´, ´EN CUANTO A…´ , EN LO QUE SE REFIERE A…´
Translation exercise:
En cuanto a la economía, no suelo entender ni una sóla palabra de lo que la gente dice.
En cuanto a fútbol se refiere, es imposible callarle.
Cuando se trata de su familia, ella es muy cauta con todo lo que dice.
FOCUS POINT 2:
IF IT COMES TO THAT… - ´EN TAL CASO…´ , ´SI LLEGAMOS A ESO´
Translation exercise 2:
Si llegamos a eso, tendremos que cancelar todo.
En ese caso tendrán que aceptar no estar de acuerdo.
Si llega a eso, es probable que le despidan.
FOCUS POINT 3:
COME TO THINK OF IT – AHORA QUE LO PIENSO, PENSÁNDOLO BIEN
Translation exercise 3:
Ahora que lo pienso, me dijo que no iba a ir.
Pensándolo bien, sí que estaba con su ex novio.
Ahora que lo pienso, debí estar borracho si dije eso.
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FOCUS POINT 4
COME TO + VERB – llegar a hacer algo en el pasado
This expression is one that we normally used with a past tense.
Example: It´s what we have come to expect from them. (Es lo que hemos llegado a esperar de ellos)
Translation exercise 4:
Llegó a creer que todo el mundo iba en contra de ella.
Llegamos a sospechar que él fue el culpable.
FOCUS POINT 5
COME TO + PASSIVE VERB
Example: His attitude came to be seen as a problem for the whole team.
Translation exercise 5:
¿Cómo llegó Michael Jackson a ser conocido como Wacko Jacko?
No entiendo en qué momento llevar los vaqueros caídos llegó a ser considerado algo moderno.
THE VERB TO BE – PROGRESSIVE FORMS
I AM BEING / YOU ARE BEING , ETC + ADJECTIVE / NOUN
We can use this structure to talk about actions and behavior, but not usually to talk about feelings. Compare:
You´re being stupid ( You´re doing stupid things)
I was being very careful. (I was doing something carefully)
I am happy just now (NOT: I am being happy just now)
I was depressed when you phoned (NOT: I was being depressed when you phones.)
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*Note the difference between: ¨He´s being sick¨ (he´s vomiting) and ¨He´s sick.¨ (He´s ill)
BE WITH AUXILIARY DO
Normally, ¨be¨ is used without the auxiliary ¨do¨
I´m not often sick. (NOT: I don´t often be sick)
But, ¨do¨ is used to make negative imperative sentences with¨be¨ (when we tell somebody not to do something)
Don´t be silly!
Don´t be such a nuisance!
And ¨do be¨ can begin emphatic imperatives:
Do be careful!
Do be quiet, for God´s sake!
BE + INFINITIVE: I am to…. You are to…. Etc
1.Plans and arrangements: He is to visit Nigeria.
We use this structure in a formal style to talk about officials and other plans and arrangements.
The president is to visit Nigeria next month.
We are to get a 10 per cent wage rise in June.
I felt nervous because I was soon to leave home for the first time.
2.¨fate¨: We were to meet again
Another use is to talk about things which are / were ¨hidden in the future¨, fated to happen:
I thought we were saying goodbye forever. But we were to meet again, many years later, under very strange circumstances.
3.Orders: You are to do your homework
The structure is used to give orders, often by parents speaking to children.
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You are to do your homework, before you watch TV.
She can go to the party, but she is not to be back late.
4.Be + passive infinitive: It is not to be removed
Be + passive infinitive is often used in notices and instructions
¨am/ are/is (not) to be + past participle
Sometimes only the past infinitive is used
To be taken three times a day after meals (on a medicine bottle)
Some other common expressions with be+infinitive
There´s nothing to be done!
She was nowhere to be found!
I looked out of the window, but there was nothing to be seen!
BE AND HAVE
1. Physical conditions: hunger, thirst, etc
To talk about experiencing hunger, thirst, heat, cold and other common physical conditions, we normally use ¨be¨ or ¨feel¨ + adjective and NOT ¨have + noun¨.
Note the following expressions:
Be hungry (NOT: have hunger)
Be thirsty
Be warm
Be hot
Be cold
Be sleepy
Be afraid
Note also: be right / be wrong (tener razón / no tener razón), be lucky (tener suerte)
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2. Age, height, weight, size and colour
¨BE¨ is also used to talk about age, height, weight, size and colour.
I´m nearly thirty! (NOT: I have nearly thirty)
She is nearly my age.
He is six feet tall.
I wish I was ten kilos lighter.
What size are your shoes?
The room is ten meters long.
What colour are his eyes?
She is the same height as her father.
*¨be heavy¨ is not usually used in measuring expressions.
It weights 37 kilos (NOT: It´s 37 kilos heavy)
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VOCABULARY
INTERESTING FACTS:
The word ¨gymnasium¨ comes from
the Greek word
¨gymnazein¨
which means
¨to exercise naked¨
Mini fact I: The first two letters of the Greek alphabet – alpha and beta- have given us the word ¨alphabet¨
Mini fact II: Greek is one of the few European languages where the word ¨no¨ does not have an ¨n¨ sound
Mini fact III: Greeks consume more olives per person than any other group of people
The word ¨checkmate¨ in chess comes
From the Persian phrase
¨shah mat¨, which means
¨the king is dead¨
Mini fact I: The new pawn (peon) move, where pawns were allowed to advance two squares on its first move instead of one, was introduced in Spain in 1280
Mini fact II: The number of possible, unique game is far greater than the number of electrons in the universe
¨Goodbye¨ comes from ¨God bye¨ which came
from ¨God be with you¨
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Mini fact I: The substitution of ¨God¨ for good in ¨Goodbye¨ was also because of the influence of the phrases ¨good day¨ and ¨good night¨
Mini fact II: The word ¨ciao¨ in Italian means both ¨hello¨ and ¨goodbye¨, although it originally meant ¨servant¨ in Venetian
Mini fact III: ¨Hello¨ is a very new word in English. It didn´t appear until the 1830s.
VOCABULARY – FORENSICS
Autopsia
Alterar
Evidencia
Escna del crimen
Sospechoso
Cómplice
Coartada
Corazonada
Móvil
Testigo
Autopsy
Tamper with
Evidence
Crime scene
Suspect
Accomplice
Alibi
Hunch
Motive
witness
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USEFUL VOVABULARY:
¨We need to get to the bottom of this¨ (Necesitamos llegar al fondo de esto)
Some examples:
¨We haven´t figured out his motive yet. We need to get to the bottom of this. ¨(No hemos descubierto cuál era su móvil aún. Necesitamos llegar hasta el fondo de esto)
His alibi doesn´t match the witness´s testimony. We need to get to the bottom of this. (Su coartada no coincide con el testimonio del testigo. Necesitamos llegar hasta el fondo de esto)
The evidence will help us get to the bottom of the issue. (La pruebas nos ayudarán a llegar hasta el fondo del asunto)
Exercise:
Now, imagine you are the head of the Police Department and you need to get to the bottom of each of the cases below.
Following the example, do the same with the rest of the sentences:
Necesitamos una autopsia
¨We need to get to the bottom of this. We need an autopsy. ¨
Necesitamos confirmar su coartada
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Alguien alteró las pruebas
Tengo una corazonada
Hay que despejar la escena del crimen
Debemos descubrir cuál fue su móvil
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Necesitamos encontrar al sospechoso y al cómplice
Necesitamos encontrar al testigo
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GRAMMAR
Reflexive and ergative verbs
To begin with, you might be wondering what an ergative verb is.
Well, an ergative verb is a verb that can be both transitive and intransitive - it can be used with an object or without. For example:
I woke up at 6.00. [no object = intransitive] I woke him up at 6.00. [with an object = transitive]
Reflexive verbs
1 The reflexive pronouns (see pronouns) are:
Singular: myself; yourself; himself; herself; itself
Plural: ourselves; yourselves; themselves
We use a reflexive pronoun after a transitive verb when the direct object is the same as the subject of the verb:
I am teaching myself to play the piano. Be careful with that knife. You might cut yourself.
These are the verbs most often found with reflexive pronouns:
cut dry enjoy hurt introduce kill prepare teach
Some verbs change their meaning slightly when they have a reflexive pronoun as direct object:
amuse apply busy content behave blame
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distance express find help see
Would you like to help yourself to another drink?
= Would you like to take another drink?
I wish the children would behave themselves.
= I wish the children would behave well.
He found himself lying by the side of the road.
= He was surprised when he realised that he was at the side of the road.
I saw myself as a famous actor.
= I imagined that I was a famous actor.
She applied herself to the job of mending the lights.
= She worked very hard to mend the lights.
He busied himself in the kitchen.
= He worked busily in the kitchen.
I had to content myself with a few Euros.
= I had to be satisfied with a few Euros.
The verb enjoy always has an object:
We all enjoyed the party. I really enjoyed my lunch.
If enjoy has no other object, we use a reflexive pronoun:
They all enjoyed They all enjoyed themselves. I really enjoyed I really enjoyed myself.
NOTE: We do not use a reflexive pronoun after verbs which describe things people usually do for themselves:
He washed in cold water. He always shaved before going out in the evening. Michael dressed and got ready for the party.
We only use reflexives with these verbs for emphasis:
He dressed himself in spite of his injuries. She’s old enough to wash herself.
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Ergative verbs
1. Ergative verbs are both transitive and intransitive:
Peter closed the door Transitive: N + V + N
The door closed Intransitive: N + V
I boiled a pan of water Transitive: N + V + N
The pan boiled Intransitive: N + V
2. Common ergative verbs are:
begin break change close drop crack dry end finish grow improve increase move open shake start stop tear turn
I broke the glass. I dropped the glass and it broke.
The referee blew his whistle and started the match. The match started at 2.30.
We grew some tasty potatoes. The potatoes were growing well.
The wind shook the trees. The trees shook in the wind.
3. Many verbs to do with cooking are ergative verbs:
bake boil cook
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defrost freeze melt roast
You should roast the meat at 200 degrees centigrade. The meat was roasting in a hot oven.
I always defrost meat before I cook it. I am waiting for the meat to defrost.
Melt the chocolate and pour it over the ice cream. The chocolate was melting in a pan.
4. Verbs to do with vehicles are often ergative:
back crash drive fly reverse run sail start stop
I’m learning to fly a plane. The plane flew at twice the speed of sound.
He crashed his car into a tree. His car crashed into a tree.
5. We use some ergative verbs with only a few nouns:
catch: dress, coat, clothes, trousers etc. fire : Gun, pistol, rifle, rocket. play: guitar, music, piano, violin, CD, DVD etc. ring: bell, alarm
She caught her dress on a nail. Her dress caught on a nail.
He fired a pistol to start the race. A pistol fired to start the race.
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EXERCISE 1:
Read the sentences and choose a verb from the box above that fits into both of the sentences: improve, crack, ring, turn, freeze, tear, play, begin, sail, change, fire, boil
a)At about half past three the tide started to……….
b)What´s done is done. You can´t ……the clock back.
Answer:
a)Let´s ……open a bottle of champagne and celebrate.
b)We´ve been questioning him for 12 hours now. I think he´s beginning to……
Answer:
a)After moving to the countryside, his health definitely started to……
b)She did much to…………the condition of low-paid workers.
Answer:
a)I don´t…….much now that I have sold the boat.
b)You…….her for a while, Perkins, while I go below for a rest.
Answer:
a)When the water starts to……, turn it down.
b)He´s so bad in the kitchen he doesn´t even know how to….an egg.
Answer:
a)……..the bell and see if anyone´s at home.
b) I wonder how she is. Why doesn´t she……?
Answer:
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a)The weather forecast says it´s going to ……….tonight.
b)If you can´t eat it all, we can always……it.
Answer:
a)That building is a disgrace. I think they should…… the place down.
b)Be careful with that paper. It tends to ……very easily.
Answer:
a)He never did a decent day´s work . I´m surprised they did not……him a long time ago.
b)Without warning the soldiers started to……
Answer:
a)I really like her now. It´s funny how people ……
b)I´d like to …….these trousers, please. They´re too small.
Answer:
a)I´ve got so much to say. Where do I …….?
b)Let me…..my speech by thanking everyone for coming today.
Answer:
a)Liverpool are going to………Arsenal on Saturday.
b)Hello, Mrs. Philip? Can Chris come out to……?
Answer:
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Delexical verbs: have, take, make, give
We often use common verbs like have and take with nouns like a shower, a drink:
I took a shower. = I showered. She had a drink. = She drank something.
We call these delexical verbs because the important part of the meaning is taken out of the verb and put into the noun.
We often put adjectives in front of the noun:
I took a cold shower. She had a nice, refreshing drink.
The verbs used most frequently in this way are:
have take make give
HAVE
We use have with:
Food and drink: a meal, breakfast, lunch, dinner, a snack, a cup of tea Talking: a chat, a conversation, a discussion, a talk Washing: a bath, a shower, a wash, a scrub Resting: a break, a holiday, a rest Disagreeing: an argument, a dispute, a fight, a quarrel
I had a good breakfast before I left home. We had a long talk about the problem. The kids should have a bath before they go to bed. She generally had a short holiday in July or August. They had a serious quarrel about their father’s will.
We also use have with nouns formed from verbs:
I think you should have a look at this. She had a bite of the cake. I’m thirsty. I’m going to have a drink of water. I had a listen to that new CD in the car. They are going to have a swim.
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Exercise 1 :
Use the correct expressions with 'have' to complete the sentences:
Have an argument / have a look / have a shower / had a nice chat / having dinner / have a holiday
1.Can you phone back in half an hour? We´re just…………..
2.I met up with an old friend last night and we ……..about our school days.
3.In the morning I like to go for a long run and then………………
4.I don´t usually ………in the summer. It´s our busiest time at work.
5.¨How was the party?¨
¨It was fun. Rob and Greg …………about football, as usual.¨
6.We took some great photos in Egypt. Would you like to………?
TAKE
We use take with:
Washing: a bath, a shower, a wash Resting: a break, a holiday, a rest
I always take a cold shower in the morning. You look tired. You need to take a break.
and with these words:
care a turn trouble a chance a decisión (also make a decision)
care of turns the trouble a risk a photograph
We took hundreds of photographs on holiday. Jane always takes a lot of trouble with her homework.
We also use take with some nouns formed from verbs:
I think you should take a look at this. Let’s take a walk. They are going to take a swim.
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Exercise 2:
Use the correct expressions with 'take' to complete the sentences: take care / take risks / take some great photo / take a break / take a hot bath / decision to take
1.Sometimes I like to………..at the end of the day. The hot water helps me relax.
2.Ok, let´s………. We´ll start again in half an hour.
3.I´m going to the bathroom. Can you…….of my bags for a moment?
4.If you want to succeed in business, you have to be ready to………….
5.Going to work in another country was a difficult…………..
6. We ……….in Egypt. Would you like to have a look?
GIVE
We use give with:
Noises: a cry, a laugh, a scream, a shout, a whistle Facial expressions: a smile, a grin, a look, a glance Hitting: a kick, a punch, a slap, a push, a knock, a blow Affectionate actions: a hug, a kiss, a stroke Talking: some advice, an answer, some information, an interview, a lecture, some news, a report, a speech, a talk, a warning
She gave a loud laugh. John gave a happy smile. He gave me a nasty kick on the leg. She gave the children a goodnight kiss and put them to bed. I have to give a speech at the meeting tomorrow.
Exercise 3:
Use the correct words to complete the expressions with 'give' in the sentences.
Some advice / a smile / an answer / a scream / a hug / a push
1.¨Don´t look so sad¨, said the photographer . ¨Give me…………¨
2.¨It´s lovely to see you again¨, my grandmother said. ¨ Give me………….!¨
3.I know it´s not really mu business, but do you mind if I give you……?
4.My car won´t start. Will you give me……….?
5.That´s an extremely good question. I´ll give you ………….in the next lesson.
6.When she saw the spider, she gave ………….and ran from the room.
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MAKE
We use make with:
Talking and sounds: a comment, an enquiry, a noise, a point, a promise, a sound, a speech, a suggestion Plans: arrangements, a choice, a decision, a plan, plans, an appointment, a date
Try not to make a noise. They made arrangements to meet the next day.
Exercise 4:
Complete the sentences with the right expression:
1.Shh! Don´t…… The baby´s asleep.
2.¨Can´t we visit mum tomorrow?¨
¨No. We …….to call on her today¨
3.My brother asked me to……..at his wedding. I´m terrified!
4.Can I………….? Why don´t we ask Phill if he can help us?
5.Sorry, I can´t meet you this weekend. I´ve already……..
6.Hello, I´d like to …………to see the doctor, please.
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VOCABULARY
TABOO WORDS AND SWEARWORDS
A.TABOO WORDS
Many languages have words which are considered dangerous, holy, magic or shocking and which are only used in certain situation by certain people. For instance, in African tribes the name of dead chiefs must not be said!
The following are some of the most common English taboo words, with explanations of their literal meaning where necessary. Their approximate ¨strenght¨ is shown by stars: one-star words like ¨hell¨, ¨damn¨ or ¨balst¨ (which are scarcely taboo in modern English) will not upset many people, while a three-star word may be very shocking.
Religion:
Damn* (condemned to hell)
Blast* (strike with divine punishment)
Hell*
God*
Jesus*
Christ*
Sexual activity:
Bastard** (child of unmarried parents)
Lavatory:
Piss***
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2.SWEARWORDS
All of the words listed above, and a few others, are used in swearing. The meaning of a swearword is always different from its literal (taboo) meaning
a)Exclamation of annoyance
Damn (it)!
God damn it!
God damn!
Hell!
My God!
Jesus!
Christ!
Jesus Christ!
Examples of use:
Damn it! Can´t you hurry up?
Christ! It´s raining again!
Exclamation of surprise:
(My)God!
Jesus!
Well, I´ll be damned!
Son of a bitch! (mostly American English)
Examples of use:
My God! Look at that!
Well, I´m damned! What are you doing here?
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c)surprised questions
Who/What/Why etc. the hell…?
Example of use:
What the hell do you think you´re doing?
d)Insult
Note that these nouns generally have no real meaning. They simply express a strong emotion such as hatred, anger, envy or contempt.
Bastard
Shit
Examples of use:
You bastard!
e) insult (imperative verb + object)
Damn…..!
Examples of use:
Damn that child!
f)insulting request to go away
Piss off!
Examples of use:
If Andy comes asking for money tell him to piss off!
*In British English ¨pissed¨ means ¨drunk¨ and ¨pissed off¨ means ¨fed up¨
I´m getting pissed off with London!
*In American English ¨pissed¨ is annoyed, ¨angry¨
I´m pissed at him because of what he´s been saying about me.
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g)Expression of unconcern (meaning : ¨I don´t care¨)
I don`t / couldn´t give a damn
Examples of use:
They can come and arrest me if they want. I don´t give a damn!
h)Intensifying adjective/adverb
damn(ed)
bloody
goddamn
Examples of use:
That car´s going damn(ed) fast!
Where´s the bloody switch?
It´s bloody raining again!
*When these words are used before verbs, the word ¨well¨ is often added in British English:
I damn well hope you never come back!
It´s bloody well raining again!
Just for your entertainment, here´s a video you full of taboo and swearwords, in case you want to watch it! (AWARNING: IT CAN GET A BIT BLOODY)
http://www.watchsouthparkonline.net/season-5/episode-2-it-hits-the-fan/
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