QUITE, QUIET, QUIT
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jueves, 8 de agosto de 2019
domingo, 28 de julio de 2019
I HAVE BEEN TO / I HAVE GONE TO
I HAVE BEEN TO / I HAVE GONE TO
I have gone to England
(Implies that I have not returned yet)
(He ido y estoy todavía allí)
I have been to England
(Implies that I have already returned)
(He ido y estoy aquí)

sábado, 27 de julio de 2019
I ALWAYS DO / I AM ALWAYS DOING
I ALWAYS DO / I AM ALWAYS DOING
Normalmente se utiliza la palabra always en presente simple.
I always watch TV in the evening. (Es algo que hago usualmente)
Pero también se puede decir:
I am always cleaning the table (more than usual), (más frecuente de lo que se debería hacer)
I am always losing my keys
(esto no significa que pierdo las llaves siempre, sólo más frecuentemente que lo normal)
sábado, 20 de julio de 2019
VIAJAR
Algunas diferencias
Travel es un verb,
He has to travel on account of his job.
Travelling también se usa como sustantivo al iniciar una frase.
Travelling is funny
Trip es un sustantivo
How was your trip? (el viaje completo)
How was your journey? (se refiere al trayecto)
Journey es un sustantivo, pero hace referencia sólo al trayecto
Voyage es un sustantivo, es un viaje por agua y generalmente largo
sábado, 6 de julio de 2019
GRADO
DE LOS ADJETIVOS
COMPARATIVO
Comparativo de
adjetivos cortos
Son los adjetivos
que tienen una sílaba y hay algunos que tienen dos.
Se forma el
comparativo agregando al adjetivo positivo ER + THAN
COLD COLDER THAN
CLEVER CLEVERER
THAN
TALL TALLER THAN
SMALL SMALLER
THAN
YOUNG YOUNGER
THAN
OLD OLDER THAN
NEW NEWER THAN
SHORT SHORTER
THAN
LONG LONGER THAN
NARROW NARROWER
THAN
FAST FASTER THAN
SLOW SLOWER THAN
CHEAP CHEAPER
THAN
CLEAN CLEANER
THAN
Si el adjetivo es de
una sílaba y termina en E sólo se añade R para formar el
comparativo
NICE NICER THAN
HUMBLE HUMBLER
THAN
GENTLE GENTLER
THAN
POLITE POLITER
THAN
WIDE WIDER THAN
LARGE LARGER THAN
Si el adjetivo es de
una sola sílaba y termina en VOCAL + CONSONANTE, se duplica la
consonante final para formar el comparativo.
BIG BIGGER THAN
FAT FATTER THAN
HOT HOTTER THAN
Si el adjetivo
termina en CONSONANTE + Y, se cambia la Y por I para formar el
comparativo.
BUSY BUSIER THAN
EASY EASIER THAN
HAPPY HAPPIER
THAN
CRAZY CRAZIER
THAN
FUNNY FUNNIER
THAN
PRETTY PRETTIER
THAN
HEAVY HEAVIER
THAN
Comparativos
de adjetivos largos
Son los adjetivos
que tienen dos o más sílabas.
Se forma el
comparativo escribiendo la palabra MORE delante del adjetivo y THAN
después del adjetivo.
BEAUTIFUL MORE
BEAUTIFUL THAN
FAMOUS MORE
FAMOUS THAN
INTELLIGENT MORE
INTELLIGENT THAN
EXPENSIVE MORE
EXPENSIVE THAN
MODERN MORE
MODERN THAN
SUPERLATIVOS
Se forma el
superlativo escribiendo la palabra THE delante del adjetivo y
agregando al adjetivo positivo EST
COLD THE COLDEST
CLEVER THE
CLEVEREST
TALL THE TALLEST
SMALL THE
SMALLEST
YOUNG THE
YOUNGEST
OLD THE OLDEST
NEW THE NEWEST
SHORT THE
SHORTES
LONG THE LONGEST
NARROW THE
NARROWEST
FAST THE FASTEST
SLOW THE SLOWEST
CHEAP THE
CHEAPEST
CLEAN THE
CLEANEST
Si el adjetivo es de
una sílaba y termina en E sólo se añade ST para formar el
superlativo.
NICE THE NICEST
HUMBLE THE
HUMBLEST
GENTLE THE
GENTLEST
POLITE THE
POLITEST
WIDE THE WIDEST
LARGE THE LARGEST
Si el adjetivo es de
una sola sílaba y termina en VOCAL + CONSONANTE, se duplica la
consonante final para formar el superlativo.
BIG THE BIGGEST
FAT THE FATTEST
HOT THE HOTTEST
Si el adjetivo
termina en CONSONANTE + Y, se cambia la Y por I para formar el
superlativo.
BUSY THE BUSIEST
EASY THE EASIEST
HAPPY THE
HAPPIEEST
CRAZY THE
CRAZIEST
FUNNY THE
FUNNIEST
Superlativo de
adjetivos largos
Son los adjetivos
que tienen dos o más sílabas.
Se forma el
superlativo escribiendo THE MOST delante del adjetivo.
BEAUTIFUL THE
MOST BEAUTIFUL
FAMOUS THE MOST
FAMOUS
ELEGANT THE MOST
ELEGANT
INTELLIGENT THE
MOST INTELLIGENT
EXPENSIVE THE
MOST EXPENSIVE
MODERN THE MOST
MODERN
Algunos adjetivos no
siguen ninguna regla y tienen formas irregulares de comparativo y
superlativo.
GOOD BETTER
THAN THE BEST
BAD WORSE
THAN THE WORST
MUCH MORE
THAN THE MOST
MANY MORE
THAN THE MOST
FAR FURTHER
THAN THE FURTHEST
LITTLE LESS THAN THE
LEAST
Comparativos de iguadad
Se forma escribiendo
el adjetivo entre las palabras AS...........AS
She is as tall as
Mike.
martes, 2 de julio de 2019
THERE IS THERE ARE (and more)
Significa
'haber' (de existir).
There + be se utiliza para hablar acerca de la
existencia de algo, por lo tanto, ubicamos el sujeto real después
del verbo.
There
is -
hay (singular)
There are - hay (plural)
There was - hubo, había (singular)
There were - hubo, había (plural)
There has been - ha habido (singular)
There have been - ha habido (plural) There had been - había habido
There will be - habrá
There will have been - habrá habido There would be - habría
There would have been - habría habido
There can be - Puede haber
There could be - podría / pudo haber
There may be - Puede haber
There might be - podría haber
There should be - debería haber There must be - debe haber
There could have been - podría/pudo haber habido There might have been - podría haber habido
There should have been - debería haber habido
There must have been - debe haber habido
There has to be - tiene que haber (singular)
There have to be - tiene que haber (plural)
There had to be - tuvo/tenía que haber (plural)
There has to have been - tiene que haber habido (singular) There have to have been - tiene que haber habido (plural)
There had to have been - tuvo/tenía que haber habido
There is going to be - va a haber (singular) There are going to be - va a haber (plural) There was going to be - Iba a haber (singular)
There were going to be - Iba a haber (plural)
There are - hay (plural)
There was - hubo, había (singular)
There were - hubo, había (plural)
There has been - ha habido (singular)
There have been - ha habido (plural) There had been - había habido
There will be - habrá
There will have been - habrá habido There would be - habría
There would have been - habría habido
There can be - Puede haber
There could be - podría / pudo haber
There may be - Puede haber
There might be - podría haber
There should be - debería haber There must be - debe haber
There could have been - podría/pudo haber habido There might have been - podría haber habido
There should have been - debería haber habido
There must have been - debe haber habido
There has to be - tiene que haber (singular)
There have to be - tiene que haber (plural)
There had to be - tuvo/tenía que haber (plural)
There has to have been - tiene que haber habido (singular) There have to have been - tiene que haber habido (plural)
There had to have been - tuvo/tenía que haber habido
There is going to be - va a haber (singular) There are going to be - va a haber (plural) There was going to be - Iba a haber (singular)
There were going to be - Iba a haber (plural)
domingo, 30 de junio de 2019
OPT-OUT
OPT-OUT
Significa "exclusión voluntaria"I’ve opted out of the scheme (me he borrado del plan)you can’t just opt out of your responsibilities (no puedes desentenderte así como así de tus responsabilidades)he opted out and went to live in a commune (lo abandonó todo y se fue a vivir a una comuna)
sábado, 29 de junio de 2019
martes, 25 de junio de 2019
PREPPER
PREPPER
Someone who believes that a war or disaster will happen soon and who learns skills and collects food and equipment, in order to be ready for it.domingo, 23 de junio de 2019
MIDSUMMER
Midsummer
It is the period of time centered upon the ,and more specifically the
northern European celebrations that accompany the actual
solstice or
take place on a day between June 19 and June 25 and the preceding
evening. The exact dates vary between different cultures. The
undivided Christian
Church
designated
June 24 as the feast
day
of
St
John the Baptist,
and the observance of St John's Day begins the evening before, known
as
Saint John Eve.
viernes, 21 de junio de 2019
HOW "CÓMO"
HOW
La palabra "how" se traduce "cómo"
Algunos ejemplos:
He knows how to write in French.
Ann and Paul teach their son how to play tennis.
I would like to learn how to write a poem.
sábado, 18 de mayo de 2019
MUSEUM DAY
MUSEUM DAY
Each year, all museums in the world are invited to participate in IMD to promote the role of museums around in the world, creating unique, enjoyable and free activities around a theme discussed within the ICOM community for this special day. Since its creation in 1977, International Museum Day has gained increasing attention. In 2009, International Museum Day attracted the participation of 20,000 museums hosting events in more than 90 countries. In 2010, 98 countries participated in the celebration, with 100 in 2011, and 30,000 museums in 129 countries in 2012.In 2011, the official IMD poster was translated into 37 languages. Since 2012, this number has increased.martes, 16 de abril de 2019
COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
En inglés los
sustantivos se dividen en sustantivos contables y sustantivos
incontables.
Una forma sencilla
de de saber si un sustantivo es contable es intentar contarlos y si
es posible es contable y si no lo es, es incontable.
Ejemplo:
una camisa a shirt
dos camisas two
shirts
tres camisas three
shirts
un agua a water
(incorrecto)
dos aguas dos
aguas (incorrecto)
Lo correcto es:
agua water
Los sustantivos
contables pueden tener singular y plural
They have got a red
umbrella
They have got two
red umbrellas.
Los sustantivos
incontables no tienen plural
Water is cold
El agua está fría
There is milk in the
water
Be careful!!!!!!!
Los sustantivos
incontables no llevan a / an delante.
CUANTIFICADORES
Some
Any
Much Many
Algo
Alguno
Some Alguna
Algunas
Algunos
Some
se utiliza en frases afirmativas.
Se
utiliza delante de sustantivos contables en plural y delante de
sustantivos incontables.
Ningún
Ninguno
Any Ninguna
Ningunos
Ningunas
Any
se utiliza en frases interrogativas y
negativas en plural.
Delante
de sustantivos contables en plural
Delante
de sustantivos incontables
Much
(sustantivos incontables)
Mucho
Many
(sustantivos contables)
Ejemplos
There
are some CDs on the desk
They
have got some hot coffee
Is
there any money in the purse?
Are
there any people in the party?
There
aren't any sweets in the shop
I
haven't got any pencils in the pencil case
Is
there much sugar in the coffee?
Angela
has got many friends
Are
there many cups on the shelf?
HOW
MUCH / HOW MANY
Para
preguntar por la cantidad de algo utilizamos:
How
much Para sustantivos incontables
How
many Para sustantivos contables
How
many students are there in the classroom?
How
much sugar is there in the jar?
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