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Tarjetas ingles
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- 1Should / shouldn´t subject+modal+infinitive I need to define these words - Ask your teacher, she should know.commonly used to make suggestions, to tell that something suggested is true in the future, to give advices or opinions, and to talk about an obligation.
- 2Was / were going to I was going to call you, but I lost your phone number.is used to indicate that a planned action couldn´t take place because another event took place instead.
- 3Gerund Phrases as Subjects and Objects Gerund + objects + modifiers Reading books in our free time is a good habit.A phrase is a group of words that make sense, A gerund is a verb ending in –ing and is used as a verbal noun.
Gerund phrases as subjects usually refer to the activities performed.
Gerund phrases as objects express attitudes about activities performed.
- 4Separable Phrasal Verbs verb + a preposition Please take off your shoes before you come inside.phrasal verbs are a combination of a verb and a preposition
1) The object of a phrasal verb can go either between the verb and the preposition or after the preposition.
2) If the object of the sentence is a pronoun, it must go between the two parts of the phrasal verb.
- 5Non-separable phrasal verbs I´ll write my brother an e-mail; I´m looking forward to his answeran object is sometimes needed but in some other cases it may be absent in the sentence
Phrasal verbs with no object.
Some phrasal verbs with an object.
Some phrasal verbs contain three words and an object.
- 6Phrasal Verbs set up = start businessbreak down = fail to function
get out = disembark (car, taxi)
get up = rise from bed after sleeping
bring about = cause to happen
call up = reach by phone
go over = inspect the details of something
carry away = remove
carry on = continue
carry out = accomplish
look for = seek
look up = consult a reference book
come after = follow
turn down = reject
turn off = switch off
turn on = switch on
turn over = bring the reverse side up
- 7Relative pronouns This is the puppet that my daughter made.Some sentences in English are two clauses linked together. These clauses are called main clause and relative clause
Linking the ideas we may have only one sentence connected with a special pronoun called relative pronoun.
- 8Object relative clauses I couldn´t see the eclipse which my cousin told me about.describes the object of a verb
Relative pronouns
who
which
that
where
it is followed by a noun or a pronoun.
- 9Subject Relative Clauses Noun + Relative Clause This is the total amount which is going to be used for the new mall.Relative clauses usually help to connect two separate ideas in order to have only one sentence; there are two kinds of relative clauses: subject and object relative clauses.
A subject relative clause describes the subject of a sentence.
- 10It’s + adjective + infinitive A good translator is hard to find.This expression emphasizes information by bringing it to the front of the clause.
IT + linking verb + adjective + TO-infinitive
Noun + linking verb + adjective + TO-infinitive
IT + linking verb + adjective + noun + TO-infinitive
IT + linking verb + adjective + FOR something/somebody + TO-infinitive
IT + linking verb + adjective + OF somebody + TO-infinitive
- 11Wish for regrets I wish it were Saturday today.say that you would like things to be different from what they are, that we have regrets about the present situation
In more formal English, we use the subjunctive form were and not was after wish.
- 12Suffixes and prefixes bi-two-bilingual -dom-place or state of being-freedomare letters or groups of letters added at the end (Suffixes) or at the beginning (Prefixes) of a word to change its meaning.
The most common Suffixes are the ones we use for creating some of the verbs tenses and adverbs:
-ing -ed -s -es -ly
The most common Prefixes are:
dis- il- im- in- ir- re- un-
- 13Gerunds vs. Infinitives They decided to get married. I like cooking.A gerund is a verb in its –ing form:
a. As the subject of a sentence.
b. After some verbs, such as: like, hate, enjoy
c. After prepositions.
The infinitive form of the verb is the original verb. It usually goes with ‘to’.:
a. After some verbs, such as; agree, arrange, ask, promise
b. To show the reason why you did something.
c. After adjectives.
- 14Time expressions I'm going to France tomorrowThese expressions are helpful to be more specific on describing when the actions are taking place
Specifying the day,
- 15Time expressions last week my mom dieThese expressions are helpful to be more specific on describing when the actions are taking place
Specifying the week, month, or year
• this week
• this month
• this year
• next week
- 16Time expressions now I want to sleepThese expressions are helpful to be more specific on describing when the actions are taking place
Other time expressions: • Now
• Then
• immediately or straight away
• soon
• earlier
• later
• five minutes ago
• an hour ago
- 17Time expressions I have a party tonightSpecifying the time of day
• last night
• tonight
• tomorrow night
• in the morning
• in the afternoon
• in the evening
• yesterday morning
- 18Time expressions I never lie to my brotherFrequency
• never
• rarely
• occasionally
• sometimes
• often or frequently
• usually or normally
- 19Time expressions I lived in Canada for six monthsDuration
Duration in English is usually expressed using the word “for” as in the following examples:
- 20Past perfect John went to the shop on the way home from work, so he got home late.is a narrative tense; this means it is used when telling a story about the past
A sentence with the events in the order they happened: both verbs are in past simple.
- 21Past perfect John got home late because he had gone to the shop on the way home from work.A sentence in which the events are NOT in order: the event which happened before the other verb is in past perfect tense.
I
you
he / she / it
we
they
+had
hadn’t
+past participle
- 22Adjectives suffixes –ful, -less Home homelessSuffixes are pieces of words with their own meanings and you may include them at the end of words you already know to make them into new ones
- 23Modals of deduction – must • He must be sick.to explain something through how sure we are of something
Certainty
(positive)
We use it when we are sure that something is true because of the evidence we have.
must
- 24Modals of deduction – might/could • He might/may/could have the flu.Possibility
We use them when we think something is possible, but we are not sure.
might
may
could
- 25Modals of deduction – can't He can´t be feeling good.Certainty
(negative)
We use it when we are sure that something is not true because of the evidence we have.
can´t
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