Final Recovery

Final Recovery

1. Verbs

   • Regular
     • Answer (responder) – Answered Arrive (llegar) – Arrived Call (llamar) – Called Clean (limpiar) – Cleaned Compare (comparar) – Compared Cook (cocinar) – Cooked Educate (educar) – Educated Finish (terminar) – Finished
   • Irregular
     • Eat (comer) – ate – eaten Go (ir) – went – gone Be (ser o estar) – was/were – been Take (tomar)- took – taken Speak (hablar) – spoke – spoken Get (conseguir) – got – got Find (encontrar)- found – found Pay (pagar) – paid – paid

2. Past

   • Simple
     • With most verbs, the past tense is formed by adding –ed We use the past tense to talk about: something that happened once in the past: I met my wife in 1983. We went to Spain for our holidays. They got home very late last night. We use did to make questions with the past simple: Did she play tennis when she was younger? Did you live abroad? When did you meet your wife? Where did you go for your holidays?
   • continuous
     • The past continuous, also known as the progressive past, refers to a continuous action or state that was happening at some point in the past. The continuous past tense is formed by combining the past tense of to be (that is, was / were) with the present participle of the verb (-ing word): The sun was shining every day that summer. As I spoke, the children were laughing at my intelligence.
   • participle
     • The past participle is often, but not always, formed by adding the suffix -ed to a verb. It can also be paired with an auxiliary verb such as "was", "were", "has", and "had" to show that an action has been completed. For instance: I was done with the project. The cookies were baked fresh this morning. She has burned dinner before. I have lived an interesting life. He has lied to me too many times!

3. Present

   • participle
     • I am working. He was singing. They have been walking. We will be staying. She would have been expecting me.
   • continuous
     • She's crying. He is talking to his friend. Are you listening to the teacher? Is the baby drinking his bottle? We're going to the beach tomorrow morning. The children arrive at six o'clock.

4. Conditionals

   • second ¨II¨
     • condition in theory possible to fulfill Simple Past would + infinitive *If I studied, I would pass the exam. If I studied, I'd pass the exam. - If I studied, I would not fail the exam. If I did not study, I would fail the exam. If I studied, I wouldn't fail the exam. If I didn't study, I'd fail the exam.
   • condition possible to fulfill Simple Present will-future or (Modal + infinitive) If I study, I will pass the exam. If I study, I will pass the exam. If I study, I'll pass the exam. - If I study, I will not fail the exam. If I do not study, I will fail the exam. If I study, I won't fail the exam. If I don't study, I'll fail the exam.

5. Third Person

   • The third-person point of view belongs to the person (or people) being talked about. The third-person pronouns include he, him, his, himself, she, her, hers, herself, it, its, itself, they, them, their, theirs, and themselves. Tiffany used her prize money from the science fair to buy herself a new microscope. The concert goers roared their approval when they realized they’d be getting an encore.

6. Can, Could, Able To

   • can: I can swim for hours without getting tired: puedo nadar durante horas sin cansarme.
   • could: Como pasado simple (pude): She could fly to Berlin (Ella pudo volar a Berlín). Como condicional simple (podría): I could do it by myself, but I prefer to have some help (Podría hacerlo solo, pero prefiero tener un poco de ayuda). Como presente de subjuntivo (puede que): They could come later today (Puede que vengan más tarde hoy).
   • be able to: Futuro simple: I will be able to speak English by the time I’m thirty (Cuando cumpla treinta años podré/sabré hablar inglés). Presente perfecto: I have been able to read in English for a long time (He podido/sabido leer en inglés desde hace mucho tiempo).