English topics

English topics

1. Obligation = It’s Necessary

   • English words used for obligation: have to need to must required
   • What’s the difference? Must and required are more formal than have to and need to. Don’t use “to” after “must.” Supposed to / Not supposed to You can use these words for “light” requirements and prohibitions
     • English words used for obligation: have to need to must required
     • for example, rules that are often not followed. We’re supposed to arrive on time, but it’s OK if we’re a little late. Our boss is pretty relaxed. The employees aren’t supposed to eat lunch at their desks, but a lot of them do so anyway.

2. Prohibition = It’s Not OK

   • What’s the difference? Can’t is more informal, mustn’t and not permitted are more formal, and not allowed is both formal and informal.
     • Don’t use “to” after “mustn’t.” Pronunciation The first “t” in “mustn’t” is silent!

3. The simple future with will is used in English to express: a spontaneous decision;  

   • example Come on, I will help you sort the files.
     • an opinion, a desire, an uncertainty or an assumption about the future;
       • example You won’t finish it in just one day. It will rain tomorrow anyway.

4. comparative superlative

   • Comúparative adjectives are used to compare a certain characeristic or quality between two other things, animals or people.
     • example The mouse is smaller than the owl.
     • Superlative adjectives express the maximum degree of a characteristic of an element with respect to others of its same group or condition
       • example The fastest car is the blue one.

5. Definitely y probably

   • the use of definitely/probably: un positive sentences before the verb
     • example IT'll probably be a sunny dar Dennis Will definitely geta the scholarship
       • in negative sentences before the auxiliary tens with the negative word=Will not
         • example IT probably won't be a sunny day IT won't definitely be a sunny day

6. sure y unsure

   • sure IT an adjective: certain of something; Having no donuts, sure a about/ of something.
     • example I'm sure about her, so I don't Believe you
       • unsure IT is an adjective: not certain of something; having doubts, unsure about/ of something
         • example Theresa Wert a lot of things/felt unsure about.

7. May y Minght

   • may May is a modal verb used to indicate possibility, but also to request permission in an educated manner.
     • example It may snow
       • Its negative form is created by adding not
         • example He may not come tonight
   • Might Might, on the other hand, is a modal verb that is used only to indicate possibility or probability. Might indicates lower probability than may.
     • example It might snow
       • In the past we never use may, only might
         • example He might have gone to the beach yes

8. Zero conditional

   • zero conditional This type of conditional is used in situations in which if a condition is met, the same result always occurs.
     • example If you don't put sun cream on, you get burnt.
   • First conditional
     • first conditional. Este tipo de condicional se usa en situaciones en las que si se cumple una condición, es probable que se dé un resultado determinado.
       • example If you don't put on repellent, you'll get bitten If you study hard, you'll get good marks
   • Second conditional
     • second conditional This type of conditional is used to talk about events that are unlikely to happen in the future.  
       • example If I had money, I would travel more If I asked Susan out, would she accept?

9. so I and Neither

   • I are usted when agreeing with someone's opinion. IT's usually used in the first personas, but It can be used in other ways.
     • example
       • so + auxiliary verb or do + subject
       • Neither + auxiliary verb or do + sibject

10. Reported speech

    • reported speech is a structure that is used when we want to tell a person what another has told us before.
      • example I've composed a song. She told me that she had composed a song.
        • Modal Auxiliar- can/ coulis and will/ would