Rules Flashcards
-ED and -ING adjetives (feeling)
- We use the adjetive ending in ED for “the person who has the feeling”
- We use the adjetive ending in ING for “the situation that produce the feeling”
MUST, MUSN’T + INF
When use?
- personal obligations
Prohibition
Articles. A / AN
WHEN USE?
We use with singular countable nouns:
1. When say what something is or what somebody does
2. The first time we mentions (thinks or person)
3. In exclamation
4.In expression of frequency
Articles THE
WHEN USE?
- When we talk about something we already mentioned
- When it’s clear what we’re referring to
- When there’s only one of something.
- With places in a town eg; cinema
- with superlative.
Articles NO ARTICLE
WHEN NOT USE :)
- When are speaking in general
- with some nouns eg: home, work, school, church, after at TO/FROM
- before meals, days, and month.
- before next / last + days, week , etc
After prepotitions you must to use?
after prepositions we use a verb in the gerund + ING
Eg: We’re really exited about going to …
Be able to
Is the same as Can
Eg: i ‘d love to be able to speak inglish
She finally been able to find a job
Use with verb to be + infinitivo
ED and ING adjetive
Many adj have 2 forms ..
1. ING for person or situation that produce the feeling
- ED for the person who has the feeling
CAN (rules)
Yo can’t use CAN for infinitive or present perfect.
Passive Voice
- Add Verb to be
- respond to question “la cosa que”
- focus in the actions not in the actor.
MUST AND MAY
Must using when do 100% sure
May no estamos seguro - no usar can
How + adj, what + noun
Yo respond to what people say
How interesting
How awful
Present perfect
Usamos el PP para experiencias pasadas pero no decimos cuando paso.
1.usamos ever o never
2. Acciones recientes pasadas q impactó en el resultado actual, just before
3. Yet already
Rules:
Has/ have + past participle
Present perfect + for /since
Present continuous
Usamos con for o since para hablar sobre algo que comenzó en el pasado pero aún es verdad.
# how long + PP
# for two week, since 1900
PPC
Have/ Has Been + verb + ing
- Usamos con for y since con verbos de acciones learn work
Gerunds and preposition
Afrer prepotition we use a verb un the gerund + ing
Ex: we are really exited about going to Brazil
Linking
La utilizamos cuando hablamos rápido
Reglas
1: al final de una palabra q termina en consonante y la sgte sonido es una vocal, most interesting
2: termina y comienza con una consonante, worst time
Es obligatorio el TO luego de palabras como
Sorry or listening
Si la respuesta es el sujeto No necesita
Auxiliar
Ejemplo what keeps you awake at night?
Response: my three kids
Making adj and adverbs:
make adj from noun add:
1. “y” > sunny
2 “ate” > passiontate
3. “able/iable” > fashionable
4. “ful” > useful.
Nouns finished in “ence”:
1. “ent” > violence > violent
To make negative add:
“un”, “im” and adj that end in “ful” make change to “less”
useful > useless
If the answer is the subject»_space;
NO NEED AUXILIARY
I haven’t
Never say I havent
Correct form i havent go or i dont
Use past perfect vs past perfect continues
PPC > when focus in duration
PP > focus in result
Grammar Structure
(Prefer/do sth/ prefear)
- would rather + do + than + do
- would prefer + to do
- prefer + noun + to + noun
- prefer + do sth + to + do sth
- prefer + do sth+ reather than + do sth
TO MUCH/MANY AND NOT ENOUGH RULES
- to much > incontables
- to many > contables
- to much/many with don’t need more of something
- enough cuando queremos algo mas y not enought cuando no necesitamos mas
