TOPICS ABOUT ENGLISH
· Tag questions
With the
"question tags" English sentences ended with a short question, of
opposite sign, which is used to request the opinion or seek approval from the
interlocutor. In Spanish equivalent to: is it not true, is it, is not it??
I Am / I Am not / Are /
Aren't / Is/ Isn't
Was / Wasn't / Were / Weren't
Examples:
To go to
Boston is the best choice, isn't it?
I am on the
list of those who have passed the test, aren't I?
Pearl and
Nick aren't in position to buy such an expensive house,are they?
I was at
the office when Sarah got there, wasn't I?
It was a
great day to go fishing, wasn't it?
Your
friends weren't expecting your call, were they?
We were
having a good time at the party, weren't we?
It is very
easy if you understand the rules of this topic
· Simple past
The simple past expresses an action in the
past taking place once, never, several times. It can also be used for actions
taking place one after another or in the middle of another action.
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Positive
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Negative
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Question
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no differences
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I spoke.
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I did not speak.
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Did I speak?
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Examples:
He visited his
parents every weekend.
I felt a lot of pain after falling.
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Past perfect
The past perfect simple expresses an action
taking place before a certain time in the past.
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Positive
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Negative
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Question
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no differences
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I had spoken.
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I had not spoken.
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Had I spoken?
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Examples:
I had spoken to Jack.
I had won, when i broke my hand.
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Past perfect tense.
The past
perfect tense is quite an
easy tense to understand and to use. This tense talks about the "past in
the past"
The structure of the past perfect tense is:
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subject
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+
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auxiliary
verb HAVE
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+
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main
verb
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conjugated
in simple past tense
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past
participle
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had
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Examples:
I had finished my work.
She had not gone to school.
You had stopped before me.
· Must, Able to, May and Might
Structure: subject +
modal + infinitive + complement
Must: we use it for an
obligation:
Able to: We use it for express
ability.
May and Might: we use them for
express a possibility
*We don´t add an “s” in third
person.
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Health Matters
Health
concerns in people, how they live and what problems happens.
Werther some
continuing problems in people as headaches, stomach pain, back pain and more.
You can
prescribe that can make or how they can help the pain.
Examples:
I have a
headaches.
I have sore
throat.
I have
stomachache.
Causatives
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Have
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Get
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Make
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Let
Have: This is used when give someone responsibility to do something.
Example: my father had fixed his car because
don’t work.
Get: We use it to convince someone to do something.
Example: the teacher got me write a poem.
*We just use “to” with this causative.
Make: We use it to force someone to do something.
Example: - She made her
children do their homeworks.
Let: We use it to imply that someone allows you to do something (permission).
Example: The teacher let us go early.