Showing posts with label Grammar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grammar. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Conditional forms and exercises

We have learnt the conditional forms:

Type 0. If + Present tense + Present tense i.e.: 
  • If I press the button, the bell rings. / The bell rings if I press the button.
  • Si pulso el botón el timbre suena.
Type 1. If + Present tense + Future tense i.e.: 
  • If you study, you will pass your exam.
  • Si estudias pasarás tú examen.
Type 2. If + Past simple tense + Conditional simple i.e.: 
  • If you studied, you would pass your exam.
  • Si estudiaras pasarías tú examen.
Type 3. If + Past perfect + Perfect infinitive i.e.: 
  • If you had studied, you would have passed your exam.
  • Si hubieras estudiado habrías pasado tú examen.
Besides, you will be able to know more about this topic in the following links and have to do the exercises related to it at home:

We haven't to know anything about "I wish I knew" form so you don't need to study nothing about the part of this unit related to it.

Monday, February 04, 2013

Revising modal verbs


Homework

Exercises for revise modal verbs:

· Must, have to, should
· Must, may, might, can't
· Can, could, be able to

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Wednesday, January 09, 2013

Modal verbs


Today we have learnt the use of modal verbas, you can review them and do the exercises for tomorrow in the following links:

There are some many forms of use of (be) able to:

  • would love to - I'd love to be able to do it. (Me encantaría ser capaz de hacerlo)
  • won't be able to - I will not to be able to do it. (No seré capaz de hacerlo)
  • have never been able to - I have never been able to do it. (Nunca he sido capaz de hacerlo)
  • hate not being able to - I hate not being able to do it. (Odio no poder hacerlo)


Remember the use of the modal auxiliary verb "ought to" , it expresses duty, necessity, desirability and similar ideas. It is often used to advise people – to tell them that they have a duty to do things. The meaning is similar to should
  • You ought to attend office regularly. (Duty) 
  • We ought to help the needy. (Moral obligation) 
  • We ought to buy some furniture. (Necessity) 
Ought is not as forceful as must.


Moreover, we have watched two videos about modal verbs today:


 
First oneSecond one

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Prepositions of place and time: AT, IN & ON (reminder)


In general, we use AT, IN and ON as preposition of place as following:
  • at for a POINT
  • in for an ENCLOSED SPACE
  • on for a SURFACE
ATINON
POINTENCLOSED SPACESURFACE
at the cornerin the gardenon the wall
at the bus stopin Londonon the ceiling
at the doorin Franceon the door
at the top of the pagein a boxon the cover
at the end of the roadin my pocketon the floor
at the entrancein my walleton the carpet
at the crossroadsin a buildingon the menu
at the front deskin a caron a page

Look at these examples:
  • Jane is waiting for you at the bus stop.
  • The shop is at the end of the street.
  • My plane stopped at Dubai and Hanoi and arrived in Bangkok two hours late.
  • Jupiter is in the Solar System.
  • There was a "no smoking" sign on the wall.
  • I live on the 7th floor at 21 Oxford Street in London.
Notice the use of the prepositions of place atin and on in these standard expressions:

ATINON
at homein a caron a bus
at workin a taxion a train
at schoolin a helicopteron a plane
at universityin a boaton a ship
at collegein a lift (elevator)on a bicycle, on a motorbike
at the topin the newspaperon a horse, on an elephant
at the bottomin the skyon the radio, on television
at the sidein a rowon the left, on the right
at receptionin Oxford Streeton the way


Moreover, we use AT, IN and ON as preposition of time as following:
  • at for a PRECISE TIME
  • in for MONTHS, YEARS, CENTURIES and LONG PERIODS
  • on for DAYS and DATES
AT
IN
ON
PRECISE TIMEMONTHS, YEARS, CENTURIES and LONG PERIODSDAYS and DATES
at 3 o'clockin Mayon Sunday
at 10.30amin summeron Tuesdays
at noonin the summeron 6 March
at dinnertimein 1990on 25 Dec. 2010
at bedtimein the 1990son Christmas Day
at sunrisein the next centuryon Independence Day
at sunsetin the Ice Ageon my birthday
at the momentin the past/futureon New Year's Eve


Look at these examples:
  • I have a meeting at 9am.
  • Jane went home at lunchtime.
  • In England, it often snows in December.
  • Do you work on Mondays?
  • Her birthday is on 20 November.
  • Where will you be on New Year's Day?
Notice the use of the preposition of time at in the following standard expressions:

ExpressionExample
at nightThe stars shine at night.
at the weekend*I don't usually work at the weekend.
at Christmas*/EasterI stay with my family at Christmas.
at the same timeWe finished the test at the same time.
at presentHe's not home at present. Try later.


Notice the use of the prepositions of time in and on in these common expressions:


INON
in the morningon Tuesday morning
in the morningson Saturday mornings
in the afternoon(s)on Sunday afternoons
in the evening(s)on Monday evening


When we say last, next, every, this we do not also use at, in, on.
  • I went to London last June. (not in last June)
  • He's coming back next Tuesday. (not on next Tuesday)
  • I go home every Easter. (not at every Easter)
  • We'll call you this evening. (not in this evening)

*Note that in some varieties of English people say "on the weekend" and "on Christmas".



English Prepositions Listed

For a full list of 150 prepositions, including one-word and complex prepositions, with 370 example sentences, download the this free e-book English Prepositions Listed.

(This is the source of this content.)

Monday, December 03, 2012

"Modal Verbs" and "Comparatives and Superlatives"

Today Lola has teached us the use of some modal verbs and use of comparatives and superlatives.

Concretly, we have learned use of "have to", "must", "should" and "ought to", but we must know the use of modals related to lower levels and according to our level.

We have this homework about use of "must", "have to" and "should", and the use of "comparatives and superlatives" for wednesday.


Homework assignment

Conjuctions

I think this link about conjunctions might be interesting for all us.


Tuesday, November 06, 2012

Tenses for the future

Today we have learnt the use of the tenses for the future, you can review them in the following links:
Lola has given us a summary about this, you can download it here

Homework assignment
We must do the exercises related to each unit (English Grammar in Use - Units 19 to 24).