miércoles, 28 de mayo de 2014

Conditionals

Conditionals


Zero conditionalIf people eat too, much they get fat.

First conditional
If I have time, I will visit you.
Second conditionalIf I had more time, I would travel the world.
Third conditionalIf I had had time, I would have gone to the football match.

Wh Questions






We use question words to ask certain types of questions (question word questions). We often refer to them as WH words because they include the letters WH (for example WHy, HoW).
Question WordFunctionExample
whatasking for information about somethingWhat is your name?
asking for repetition or confirmationWhat? I can't hear you.
You did what?
what...forasking for a reason, asking whyWhat did you do that for?
whenasking about timeWhen did he leave?
whereasking in or at what place or positionWhere do they live?
whichasking about choiceWhich colour do you want?
whoasking what or which person or people (subject)Who opened the door?
whomasking what or which person or people (object)Whom did you see?
whoseasking about ownershipWhose are these keys?
Whose turn is it?
whyasking for reason, asking what...forWhy do you say that?
why don'tmaking a suggestionWhy don't I help you?
howasking about mannerHow does this work?
asking about condition or qualityHow was your exam?
how + adj/advasking about extent or degreesee examples below
how fardistanceHow far is Pattaya from Bangkok?
how longlength (time or space)How long will it take?
how manyquantity (countable)How many cars are there?
how muchquantity (uncountable)How much money do you have?
how oldageHow old are you?
how come (informal)asking for reason, asking whyHow come I can't see her?

PASSIVE VOICE
TenseSubjectVerbObject
Simple PresentActive:Ritawritesa letter.
Passive:A letteris writtenby Rita.
Simple PastActive:Ritawrotea letter.
Passive:A letterwas writtenby Rita.
Present PerfectActive:Ritahas writtena letter.
Passive:A letterhas been writtenby Rita.
Future IActive:Ritawill writea letter.
Passive:A letterwill be writtenby Rita.
HilfsverbenActive:Ritacan writea letter.
Passive:A lettercan be writtenby Rita.
TenseSubjectVerbObject
Present ProgressiveActive:Ritais writinga letter.
Passive:A letteris being writtenby Rita.
Past ProgressiveActive:Ritawas writinga letter.
Passive:A letterwas being writtenby Rita.
Past PerfectActive:Ritahad writtena letter.
Passive:A letterhad been writtenby Rita.
Future IIActive:Ritawill have writtena letter.
Passive:A letterwill have been writtenby Rita.
Conditional IActive:Ritawould writea letter.
Passive:A letterwould be writtenby Rita.
Conditional IIActive:Ritawould have writtena letter.
Passive:A letterwould have been writtenby Rita.

Passive Sentences with Two Objects 

Rewriting an active sentence with two objects in passive voice means that one of the two objects becomes the subject, the other one remains an object. Which object to transform into a subject depends on what you want to put the focus on.
 SubjectVerbObject 1Object 2
Active:Ritawrotea letterto me.
Passive:A letterwas writtento meby Rita.
Passive:Iwas writtena letterby Rita.
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jueves, 27 de marzo de 2014

Prepositions of time

Tenemos 3 preposiciones de tiempo:

-AT: Se utiliza con expresiones de tiempo que contienen horas.


-IN: Se utiliza con expresiones temporales que contengan: 

__Parts Del día (por la mañana / tarde / noche) 
__Months Del año (mayo / diciembre etc) 
__Seasons Del año (en primavera / verano / otoño / invierno) 
__Years (1998)




-ON:  Se utiliza con expresiones temporales que contengan: 

__Weekdays ( lunes / Martes  , etc)
__Dates ( El día nacional de los EE.UU. es el 4 de julio.)








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AFFIRMATIVE
NEGATIVE
INTERROGATIVE
Short anwer  Affirmative
Short anwer Negative
Present Tense
I


I build a house every year


I don´t build a house every year


Do You build a house every year?


Yes, I do


No, I don´t
you / we / they
You build a house every year
You don’t build a house every year
Do I build a house every year?
Yes, you do
No, you don’t
she / he / it
She builds a house every year
-He builds a house every year
She doesn’t build a house every year
-He doesn’t build a house every year
Do she build a house every year?
-Do he build a house every year?
Yes, she do
-Yes, he do
No, she doesn’t
-No, he doesn’t
Simple past
I/You/she/he/ it/we/they
I built a house every year
I didn’t build a house every year
Did you build a house every year?
Yes, I did
No, I didn’t
Present Progressive
Or continuos
Present Progressive
Or continuos
Present Progressive
Or continuos
Present Progressive
Or continuos
Present Progressive
Or continuos
Present Progressive
Or continuos

I
I’m building a house every year
I’m not building a house every year
Are you building a house every year?
Yes, I’m
Not, I’m not
she / he / it
She’s building a house every year
She’s not building a house every year
Is she building a house every year?
Yes, she’s
Not, he’s not
you / we / they
You’re building a house every year
You’re not building a house every year
Are you building a house every year?
Yes, you’re
Not, you’re not