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miércoles, 2 de junio de 2010
TAG QUESTIONS
A question tag or tag question is a grammatical structure in which a declarative statement or an imperative is turned into a question by adding an interrogative fragment (the "tag"). The term "question tag" is generally preferred by British grammarians, while their American counterparts prefer "tag question"
Mark is in his house. Isn´t he?
He read this book, didn't he?
sábado, 29 de mayo de 2010
PASSIVE VOICE (PAST)
viernes, 28 de mayo de 2010
Is called passive because the subject receives an action that makes someone or something that is now called circumstantial complement.
OBJECT + VERB TO BE + VERB PAST PARTICIPLE + PRONOUN
To change active voice to passive voice
First I must identify the subject, the verb and the direct object.
example:
active:I kiss my dog
passive:The dog is kissed by me
example:
active: Tom writes a letter
passive: The letter is written by Tom
To change active voice to passive voice
First I must identify the subject, the verb and the direct object.
example:
active:I kiss my dog
passive:The dog is kissed by me
example:
active: Tom writes a letter
passive: The letter is written by Tom
PAST PERFECT
AFFIRMATIVE
for example:
- I HAD DRIVEN A CAR
- SHE HAD RIDDEN A HORSE
- WE HAD RUN IN THE PARK
NEGATIVE
- SHE HADN`T BOUGHT THE DOG
- YOU HADN`T TORN THE GLASS
- HE HADN´T WORN CLOTHES PINK
QUESTION
- HAD YOU BROKEN THE GLASS?
NO YOU HADN´T / YES, YOU HAD - HAD SHE WON THE BED?
NO SHE HADN´T / YES, SHE HAD - HAD I BEGUN MY HOMEWORK?
NO I HADN´T / YES, I HAD
SECOND CONDITIONAL
RELATIVE CLAUSUALES (WHO,WHICH,THAT)
WHO... FOR PEOPLE
I MET A WOMAN. SHE CAN SPEAK SIX LENGUAJES.
I MET A WOMAN . WHO CAN SPEAK SIX LENGUAJES.
CARLOS WAS WEARING A HAT IT WAS TOO BIG FOR HIM.
CARLOS WAS WEARING A HAT THAT WAS TOO BIG FOR HIM.
WHICH ... IS ONLY FOR THINGS
DANIEL LIVES IN A HOUSE IT IS 100 YEAR OLD.
DANIEL LIVES IN A HOUSE WHICH IS 100 YEARS OLD.
I MET A WOMAN. SHE CAN SPEAK SIX LENGUAJES.
I MET A WOMAN . WHO CAN SPEAK SIX LENGUAJES.
THAT... IS FOR THINGS AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE
CARLOS WAS WEARING A HAT IT WAS TOO BIG FOR HIM.
CARLOS WAS WEARING A HAT THAT WAS TOO BIG FOR HIM.
WHICH ... IS ONLY FOR THINGS
DANIEL LIVES IN A HOUSE IT IS 100 YEAR OLD.
DANIEL LIVES IN A HOUSE WHICH IS 100 YEARS OLD.
jueves, 27 de mayo de 2010
third conditional
if + person+present perfect (had) + verb pastparticiple + complemet, person+ would could might + present perfect (have)+ verb past participle + complement
example:
- IF I HADN`T GONE (GO) PARTY I WOULD HAVE STUDIED (STUDY) FOR MY EXAM.
- SHE WOULDN`T HAVE PLAYED (PLAY)IN THE TABLE IF SHE HADN´T BROKEN (BROKE) THE GLASS
- IF HE HAD KNOWN (KNOW) ABOUT THE TRIP WOULD HAVE BEEN (BE) FORIUS.
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