BE PASADO: FRASES

USO:
Conectar el sujeto con el resto de la oracin y hablar acerca del pasado

AFIRMATIVO

FORMA:
[SUJETO + WAS/WERE + RESTO]

I/She/He/It was in the kitchen.

You/We/They were late.

NEGATIVO

FORMA:
[SUJETO + WAS/WERE + NOT + RESTO]

WASN'T/WEREN'T
I/She/He/It was not angry.
I/She/He/It wasn't here.

You/We/They were not early.

You/We/They weren't on time.

EJEMPLOS:
"Diana was at home yesterday."
"She wasn't at school."
"They were late to work."
"They weren't early."

BE PAST: PREGUNTAS
PREGUNTAS SI/NO

USO:
Realizar preguntas cuya respuesta es "s" o "no".
FORMA:
El sujeto y el verbo cambian de lugar.

Afirmativa: They were at home.

Pregunta Si/No: Were they at home?
Negativa: He wasn't at school.
Pregunta Si/No: Wasn't he at school?(Se utilizan siempre con contracciones.)
Respuestas: Yes, I was.
No, I wasn't.

PREGUNTAS-WH

USO:
Realizar preguntas que comienzan con estas expresiones interrogativas: WHAT, WHEN, WHERE,
WHO, WHY, HOW.
FORMA:
Preguntas acerca del SUJETO:
[PALABRA-WH + BE PAST + RESTO DE LA SENTENCIA]
Afirmativa: Juan was at home.
pREGUNTA -Wh: Who was at home?
Preguntas acerca del RESTO DE LA ORACIN:
[WH-WORD + BE PAST + SUBJECT + REST OF SENTENCE]
Afirmativa: He was in Philadelphia.
Pregunta - Wh Where was he?
Afirmativa: He was there in 1990.
Pregunta - Wh: When was he there?
EJEMPLOS:
Police: "Where were you last nightat 9:30?"
Man: "I was at home all night."
Police: "Was Big Bob with you?"
Man: "No, he wasn't. I was alone."

SUSTANTIVOS y QUANTIFICADORES:
SUSTANTIVOS INCONTABLES y CUANTIFICADORES

USO:
Los cuantificadores son palabras o frases
que indican el nmero o la cantidad de
un objeto. Algunos cuantificadores se emplean tanto con sustantivos como con incontables. Otros solo se
utilizan
con sustantivos contables o incontables
pero no con ambos.
RECUERDA: Los sustantivos incontables toman solo la
forma singular del verbo!
some (enunciado):
"There is some water in your glass."
any (preguntas y sentencias negative):

"Is there any money in the handbag?"

"There isn't any time left."
a lot of

"There is a lot of butter on your bread."

much
 "I haven't got much money."
"How much milk do you want?"
a little

"I only want a little juice."

SUSTANTIVOS INCONTABLES y CUANTIFICADORES

USO:
Los cuantificadores son palabras o frases
que indican el nmero o la cantidad de
un objeto. Algunos cuantificadores se emplean tanto con sustantivos como con incontables. Otros solo
se utilizan
con sustantivos contables o incontables
pero no con ambos.
RECUERDA: Los sustantivos incontables toman solo la
forma singular del verbo!
some (enunciado):
"There is some water in your glass."
any (preguntas y sentencias negative):

"Is there any money in the handbag?"

"There isn't any time left."
a lot of

"There is a lot of butter on your bread."

much

"I haven't got much money."

"How much milk do you want?"
a little

"I only want a little juice."

NOUNS AND QUANTIFIERS:

COUNT NOUNS and QUANTIFIERS

USE:
Quantifiers are words or phrases which show the number or amount of an object. Some
quantifiers are used with both count and non-count nouns. Some other quantifiers are used
only with either non-count nouns or count nouns, but not with both.
some (statements):
"There are some books on the shelf."
any (questions and negative sentences):

"Are there any girls in your class?"

"There aren't any onions in the salad."
a lot of

"There are a lot of red apples."

many

"I haven't got many friends."

"How many chairs are in that classroom?"
a few

"He has a few books."

EXAMPLE:
"Are there any small nails down there, Harry?"
"Sorry, there aren't any, but I have some big nails.
Is that OK?"

PRESENTE SIMPLE: ENUNCIADOS

USO:
Hablar de acciones, estados o hechos que suceden en cualquier momento, de forma repetida
o continuamente.
AFIRMATIVA

FORMA:
La tercera persona del singular aaden una -s final.
[SUJETO + VERBO(s) + RESTO DE LA ORACIN
I/You/We/They work in a bank.
He/She/It has brown eyes.
ORTOGRAFIA

Los verbos que acaban en ss, sh, ch, x, o aaden la terminacin es a la tercera persona del
singular.kisses,matches, goes, watches
Para verbos que terminan en la consonante + y,cambian la y por la terminacin -
ies:carry/carries,try/tries, copy/copies
NOTA: el presente simple se utiliza tambin con adverbios y frases
adverbiales: Always, Never, Often,Sometimes, Usually, Every day/week, On
Sundays, Twice a month, year, etc.
EJEMPLOS:
"I often go to basketball games."
"He never watches TV."
"My brother goes to the health club twice a week."
"I always have coffee for breakfast."
NEGATIVA

FORMA:
[SUJETO+ DO NOT/DON'T+ VERBO+ RESTO DE LA ORACIN] DOES
NOT/DOESN'T)

I/You/We/They don't drive in the city.

 He/She/It doesn't have brown eyes..
EJEMPLO:
"Bill calls Mary, but he doesn't call me."

PRESENT SIMPLE: YES/NO QUESTIONS

QUESTIONS

USE:
To ask questions about actions in general time that need an answer of "yes" or "no".
FORM:
Put DO or DOES in front of the subject.
[DO/DOES + SUBJECT + VERB + REST]
Does he/she/it like milk?
Do I know him?
AFFIRMATIVE: She likes milk.
YES/NO QUESTION: Does she like milk?
ANSWERS

USE:
To answer a yes/no question.
FORM:

[YES, SUBJECT + DO/DOES]

Yes, I/you/we/they do.
Yes, he/she/it does.
[NO, SUBJECT + DON'T/DOESN'T]
No, I/you/we/they don't.
No, he/she/it doesn't.
EXAMPLES:
"Do you work on Saturdays?"
"Yes, I do."
"Does he work on Saturdays?"
"No, he doesn't."

PRESENTE SIMPLE: Preguntas Wh

USO:
Realizar preguntas acerca de acciones en tiempo general

que comienzan con los siguientes interrogativos: WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHO, WHY,
HOW.
FORMA:
Preguntas acerca del SUJETO:

[WHO-WHAT + VERBO + RESTO]

Who lives here?

Preguntas acerca del RESTO DE LA ORACION:
[WH-WORD + DO/DOES... VERBO...]

When do you go home?

Where does he live?
EJEMPLOS:
"Who lives in that house?"
"The Porters."
"What does Jack want to do?"
"Go to the movies.
"Where do they work?"
"At the bank."