COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE

WHAT CAN YOU………..?

NOUNS:

·         COUNTABLE: plural y singular(los que se pueden contar)

¾    An Apple

¾    A hamburger

¾    Biscuits

¾    An orange

¾    An egg

¾    Grapes

¾    vegetables

¾    A potato, etc

·         UNCOUNTABLE: singular(lo que no se puede contar)

¾    Pizza, Snacks, Toast, Bread

¾    Cheese, Rice, Fish, Meat, Chicken

¾    Chocolate, sugar, fruit,salad

¾    Beer, whisky, wine

¾    Milk, coffee, soda

¾    Wather, tea, juice, lemonade, yogur

¾    Butter, cereal, salt, jam, ham, etc.

VOCABULARY:

Ø      a slice of pizza : una rebanada de pizza

Ø      a portion of rice : una porción de arroz

Ø      a boul of rice : un tazon de arroz

Ø      a glass of beer : un vaso de cerveza

Ø      a coffeepor : tetera para café(de mesa)

Ø      jam : mermelada

Ø      sausages : chorizos

Ø      bread rolls : (son como el pan bachata, caracol, francés, etc)

Ø      a jug : jarra

Ø      a fork : tenedor

Ø      a knife : cuchillo

Ø      a teaspoon : cuchara para te

Ø      a spoon : cuchara

Ø      fridge : refrigeradora

Ø      biscuits : galletas(británico)

Ø      cookies : galletas(americano)

Ø      cabbages : col

Ø      peppers: pimientas

Ø      beans: menestras, vainitas

Ø      peas: alverjas

Ø      cucumbers: pepino

PREPOSITION , ARTICLE AND CAN OR CANT

Prepositions

·        GO :      on  foot

                  By  bus/car/aeroplane

                  From “A” to “B” (places)

·        Journey:   to work takes (time)

·        Cars/people drive on the left

·        Fly to …  (places)

·        Walk to town/work/the shop, etc.

·        Get:    on/off     the bus/train/aeroplane/plane/bicycle

                 In/out of   car/taxi

CAN – CAN’T

Se usa CAN o CAN’T para posibilidades (los verbos no van con “s””

·        She can take a bus

·        She can’t take a bus

·        They can listen to music en hospitals

·        We can’t use mobile in the classroom

·        Students can wear jeans at Britanico

ARTICLES : los sustantivos plurales no llevan artículos

a:            se usa antes de un sustantivo que comienza con una consonante excepto
                   “university”

·  Its a universit

an:        se usa antes de un sustantivo que comienza con vocal “excepto honest”

· Its an honest

The:      Se usa THE para días, grupos de estados(the USA, the UK, etc)

·         In the morning

·       The capital city

·       No se usa ningún artículo para nombres de personas, tipos de transportes, ciudades, pueblos.

o           -   Salem

o            -   Mrs Wilson

REPORTED SPEECH

DIRECT SPEECH	REPORTED SPEECH
·   Simple present She said, “I study every day”. “I don’t like pizza”, he said.	·       Simple past      She said (that) she studied every day.      He said (that) he didn’t like pizza.
·   Present continuous    She said, “I’m listening.	·       Past continuous      She said (that) she was listening.
·   Present perfect    “I haven’t seen the movie”, he     said.	·       Past perfect      He said (that) he hadn’t seen the movie.
·   Simple past    He said, “I arrived at 7:30”.	·       Past perfect He said (that) he had arrived at 7:30
·   Will    “We’ll be there”, they said.	·       Would      They said (that) they would be there.
·   Can    They said, “We can come”.	·       Could      They said (that) they could come.