sábado, 24 de septiembre de 2011

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

sábado, 27 de agosto de 2011

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.