viernes, 2 de mayo de 2014

ENGLISH REVIEW 

Unit 1

Make or Do
Use make when you talk about something you create.
Eg.-She made a cake for me.
      He makes birdhouses.
Do.-Tlakinf about an action you don't mention by name mostly mental work:topic work 
Eg.- I do my homework everyday.
       I often do the shopping on the weekend.

Present Perfect (yet/already/just)
Just= a short time ago.
Already= before you expected.
Yet= until now.

Present Perfect Progresive (Hve or Has+been+ing)
We are talking to thing that started in the past,continue in the present and is going to continue now.
Eg.-I have been reading for 2 hours.
       How long have you been learning English.
       We have not been smoking.

Unit 2
Order of adjetives.
Determiner      Opinion        Size           Height/Lenght     Shape/Weight    Color   Material
A                     Beautiful      Big            Long                   Heavy                  
An                    Nice           Small         Short                  Square
My                   Ugly           Medium     Tall                     Straight
Her                  Pretty         Sized                                    Circular
His                   Fantastic
Our
Eg.- They're fantastic orange leather shoes
        It's a beautiful long blue silk scarf

Used to.
We use to talk about things that weren't true in the past, but no true in the present.
Eg.- I used to play videogames all the day.
        
Din't use to.
We use to talk about things that weren't true in the past, but true in the present.
Eg.- I didn't use to work all the time. 

So, too, Either and Neither.
We use to express similarity to know that we agree with the other person's opinion on something.
Eg.- I love chocolate. Me too
                                 So do I
                                 I do too
I don't like onion. Me neither
                           Neither do I
                           I don't either
Use so or too for afirmative sentences.
SO+AUX+(he,she,it,they...)
Eg.- I enjoy beach picnics. So do I.
       We used to go to the beach. So did We.
(He, She, It)+NEG AUX+either
Neither+AUX+(He, She, It...)
Eg.- I can't either
Neither did I. 

Unit 3
The vs No article

Use before nouns of which there is only one.
Eg.- The earth is round.
Before a noun which has become definite as a result of being mentioned a second time.
We saw a good film last night. It was the film you recommen.}
Before instrument.
Before names of seas, rivers, chains of mountain, groups of island and plural names.

No article.
We don't use when we talk about plural nouns when we are talking generally.

Eg.- Dogs are very intelligents animals.
       Companies spend lost money in advertising.

Indirect Question.
We use when we want to make more polite questions.
They have an opening phrase before the main question.
Eg.- Do you know?
       Can you tell me?
For yes/No question, include if/wether after the opening phrase.
Where can I buy a good computer?
Can you tell me where I can buy a good computer?
Are there any internet cafés around here?
Do you know if there are any internet cafés?

Unit 4
Compund Nouns
Words can be combined to form compound nouns.
They normaly have 2 parts.
Second .-identifies the object or person (man, friend, tank)
First.- Kind of object or person it is (police,boy,water)
Eg.- Policeman
Boyfriend
Watertank

Hve/Get something done
It describes situations where we wants someone else to do something  for us (favor, service)
Eg.- I must get/have my hair cut
When are you going to get that window replaced?

Unit 5
Reported Speech
The sentences word order and pronouns may be different from those in the original sentences.
Eg.- She said she´s sure he would arrive tomorrow

Reporting Questions
Direct.- Do you like working in teams?
He asked if i like working in  teams.

The tens of the verb changes as it done in reported speech we don´t use auxiliary verbs the word order is the same.

Unit 6
The Second Conditional is used to talk about 'impossible' situations.
If we were in London today, we would be able to go to the concert in Hyde Park.
If I had millions dollars, I'd give a lot to charity.
Wish
I wish to' can mean the same as 'I want to' but it is much, much more formal and much, much less common.
Eg.- I wish to see the manager.
I wish to make a complaint.

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