ADJECTIVE ORDER

Los adjetivos que van delante de un sustantivo siguen este orden:

1. tu propia opinin (enjoyable/ horrible/ boring)

ej.- an enjoyable film

2. talla o dimensin (large/ tiny/ heavy)

ej.- a disgusting little insect

3. edad (old/ young/ modern)

ej.- a beautiful tall young woman

4. forma (round/ square/ rectangular)

ej.- a large old oval painting

5. color (green/ black/ red)

ej.- a small square black & white photograph

6. procedencia (French/ Russian/ Danish)

ej.- an ugly modern American car

7. material del que est hecho (silver/paper/ plastic)

ej.- a pink Japanese silk blouse
Es inusual utilizar ms de tres adjetivos delante de un sustantivo.

ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY
always
never
sometimes
often
Los adverbios de frecuencia pueden ir de las siguientes maneras:
1. delante del verbo cuando se usan formas verbales simples.
Ej. I always walk to work
She never eats before 2 pm

2. con verbos auxiliares, van entre el verbo auxiliar y el otro

verbo.
Ej. I have never seen a live tennis match
I ve often gone to the beach this summer

3. despus del verbo to be

Ej. Wherever she goes, shes always late

Im always a worker person

4. al inicio de una oracin para dar nfasis (los ms comunes son:

sometimes, occasionally, usually, frequently, often)
Ej. Sometimes I stay up all the night

YET

ALREADY

STILL

YET: va al final de oraciones interrogativas y negativas.

Ejs. Have they sent the postcard yet? no, not yet.
Wait a minute. I m not ready yet.

ALREADY: entre el sujeto y el verbo, y despus del verbo to be en

oraciones positivas.
Ejs. I already know how to study
Im already exhausted

STILL: entre sujeto y verbo, y despus del verbo to be en oraciones

positivas y tambin en negativas.
Ejs. Shes still at work
My friend is fourteen, and she still cant swim

Still y already van despus del sujeto en oraciones interrogativas.

Ej. Are you still waiting after all this time?

Determinantes posesivos + sustantivos

My
Your
His/her/its
Our
Your
Their

(=Possessive determiners + nouns)

ej. My watch is new.

Pronombres posesivos(van solos)

Mine
Yours
His/hers

ej. That watch is mine.

Ours
Theirs
Pronombres personales
I
You
He/she/it
We
You
They

ej. They went on holidays

Objetos (pueden ser directos e indirectos)

Me
You
Him/her/it
Us
You
Them

ej. She gave me a present

ej. He saw her in the street

PREPOSITIONS
IN
Years: In 1935,...
Centuries: In the 19th century,...
Seasons: In summer,...
Months: In July,...
Weeks: In this week,...
Parts of the day: in the morning/ in the afternoon...
ON
Days of the week: on Monday
on the next day, on Christmas day, on 14th May.
OTHERS: on TV, on the radio, on the phone.

AT
At Christmas, at Easter
At 4 oclock
At night
At school
At sea
At peace
At the hairdressers
At Johns
I was studying at university =

I went to university every day

SUMMARY TABLE OF ATTITUDE MARKERS

o OPINION: In my opinion,... Personally,... From my point of

view
o POSITION: Frankly,... Seriously,... Actually
o LIKELIHOOD: Perhaps,... Maybe,... Certainly
o EVALUATIVE: Unfortunately,... Luckily,... Hopefully
o INTENSIFYING: Evidently,... Obviously,...
o DOWNTONING: Apparently,... On the whole,...

SUMMARY TABLE OF CONNECTORS

CONJUNCTIONS

ADDITIVE: and, not only... but also,

or, as, as if

TEMPORAL: when, while, as, before,

until, after, since

CONTRASTIVE: but, whereas, although,

even though

CAUSAL: because, so that, in order to/that,

if, unless, as long as, provided that

CONJUNCTS

ADDITIVE: In addition, Moreover, Besides, Furthermore,

On the other hand, Similarly, In the same way,
In other words, For instance, For example, Thus.

TEMPORAL: At the same time, Previously,

While, Then, Later.

CONTRASTIVE: Yet, However, Nevertheless, In contrast,
On the other hand, In spite of, Despite.

CAUSAL: For this reason, So, Therefore, Consequently,

As a result, In that case.

SEQUENTIAL: First(ly), Lastly, In the second place,

In conclusion, In the end, Finally.

USED TO/ WOULD

USED TO + INFINITIVE: para acciones, situaciones y estados en pasado.

Situacin: She used to be a nurse (now shes a teacher)

Estado: She used to have long hair.

WOULD + INFINITIVE: para referirnos a acciones que se repetan en

pasado.

En un contexto, narrado en pasado y donde una situacin ya est

establecida, para expresar acciones repetidas en pasado, es posible utilizar
WOULD.

When I was a girl, I used to play football at least twice a week. I

used to play at school, but whenever my friends and I had nothing to
do in the evenings, we would go to the park, (would) choose teams and
(would) have a friendly game.