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DEDICATORY--------------------------------------------------------------------2
INTRODUCTION-----------------------------------------------------------------3
ARTICLES A/AN AND THE---------------------------------------------------4
PERSONAL PRONOUNS-----------------------------------------------------5
NOMINATIVE PRONOUNS---------------------------------------------------6
POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS---------------------------------------------------7
POSSESIVE ADJECTIVES----------------------------------------------------8
OBJECTIVE PRONOUNS------------------------------------------------------9
VERB TO BE ------------------------------------------------------------------10-13
PAST VERB TO BE ----------------------------------------------------------14-17
THERE IS / THERE ARE ---------------------------------------------------18-22
HAVE / HAS --------------------------------------------------------------------23-26
CAN / CANT -------------------------------------------------------------------27-30
CARDINAL NUMBRES ------------------------------------------------------31-32
QUANTITIES--------------------------------------------------------------------33-35
YEAR AND NUMBERS-------------------------------------------------------36-37
ORDINAL NUMBERS --------------------------------------------------------38-39
PRESENT SIMPLE------------------------------------------------------------40-43
PAST SIMPLE ------------------------------------------------------------------44-51
FUTURE SIMPLE--------------------------------------------------------------52-55
CONCLUSION ---------------------------------------------------------------------56
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DEDICATORY
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INTRODUCTION
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ARTICLES A/AN AND THE
The articles a / an and the are to refer to things. In the case of a it is going to be
used when the next word begins in consonant and in case of an is going to be used
when it begins in vocal. The will be used for words beginning both in consonants and
vowels.
FOR EXAMPLE:
A AN THE
1.- He is a doctor 1.- He is an actor 1.- The elephant is big
2.- I have a computer 2.- It was an accident 2.- The lettuce is green
3.- He is a young man 3.- He is an Englishman 3.- The United Kingdom
4.- They are a group of lawyers 4.- This is an independent country 4.- The United States
5.- This is a Mexican invention 5.- An important appointment 5.- The Isle of Man
6.- A block of flats 6.- She is an old woman 6.- The universal language
7.- He is a Honest man 7.- She is an actress 7.- The onion
8.- A racing driver 8.- He is an old man 8.- The hair
9.- She is a healthy person 9.- An apple 9.- The novela idea
10.- A hostage 10.- An important article 10.- The box of matches
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PERSONAL PRONOUNS
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NOMINATIVE PRONOUNS
I
You
He
She
It
We
You
They
Them
FOR EXAMPLE:
1.- I am a doctor
2.- I am a nurse
3.- You are a teacher
4.- We are students
5.- They are lawyer
6.- It is a dog
7.- He is fat
8.- She is toll
9.- We are speaking English
10.- She is Chinese
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POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS
MINE
YOURS
HIS
HERS
ITS
OURS
YOURS
THEIRS
FOR EXAMPLE:
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OBJECTIVES PRONOUNS
The object pronouns replace objects in prayers, then used as direct and indirect
objects. I will see your sister after the school (I'll see your sister after school) can be
changed to I will see her after the school (The see after school). Each personal
pronoun has a corresponding object pronoun:
ME
YOU
HIM
HER
IT
US
YOU
THEM
FOR EXAMPLE:
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10.- I pay the flowers to him
POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES
Possessive adjectives used to talk about the thing possessed. They agree in gender
and number with the noun.
There are two types of possessive adjectives; which are placed before the noun and
which are placed after the noun.
MY
YOUR
HIS
HER
ITS
OUR
THEIR
FOR EXAMPLE:
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10.-My keys
VERB TO BE
The first will try verbs are two that can be used as an auxiliary, so they are the
most important. In this case it will be the verb to be that study.
This verb means TO BE both be like to be. Its meaning depends on the context of
the sentence, and we want to express at all times.
The VERB TO be has three forms: am, is and are. The only way am used to the
1st person singular, 2nd person singular, is only the 3rd person singular, and are
for the remaining people. If you have never studied this verb may find it a little
difficult to form sentences. Do not worry, this is normal.
SINGULAR
1 Person I AM
2. Person YOU ARE
3. Person HE IS
SHE IS
IT IS
PLURAL
1. Person WE ARE
2. Person YOU ARE
3. Person THEY ARE
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VERB TO BE IN FORM AFFIRMATIVE
FOR EXAMPLE:
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VERB TO BE IN FORM NEGATIVE
FOR EXAMPLE:
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VERB TO BE IN FORM INTERROGATIVE
Interrogative:
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PAST VERB TO BE
The past of the verb to be does not have contractual or reduced forms for the
affirmative. That is, you can not say I's as I was or You're reduced instead.
SINGULAR
1 Person I WAS
2. Person YOU WERE
3. Person HE WAS
SHE WAS
IT WAS
PLURAL
1. Person WE WERE
2. Person YOU WERE
3. Person THEY WERE
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PAST VERB TO BE IN FORM AFFIRMATIVE
FOR EXAMPLE:
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PAST VERB TO BE IN FORM NEGATIVE
FOR EXAMPLE:
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PAST VERB TO BE IN FORM INTERROGATIVE
Interrogative:
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THERE IS / THERE ARE
Expressions there is and there are used in English to indicate that an object or a
person are at a specified site. The peculiarity of these structures is that there is not
the real subject of the verb to be, although it precedes. The real subject of the verb
is in the immediately following position:
SINGULAR
THERE IS
PLURAL
THERE ARE
Unlike the word "no" in Castilian, which is invariable, the form of the verb to be
changes depending on the nature of the real subject.
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THERE IS / THERE ARE IN FORM AFIRMATIVE
Notice that the noun takes the idenfinido article (a / an). Usually not the definite
article is used with there:
An uncountable noun:
Uncountable nouns can take quantifiers as some, any, much, a lot of etc.
Importants:
Remember that English irregular nouns, though not bearing the mark "s" in plural
require the agreement with the verb to be:
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FOR EXAMPLE:
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THERE IS / THERE ARE IN FORM NEGATIVE
The NEGATIVE form of the existential expressions there is / there are built with the
negative particle not:
FOR EXAMPLE:
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THHERE IS / THERE ARE IN FORM INTERROGATIVE
The interrogative form is constructed by an investment from the verb to be, and
"false" there subject:
FOR EXAMPLE:
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HAVE / HAS
HAVE used with the meaning of having translated into Spanish have for the first and
second person singular and plural, and HAS for the third person used but only the
singular (he, she, it)
SINGULAR AND PLURAL
I
YOU
HAVE WE
YOU
THEY
SINGULAR
HE
HAS SHE
IT
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HAVE / HAS IN FORM AFIRMATIVE
Here are some points to remember when using 'have' and 'has'.
Let's start with the basics.
They can both be used to show possession and are important in making the
'perfect tenses'.
'Had' is the past tense of both 'has' and 'have'.
CONTRACTIONS
I have = I've
you have = you've
we have = we've
they have = They've
he has = he's
it has = it's
FOR EXAMPLE:
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10.- Mexico has a very interesting culture
HAVE / HAS IN FORM NEGATIVE
Can be used or not the auxiliary Do / Does the verb have to form negative
sentences in English.
FOR EXAMPLE:
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HAVE / HAS IN FORM INTERROGATIVE
Can be used or not the auxiliary Do / Does the verb have to form Interrogative
sentences in English.
FOR EXAMPLE:
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CAN / CANT
The Word can is a verb auxiliary that meaning poder in Spanish. Is conjugate of
the following way:
SINGULAR PLURAL
I CAN WE CAN
YOU CAN YOU CAN
HE CAN THEY CAN
SHE CAN
IT CAN
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CAN / CANT IN FORM AFIRMATIVE
Can is the same for all subjects. We don't add an 'S' in the third person (like other
verbs)
The verb that comes after Can is in the infinitive without to:
FOR EXAMPLES:
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CAN / CANT IN FORM NEGATIVE
Negative:
To form the negative we add "not" after can to form one word: cannot.
FOR EXAMPLES:
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CAN / CANT IN FORM INTERROGATIVE
Questions
To from the question we change the position of the subject and the auxiliary verb.
FOR EXAMPLE:
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CARDINAL NUMMBERS
Hundreds and tens are usually separated by 'and' (in American English 'and' is not
necessary).
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Thousands and Millions
Use 1,000 and 1,000,000 always with 'a' or 'one'.
1,000 - a thousand / one thousand
201,000 - two hundred and one thousand
But don't worry, these numbers are even a bit problematic for native speakers: for a
long time the British 'billion' had 12 zeros (a number with 9 zeros was called 'a
thousand million'). Now, however, also in British English 'a billion' has 9 zeros. But
from time to time this number still causes confusion
Singular or Plural?
Numbers are usually written in singular.
The plural is only used with dozen, hundred, thousand, million, billion, if they are not
modified by another number or expression
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QUANTITIES
FOR EXAMPLES:
FOR EXAMPLE:
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FOR EXAMPLE:
FOR EXAMPLE:
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FOR EXAMPLES:
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YEAR AND NUMBERS
Million: milln
Thousand: mil
Hundred: cien
1 111 111: One million, one hundred and eleven thousand, one hundred
and eleven.
2.- For indicate numbers specific not is used the plural with the determination
million, thousand and hundred.
FOR EXAMPLE:
Tres millones = Three million
Cuatrocientos = Four hundred
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FOR EXAMPLES OF YEARS:
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ORDINAL NUMBERS
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In compound ordinal numbers, note that only the last figure is written as an ordinal
number:
first = 1st
second = 2nd
third = 3rd
fourth = 4th
twenty-sixth = 26th
hundred and first = 101st
FOR EXAMPLE:
33rd. Thirty-third
1st. First
18th. Eighteenth
68th. Sixty-eighth
11th. Eleventh
32th. Thirty-second
100th. One hundredth
56th. Fifty-sixtyth
26th. Twenty-sixth
31st. Thirty-first
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SIMPLE PRESENT
The simple present, present simple or present indefinite is one of the verb forms
associated with the present tense in modern English. It is commonly referred to as
a tense, although it also encodes certain information about aspect in addition to
present time.
It is called "simple" because its basic form consists of a single word (like write or
writes), in contrast with other present tense forms such as the present progressive
(is writing) and present perfect (has written). For nearly all English verbs the simple
present is identical to the base form (dictionary form) of the verb, except when the
subject is third-person singular, in which case the ending -(e)s is added. There are
a few verbs with irregular forms, the most notable being the copula be, which has
the simple present forms am, is and are.
The principal use of the simple present is to refer to an action or event that takes
place habitually, as in He writes for a living (in contrast to the present progressive,
which refers to something taking place at the present moment: He is writing a letter
now). However certain verbs expressing a state, such as be and know, are used in
the simple present even when referring to a temporary present state. There are
also certain other uses (including those mentioned in the following paragraph) in
which the simple present does not reflect a habitual aspect.
Like other English present tense forms, the simple present has certain uses in
which it does not refer to present time. It frequently refers to the future, as in "My
train leaves tomorrow" and "If we win on Saturday, ...". It can also sometimes refer
to past events as in newspaper headlines, for example.
For more information about the uses of constructions related to or contrasting with
the simple present, see Uses of English verb forms
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SIMPLE PRESENT IN FORM AFIRMATIVE
SINGULAR PLURAL
I LIVE WE LIVE
YOU LIVE YOU LIVE
HE LIVES THEY LIVE
SHE LIVES
IT LIVES
In the third person singular always changes the completion of the verb.
If the verb ends in S, X, Z, SH, CH, or O ES is added in the third person singular.
In English the subject of the action is always indicated either noun or pronoun
FOR EXAMPLE:
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SIMPLE PRESENT IN FORM NEGATIVE
To form a negative sentence in time to appear with any verb other than auxiliary
verb is used DO.
By using the DO / DOES auxiliary the main verb is in the infinitive To from without
particle without changing its completion.
In a negative sentence the word NOT is placed after the auxiliary DO / DOES.
FOR EXAMPLE:
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SIMPLE PRESENT IN FORM INTERROGATIVE
To form a Interrogative sentence in time to appear with any verb other than
auxiliary verb is used DO.
By using the DO / DOES auxiliary the main verb is in the infinitive To from without
particle without changing its completion.
In a negative sentence the word NOT is placed after the auxiliary DO / DOES.
FOR EXAMPLE:
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SIMPLE PAST
The simple past, past simple or past indefinite, sometimes called the preterite, is
the basic form of the past tense in Modern English. It is used principally to describe
events in the past, although it also has some other uses. Regular English verbs
form the simple past in -ed; however there are a few hundred irregular verbs with
different forms.
The term "simple" is used to distinguish the syntactical construction whose basic
form uses the plain past tense alone, from other past tense constructions which
use auxiliaries in combination with participles, such as the past perfect and past
progressive.
SINGULAR PLURAL
I WAS WE WERE
YOU WAS YOU WERE
HE WAS THEY WERE
SHE WAS
IT WAS
To form the negation last time the word NOT is inserted after the verb forms WAS /
WERE. Examples:
To build the interrogative form in the past tense WAS or WERE precedes the
subject. examples:
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SIMPLE PAST IN FORM AFIRMATIVE (REGULAR VERBS)
English past tense in regular verbs is formed by adding the infinitive ed without
particula To. If the verb in the infinitive ternina e, attached only d. This time
corresponds to preterito in Spanish, and sometimes the copretrito.
It is combined as follows:
SINGULAR PLURAL
I Talked* WE Talked
YOU Talked YOU Talked
HE Talked THEY Talked
SHE Talked
IT Talked
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FOR EXAMPLE:
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SIMPLE PAST IN FORM AFIRMATIVE (IRREGULAR VERBS)
Irregular verbs are those that do not carry the termination ed in the past and past
participle. There are three main groups of irregular verbs:
1. Verbs with identical forms in the infinitive, past and past participle.
2. Verbs with different forms in the infinitive, past and past participle.
3. Verbs with identical forms in the past and the past participle, but with a different
infinitive
No change in conjuacion of the third person singular in the affirmative form in the
past tense.
FOR EXAMPLE:
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SIMPLE PAST IN FORM NEGATIVE
To form a negative sentence in the past tense (regular and irregular verbs), the
auxiliary verb did is used with the infinitive of any main verb without the particle to.
Example:
Did It is used.
The negative contraction is didnt (did not) for all people.
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FOR EXAMPLE (IRREGULAR VERBS):
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SIMPLE PAST IN FORM INTERROGATIVE
To form an interrogative sentence in the past tense (regular and irregular verbs),
the auxiliary verb did is used with the infinitive of any main verb without the particle
to. Example:
1.- Did he go ?
Did It is used.
The negative contraction is didnt (did not) for all people.
1. Yes, I did
2. No, I didnt
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FOR EXAMPLE (REGULAR VERBS):
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FUTURE SIMPLE
In grammar, a future tense is a verb form that generally marks the event described
by the verb as not having happened yet, but expected to happen in the future. An
example of a future tense form is the French aimera, meaning "will love", derived
from the verb aimer ("love"). English does not have a future tense formed by verb
inflection in this way, although it has a number of ways to express the future,
particularly the construction with the auxiliary verb will or shall or is/am/are going to
and grammarians differ in whether they describe such constructions as
representing a future tense in English.
The "future" expressed by the future tense usually means the future relative to the
moment of speaking, although in contexts where relative tense is used it may
mean the future relative to some other point in time under consideration. Future
tense can be denoted by the glossing abbreviation FUT.
CONTRACTIONS
I will = Ill
We will = well
You = youll
He will = hell
She will = shell
They will = theyll
Will not = wont
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FUTURE SIMPLE IN FORM AFIRMATIVE
Simple Future has two different forms in English: "will" and "be going to." Although
the two forms can sometimes be used interchangeably, they often express two
very different meanings. These different meanings might seem too abstract at first,
but with time and practice, the differences will become clear. Both "will" and "be
going to" refer to a specific time in the future.
Affirmative
I will Go
FOR EXAMPLE:
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FUTURE SIMPLE IN FORM NEGATIVE
Negative
FOR EXAMPLE:
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FUTURE SIMPLE IN FORM INTERROGATIVE
Interrogative
FOR EXAMPLE:
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CONCLUSION
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
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