Final self study guide
- 1. Name:Rodríguez Alvizo Karla Group: 1IV04 Date: March 1St, 2015 Final-Self-Study Guide 1. Present Simple To Be All Other Verbs Description Function Special features Examples He is very tall She was eating Itis horrible Are you crazy? They are kind of wird We played ball We don’t played ball Do weplayed ball? You Study english You don’tsing pretty Exercices 1. It is coldtoday. 2. I am at home now. 3. They are Korean. 4. There is a penon the desk. I sometimes_______ (go) to work by car. ago Ben _______ (work) in a hospital. works _______ you _______ (like) fish? Do like
- 2. 5. My name is Nikita. 6. We are fromUkraine. 7. That is right. 8. I am OK,thanks. 9. Clara andSteve are married. She is an Englishteacher. She _______ (not/teach) English. does not teach Matthew never _______ (watch) television. watches _______ she _______ (play) football? Does play They always _______ (eat) dinner at 7 o'clock. eat We _______ (not/live) in a big house. do not live Valerie _______ (study) English at university. studies _______ he _______ (want) to eat? Does want 2. Have got Description Verb phrase stake thev erb one step further by comprising the verb, plus the complement, object, orad verb. Verb phrases, such as "She was walking quickly to the mall" Function A verb phrase is the portion of a sentence that contains both the verb and either a director indirect object (the verb’s dependents). Special features A verb phrase can also be a phrase that functions as an adverb or adjective and contains a verb and its complements, objects, or modifiers. Examples •She was walking quickly to the mall. •He should wait before going swimming. •Tho segirls are not trying very hard.
- 3. •Ted might eat the cake. •You must goright now. •You can’t eat that! •My mother is fixing us some dinner. •Words were spoken. •The secards may be worth hundreds of dollars! •The teacher is writing a report. •You have woken up everyone in then eigh borhood. Exercices Place the verbs that are needed to form the verb phrase They are waiting for the rain to stop. Why is she staying at home? Jack is not taking any breaks. Shanon will meet us there. Will you help us? He can speak more than ten languages. Should I cally ou? Theyhave re placed all the locks. My brother has been working there forover five years. They have not seen it. Was it baked? His heart was broken. 3. Can (Ability) 1. The verb 'Can' belongs to modal verbs and is located before the main verb in the infinitive 2. Means 'power'. It is used for ability, permission. I can - I can 3. Affirmativeform I can play the trumpet. We can take a taxi to the airport. Mary can be very stub born sometimes. You can si there if you like. It can take long erth an we thought. No body can under stand that. Your decision can chan geour lives. Negativeform I can not swim.
- 4. That can not be true. You can't tell me what to do. 1. Interrogativeform Can Peter speak German? Can you help me with my homework? Can wes tart tomorrow? Can they stay withus? 4. I can go to the market in the afternoon. We can visit Christian next week It can be rainy tomorrow. She can't come to the party tonight. Can you arrive early today? 5. 1. Where I see a good rock concert? 2. Can Lisa speak French? No, she . 3. What you do? 4. Can Lucy drive? Yes, she . 5. Where I buy a new camera? 6. you read in Portuguese? Yes, I can. 7. Can I invite my friends? Yes, they come. 8. you help me, please? 9. you play the piano? 10. I find my keys. Where are they?
- 5. 5. Possesive Adjectives my (mái) - mi, mis your (iór) - tu, tus / su, sus (de usted) his (jis) - su, sus (de él) her (jer) - su, sus (de ella) its (its) - su, sus (de algo) our (áuar) - nuestro/a/os/as your (iór) - su, sus (de ustedes/vosotros) their (dér) - su, sus (de ellos/as) The kids are yours, mine, and ours. Whose book is on the desk? The house is theirs and its paint is flaking. The money was really theirs for the taking. We shall finally have what is rightfully ours. Their mother gets along well with yours. I never did find out whose phone number that was. What's mine is yours, my friend. Never underestimate ones value to their family. The dog is mine. The cat is yours. The ring is hers. The bag is theirs. Possessive’s 1. They referto who owns and not what possessed 2. They referto who owns and not what possessed 3.Generally preceding substantive 4. Hansel and Gretel’sadventure Sonny and Cher’sfame Salt and pepper’sflavors Man and wife’svows Jupiterand Saturn’s atmospheres Birds and bees’habits Additivesand spices’costs
- 6. 6. Adverbs of frecuency 1. Adverbs of frequency ('adverbs of frequency') indicate the frequency with which the periodicity something or someone makes things happen. 2. Are used to indicate how often the action inidicada by the verb is performed. 2. These adverbs can go before the main verb. or after a form of to be (am, are, is) - (was, were). The adverbs often, usually, sometimes and occasionally can go at the beginning of a sentence. 4. always siempre usually usualmente often frecuentemente frequently frecuentemente sometimes a veces seldom rara vez never nunca everyday todos los días every + day every Thursday todos los + día todos los jueves on + day + "s" on Thursdays los + día los jueves once a month una vez por mes twice a month dos veces por mes three times a month tres veces por mes once a week una vez por semana twice a week dos veces por semana three times a week tres veces por semana 5. places the frequency adverb is needed I always go to school by bus. I usually get up at 7. I often / frequently watch TV in the evening. I sometimes have lunch in a restaurant. I seldom have breakfast. I never arrive late. Everyday I have homework. Every Monday I have gym. On Mondays I have gym. Once a month I have a test. Twice a month I have a test. Three times a month I have a test. I play tennis once a week. I play tennis twice a week. I play tennis three times a week.
- 7. Prepositions Prepositions – Time English samples Example on days of the week on Monday in months / seasons time of day year after a certain period of time (when?) in August / in winter in the morning in 2006 in an hour at for night for weekend a certain point of time (when?) at night at the weekend at half past nine since from a certain point of time (past till now) since 1980 for over a certain period of time (past till now) for 2 years ago a certain time in the past 2 years ago before earlier than a certain point of time before 2004 to telling the time ten to six (5:50) past telling the time ten past six (6:10) to / till / until marking the beginning and end of a period of time from Monday to/till Friday till / until in the sense of how long something is going to last He is on holiday until Friday. by in the sense of at the latest up to a certain time I will be back by 6 o’clock. By 11 o'clock, I had read five pages. Prepositions – Place (Position and Direction) English samples Example in room, building, street, town, country book, paper etc. in the kitchen, in London in the book
- 8. English samples Example car, taxi picture, world in the car, in a taxi in the picture, in the world at meaning next to, by an object for table for events place where you are to do something typical (watch a film, study,work) at the door, at the station at the table at a concert, at the party at the cinema, at school,at work on attached for a place with a river being on a surface for a certain side (left, right) for a floor in a house for public transport for television,radio the picture on the wall London lies on the Thames. on the table on the left on the first floor on the bus, on a plane on TV, on the radio by, next to, beside left or right of somebody or something Jane is standing by / next to / beside the car. under on the ground, lower than (or covered by) something else the bag is under the table below lower than something else but above ground the fish are below the surface over covered by something else meaning more than getting to the otherside (also across) overcoming an obstacle put a jacket over your shirt over 16 years of age walk over the bridge climb over the wall above higher than something else, but not directly over it a path above the lake across getting to the otherside (also over) getting to the otherside walk across the bridge swim across the lake through something with limits on top, bottomand the sides drive through the tunnel to movement to person or building go to the cinema
- 9. English samples Example movement to a place or country for bed go to London / Ireland go to bed into enter a room / a building go into the kitchen / the house towards movement in the direction of something (but not directly to it) go 5 steps towards the house onto movement to the top of something jump onto the table from in the sense of where from a flower from the garden Other important Prepositions English samples Example from who gave it a present from Jane of who/what does it belong to what does it show a page of the book the picture of a palace by who made it a book by Mark Twain on walking or riding on horseback entering a public transport vehicle on foot, on horseback get on the bus in entering a car / Taxi get in the car off leaving a public transport vehicle get off the train out of leaving a car / Taxi get out of the taxi by rise or fall of something travelling (other than walking or horseriding) prices have risen by 10 percent by car, by bus at for age she learned Russian at 45 about for topics,meaning what about we were talking about you