Rules Flashcards

1
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-ED and -ING adjetives (feeling)

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  1. We use the adjetive ending in ED for “the person who has the feeling”
  2. We use the adjetive ending in ING for “the situation that produce the feeling”
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2
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MUST, MUSN’T + INF
When use?

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  • personal obligations
    Prohibition
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3
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Articles. A / AN
WHEN USE?

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We use with singular countable nouns:
1. When say what something is or what somebody does
2. The first time we mentions (thinks or person)
3. In exclamation
4.In expression of frequency

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4
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Articles THE
WHEN USE?

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  1. When we talk about something we already mentioned
  2. When it’s clear what we’re referring to
  3. When there’s only one of something.
  4. With places in a town eg; cinema
  5. with superlative.
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5
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Articles NO ARTICLE
WHEN NOT USE :)

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  1. When are speaking in general
  2. with some nouns eg: home, work, school, church, after at TO/FROM
  3. before meals, days, and month.
  4. before next / last + days, week , etc
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6
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After prepotitions you must to use?

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after prepositions we use a verb in the gerund + ING
Eg: We’re really exited about going to …

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7
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Be able to

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Is the same as Can
Eg: i ‘d love to be able to speak inglish
She finally been able to find a job

Use with verb to be + infinitivo

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8
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ED and ING adjetive

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Many adj have 2 forms ..
1. ING for person or situation that produce the feeling

  1. ED for the person who has the feeling
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9
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CAN (rules)

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Yo can’t use CAN for infinitive or present perfect.

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10
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Passive Voice

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  • Add Verb to be
  • respond to question “la cosa que”
  • focus in the actions not in the actor.
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11
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MUST AND MAY

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Must using when do 100% sure
May no estamos seguro - no usar can

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12
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How + adj, what + noun
Yo respond to what people say

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How interesting
How awful

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13
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Present perfect

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Usamos el PP para experiencias pasadas pero no decimos cuando paso.
1.usamos ever o never
2. Acciones recientes pasadas q impactó en el resultado actual, just before
3. Yet already

Rules:
Has/ have + past participle

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14
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Present perfect + for /since
Present continuous

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Usamos con for o since para hablar sobre algo que comenzó en el pasado pero aún es verdad.
# how long + PP
# for two week, since 1900

PPC
Have/ Has Been + verb + ing

  1. Usamos con for y since con verbos de acciones learn work
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15
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Gerunds and preposition

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Afrer prepotition we use a verb un the gerund + ing

Ex: we are really exited about going to Brazil

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16
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Linking

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La utilizamos cuando hablamos rápido
Reglas
1: al final de una palabra q termina en consonante y la sgte sonido es una vocal, most interesting

2: termina y comienza con una consonante, worst time

17
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Es obligatorio el TO luego de palabras como

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Sorry or listening

18
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Si la respuesta es el sujeto No necesita

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Auxiliar
Ejemplo what keeps you awake at night?
Response: my three kids

19
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Making adj and adverbs:

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make adj from noun add:
1. “y” > sunny
2 “ate” > passiontate
3. “able/iable” > fashionable
4. “ful” > useful.
Nouns finished in “ence”:
1. “ent” > violence > violent

To make negative add:
“un”, “im” and adj that end in “ful” make change to “less”
useful > useless

20
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If the answer is the subject&raquo_space;

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NO NEED AUXILIARY

21
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I haven’t

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Never say I havent
Correct form i havent go or i dont

22
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Use past perfect vs past perfect continues

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PPC > when focus in duration
PP > focus in result

23
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Grammar Structure
(Prefer/do sth/ prefear)

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  1. would rather + do + than + do
  2. would prefer + to do
  3. prefer + noun + to + noun
  4. prefer + do sth + to + do sth
  5. prefer + do sth+ reather than + do sth
24
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TO MUCH/MANY AND NOT ENOUGH RULES

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  1. to much > incontables
  2. to many > contables
  3. to much/many with don’t need more of something
  4. enough cuando queremos algo mas y not enought cuando no necesitamos mas
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