Unidad 3 Flashcards
(29 cards)
-Suffixes
r -ist, -eer, -ee, -ian
To create people
Suffixes
-ance -ation ence -ion -ity -ness -ment
To create nouns
Intensificadores +
by far/ very/ pretty/ quite
Intensificadores for small diferences
a bit, a little, slightly
Superlativos: difference between one person or thing
easily, by far the most IN
Igualdad
as- as, so- as
Irregular comparative structure
the___ er, the more___
(Verb) more of a/ an ___
It may become more of an challenge
I’m nearly not as interested in playing video games
now…
as I used to be.
-er C y -est S
For regular one syllable
Amost the same size as
Comparativo
Articulo definido THE
1.- only one of something
2.- something mentioned again
specific aspect (the history of)
3.- to speak generally about certain groups of singular
countable nouns. (The whale)
4.- Adjetives referring to general classes of people (the homeless)
5.- Musical instruments
6.- transport
7.- Oceans
No article
1.- General sense to plural or uncountable nouns (love)
2.- Streets, towns, cities, countries.
further/ farthest
distancia abstracta/ distancia fisica
Terrific/ terrifying/ terrible
good/ scary/ bad
Set
ambientarse
So for…
1.-Adjectives and Adverbs
Not for Nouns
2.- much, many, little, few
3.-
Such for..
NOUNS
1.- singular countable nouns (the indefinite article a/an is also needed). such an interesting film
2.- uncountable nouns and plural countable nouns (the articleis not needed).
I haven’t eaten such good food for a long
3.- THAT clauses: It was such a bad film that we left before the end. (it can be omited)
Less/ fewer
Uncontables/ contable
Past simple 4
1.- Acciones terminadas
2.- Se puede identificar cuando se realizo la acción (for three years)
3.- Cosas o comportamiento habitual (yo jugaba) when I was a child
4.- Serie de eventos consecutivos
(He kissed her, said goodbye and closed the door)
TIME LINKERS
before, when
Past Continuos
1.- Actividades temporales o en progreso en un momento particular
(Last week we were sitting on the beach.)
2.- Una situación que estaba en progreso cuando otra acción lo interrumpió (I was reading to my son when the lights went out.(pasado simple))
3.- Actividades que pasaron al mismo tiempo (Ann was cutting the grass while I was cooking.)
4.- Para dar contexto
It was snowing heavily and a cold wind was blowing.
Past perfect
1.- show that a past action or situation occurred primero que another past action or situation. (When I saw Tim, he had just passed his test.)
2.- We use the continuous form to emphasise the duration of the first past action or situation.
(She had been waiting for over 2 hours when he phoned to say he couldn’t come.) estaba en progreso y termino antes de otra acción
TIME LINKERS
after, before, by the time, as soon as, once, when, until.
Afterwards
means after that, and can go at the beginning
or the end of a clause.
At last
suggests that something good happens after a long period of time or more than one attempt.
Algo positivo
