PRESENT SIMPLE

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GRAMMAR OF ADVERBS

FORMACION Los adverbios pueden ser:  archivo

1. PRIMITIVOS:

in, dentro de out, fuera inside, dentro here, aquí there, allí right there: allí no más over there: por allá near, cerca de above, sobre below, debajo where, donde

rather, bastante for, para late, tarde early, temprano ago, hace tiempo soon, pronto then, entonces now, ahora also, también when, cuando how, cómo very, muy

often, a menudo only, solamente too, demasiado almost, casi little, poco well, bien ever, alguna vez so, así yes, sí; no, no quite, bastante still, todavía yet, aún

2. DERIVADOS: Son adverbios de modo formados, en su mayoría, por adjetivos o participios pasados + sufijo -ly (-mente):

proudly, de proud (orgulloso) richly, de rich (rico) diligently, de diligent (aplicado)

opposedly, de opposed (opuesto) easily, de easy (fácil) prettily, de pretty (hermoso)

a. Los adjetivos terminados en -ly (-mente) se emplean sin alteración como adverbios (early, monthly, biweekly, yearly); b. Los terminados en -ll agregan sólo -y (fully, de full); c. Los terminados en -ue pierden la e (truly, de true); d. Los terminados en -le cambian la -e por -y (nobly, de noble).

3. COMPUESTOS: a. Formados por un sustantivo y un adjetivo: halfway, a medio camino; likewise, del mismo modo; meantime, mientras tanto; otherwise, de otro modo; b. Formados por la preposición a delante de un sustantivo, adjetivo o adverbio: ashore, en tierra; afoot, en movimiento; along, adelante. Along se emplea a menudo con verbos de movimiento en tiempos continuos cuando no se menciona ningún destino, y generalmente no se traduce en castellano (Bring some friends along, trae algunos amigos; I was driving along, iba manejando). Abajo tienes una interesante lista de usos de ALONG, preposición o adverbio que suele complicarle la vida a muchos hispanoparlantes.

"ALONG" COMO ADVERBIO You can come along with me. Puedes venir conmigo.The train will be along at 9pm. El tren llegará a las 21."ALONG" COMO PREPOSICION (de movimiento o posición) Things are going along really well. Las cosas marchan estupendamente.They talked as they were moving along. Conversaban mientras iban caminado.

COLOCACION Los adverbios se colocan: 1. Después del verbo si éste va solo: He came quickly, vino rápidamente. 2. Después del verbo y su complemento, pero si éste fuera corto puede anteponérsele: He took his hat off and put his coat on, se quitó el sombrero y se puso el abrigo. 3. Antes del adjetivo: Bill is very tall, Bill es muy alto. 4. Si el verbo es compuesto, se ubica entre el auxiliar y el verbo: I have never been to Budapest, nunca he estado en Budapest. 5. Los adverbios always, never, ever, sometimes, usually, seldom, often, scarcely, se colocan antes del verbo: He never writes, nunca escribe. COMPARATIVOS Y SUPERLATIVOS Forman el comparativo y superlativo según el doble método seguido por los adjetivos: soon, sooner, soonest  /  beautifully, more beautifully, most beautifully

Article (a, an or the)

Complete with a, an or the  

raging pipeline fire in Jesse, Delta State which killed over 700 people last weekend was yesterday extinguished by United States fire-fighting company by suffocating flames with thick nitrogen-rich layer of foam.
Workmen from Houston, Texas-based company BJ Services spent less than hour shooting nitrogen-rich foam from hoses onto pipeline before finally choking out fire which raged on for days.
A company official said they had extensive experience in oil fires, and approached government about putting out blaze.
The explosion and fire erupted while over 1,000 people were trying to collect gasoline spilling from the damaged government-owned pipeline. Hundreds of people were believed to have been injured, but many have refused medical care or fled from hospitals, fearing they might be arrested for either causing fire or scavenging gas.

Easy vocabulary - exercises

Find out the words

1. you use this question word to ask about someone _ _ _
2. he’s from France, so he’s _ _ _ _ _ _
3. without this part of the body you can’t talk _ _ _ _ _
4. He’s my aunt’s son. He’s my  _ _ _ _ _ _
5. in this month we celebrate Christmas _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
6. in this room you can cook _ _ _ _ _ _ _
7. this person carry your baggage _ _ _ _ _ _ _
8. this day is in the middle of the week _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
9. this person work with the law _ _ _ _ _ _
10. in this season the flowers wake up _ _ _ _ _ _
11. you need it to can watch _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
12. if you have it, you can surf the net _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
13. it’s other form to say food _ _ _ _
14. it’s a very big bed _ _ _ _    _ _ _ _
15. this part of the body can be of different colours _ _ _
16. this number, in the lottery, means “the mad” _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ _ _
17. in this furniture you put the clothes _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
18. you put it on the table for untidy customers _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
19. all the employees of the hotel _ _ _ _ _
20. you must use _ _ _ _ _ _ _ numbers to put the date
21. you need it to sweeten your tea _ _ _ _ _
22. you use this cloth to go to sleep _ _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _ _
23. this kind of meal is unhealthy and very common in these days _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _
24. in this day of the week you can relax _ _ _ _ _ _
25. they work with people’s health _ _ _ _ _ _ _
26. in this part of the day English people have tea _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
27. this part of the body cover your head _ _ _ _
28. when children lost them Perez mouse give them money _ _ _ _ _
29. if you are a polite person, when somebody says you “thank you”  you answer

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30. yesterday Boca won the _ _ _ _ _
31. this professional works with the hose (manguera) to can put out the fire

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32. this person sells different kind of aspirin _ _ _ _ _ _ _
33. smoker prefers _ _ _ _ _ _ _ sector
34.  if you want to make a call while you are driving, you need a _ _ _ _ _ _ 

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35. this part of the body involve your feelings _ _ _ _ _
36. this animal lives in the sea. He’s very funny _ _ _ _ _ _ _
37. you wear this cloth when you go to the beach _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _    _ _ _ _ _ _ _
38.  it’s the antonym of pretty _ _ _ _
39. to can pass the exam you need  to _ _ _ _ _ the lesson
40. to can speak _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ you must practice harder

Present Simple exercises

CORRECT THE grammatical MISTAKES

1. A lot of people doesn’t go to the cinema because it’s expensive
2. I don’t mind to tell him the truth
3. Don’t forgets to go to sleep early
4. I hate when my dad is seeing football match on TV
5. They were playing cards when the storm was starting
6. Every students hates studying English, but they need to do it for their future
7. Susan were having a shower when suddenly the door opened.
8. Doesn’t park here! It’s growing the grass.
9. Do you mind tell I where is there a bank?
10. What do you want doing next weekend?
11.  He never is studying. I don’t know how he passes the exams
12. How do often you go for a walk?
13. I didn’t dreamt with you. I had good dreams.
14. She is going to travel to Spain the next month.
15. The persons who live with me are very kind and friendly
16. Room’s Mary is very tidy. I never need to clean it
17. He’s very popular in my school, but I don’t kwon his very well
18. What is more important, to has a healthy life or to be rich?
19. brings me that jacket, it’s very cold outside.
20. last week we go to the cinema with some friends

Causative HAVE

Causative Have

Reword the following sentences, using HAVE with a past participle.

 1. Someone washed my car for me yesterday     .

2. Someone doesn't clean them for us every day                                                        .

3. I asked someone to paint the gate last week                                                         .

4. Someone tuned her piano for her yesterday                                                           .

5. Somebody will have to see it for you                                                                    .

6. I asked a man to mend my shoes                                                                         .

7. Somebody sends Maisie her dresses from Paris                                                        .

8. Your hair wants cutting. You must                                                                       .

9. Tell someone to translate it into English                                                                .

10.Our season tickets need renewing. We must                                                          .

11.I'll ask someone to make a new one                                                                     .

12.We ordered somebody to whitewash the ceiling                                                      .

13.Order someone to send it round to the house                                                        .

14.The knives want sharpening. We must                                                                  .

15.We must find somebody to chop all this wood up                                                    .

16.Tell him to take another photograph                                                                     .

17.I'm going to tell someone to add an extra room                                                      .

18.Your car wants servicing. You must                                                                     .

19.He asked his tailor to lengthen the trousers                                                           .

20.Tell someone to bring it to you on a tray