English Cicle Superior
Escola Carles III Working with Surprise 5 & 6
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
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Monday, May 16, 2011
Immediate Future - Going to
Going to future expresses a conclusion regarding the immediate future or an action in the near future that has already been planned or prepared.
Form of going to Future
positive | negative | question | |
---|---|---|---|
I | I am going to speak. | I am not going to speak. | Am I going to speak? |
you / we / they | You are going to speak. | You are not going to speak. | Are you going to speak? |
he / she / it | He is going to speak. | He is not going to speak. | Is he going to speak? |
Use of going to Future
- an action in the near future that has already been planned or preparedexample: I am going to study harder next year.
- a conclusion regarding the immediate futureexample: The sky is absolutely dark. It is going to rain.
Signal Words
- in one year, next week, tomorrow
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Friday, April 1, 2011
Past Simple: Irregular verbs I
Past Simple of Irregular verbs: An Easy Approach.
Affirmative sentences.
We know that we can talk in past simple tense just adding an -ED at the end of the verb. (listen -> listened).
This rule works for the 99,99% of the verbs in English Language.
BUT
There are some verbs that DON'T FOLLOW this rule. They are called Irregular Verbs.
Irregular verbs make the Past Simple changing the verb in present into another word, sometimes a very different one.
Here you have some examples of some Irregular verbs (there are many others).
Notice: You can't apply the regular verb rule to the irregular verbs. That won't have any sense and English people won't understand you at all.
Affirmative sentences.
We know that we can talk in past simple tense just adding an -ED at the end of the verb. (listen -> listened).
This rule works for the 99,99% of the verbs in English Language.
BUT
There are some verbs that DON'T FOLLOW this rule. They are called Irregular Verbs.
Irregular verbs make the Past Simple changing the verb in present into another word, sometimes a very different one.
Here you have some examples of some Irregular verbs (there are many others).
Castellano | Present Simple | Past Simple |
Ir | Go | Went |
Dar | Give | Gave |
Decir | Say | Said |
Tener | Have/has | Had |
Ser / Estar | Am / is / are | Was / were |
Hacer | Do /does | Did |
For example:
Present: I go home
Past: I went home
We can't say: I goed home. We can't add -ED at the end of an irregular verb, that would be a mistake.
If we want to make negative or interrogative sentences using irregular verbs, we do it as we do in the regular verbs, using "didn't" and "Did __ ?" and the verb in present. That doesn't change.
You can watch this video and learn even more irregular verbs.
Monday, March 21, 2011
Past Simple Regular Verbs
Past Simple, regular verbs
Affirmative | ||
Subject | verb + ed | |
I | washed | |
Negative | ||
Subject | did not | infinitive |
They | didn't | visit ... |
Interrogative | ||
Did | subject | infinitive |
Did | she | arrive...? |
Pronoun | Affirmative | Negative | Interrogative |
---|---|---|---|
I | I walked home | II didn't walk home. | Did you walk home? |
he, she, it | He walked home | He didn't walk home | Did he walk home? |
you, we, they | They walked home. | They didn't walk home. | Did you walk home? |
Note: For the negative and interrogative form of all verbs in the simple past, always use the auxiliary 'did''.
Affirmative video. Negative video. Interrogative video.
Affirmative video. Negative video. Interrogative video.
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