sábado, 9 de noviembre de 2013

Module 2

Used to:

Use to + verb to talk abou habits and to discuss past and past states.

Example:

Habit: i used to play the guitar

status: i used to live in london

it use the same form for all

For questions: 

Did + use to + verb

Example:

Did you use to smoke?

What did you use to?


simple past - simple present

we use the simple past for actions which happened at time in the past. the time is stated or implied. they left for america in 1918

we use the simple present for repeat actions, permanent states and habits in the present. they go to school every weekday.


Used to / simple past

we used to / simple past for habits and routines. He used to play / played football when he was young

we use the simple past to talk about an action which happened at a specific time in the past. we can't use
used to. They arrived in america in the 18 th century 


Too - Enough

too + adjetives / adverb + to- infinite (negative meaning = more / less than what is needed) The oven is too expensive.)

adjetive / adverb + enough + to-infinitive / noun + enough (positive meaning ; as much as wanted / needed) This mixer is easy enough to use (it's very easy to use . i can use easily) we have enough money to buy this iron (we can afford to buy it.)


Some - Any - A lot of - Much - Many

countable nouns are nouns we can count                         uncontable nouns are nouns


an / one apple - two apples                                      i drink a lot of milk

i eat a lot of berries                                                How much milk do you drink?

How many berries do you eat?                             too much (more tha needed)

too many (more than needed)                                a lot of / lots

a lot of / some / not many / very few / not any        some/ a little / not much / very little / not any



possessive case 

singular nouns + 's ann's dad
plural noun + the children's granparents

irregular plurals + 's the men's car

we add 's to the last noun of a phrase to show common possession. Ann and bob's mom but ann's and bob's bikes



ed and ing 

we use ing adjetives to describe what sth is rugby is thrilling (what is rugby?) we use ed adjetives to describe how we feel we were thrilled with the game. ( How did we feel?)