English 2A

EXPRESSING LIKES, DESIRES, AND PREFERENCES Para hablar sobre gustos y preferencias en inglés, hay varias formas de preguntar y contestar, las veremos a continuación: Me gusta correr por el parque.- I like to run around the park.

QUANTIFIERS  WITH COUNT NOUNS WITH NONCOUNT NOUNS (1) A  few  potato chips           (6) A  little oil (2)   More   processed foods (7) Too much salt  (3)   Fewer  vegetables (8) Less fruit (4) Too  many   potato chips (9) Too much fat (5) N ot enough  nutrients (10) Not enough real food The main difference between count and noncount nouns is whether or not the things they refer to can be counted. Count  nouns refer to things that can be divided up into smaller units which are separate and distinct from one another. They usually refer to what can individually be seen or heard: table chair word remark finger bottle award candidate Noncount  nouns refer to things that cannot be counted because they are regarded as wholes which cannot be divided into parts. They often refer to abstractions and occasionally have a collective meani

Too and Enough Enough (Suficiente) Enough” es un adjetivo que se usa para indicar que es suficiente o igual que lo necesario. Se pued e utilizar con otros adjetivos, adverbios o nombres. Ejemplos: Heather is old enough now to make her own decisions.(Heather es lo suficientemente mayor ahora para tomar sus propias decisiones.) Victor doesn’t speak English well enough for the job.(Victor no habla suficientemente bien el inglés para este trabajo.) The apartment is big enough for three people.(El piso es lo suficientemente grande para tres personas.) Ben runs fast enough to win the race.(Ben corre lo suficientemente rápido como para ganar esta carrera.) We aren’t working hard enough! We are never going to finish this project.(No trabajamos lo suficientemente duro. Nunca acabaremos este proyecto.) Too (Demasiado) Too” es un adverbio que indica que hay una cantidad más que suficiente. Ejemplos: You are too young to understand.(Eres d

Have to and need to The entry for today is a very subtle one: it’s the difference between “have to” and “need to”. There is a slight difference in nuance between them. We say “have to” when we want to talk about obligations – things we have no choice about doing. However, we say “need to” when we want to talk about things that are necessary to do in order to achieve a certain goal. For example: I have to be at work by 9:00 a.m. every morning. I have to help my friend move tomorrow, so I can’t have lunch with you. You have to turn off the lights if you’re the last person to leave the office. I want to go to Vietnam for my vacation, so I need to get a visa. If you want to get a promotion, you need to work very hard. If your daughter wants to be a model, she needs to lose some weight. In the case of the second example, the person uses “have to”, even though they have a choice about helping the friend move. In these cases, when we agree to do something, we feel an o

Present perfect  have /has  Cuando el verbo have se utiliza como auxiliar su significado no es tener. I have (yo he) + verb past participle (ado, ido, to, so y do). you have studied french. he has watched many movies. she has cooked differents dishes. it has traved to different places we have traved to different places. you have danced all night. they have walked an the sand. I have sung in the university. I have run in the park You have sleep all afternoon. He has done homework. It has cut many trees. You have drunk much water today They have run.   El presente perfecto se utiliza para hablar de una experiencia, y si yo deseo dar detalles de la experiencia utilizare el pasado simple. EXPERIENCIA: Have you ever been to the opera? Yes, I have  DETALLE PAST SIMPLE: Did you like it? Yes I did it was interesting.  

SHOULD AND OUGHT TO  " Should" y "ought to" poseen significados similares y se puede utilizar cualquiera de los dos verbos en muchas situaciones prácticas: Ought to solo se utiliza en oraciones positivas y solo con you. You ought to / should do what you want. Debes hacer lo que deseas. You should / ought to go and see that house. It's really pretty and cheap. Deberías ir a ver esa casa. Es muy barata y bonita. Peter should have done it / ought to have done it. Debió hacerlo Peter.