Present simple transformations

Hi! You have here 2 documents; one is to transform sentences in present simple (positive, negative and questions) and the other one is the key (the answers).
Make sure you do the exercises first and then, when you finish, you make corrections.

Sentence trasnsformations

Sentence transformation - KEY

More about Present perfefct and present perfect continuous

I attach here a presentation to insist on the differences between present perfect simple and continuous. I hope it is clear.



Pres perf / pres. perf cont


 

Action / non-action verbs

Conditional sentences

Give it a try!!

And here is the key: Key to Cond I

Past perfect

After reading your narrative and the last quizz done in class, I have the impression that you need a bit more practice with the past perfect.
I attach here the extra exercises I gave you yesterday and the key. I hope you don't find it difficult.


Past perfect exercises
Past perfect_key

Difficult verbs: HOPE, EXPECT, WAIT, LOOK FORWARD TO

I attach some information about some verbs we have seen in class and seem to be particularly difficult to distinguish for a Spanish student.

Read the information carefully and the do the exercises at the botton of the page. We'll correct them in class next Tuesday

Hope, expect, wait, look forward to

Extreme adjectives

Some more examples than the ones we saw in class last week.

ADJECTIVES

GRADABLE	NON GRADABLE (EXTREME)
Angry	Furious
Bad	Awful
Big	Enormous
Cold	Freezing
Dirty	Filthy
Exciting	Thrilling
Frightened	Terrified
Funny	Hilarious
Good	Delicious
Good	Fantastic
Hot	Boiling
Interesting	Fascinating
Nice	Charming
Pretty	Gorgeous
Small	Tiny
Surprised	Astonished
Tired	Exhausted

A BIT	ABSOLUTELY
FAIRLY	REALLY
QUITE	INCREDIBLY
VERY	EXTREMELY
REALLY

Countable & Uncountable Nouns

Countable and uncountable nouns

·   You use nouns to name things. 

Countable nouns	Uncountable nouns
You can count these. There are singular and plural forms    one cat , two cats    one student,  ten students	You can’t count these. There is only one form. rice, milk, water, sugar, furniture, weather, information
You use single and plural verbs. The lesson starts at 9.30. The lessons start at 9.30.	You always use a singular verb. There is no furniture in there.
You can use a or an in singular. an envelope, a letter You can use some or any in plural. There are some chairs, There aren't any chairs. Are there any chairs?	You cannot use a or an in front of them. You can use some or any Bread, wine, rice, luggage There's some bread. There isn't any rice Do you have any luggage?
How many bananas are there left? = ¿Cuántos/as? There are a lot of /many cups here There aren't many cups. Are there many cups here?	How much oil is there in the bottle? = ¿Cuánto/a? There’s a lot of sugar in the bowl. There isn't much sugar. Is there much sugar?
You can use not many and a few = no muchos, pocos. There are a few people waiting for the bus. There aren’t many people here today.	You can use not much and a little = no mucho, poco. There is a little sugar left. There is not much flour left.

Click here to have the document in word and to have some exercises:

Countable & Uncountable nouns

Table of irregular verbs

Thanks to Eduardo, you can see another way to study the irregular verbs. You have many more verbs than you have to study this year, but you will be able to use the table also in the future.

Click here to see the table

Table of irregular verbs (classified)

Prepositions of place