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·   Se utiliza para hablar de  predicciones de futuro  basado en cosas que no son tan evidentes (I.e.  I think the weather will be great this summer ). ·   También utilizamos esta estructura para hacer  decisiones espontáneas  (I.e.  I'm tired. I'll go to bed ). ·   Cuando hacemos  promesas  (I.e.  I promise I will go to the party ). ·   Cuando  ofrecemos  algo (I.e.  I'll help you with your homework ). Además, si se trata de una pregunta utilizamos 'shall' ( I.e.   Shall I help you with your homework? ) ¿CÓMO SE FORMA? Debemos tener en cuenta que 'will' es un modal, por lo que seguirá las normas básicas de los modales. Lo formamos utilizando 'will' seguido de un verbo en su forma base. AFIRMATIVA :  Para formar la  afirmativa  ponemos el modal 'will' seguido de un verbo en su forma base. sujeto +  will  +  verbo  + resto de frase. Yo...

FORMACIÓN Cuando empleamos  "going to"   en una oración para referirnos al futuro, la construcción se compone de tres elementos: el verbo  "to be"  conjugado conforme al sujeto + "going" + el infinitivo del verbo principal Sujeto + to be (conjugado) + going + infinitivo She is going to leave. I am going to stay. Afirmativa He is going to jog. Negativa He is not going to jog. Interrogativa Is he going to jog? Interrogativa negativa Isn't he going to jog? FUNCIÓN El uso de  "going to"  para referirse a eventos futuros sugiere un vínculo muy sólido con el presente. El momento preciso no es relevante, es posterior al ahora, pero la actitud implica que dicho evento depende de algo que sabemos sobre la situación actual.  "Going to"  se emplea sobre todo para hablar de nuestros planes e intenciones, o para realizar predicciones basadas en evidencias actuales. En el discurso cotidiano,  "going to"  suele aco...

La diferencia básica entre  when  y  while  es que siempre se usa while para hablar de una acción continua, para poner énfasis en la duración. When  se puede usar también para acciones puntuales. Los ejemplos de frases que utilizo en el video: When you arrive, call me. She arrived while I was sleeping.  ( Sleeping  es una acción de larga duración.) While I was reading the newspaper, the children watched TV.  (Aquí se entiende dos acciones continuas y simultáneas) When I got home, I read the newspaper.  (Sin énfasis en la duración.) Is there anything you want to do when / while you’re here?  (Si elegimos while, ponemos énfasis en la duración, pero las dos son posibles.) While I was eating lunch, the phone rang.  ( Eating lunch  tiene una duración.) You can clean the living room while I wash the dishes.  (Otra vez, dos acciones simultáneas y con cierta duración.) 1. I was having lunch   whi...

Forms With most verbs the past tense is formed by adding -ed: call >> called; like >> liked; want >> wanted; work >> worked But there are a lot of irregular past tenses in English. Here are the most common irregular verbs in English, with their past tenses: infinitive irregular past be begin break bring buy build choose come cost cut do draw drive eat feel find get give go have hear hold keep know leave lead let lie lose make mean meet pay put run say sell send set sit speak spend stand take teach tell think understand wear win write was/were began broke brought bought built chose came cost cut did drew drove ate felt found got gave went had heard held kept knew left led let lay lost made meant met paid put ran said sold sent set sat spoke spent stood took taught told thought understood wore won wrote Use We use the past tense to talk about: so...

The past continuous tense, also known as the past progressive tense, refers to a continuing action or state that was happening at some point in the past. The past continuous tense is formed by combining the past tense of to be (i.e., was/were) with the verb’s present participle (-ing word). There are many situations in which this  verb tense  might be used in a sentence. For example, it is often used to describe conditions that existed in the past. The sun  was shining  every day that summer. As I spoke, the children  were laughing  at my cleverness. It can also be used to describe something that was happening continuously in the past when another action interrupted it. The audience  was applauding  until he fell off the stage. I  was making  dinner when she arrived. The past continuous can shed light on what was happening at a precise time in the past. At 6 o’clock, I  was eating  dinner. ...

Rulers of a adjectives Most descriptive adjectives are placed before the noun they modify. For example: “They have a  beautiful  house ” It is common to use more than one adjective in a single sentence. You can add words like "very" or "quite" before an adjective, to intensify or attenuate them. For example: “ It’s a  very  interesting story  “ Examples It is a  beautiful  dog  → Es un perro hermoso. I have a  blue  skirt →  Yo tengo una falda azul. This  car is very fast  → Este carro es muy rápido. Those  are my shoes  → Esos son mis zapatos. There are so  many  things to do  → Hay muchas cosas que hacer. There is no  much  time  → No hay mucho tiempo. These are  their  books  → Estos son sus libros. This is  my  house  → Esta es mi casa. Exercise 1. This restaurant is _________ than the o...