Archive for December 2010

-How can we diferentiate between MUST and HAVE TO?

We substitute “must” with “to have to”. Be careful: The negation of must means not allowed to. Affirmative sentences Tense         Modal Form Simple Present I must play tennis. I have to play tennis. Simple Past Do not use must in the Simple Past. I had to

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-Is “Going to” a tense?. When can we use it?

Going to is not a tense. It is a special expression to talk about the future. The form is: Subject + be + going + to infinitive. The verb be is conjugated (past, present or future). subject be (not) going infinitive + I am going to rent

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-USING THE PASSIVE IN ENGLISH

Use: We only use the passive when we are interested in the object or when we do not know who caused the action. Example: Appointments are required in such cases. We can only form a passive sentence from an active sentence when there is an object in

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-TYPES OF QUANTIFIERS

In English, we can find a different kinds of quantifiers. We divide them in these groups: -Much or Many: much: uncountable nouns (milk, marmalade, money, time etc.) many: countable nouns (bottles of milk, jars of marmalade, dollars, minutes etc.) Examples: How much money have you got? How

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- Present continuous and present simple (I am doing and I do)

1. Present continuous (I am doing): Use the continuous for something that is happening at or around the time of speaking. The action is not finished. – The water is boiling. Can you turn it off? – Listen to those people. What language are they speaking? –

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How do we make the Simple Present Tense?

-PRESENT SIMPLE We use the simple present tense when: 1)   Actions that are repeated or habitual2)   The action happens all the time, or habitually, in the past, present and future 3)   the action is not only happening now 4)   Statements that are always

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- What is a MODAL VERB? How many MODAL VERBS we have in English?

Modal Verbs are special verbs with modal (mood-like) functions. That is, they indicate that a second verb does not describe an actual event, like “can go”, “must go”, “want to go”, etc. CAN, COULD, MAY, MIGHT, MUST, SHALL, SHOULD, OUGHT TO, WILL, WOULD are some examples. Modal

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