ARSON = incendio provocado BURGLARY = robo DRUG DEALING = tráfico de drogas
HACKING = piratería informática JOYRIDING = robar automóviles por diversión MURDER = asesinato
SHOPLIFTING = robo en tiendas THEFT = robo VANDALISM = vandalismo RAINY = lluvioso
SPEEDING = superar el límite de velocidad BEAUTIFUL = precioso OPTIONAL = opcional
FAMOUS = famoso DANGEROUS = peligroso CLOUDY = nublado POWERFUL = poderoso
NATIONAL = nacional MYSTERIOUS = misterioso HEALTHY = saludable CAREFUL = cuidadoso
MUSICAL = musical COLOURFUL = colorido DIRTY = sucio JUICY = jugoso NATURAL = natural
TASTY = sabroso QUICK = rápido QUICKLY = rápidamente BAD = malo BADLY = malamente
SLOW = lento SLOWLY = lentamente CAREFULLY = cuidadosamente NOISY = ruidoso
NOISILY = ruidosamente FUNNY = divertido FUNNILY = divertidamente PRETTY = atractivo
PRETTILY = atractivamente HAPPY = contento HAPPILY = felizmente GOOD = bueno WELL = bien
LATE = tarde, retrasadamente EARLY = temprano, pronto FAST = rápido, rápidamente
HOW ABOUT (READ)ING? = que te parece la lectura o leer?
WHAT ABOUT (READ)ING? = que pasa con la lectura o leer?
WHY DON’T YOU/WE (READ)? = porque no lees o leemos?
PAST CONTINUOUS
FORMA AFIRMATIVA : sujeto + was/were + forma en –ing del verbo principal
I was laughing – he/she/it was laughing – we/you/they were laughing
FORMA NEGATIVA : sujeto + was/were + not + forma en –ing del verbo principal
FORMA INTERROGATIVA : Was/Were + sujeto + forma en –ing del verbo principal
Was I laughing? – Was he/she/it laughing? – Were we/you/they laughing?
USOS DEL PASADO SIMPLE Y PASADO CONTINUO
§ PASADO SIMPLE (comía)
1.- Acciones que ocurrieron en el pasado en su momento y que no tienen continuidad en el presente.
( Last year I went to lots of pop concerts)
2.- Acciones que ocurren consecutivamente en una secuencia de hechos.
( I opened the door and I saw all my friends outside. They wanted to congratulate me on my graduation)
§ PASADO CONTINUO (estaba comiendo)
1.- Acciones que duraron cierto tiempo en el pasado. (We were working hard last weekend)
2.- Acciones que estaban ocurriendo a la vez en el tiempo. Normalmente introducidas por las conjunciones While / as (mientras) (While we were having coffee, the kids were playing in the playground)
3.- Acción que estaba sucediendo en el pasado y se ve interrumpida por otra acción, introducida por when (cuando) (They were going on their way home when it started to rain heavily)
ADVERBS
- la mayoría se forma añadiendo –ly (quick/quickly – bad/badly – slow/slowly – careful/carefully)
- los adjetivos que terminan en –y cambian la –y por –i (noisy/noisily – funny/funnily – pretty/prettily – happy/happily)
- el adverbio derivado de good es well
- algunos adjetivos y adverbios presentan formas idénticas (late/late – early/early – fast/fast)
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