some simple topics
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Simple topicsTRANSCRIPT
BY ADRIAN GONZALEZ
Chronogram HomeworkBasic Topics
Present simple vrs. Present continuous
Present simple and present continuous are really easy to distinguish, one is used for things that are somelike habbits, and the other one, is used for things that happen at the moment
Present simple
Present simple is used to conjugate things that usually happen or things that are habbits
Examples
Present Simple:
I usually wear jeans with a T-shirtHe doesn’t buy designer clothes
Present continuous
Present continuous is used to conjugate things that happen at the moment or moments that are happening right now
Examples
Present continuous:
Georgina’s wearing her sister’s boots at the momentI am not buying anything expensive
Comparatives vrs. Superlatives
This 2 topics are really different, but too is really easy to get confused with the verbs
This one is used to compare two objects, persons or animals
Comparative
Example
Comparative
They are bigger than us, we are in disadvantageMy girlfriend is prettier than your girlfriend, and you know it
Superlative
This one is used to describe an object,that is out of the limits of the normal description
Example
Superlative
Your dog ran the fastest of any dog in the race.We all threw our rocks at the same time. My rock flew the highest.
Have to – Do not have to
This are used to understand that we have to or do not have to do something, this are used in works, or chores. This can be used in questions too
Example
Have to
I have to wash my uniformLian has to do the homework
Example
Do not have to (don’t have to)
I don’t have to fancy clean da’ houseMy nephew, don’t has to do that
Example
Do you…
Do you have to repair the door?Does he has to do the washing?
Can, can’t, must, mustn’t
These 2 can and can’t are used as an option, and must and mustn’t are used as a law, or rule that you have to do
Example
Can
I can make my own work, thank youLian, can you make this for me please?
Example
Can’t
Chino can’t do that, he is going to lose if we don’t help I can’t stop laughing, hajaja!
Example
Must
You must do the exam, if not, you lose the year Hey, you must obey the teacher!!
Example
Mustn’t
I mustn’t break anything, this is not my houseShe mustn’t talk to that guy, her parents don’t allow her
Past simple
This is used to show an idea that happened and finished in that moment
Example
Past Simple
Did you call mom?I eated that hot dog, and I liked it
Past continuous
This is used when an action is interrumped by something or someone
Example
Past continuous
I was eating my soup, when they calledShe was doing her exam when they killed the policeman