BE PASADO: FRASES

USO:
Conectar el sujeto con el resto de la oracin y hablar acerca del pasado
AFIRMATIVO

FORMA:
[SUJETO + WAS/WERE + RESTO]

I/She/He/It was in the kitchen.

You/We/They were late.
NEGATIVO

FORMA:
[SUJETO + WAS/WERE + NOT + RESTO]

WASN'T/WEREN'T
I/She/He/It was not angry.
I/She/He/It wasn't here.

You/We/They were not early.

You/We/They weren't on time.

EJEMPLOS:
"Diana was at home yesterday."
"She wasn't at school."

"They were late to work."

"They weren't early."

PREGUNTAS SI/NO

USO:
Realizar preguntas cuya respuesta es "s" o "no".

FORMA:

El sujeto y el verbo cambian de lugar.

Afirmativa: They were at home.

Pregunta Si/No: Were they at home?

Negativa: He wasn't at school.

Pregunta Si/No: Wasn't he at school?(Se utilizan siempre con contracciones.)

Respuestas: Yes, I was.

No, I wasn't.

PREGUNTAS-WH

USO:
Realizar preguntas que comienzan con estasexpresiones interrogativas:WHAT, WHEN,
WHERE, WHO, WHY, HOW.

FORMA:

Preguntas acerca del SUJETO:

[PALABRA-WH + BE PAST + RESTO DE LA SENTENCIA]

Afirmativa: Juan was at home.
pREGUNTA -Wh: Who was at home?

Preguntas acerca del RESTO DE LA ORACIN:

[WH-WORD + BE PAST + SUBJECT + REST OF SENTENCE]

Afirmativa: He was in Philadelphia.
Pregunta - Wh Where was he?

Afirmativa: He was there in 1990.

Pregunta - Wh: When was he there?

EJEMPLOS:
Police: "Where were you last nightat 9:30?"
Man: "I was at home all night."
Police: "Was Big Bob with you?"
Man: "No, he wasn't. I was alone."

SUSTANTIVOS y QUANTIFICADORES:
SUSTANTIVOS INCONTABLES y CUANTIFICADORES

USO:
Los cuantificadores son palabras o frases
que indican el nmero o la cantidad de
un objeto. Algunos cuantificadores se emplean tanto con sustantivos como con incontables.
Otros solo se utilizan
con sustantivos contables o incontables
pero no con ambos.
RECUERDA: Los sustantivos incontables toman solo la
forma singular del verbo!
some (enunciado):
"There is some water in your glass."

any (preguntas y sentencias negative):

"Is there any money in the handbag?"

"There isn't any time left."

a lot of

"There is a lot of butter on your bread."

much

"I haven't got much money."

"How much milk do you want?"

a little

"I only want a little juice."

NOUNS AND QUANTIFIERS:
COUNT NOUNS and QUANTIFIERS

USE:
Quantifiers are words or phrases which show the number or amount of an object. Some
quantifiers are used with both count and non-count nouns. Some other quantifiers are used
only with either non-count nouns or count nouns, but not with both.
some (statements):
"There are some books on the shelf."

any (questions and negative sentences):

"Are there any girls in your class?"

 "There aren't any onions in the salad."

a lot of

"There are a lot of red apples."

many

"I haven't got many friends."

"How many chairs are in that classroom?"

a few

"He has a few books."

EXAMPLE:
"Are there any small nails down there, Harry?"
"Sorry, there aren't any, but I have some big nails.
Is that OK?"