COMPARATIVOS Y SUPERLATIVOS - 3

- si terminan en -y, se transforma en -i al añadir -er/-est

angry -- angrier -- the angriest

- si el adjetivo es monosílabo y termina en consonante precedida de vocal simple (consonante + vocal + consonante), se duplica la última consonante

big -- bigger -- the biggest

COMPARATIVOS Y SUPERLATIVOS - 2

ADJETIVOS LARGOS

2 sílabas que no acaben en: -y, -er, -le, -ow

más de 2 sílabas

comparativo de superioridad: more (adjetivo) than

more difficult than = más dificil que

superlativo: the most (adjetivo)

the most difficult= el más dificil

COMPARATIVOS Y SUPERLATIVOS - 1

ADJETIVOS CORTOS

1 sílaba (short, big...)

2 sílabas acabados en: -y, -er, -le, -ow (happy, narrow...)

comparativo de superioridad: -er

taller than = más alto que

superlativo: -est

the tallest = el más alto

examen preposiciones 6)

• We went out of the building quickly
• Let’s go under the bridge
• He’s going up the stairs
• We went by car but they went on foot
• The bank is opposite the church
• I live between two schools
• My bike is in front of the post office
• Who do you work for?

examen preposiciones 5)

• At Christmas
• In November
• In the evening
• At night
• On Saturday
• In 2006
• On 15th May
• On Friday evening
• At the end of

examen preposiciones 4)

• We stayed in the office from 9 to 5
• They haven’t used their car for two months
• Mike has been on the phone since early this morning

examen preposiciones 3)

• Turn left at the traffic lights
• Zaragoza is on the river Ebro
• He lives at 15, Buchkingham Gardens

examen preposiciones 2)

• Don’t walk across the street if the light is red
• The thief escaped along the corridor
• He arrived at the airport at noon
• We didn’t arrive in London until the evening
• Shall we go to the theatre?

examen preposiciones 1)

• On the way home we found a bag full of Money
• The child was crying in a corner of the room
• How long have you been waiting in the queue? For fifteen minutes
• Do you live in the east of Spain? Yes, we live on the Mediterranean coast
• What time did you arrive at the station? At half past eight
• My family arrived in London in 1950 after the second world war

have/get something done

cuando la acción del verbo es hecha por otro/s para el sujeto

- They will repair my scooter (activa)

- My scooter will be repaired (pasiva)

pasos para cambiarla:

1.-have/get en el tiempo verbal correspondiente. En esta frase el verbo está en futuro simple (will be) por tanto, aplicado al have/get será: will have/will get

2.- el objeto (en este caso, al ser voz pasiva, es el sujeto de la frase: my scooter)

3.- el verbo principal en participio: repaired

- I will have my scooter repaired

- The hairdresser has cut my hair  (activa)
- My hair has been cut by the hairdresser (pasiva)

- I have had my hair cut

también se utiliza cuando a alguien le ocurre algo que está fuera de su control


- They stole my book (activa)

- My book was stolen (pasiva)

- I had my book stolen

voz pasiva: doble objeto

Me robaron el libro

activa:
- They stole me the book
- They stole the book from me

pasiva:
- The book was stolen from me by them
- I was stolen the book by them

examen jueves 25 de marzo

lo que "entra"

- Unidad 6: todo, excepto el bloque gramatical de word building: adjectives from nouns

- Unidad 5: conditionals.

pasivas doble objeto

Nos las vendieron

voz activa:

- They sold them to us

- They sold us them

voz pasiva:

- We were sold them by them

- They were sold to us by them

frases tiempos verbales

presente simple

My friend smokes mi amiga fuma

My friend does not smoke

Does my friend smoke?

presente continuo

My friend is smoking mi amiga está fumando

My friend is not smoking

Is my friend smoking?

futuro simple

My friend will smoke mi amiga fumará

My friend will not smoke

Will my friend smoke?

pasado simple

My friend smoked mi amiga fumó / fumaba

My friend did not smoke

Did my friend smoke?

presente perfecto

My friend has smoked mi amiga ha fumado

My friend has not smoked

Has my friend smoked?

las horas - ejercicios

9'00 = nine o'clock

9'05 = five past nine

9'10 = ten past nine

9'15 = a quarter past nine

9'20 = twenty past nine

9'25 = twenty-five past nine

9'30 = half past nine

9'35 = twenty-five to ten

9'40 = twenty to ten

9'45 = a quarter to ten

9'50 = ten to ten

9'55 = five to ten

las horas

- (hora) o'clock

eight o'clock = ocho en punto

- (minutos) past (hora)

ten past eight = ocho y diez

- a quarter past (hora)

a quarter past eight = ocho y cuarto

- half past (hora)

half past eight = ocho y media

- (minutos) to (hora)

ten to nine = nueve menos diez

- a quarter to (hora)

a quarter to nine = nueve menos cuarto

EXAMEN PREPOSICIONES

EXAMEN PREPOSICIONES (2º bachillerato)

jueves 18 de marzo a las 8'00

- estudiar páginas: 49, 50, 51 y 52 de la gramática

clauses of purpose

- Amaia went to Barcelona to buy a motorbike.

mismo sujeto

- You will do your homework exercises so that the lazy copies them.
distinto sujeto

voz pasiva - p. 57

- They will publish a new dictionary of slang very soon.

A new dictionary of slang will be published very soon.

- Someone has already emptied the ashtrays.

The ashtrays have already been emptied.

- Did they take you to hospital after the accident?

Were you taken to hospital after the accident?

pasiva doble objeto

- They have offered him an interesting job.

He has been offered an interesting job.

An interesting job has been offered to him.

- We will send you the plane tickets in the post.

You will be sent the plane tickets in the post.

The plane tickets will be sent to you.

- Someone is going to show me the new school.

I am going to be shown the new school.
The new school is going to be shown to me.

passive voice - p. 56 - 3

- A lot of Spanglish can be found on the internet.

- It is sung to the rhythm of rap and salsa.

- Spanglish is used by a number of prestigious Puerto Rican poets.

- A dictionary of Spanglish has been published by Lian Stavans.

- Books on Spanglish will probably be written in the future.

clauses of cause and effect

- Why are you so happy? Because I have won the lottery.
- Next year I will be here not because I want but because I have wasted my opportunities.
- As you have worked everyday, I will not see you next year.
- Since you have not written most of the sentences that we have done, you will fail the third term.

conditional questions

1) What will you do when you see that you have to repeat course?

2) What would you do if you did not have so much money?

3) What would you have done if you had not come here?

frases Voz Pasiva

- Erika finds her keys - The keys are found by Erika
- Sandra hears Rakel's voice - Rakel's voice is heard by Sandra
- Rakel keeps our tickets - Our tickets are kept by Rakel
- Janire learns the irregular verbs - The irregular verbs are learnt by Janire
- David pays the bill - The bill is paid by David

THE TIME

voz pasiva - p. 56

"Closed for holidays". Shop open again on 2nd September

The shop is closed for the holidays

The shop will be opened on 2nd September

"All shoes half price"

All shoes are sold half price

All shoes are reduced to half price

frases pasiva

- Esti cierra la puerta

Esti closes the door --> The door is closed by Esti

- Itxaso bebe chocolate

Itxaso drinks chocolate --> Chocolate is drunk by Itxaso

- Enara escribe la frase

Enara writes the sentence --> The sentence is written by Enara

voz pasiva - cambios en el verbo

frase activa: He eats the orange.

para cambiar el verbo a voz pasiva

(to be) en el tiempo verbal del verbo en activa

                          is

                           +
                       eaten
          verbo en participio

frase pasiva: The orange is eaten by me.

voz pasiva

WHO sujeto / objeto

- Who kissed you? (sujeto) Sandra kissed you

¿quién te besó?

- Who did you kiss?(objeto) I kissed Laura
¿a quién besaste?

- Who invited us? Lorena invited us

¿quién nos invitó?

- Who did we invite? We invited Paul

¿a quién invitamos?

- Who phoned me? Ana phoned me

¿quién me llamó?

- Who did I phone? I phoned Iván

¿a quién llamé?

- Who hit him? She hit him

¿quién le pegó?

- Who did he hit? He hit his friend

¿a quién pegó él?

corrección examen - 2-

traducción:

- Mi libro no es tuyo

My book is not yours

- Danos su (de ella) casa

Give us her house

- Es nuestra empresa

It is our company

- Le pregunté al profesor por los resultados de mi examen

I asked the teacher about the results of my exam

- ¿dónde había mucha nieve?

Where was there a lot of snow?

- ¿por qué había trece coches en ese aparcamiento?

Why were there thirteen cars in that parking?

- ¿cuándo habrá un ordenador nuevo?

When will there be a new computer?

- No habrá un coche en aquel aparcamiento

There will not be a car in that parking

- ¿había doce mesas en esta habitación?

Were there twelve tables in this room?

- Estuve en Leioa ayer

I was in Leioa yesterday