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Have a look at the following sentence:
I will take a shower when I get home

We have two sentences: I will take a shower, and then when I get home. This last sentence is a secondary clause. When, while, as soon as, after, before and until are conjuctions of time which introduce secondary clauses.

Can you put the words and phrases from the box in the correct column?

the shopping – home –the flu– reservation – sad – sure – friends – a photo – a favour – care
a complaint – homework – the bed – the ironing – somebody out – your time

A continuación las particulas wh más comunes:

What? – ¿qué?
Which? – ¿cúal?
When? – ¿cuándo?
Where? – ¿dónde?
How? – ¿cómo?
Who? – ¿quién?
Why? – ¿por qué?

Here are 5 sentences with common errors made by non-native English speakers.
Correct the errors and then check them against the corrected sentences below.

Every woman want to be slim.
I want to buy to her a shirt.
The next month I’m going to the gym.
It’s better not to say to anybody.

¿Cómo se dice “Cúanto tiempo se tarda” en inglés? Para expresar ésta idea vamos a utilizar el verbo take seguido de to. A continuación podéis ver unos ejemplos: How long does it take to drive from Madrid to Cádiz? It takes 5 hours. ¿Cúando tiempo se tarda en conducir desde Madrid a Cádiz? Se tarda […]

The economy has changed, probably forever.School hasn’t.

School was invented to create a constant stream of compliant factory workers to the growing businesses of the 1900s. It continues to do an excellent job at achieving this goal, but it’s not a goal we need to achieve any longer.

Put the following words in order to form a grammatically correct sentence.

1. of / we / mine / out / meet / went / to / friend / a
2. is / book / this / Whose / ?
3. to / last / home / had / walk / we / night
4. hospital / in / Matt / been / since / has / Monday
5. 2004 / 1999 / lived / to / from / London / in / we

Muchas veces nos confundimos con estas estructuras. A continuación compartimos con vosotros la norma general, ¡es muy sencilla!

I like + … -ing / + to = Me gusta…

I like cooking / to cook at the weekends.
Me gusta cocinar los findes de semana

Here are 5 sentences with common errors made by non-native English speakers.
Correct the errors and then check them against the corrected sentences below.

I have my group of friends since I was 3.
I did friends in University.
This people is strange.
In a few years will be more common.

Put the following words in order to form a grammatically correct sentence.

ever / you / eaten / food / Indian / ? / Have
just / she / had / has / breakfast
still / not / has / she / homework / her / finished