1 Minute Lessons
In the previous lesson we learned how to make polite requests and offers. But, how about refusing them? Here you have a few expressions you can use:
I´m afraid I …
…
Put the following words in order to form a grammatically correct sentence.
1. get/ Let´s / this / started. / party
2. many/ were / children / How/ there?
3. don´t /we / why / cinema? /go
In English we use I don´t think + verb (affirmative). Let´s have a look at these sentences.
Incorrect: I think it´s not going to rain.
Correct: I don´t think it is going to rain.
¿Te atreves a completar las siguientes frases con for o since?
1. We haven´t seen each other _________________ a long time.
2. I have lived in Bilbao ________________ I was a little girl.
3. Mark has lived in this town ___________________ 2006.
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
¿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 […]
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
The adjective hard has two different adverbs, and they express opposite meanings. Let’s look.
The adverb hard is used to modify a verb and means that the action is being done very intensely.
The adverb hardly is used to modify a verb and means that the action is not being done very intensely.
Enough y Too son dos palabras que se suelen confundir bastante y que tienen significados diferentes. A continuación os explicamos las diferencias y el uso de estas dos palabras.
Many adjectives have two forms. One ends in ‘ing’ and the other in ‘ed’.
Why is this? Well, the meaning is quite different.