Vocabulary

These are two very confusing verbs, because they’re both “decir” in Spanish.

One easy trick to know when to use which one is by knowing what follows each verb.

Say is usually followed by the words spoken.
The person they’re spoken to may be mentioned optionally after “to”

When do we use to be sorry to and to be sorry for? Have a look at the following sentences, it´s really easy!
-To be sorry to + infinitive
– To be sorry for + verb with -ing

To express admiration or/and surprise in English we can use How and What (a/an). But how do we use them?

How is followed by an adjective or an adverb

How smart he is! , How lazy you are!
How carefully she drives!

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 …
…

How can you make requests and offers more polite in English? Have a look at the following expresions:
Would you mind (not)… ?
I wonder if (you) could…?
…

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.

Let´s have a look at the following sentences, what is the difference in meaning between them?

1. I have painted the roof (I painted it myself)
2. I have had the roof painted (I asked someone to do it)

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

Utilizamos (not) as… as… para expresar que algo es o no es tan… como… Se les llama comparativos de igualdad. Veamos las normas de uso, hay que tener cuidado si utilizamos un adjetivo o un sustantivo:

– (not) as… as… (with adjectives)
Tim is not as tall as Robbin
A Ferrari is not as expensive as a Jeep

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.