CLASE 3 - B1

Modal verbs in English

MODAL EXAMPLE

Peter can take care of pets all day long. He loves it

Can
May Deportivo Pasto may qualify for the finals this year

Could Bolivar couldn´t marry Manuelita Saenz

Might Those vaccines might not be so effective as people say

Must You must attend my class to have better results

should Andrea shouldn´t humiliate her parents in such a way.

Interrogative form

 Can you walk on your hands?

 Could they finish the exam on time?
 Why must the students obey their teachers inside the classroom?
 Should I listen to my friends?
 May I help you?

Negative form: it is similar to that of the to be form

 Andrés can not type that letter so fast.

 Miguel may not come with such weather conditions. It is raining cats and dogs
 Catalina shouln´t wear that dress in her birthday. It is ridiculous.
 Those students musn´t be promoted to the next level. They are very fresh.
 I couln´t make her come back. She left for ever.
 That place is dangerous. Camilo might not be there.

PERFECT TENSES AND THE USE OF PAST PARTICIPLE

En todo tiempo perfecto (present, perfecto, futuro) vas a necesitar el auxiliar Have – has –
had y una forma del participio pasado verbal.

Recuerda el listado de verbos.

Base past past participle

Eat ate eaten

Go went gone
Cut cut cut
Learn learned learned
Walk walked walked
Sign signed signed

PRESENTE PERFECTO (have- has)

Affirmative form. Let´s see

 I have studied my career for four years at Udenar. I am close to my graduation

 You have been in Pasto for six months. You must miss your hometown

 Felipe has worked in that company for almost ten years. She was promoted yesterday.
 Mom has gone to many places of Colombia but she doesn´t know Las Lajas.

After your teacher´s explanations, complete the next blanks with have or has
1. Obama ____________ exposed his policies before the UNO in New York
2. Some students ______________ not come for three weeks and flunked the test
3. _______________ she sold all her properties to an American company?
4. Monica and I _________________ decided to have a second baby.
5. Esteban _______________ set up a new factory in this city. He really is a risky man.
6. ______________ Peter talked to his father yet?. It is time for him to talk.
7. Where ________________ you been all this time?
8. They _____________ not chosen any article yet. And it is getting late.
9. Ruth and her mom _______________ traveled abroad since they arrive in Colombia, in 2010
10. Andres ______________ begun a new German course and he is very happy.
Negative form
1. I haven´t been to Cartagena. That trip is very expensive
2. My uncle hasn´t _____________ to visit my mom for ages.
3. Some of you haven´t studied for the Calculus test. The grades are terrible
4. I haven´t seen my family for almost three years. I miss them a lot.
5. The soldiers haven´t found any shelter of the guerrilla in that area so far.
6. Duque hasn´t handled well the vaccination process. He must quit the power.
7. Colombia hasn’t established a good policy to face the Venezuelan migration..
8. The terrorist group ELN hasn´t _____________ some life evidences to the families of the
kidnapping victims.
9. Camila hasn´t __________ me all the difficult moments that we had for my fault.
Interrogative form. Answer this interview

 Where have you lived these two last years?

 What have you done for your country?
 Where has your mom traveled in her life?
 Has boy/girlfriend talked to you about marriage?
 Have you played soccer in a professional stadium?

HAVE YOU EVER...?

Never Yes, I have
1. Have you ever asked for an autograph from a famous person?
2. Have you ever tasted octopus?
3 . Have you ever betrayed your girl/boy?
4. Have you ever killed a domestic animal?
5. Have you ever seen a ghost in your house?
6. Have you ever invited and older girl/boy to drink something?
7. Have you ever had a motorcycle accident?
8. Have you ever danced tango in a party?
9. Have you ever cried for love?
10. Have you ever eaten snake meat?
11. Have you ever smoked Canavis at the university?
12. Have you ever fought your parents or any member of your family?
13 Have you ever left your home for any reason?
14. Have you ever stolen something from a partner at the u?
15. Have you ever participated in a running competition?
16. Have you ever talked to a guerriller or paramilitar?
17. Have you ever kissed a cousin?
18. Have you ever fallen in love with a teacher?
19. Have you ever broken a love relationship before two months?
20. Have you ever found a million or more money?
21. Have you ever cooked for more than twenty people?
22. Have you ever become leader in your community?
23. Have you ever been victim of an earthquake?
24. Have you ever been to a lab to process cocaine?

PASADO PERFECTO (had)

Funciona con las mismas características estructurales del presente perfecto pero se relaciona
much con el pasado simple. Veamos su forma afirmativa.

 When the pólice arrived to the crime scene, the murderer had left
 By that moment, all the students had finished the test. The teacher decided to accept the
results.

Negative examples

 After several weeks, the court decided that she hadn´t been responsible for the bank robbery.
 The soldiers said that they hadn´t felt that explosión, that they were very far from the place.