Unit 14 Life Events and Plans

1. Be born:
recordemos que ‘BIRTH’ se traduce al español como ‘nacimiento’ como podemos extraer
de ‘BIRTHDAY’ o ‘cumpleaños’. Este término ‘BIRTH’ nos ‘dirige’ de manera natural al verbo 
‘TO GIVE BIRTH’ o lo que nosotros conocemos como ‘dar a luz’.
Para comprender mejor el verbo ‘TO BE BORN’ y entender mejor por qué se usa en pasiva debemos
recurrir al inglés formal que se hablaba anteriormente. En él ‘NACER’ se representaba como: BEAR,
BORE, BORN. Lo que finalmente prevaleció como TO BE BORN.
Examples:
Nací en Madrid                                              I was born in Madrid
¿Naciste en Madrid?                                     Were you born in Madrid?
¿Dónde naciste?                                             Where were you born?
Nací en Honduras.                                         I was born in Honduras
¿Dónde nació María?                                   Where was María born?
Nací en 1983                                                    I was born in 1983
¿Naciste en México?                                      Were you born in Mexico?
No. Nací en Argentina No.                         I was born in Argentina
No nací ayer                                                  I was not born yesterday
¿Te crees que nací ayer?                            Do you think I was born yesterday?

Past tense
I was born We were born
You were born They were born
He was born
She was born
It was born
Questions:
Yes/No
Was I born? Were we born?
Were you born? Were they born?
Was he born?
Was she born?
Was it born?
Information
Where was I born? Where were we born?
Where were you born? Where were they born?
Where was he born?
Where was she born?
Where was it born?

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 2. “Be” going to+ base form for future:
Be going to is commonly used in informal styles. We use “be” going to to talk about future plans and
intentions. Usually, the decision about the future plans has already been made:
We use be going to + the base form of the verb:
Formula: subject+ “be” + going to+ base form of the verb+ the rest.
Example: I’m going to take a few exams at the end of the year.
It’s going to be difficult to get a job during the summer.
She’s going to be a professional dancer when she grows up.
I’m going to look for a new place to live next month.

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