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Curso de Inglés A2

Para Hispanos

Desarrollado por:
JUAN SEBASTIAN CRUZ OLAYA
Certified English Teacher C1
Making Friends
Lesson 1A: Getting to know you

Vamos a comparar estas oraciones…

◼ Are you from a big family?


◼ Is your mother a teacher or a doctor?
◼ What’s your name?
◼ Where are you from?

… con estas de acá…

◼ Do you have any brothers or sisters?


◼ Does your best friend go out a lot?
◼ What do you do in your free time?
◼ Where does your wife work?

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El Core del Verbo TOBE

AMAREIS
I am an English teacher who lives in Colombia
You are my favorite students
He is at the gym right now

¿Ser o Estar?
Statements
Depende del complemento:
I am your favorite English teacher
I’m (not) your father, sorry.
I am on your screen now
Am I your father?
You are my online student
He’s (not) your son, Karen.
You are learning English now
Is he your son?

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El Core del Presente Simple

“DUDAS”
Do you have any friend at school?
Do your friends go out with you?
Does your father call you very often?
Does he drive very well?

¿S, ES o Ninguno?
Statements
Depende de la persona:
She watches too much tv at home, poor girl!
I (do) have a real friend, his name’s Leo.
My cat stays with me all the time!
I don’t have a real friend, I admit it!
They have a lot of friends
She drives car, truck and plane!
We usually go out to dinner or see a movie
She doesn’t know to drive!
Do you like going out or staying at home?
Does she text you often?

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Lesson 1B: Things in common

¡Yo tambien! ¡Yo tampoco!


En ingles, al igual que en el español, es importante expresar nuestra afinidad
o gusto por una actividad, suceso u objeto. En otras palabras, es importante
aprender a decir: “yo tambien” y “yo tampoco”.

Para ello, usaremos las palabras TOO (+) y EITHER (-).

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TOO I am too.

I’m very sociable


I’m so happy right now

I’m not either EITHER I’m studying English with Juan now

I’m not vegetarian


I’m not an animal lover
I’m not into soccer or any contact sports TOO I do too.

I watch Fox Sports every single day


She really likes pro football

I don’t either EITHER I love what she’s doing!

I don’t understand the rules of the game


He doesn’t understand French
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Let’s see some examples

I love classical music. You? I’m a hardworking person


01 I do too. / me too.
04 I am too / me too.

I don’t like sports at all I can speak English now


02 I don’t either / me neither.
05 I can too / me too.

They practice extreme


sports I can’t speak French yet
03 I do too / me too.
06 I can’t either / me neither

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Interests
Lesson 2A: Leisure Time

TO + VERB PREPOSITION +
VERB + .ING
I love to swim
I like to play I’m good at drawing
I hate to work out people
I prefer to watch I’ m not interested in
playing sports
I’d like to play

VERB VERB + .ING


I love swimming
I can play
I like playing
I can‘t play I hate working out
I can‘t sing I prefer watching
I can‘t fix I enjoy reading

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Lesson 2B: Music

“a él”, “a ella”, “a nosotros”, “a ellos”

En inglés existen muchas formas gramaticales, unas simples y


otras un poco más complejas. Para el caso de los Object
Pronouns, es importante conocer sobre quién recae la acción,
para así mismo escoger el pronombre correcto.

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How do they work?

HIM
01 THEM
02 HER
03
◼ I gave my husband a very ◼ All the students did their ◼ I will go to the party with
nice surprise exercises yesterday Anna
◼ I gave him a very nice ◼ All the students did them ◼ I will go to the party with her
surprise yesterday

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Object Pronouns

ME YOU
I love you!
I love me! HIM He didn’t tell you that
The policeman told me how to I love him
He bothered you, right?
get there!
Call me now!

IT US
HER
I love it! He gave us a gift She looks like her
Call it now! They called us
Tell it not to go! Tell us the answer

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Health
Lesson 3A: Healthy living

“All the time” activities “Now and temporary” activities


What do you do for a living? What free-time activities are you doing these days?
I work five days a week in a big company I’m taking a singing course – it’s fun.
I upload videos on Youtube I’m practicing basketball this season
I often get money from my grandpa We’re attending a seminar online
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Simple Present for routines

“When
something is
repetitive, it is
a routine. We
use the Simple
• No olvides los auxiliaries DO – DOES
Present” • Las terceras personas afectan al verbo, ¿recuerdas?
Agregas S o ES, según la terminación.

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Present Continuous for occasional activities

“When we do
sth from time
to time, we say
it is occasional.
In this case, we
use Present • No olvides los auxiliaries AMAREIS: AM / ARE / IS

Continuous. • El verbo principal lleva ING. A continuación, te resumo las reglas.

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-ING Rules

Rule 1

Rule 2

Rule 3

Can you add the ING?

Being Reading Trying Living


Getting Tying Studying Hitting
Starting Having Stopping Seeing

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Let’s identify the tense

Are you feeling OK these days?


01 No, I’m afraid not.

Can you identify the 02


How do you get your school or work?

tense of each question? I usually take the bus

Try to justify your Do you go to the physician regularly?


03
answer. I do, yeah. Every month.

Does your best friend pay a gym fee?


04
I know you can! I don’t know. I guess he doesn’t.

Are you looking for a specific exercise routine?


05 No, I’m not. I’m just here for the day.

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Let’s identify the tense

When I have a cold, I don’t go to the doctor. It’s a


01 waste of time!

Can you identify the 02 Mary’s very angry. She was working when I came.
tense of each sentence?
Try to justify your
03 The government is trying to contain the virus.
answer.
04 Every time I get my salary, I go to the cinema.
I know you can!
She’s working now. She’s not resting or something
05 like that! Don’t disturb, please.

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Lesson 3B: Aches and pains

Zero conditional

En inglés existen varios tipos de condicionales, entre ellos el zero conditional. Este
tipo de condicional se usa para expresar una relación de causa-efecto en hechos que
siempre son verdaderos o para dar instrucciones.

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How does it work?

If I have a cold, I drink hot


vinegar with honey

If you stay at home, you


don’t get any virus

If you don’t put sun cream on,


you get burn.

If + sujeto + present simple, sujeto + present simple

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Keep this in mind!
El orden de las dos frases se puede cambiar. Si empezamos por la condición (If), las separaremos con
una coma. Si empezamos con la frase que expresa el resultado, no hace falta poner la coma.

If water reaches 100ºC, it boils.


Water boils if it reaches 100ºC.

Ahora trata de cambiar la partícula “if” por “when”.

When water reaches 100ºC, it boils.


Water boils when it reaches 100ºC.
Let’s change the order

01 You get orange if you mix red and yellow.


If you mix red and yellow, you get orange

Can you change the 02 If I eat peanuts, I get ill.


I get ill if I eat peanuts
order of the following
conditional sentences? 03 If you feel sick, go to the doctor.
Go to the doctor if you feel sick

I know you can! 04 Don't open the door if someone knocks.


If someone knocks, don’t open the door

05 When you heat ice, it melts.


It melts when you heat ice
Ice melts when you heat it
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Celebrations
Future, finally!
Ya hemos trabajado lo suficiente con el tiempo presente y sus sub-tiempos. Es
hora de adentrarnos en el mundo del futuro. Veremos estructuras como:
BE GOING TO y WILL.
Lesson 3A: Birthdays
Affirmative statement
We are going to give a surprise party
She is going to book later

Negative statement
They are not going to tell the truth
You are not going to send that email on
time!

Questions
Is he going to call tomorrow?
Are they going to give a present?
Indirect Objects

The indirect
object of a
sentence is the
recipient of
the direct
Para el ejemplo We are going to give a surprise party,
object. sabemos que el pronombre directo es We pues es
quien hará la fiesta. Pero, ¿para quién es la fiesta?

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Let’s put the indirect pronoun

We’re going to give a party We’re going to give a gift

La fiesta es para María El regalo es para los amigos


I’m going to give Maria a party We’re going to give our friends a gift
I’m going to give her a party We’re going to give them a gift

Robert’s going to send the


She’s not going to text data
José no recibirá un mensaje hoy La información es de Luz y mía
She’s not going to text Jose Robert’s going to send Luz and me
She’s not going to text him the data
Robert’s going to send us the data

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Let’s translate!

Yo voy a darle a María un nuevo libro


01 I’m going to give Maria a new book

Nuestros amigos van a llamar al director hoy


02 Our friends are going to call the director today

Él va a enviar la información a Jhon


03 He’s going to send Jhon the information

Ellos no van a conocer amigos en el restaurante


04 They’re not going to meet friends in the restaurant

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Growing up
Lesson 5A: Childhood

Vamos a comparar estas oraciones…

◼ Were you born in a big family?


◼ Was your mother a teacher or a doctor?
◼ Was she born in Australia or Canada?
◼ Where were your grandparents born?

… con estas de acá…

◼ Did you live there for a long time?


◼ How long did you study English?
◼ When did you buy this English course?
◼ Did you already plan to travel abroad?

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El Core del Verbo TOBE (pero en pasado)

Was / Were
I was an English teacher three years ago
You were my favorite students
He was born in 2005

¿Ser o Estar?
Statements
Depende del complemento:
I was your favorite English teacher
I was (not) your teacher, sorry.
I was on your dreams
Was I in the same disco?
You were born in a difficult decade
He was (not) his son, Karen.
You were learning English while…
Was he born in a forest?
Were they born in Canada?

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El Core del Pasado Simple (did)

Did
Did you have any friend at school?
Did your friends go out with you?
Did your father call you very often?
Did he live in other country before coming
here?
¿ED, D o Ninguno?
Statements
Depende del verbo:
She watched too much tv at home, poor girl!
I (did) have a real friend, his name was Leo.
My cat stayed with me all the time!
I had a real friend, his name was Leo.
They studied English before buying this course
I didn’t have a real friend, I admit it!
They had a lot of friends
She drove cars, trucks and planes!
We usually went out to dinner or see a movie
She didn’t know to drive!
Did you like going out or staying at home?

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Lesson 5B: Favorite Classes

Determiners:

Determiners are words placed in front of a noun to make it clear what the noun
refers to. In this lesson, you will learn how to use English determiners correctly.

Most of people are trying to learn a new language


All students are attending the Master online!

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Determiners in English

Definite article : the


Indefinite articles : a, an
Demonstratives: this, that, these, those
Pronouns and possessive determiners : my, your, his, her, its, our, their
Quantifiers : a few, a little, much, many, a lot of, most, some, any, enough
Numbers : one, ten, thirty
Distributives : all, both, half, either, neither, each, every
Difference words : other, another
Pre-determiners : such, what, rather, quite

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Quantifiers

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Quantifiers

Puedes prescindir de la partícula of después de all o half.

All my friends live near here. Or All of my friends …

Half this money is mine. Or Half of this money …


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Compare:

All flowers are beautiful. (= all flowers in general)


All (of) these flowers are beautiful. (= a specific group of flowers)

Most problems have a solution. (= most problems in general)


We were able to solve most of the problems we had. (= a specific group of
problems)
Quantifier + object

Decimos: all of us / all of you / half of it / half of them etc. Necesitamos of antes de it/us/you/them:

All of us were late. (not all us)

I haven’t finished the book yet. I’ve only read half of it. (not half it)

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Around town
Lesson 6A: Out Shopping

When you want to know


where a place is, you can use
IS THERE
ARE THERE

There is y there are son dos estructuras equivalentes a la forma impersonal del verbo haber en
tiempo presente: hay. Como veremos en este tema, esta estructura se puede utilizar también en
otros tiempos verbales.

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Structure

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Answer the
following questions:
◼ Is there a lion in the zoo?
No, there isn’t.

◼ Is there a zebra in the zoo?


Yes, there is.

◼ Are there people in the zoo?


Yes, there are some.

◼ Are there birds in the zoo?


No, there aren’t any.

◼ Is there any river in the zoo?


No, there isn’t.

◼ Is there any house next to the giraffe?


No, there isn’t

◼ Are there clouds in the sky?


Yes, there are some.
Going away
Lesson 7A: Getting Ready

INFINITIVE IN ENGLISH

Infinitivo con "to" para indicar propósito o intención de una acción


✓ She came to collect her pay cheque.
✓ The three bears went to find firewood.
Infinitivo con "to" como sujeto de la oración
✓ To be or not to be, that is the question.
✓ To know her is to love her.
El infinitivo con "to" tras adjetivos
✓ It is good to talk
✓ It is important to be patient
✓ I am happy to be here
✓ The dog is naughty to destroy our couch

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Infinitive for reasons

Why are you flying to Why are you going What are you doing Is it easy to find
Barcelona? shopping? on the computer? bargains online?

I’m going to Barcelona to I need to buy some I’m trying to find some Yeah, it’s easy to find
visit my family clothes bargains? them if you use the
appropiate web sites!

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At home
Lesson 8A: Spring Cleaning

How to indicate possession in


English? Let’s analyze some examples:

En el nivel anterior vimos los Possessive Adjectives. This pen is my pen, not your pen
En este nivel, veremos los Possessive Pronouns. This pen is mine, not yours.
Son un tipo de pronombres (palabra que sustituye a
un nombre o sustantivo) que indican posesión, es These glasses are her glasses , not his glasses.
decir, a quién pertenece algo. These glasses are hers, not his.

En español lo podemos traducir como mío, tuyo, This house is your house, not our house.
suyo, míos, tuyos, suyos, etc This house is yours, not ours.

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What’s the difference?

Possessive adjectives Possessive pronouns


Possessive adjective + noun Possessive pronoun (+ no noun)

My This is my book Mine This book is mine

Your Is this your umbrela? Yours Is this yours?

His He lent me his jacket His This isn’t my jacket. It’s his.

Her I borrowd her car Hers The car is hers

Its Do you like my doll? This is its purse. - “We avoid using “its” alone as a
possessive pronoun
Our A lot of our friends came to our party Ours Those drinks are ours

Their Their house is lovely Theirs That house is theirs

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How to make questions?

Questions… Possessive pronouns


Whose + noun + this / that / these / those Possessive pronoun (+ no noun)

Whose book is this? Mine This book is mine


Whose house is this? Yours This house is yours
Whose jacket is this? His This isn’t my jacket. It’s his.
Whose car is that? Her The car is hers

- “We avoid using “its” alone as a


possessive pronoun
Whose drinks are those? Ours Those drinks are ours

Whose house is that? Theirs That house is theirs

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More uses…

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Lesson 8B: Things at home

En español fácilmente decimos:


✓ Esta casa es grande, blanca y bonita
✓ Esta casa es blanca, grande y bonita
Y nos suena bien de ambas maneras. Sin embargo, en inglés debemos respetar un
orden específico. Decir…

✓ This house is big, white and beautiful … Sería incorrecto.


✓ This house is beautiful, big and white … Sería correcto.

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What’s the order?
La palabra mágica es

OSCOSOMA
Opinion beautiful

+ Noun
Size huge
Color black
Shape round
Origin British
Material wooden

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Let’s organize these sentences
1. Yo tengo una calculadora negra, cuadrada y pequeña.

2. Ella tiene una casa de madera, pequeña y encantadora.

3. Ellos tienen un traje chino, marrón, de algodón.

4. Nos gustan las novelas argentinas, intrigantes e interesantes.

Opinion Size Color Shape Origin Material


I have a… small black square calculator
She has a… charming Small wooden house
They have a… brown Chinese Cotton suit
Interesting,
We like the… intriguing argentinian
novels / soap operas

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Do you know…

What ONE means?


ONE – ONES

One es un pronombre que se utiliza para sustituir a un


nombre contable en singular evitando así la repetición
innecesaria del mismo.

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Which dress do you like?
I like the white one

I prefer the purple one

I’d wear the beige one

I love the blue ones

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Other example

Whose are these socks?


Ó
Whose socks are these?

The big ones are mine.

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Things happen
Lesson 9A: When things go wrong

Analicemos estas oraciones


Tense : Past continuous
◼ I was talking to a woman Auxiliary : WAS – WERE
◼ She was reading a book Use : Specific time in the past
◼ They were working very hard

… y ahora estas
Tense : Simple past
◼ I saw a car accident Auxiliary : Did – Didn’t
◼ Michael got home Use : Concrete action in the past
◼ The lights went out!

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While Mientras…

I was talking to a woman while


Jhon was reading the paper

Cuando… When

They were working very hard


when the lights went out!

What’s the difference between WHILE and WHEN?

I was walking when there was a car accident

While Loren was washing the car, Marcos was preparing the dinner

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Lesson 9B: Accidents happen
Questions Questions
Did I call my friends at 3:30 pm? Was I calling my friends?
Did they cook the meal in her apartment? Were they cooking the meal in her apartment?
Did you listen to him during the whole conference? Were you listening to him?

Negative Negative
I didn’t call my friends at 3:30 pm I wasn’t calling my friends
They didn’t cook the meal in her apartment They weren’t cooking the meal in her apartment
You didn’t listen to him during the whole… You weren’t listening to him!

Afirmative Affirmative
I was calling my friends
I called my friends at 3:30 pm
They were cooking the meal in her apartment
They cooked the meal in her apartment
You were listening to him!
You listened to him during the whole conference

Did you have an accident in 2019?


Yeah, I did. I had an accident when I was driving my car

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Reflexive pronouns

“yo mismo”, “el mismo”, “ella misma”

Los reflexive pronouns son aquellos pronombres que se utilizan


cuando la acción del verbo recae sobre el propio sujeto de la
oración. Además también se suelen utilizar cuando se quiere
enfatizar que el sujeto ha realizado la acción y no otra persona.

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How do reflexive pronouns work?
I’m Steve.
Nice to meet you

I Introduced myself

Laura Introduced herself

You Introduced yourself You Introduced yourselves

We Introduced ourselves

They Introduced themselves


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Singular Yourself
Myself Himself Herself Itself
(-self) (one person)

Plural Yourselves (+1


Ourselves person) Themselves
(-selves)

Let’s see some examples

✓ I don’t want you to pay for me. I’ll pay for myself. (not I’ll pay for me)
✓ Amy had a great holiday. She really enjoyed herself.
✓ Do you talk to yourself sometimes? (said to one person)
✓ If you want more to eat, help yourselves. (said to more than one person)

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Jhon introduced me to the other guests.
Compare…
I introduced myself to the other guests.

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More examples

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Communication
Lesson 10A: Keeping in touch

Comparatives in English
Se usa en inglés para comparar diferencias entre los dos objetos
a los que modifica (larger, smaller, faster, higher). Se emplea en
oraciones donde comparamos dos nombres, ciudades, animales
o cosas.
Ejemplo:
• Mi casa es más grande que la tuya
• Yo soy tan capaz como tu
• Ella es menos rica que él

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Types of comparatives

1 2 3

Superioridad Inferioridad Igualdad


Less + adjetivo / adverbio +
Adjetivos cortos:
than As + Adjetivo + As
Adjetivo +er
Less + incontable + than
Adjetivos largos:
As + Adverbio + As
More + adjetivo
Fewer + incontable + thant

Cada uno de ellos funciona diferente dependiendo de nuestra intención


comunicativa. A continuación, veremos el comparative de superioridad 1.

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Type 1: Comparative of superiority

$30

$50

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What are the rules?

Let’s compare some examples:

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Examples:

Short adjectives

◼ You’re older than me.


◼ The exam was quite easy – easier than I expected.
◼ Can you walk a bit faster?
◼ I’d like to have a bigger car.
◼ Last night I went to bed earlier than usual.

Long adjectives

◼ You’re more patient than me.


◼ The exam was quite difficult – more difficult than I expected.
◼ Can you walk a bit more slowly?
◼ I’d like to have a more reliable car.
◼ I don’t play tennis much these days. I used to play more often.

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Unit 10B: On the phone

En la anterior lección vimos el primer tipo de comparativo. A


continuación te mostraré dos ejemplos. ¿Puedes decir si se
trata de un comparativo de inferioridad o de igualdad?

You spend less time on the phone

She’s as talkative as him

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Type 2: Comparative
Less + adjetivo / adverbio + than
of inferiority
This cell phone is less expensive than that one
She speaks less fluently than him

Less + incontable + than


I spend less time on the phone
She earns less money in her new job

Fewer + contable + than


You get fewer calls than I do
You have fewer patients than we do
Type 3: Comparative of equality

AS + Adjetivo + AS AS MUCH + Incontable + AS


Michael is as tall as Cindy
I am as intelligent as you
She’s not as fast as him
S W I need as much time as possible to
prepare the presentation
Never seen anyone with as much control
of the game

AS + Adverbio + AS AS MANY + Contable + AS


Candas can dance as well as Laura
Juan speaks English as fluently as Hellen
This car runs as fast as those ones
O T They have as many children as we do
You know as many people as I do
I have visited the States as many times
as he has.

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Let’s practice
1.Este restaurante es muy costoso. Vamos a un lugar más barato.
This restaurant is very expensive. Let’s go somewhere cheaper.
2. Este café esta muy suave. Me gusta más fuerte.
This coffee is very weak. I like it stronger.
3. Ayer me estaba sintiendo muy cansado, así que fue a la cama más temprano de lo usual
Yesterday I was feeling very tired, so I went to bed earlier than usual

4. Me gustaría tener amigos más confiables


I’d like to have friends more realible

5. Esta solución es menos efectiva que la otra


This solution es less effective than the other one

6. Mi teléfono es tan avanzado como el tuyo


My cellphone is as advanced as yours

7. Mi laptop no es tan rápido como el de John


My laptop is not as fast as John’s

8. Tu recibes menos regalos que yo


You get fewer presents than I do
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Appearances
Lesson 11A: Family traits

HAVE GOT
can be
translated
into Spanish
like “Tener” ¿Cómo dirías…?
✓ Yo tengo un perro
✓ Yo tengo gripe
✓ Yo tengo un hermano

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How to use HAVE GOT / HAS GOT?
I’ve got I have got
She’s got She has got
He’s got He has got
It’s got It has got
They’ve got They have got
We’ve got We have got
Possession 1 You’ve got You have got
I have got a dog
She hasn’t got three cars
Have they got a huge mansion?
2 Illnes

I haven’t got the flu


Unfortunately, He’s got cancer
Have I got COVID-19?
Relationships 3

I’ve got two sisters and one brother


Carlos hasn’t got any brother
Have we got more family?
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British or American English?

Interrogative Interrogative

Does your mother have blond hair? Has your mother got blond hair?

American English
Do you have any idea for this problem? Have you got any idea for this problem?

British English
Negative Negative

They don’t have any problem with me They haven’t got any problem with me
He doesn’t have any strategy yet He hasn’t got any strategy yet

Affirmative Affirmative

I have cars I have got two cars


She has COVID – 19 She has got COVID – 19

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Looking ahead
Lesson 12A: What’s next?

If you want to
express
predictions or
facts, you
need WILL El future simple es un tiempo verbal que utilizamos
generalmente para expresar acciones o hechos que sucederán.
Sin embargo, es posible usar MIGHT o MAY para dar a entender
que no estamos 100% seguros sobre ese futuro.

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How can I make sentences with WILL?

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Situations…

I’ll help you

It won’t
start

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How about arranged plans?
We don’t use WILL to talk about what has been
decided or arranged before:
I’m going on holiday next Saturday (not I’ll go…)

Let’s compare:
I’m meeting Kate tomorrow morning (decided before)

A: I’ll meet you at half past ten, OK?


B: Fine. See you then. (decided now)
Now let’s practice

Put the sentence in the correct place. There are extra sentences

I’ll turn
I’ll check
I’ll do
I’ll show / teach
I’ll have / drink
I’ll stay
I’ll try

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How about MAY and MIGHT?

He might be
having dinner Ask Kate. She
Where’s Ben? might know
He may be in
this party!

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Similarities and Differences
Let’s see

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Now let’s practice

Put the sentence in the correct place. There are extra sentences

might know

might be Brazilian

may not be possible

may be Tom’s

might be driving

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