First of all, I have to say sorry to all people who live in any country where the English is the official language, I know I do not have the best grammar skills and I do not a very rich vocabulary, however I'm trying to improve this and for this reason I've created this entry in the blog.
I've been studying some essential topics about grammar that I found in the Grammar in Use Book Essential level from the Cambridge University Press. The topics of today were when can I use the word "The" (I think is called article grammatically) for this I going to list the cases when I can use "The":
- When I talk about plural names: -The Philippines.
- To refer to Republic, states: -The Czech Republic
- Rivers, Canions, mountains, etc: -The Nile, The grand Canion
- Sole things: -The sun.
- Some buildings:
- the cinema
- the theatre
- the station
- the bank
- the post office
- the dentis
- the doctor.
- Cardinals: -The north. The south, The eats, etc...
- Names of Cinemas, theatres, hotels.
- TO SPECIFIC THINGS, BUILDINGS, ETC.
These are the cases when I have to avoid "THE":
- General ideas or situations: "Dogs are dangerous" (not The dogs...)
- TV: - I watch a lot TV.
- Spots, school subjects: Football, Basketball (not the football)
- Countries and cities: IT'S OBVIOUS
- Buildings that in relation to an activity:
- School
- Hospital
- Prision
- University
- bed
- church
- work
- home
- I CANNOT say "
Thenext/last week, day, Monday" - Meals on a day: -"The dinner, the breakfast"
- Names of streets, square, etc.
- Airport, Stations and many other important buildings: -"J.F Kennedy Airport" -"Kike Station"
- Languages.
Another thing I've study is the word GO:
- GO ON + Holiday, a trip, vacations, a cruiser, strike, a tour.
- GO (somewhere) FOR + a meal, a luch, a tea, a beer, a walk, a drink etc..
- GO...+ING ---> Go shopping, go swimming, go skiing, go fishing
- GET + NOUN
- Receive, buy, find:
-Where did you get it? (Where did you buy it)
-It is difficult to get a job on these days? (It is difficult to find a job on these days?)
- 2. GET + ADJECTIVES = BECOME
-I'm getting hungy
-She is getting cold.
- 3 GET A TAXI, GET A BUS
-GET MARRIED
-GET DRESSED (Put your clothes on)
-GET LOST (Lose your way)
- 4 GET A PLACE = ARRIVE
-I usually get to work at 8.30 a.m: But just when the place is defined or is clear and the action involve movement.
- 5 GET IN/OUT OF A CAR
- GET ON/OFF + BUS/TRAIN
¿PRONOUNS?
Why do I put the "¿?"/Because I am not a hundred per cert sure about how to say (or call) this theme.
The thing is that exits: I, You, He, She, etc... and: Mine, your, her, his, their, our. And the important, (OK cuz' it is the main theme of the grammar review) are: Mine,yours, hers, his, theirs, ours and the difference is that I can say: My hands, my book, my girlfriend etc. And in the other hand, I can say: That book is hers (but This is her book) Do you realise that? My, his, her, their + noun BUT noun + hers,his, mine: Friends of mine.
WHOSE
Whose + noun + is/are + this/these? It's mine/they are mine. In Spanish "De quien...?" It is easy, isn't it?
PLURAL
-When a noun ends on -s, -sh, -ch, -x ----> -es: BUS---BUSES, DISH---DISHES
-When a noun ends on -y ---> -ies: BABY--BABIES
-When a noun ends on -ay, -ey, -oy --->-ys: DAY--DAYS
-When a noun ends on -f,-fe ---> -ves: KNIFE--KNIVES
QUESTION TAGS
I can use questions tags to ask sth to somebody I can use negative questions tags:
-You haven't got a pencil, have you?
-You couldn't do me a favour, could you?
-You don't know where Camila is, do you?
ARRIVE.
When:
at: 7.32 am
on: Jan 14th
in: 2015 or spring or May
Where:
in: Chine, Africa, Stanford
at: the top of you roof.
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