Estructuras con both, either y neither | Ejercicio de inglés. Both, neither y either nos permiten hablar de binomios de personas, situaciones, etc., y de las diferentes combinaciones que pueden existir entre ellas: ambos, ninguno, o cualquiera. En la lección de hoy analizaremos con detalle los contextos y las restricciones relacionadas con la utilización de estas expresiones. 1. Both (“ambos”) a. I. Both (of) his parents are from France. Importante: Fijaros que el verbo se usa en plural. ii. Both of them have passed the exam. iii. Both Ministers left the party. b. Do you need sugar or flour? C. She is both pretty and clever. I like both beer and wine. He can both swim and dive. Observaciones: 1. 2. both…and… relaciona categorías gramaticales equivalentes: dos sustantivos, dos adjetivos, dos verbos. 3. both…and… se utiliza en frases afirmativas 2. I. Neither of my sisters is married. Neither of them has a car.
Importante: Fijaros que el verbo es singular. Neither of my sisters are married. ii. Can you come on Thursday or on Friday? B. C. 1. 2. 3. A. I. Ii. Iii. Learn English - Passive Voice. Exercises on Passive Use of Passive Passive voice is used when the focus is on the action. It is not important or not known, however, who or what is performing the action. Example: My bike was stolen. In the example above, the focus is on the fact that my bike was stolen.
I do not know, however, who did it. Sometimes a statement in passive is more polite than active voice, as the following example shows: Example: A mistake was made. In this case, I focus on the fact that a mistake was made, but I do not blame anyone (e.g. Form of Passive Subject + finite form of to be + Past Participle (3rd column of irregular verbs) Example: A letter was written. When rewriting active sentences in passive voice, note the following: the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence the finite form of the verb is changed (to be + past participle) the subject of the active sentence becomes the object of the passive sentence (or is dropped) Examples of Passive Level: lower intermediate. Question formation.
Study this, then complete the exercises below. 1. Object questions. Hint: When you make Yes or No questions skip the question word! Example: Did she leave me any money? 2. Subject questions We are asking about the SUBJECT of the sentence. She loves milk. Who loves milk? Summer is coming. What is coming? We replace the SUBJECT with the QUESTION WORD! Everything else stays the same Hint: we can't use when or where to ask subject questions. Now read and ask questions for the underlined words! Justin's house Well, I live in an unusual house.
My house was a lighthouse thirty years ago. We have two bedrooms, a kitchen, a toilet … everything a house needs. All the walls are round, so it's difficult to get furniture. My father is a carpenter, he made all the furniture himself. I helped, of course. We had a garden, but we decided not to grow anyting anymore, because all the plants died. I have my own room right at the top. My brother had his on the first floor. My uncle and his son are visiting this week. a b c d. Relative Pronouns. A relative pronoun is a pronoun that introduces a relative clause. It is called a "relative" pronoun because it "relates" to the word that its relative clause modifies. Here is an example: The person who phoned me last night is my teacher. In the above example, "who": relates to "The person", which "who phoned me last night" modifies introduces the relative clause "who phoned me last night" There are five relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, that* Who (subject) and whom (object) are generally only for people.
Relative pronouns can refer to singular or plural, and there is no difference between male and female. Look at these examples showing defining and non-defining relative clauses: *Not all grammar sources count "that" as a relative pronoun. English Grammar Explanations - Articles. The 3 articles in English are a, an and the. The learner has to decide noun-by-noun which one of the articles to use*. In fact, there are 4 choices to make, because sometimes no article is necessary. Native-speakers, of course, use the articles correctly without thinking in everyday spoken language. English learners, on the other hand, need to have some guidelines for making the right choice - particularly those learners whose own language does not have articles, such as Japanese or Korean. The most important first step in choosing the correct article is to categorize the noun as count or uncount in its context**: - A count noun is a noun that can have a number in front of it: 1 teacher, 3 books, 76 trombones, 1,000,000 people. - An uncount noun is a noun that cannot have a number put in front of it: 1 water, 2 lucks, 10 airs, 21 oils, 39 informations.
Uncount nouns You cannot say a/an with an uncount noun.You cannot put a number in front of an uncount noun. Count nouns Note: Pronouns. Verb Tense Tutorial. Verb tenses are verb forms (went, go, will go) which English speakers use to talk about the past, present, and future in their language. There are twelve verb tense forms in English as well as other time expressions such as used to. For English learners, knowing how to use English tenses can be quite a challenge. Never fear. Englishpage.com's verb tense tutorial will teach you to think like a native speaker. Let's get started!
How to use this tutorial: 1. 2. 3. Verb Tense Exercises About the Verb Tense Chart Look at the verb tense chart above. There are also three simple tenses, three continuous tenses, three perfect tenses and three perfect continuous tenses. For example, all simple tenses have similar uses. Did you also notice that present tenses and past tenses only have one form whereas future tenses have two forms? Common Questions about Verb Tenses How can I learn verb tenses? Our native language changes the way we think about time. Make sure you understand the details. English Prepositions. Exercises on Prepositions Prepositions are short words (on, in, to) that usually stand in front of nouns (sometimes also in front of gerund verbs). Even advanced learners of English find prepositions difficult, as a 1:1 translation is usually not possible. One preposition in your native language might have several translations depending on the situation.
There are hardly any rules as to when to use which preposition. The only way to learn prepositions is looking them up in a dictionary, reading a lot in English (literature) and learning useful phrases off by heart (study tips). The following table contains rules for some of the most frequently used prepositions in English: Prepositions – Time Prepositions – Place (Position and Direction) Other important Prepositions Exercises on Prepositions.