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4)
What is your home town ……?
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Simple present
WH
question
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· What is your home town situated?
· What is your home town like?
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In the
question are using WHAT and no WHERE, and this is the reason that its
necessary use like and no situated.
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6) How …… are you?
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Adjectives
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·
How long are you?
·
How heavy are you?
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Because if we ask HOW LONG ARE YOU? It’s
wrong, because HOW LONG, means about a distance in the time and in the
question are talking about an adjective.
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14)
This beer tastes …….
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Adverbs
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· This
beer tastes well
· This
beer tastes lovley
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When
we talk WELL it’s to express a great situation, but LOVLEY it’s that
something it’s really good.
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15) In life …… can make a mistake; we’re
all human.
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Indefinite Pronoun
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· In
life some people can
make a mistake; we’re all human.
· In
life anyone can make
a mistake; we’re all human.
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In the question are talking about Who many
people aren´t perfect? And the correct answer is anyone.
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17) If
he …… about it, I’m sure he’d help.
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Second conditional
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· If he had know about it, I’m sure
he’d help
· If he knew about it, I’m sure
he’d help
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In the
sentence are using second conditional and the rule is in the first part when
we use IF is necessary use the verb in PAST SIMPLE and in the second parte
the subject needs to be whit a modal verb
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19) They said they …… come, but they
didn’t.
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Modal verbs
|
· They
said they may come, but
they didn’t.
· They
said they might come,
but they didn’t.
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Because when I say MAY I’m telling about
something that he can do it, but when I say MIGHT I’m telling about something
maybe I can do it.
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23) Its all right, we …
hurry. We have plenty of time.
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Simple present tense
|
· It's
all right, we shouldn’t
hurry. We have plenty of time.
· It's
all right, we needn’t hurry.
We have plenty of time.
|
the context means it is
not an advice it shows another form of write the tense in simple
present
|
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26) Mr Haines wants...¦
to his office.
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Simple present tense
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· Mr
Haines wants you come to
his office
· Mr
Haines wants you to
come to his office
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To is
like an auxiliary that in this case show Mr haines' authorithy
|
|
40) What about …for a
walk?
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Present
Progressive
|
· What
about to go for
a walk?
· What about going for a walk?
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It's an american
expression
|
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41) I made one or two
mistakes, but … of my answers were correct.
|
Comparative
and superlative
|
· I made
one or two mistakes, but more
of my answers were correct.
· I made one or two mistakes, but most of my answers were
correct.
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It's
totally incorrect If we say most we'd say this is Most bigger than other
thing.
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58) Is … than his father?
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Comparative adjective
|
· Is
matt more tall than
his father?
· Is
Matt taller than
his father?
|
Comparative is like I can
talk about something more Taller than anything.
|
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60) Is it from here
to Berlin?
|
· How long is it from here to
Berlin?
· How far is it from here to
Berlin
|
It
means a distance among here and berlin but in the context it most clear
Far
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62)
The doctor has told her that she must give …… drinking.
|
Phrasal Verbs
|
· The
doctor has told her that she must give to drinking.
· The
doctor has told her that she must give up drinking.
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Because
the doctor said that she need to left the beer and the rest of alcoholic
drinks and the Phrasal Verb that means that its GIVE UP.
|
|
63) There was a lot of noise so I didn't understand
what she was …….
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Past Progressive
|
·
There was a lot of noise so I didn't
understand what she was telling
·
There was a lot of noise so I didn't
understand what she was saying
|
In the context the best verb that we can
use is SAYING because that means something that the other person are saying
to us about a relative situation and TELLING It’s when the other person are
saying something about an specific situation
|
|
64) I
…… drink beer than wine.
|
Simple Present
Comparative
|
· I prefer drink beer than wine.
· I would rather drink beer than wine.
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|
|
65) I gave her …… earrings for Christmas.
|
Simple Past
|
· I gave
her a set of earrings
for Christmas.
· I gave
her a pair of earrings
for Christmas.
|
Because when I say earrings I’m telling
that are two and if a I say a pair of earrings I’m making a redundancy.
|
|
66)
Would you like some more tea? There's still …… left.
|
Adverb
Quantifiers
|
· Would
you like some more tea? There's still a few left.
· Would
you like some more tea? There's still a little left.
|
Because
we use FEW only after a plural sentence and it’s for numbers but we can use
LITTLE in a singular sentence and it use for amounts
|
|
72) We have …… for a receptionist but
haven't appointed anyone yet.
|
Present Perfect Simple
|
· We
have announced for a
receptionist but haven't appointed anyone yet.
· We
have advertised for a
receptionist but haven't appointed anyone yet.
|
In the context the mean ANNOUNCE is when
are telling something to a group, but when tell ADVERTISED is when one person
say to other person that somebody or something has been arrive.
|
|
73)
She's very beautiful but that kind of woman doesn't …… to me.
|
Simple Present
|
· She's
very beautiful but that kind of woman doesn't attract to me.
· She's
very beautiful but that kind of woman doesn't appeal to me.
|
When
we talk about attract is the force like a magnet, but when we talk about
APPEAL we are saying about the feeling to the other person.
|
|
75) "I'm going to the cinema on
Saturday." "So ……"
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Present Progressive
|
· "I'm
going to the cinema on Saturday." "So I do”
· "I'm
going to the cinema on Saturday." "So am I"
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Because he are telling that he are in this
moment in the cinema, not that he will be there.
|
|
77)
They had to leave the flat because they couldn't pay the ……
|
Past Perfect
|
· They
had to leave the flat because they couldn't pay the fare
· They
had to leave the flat because they couldn't pay the rent
|
Because
in this case are talking about an apartment that they couldn’t pay the
monthly payment.
|
|
79) The book shop rang …… that the
dictionary you ordered has arrived.
|
Simple Past
Present Perfect Simple
|
· The
book shop rang to tell that
the dictionary you ordered has arrived.
· The
book shop rang to say
that the dictionary you ordered has arrived.
|
In the context the best verb that we can
use is SAY because It’s when the other person are saying something about an
specific situation and TELL that means something that the other person are
saying to us about a relative situation
|
|
81)
Maria has two sisters, but she doesn't speak to …… of them.
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Adjective Pronouns
|
· Maria
has two sisters, but she doesn't speak to neither of them.
· Maria
has two sisters, but she doesn't speak to either of them.
|
Because
in the sentences have a negative part and if we use NEITHER we are making a
redundancy and for this reason it’s better to use EITHER
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viernes, 10 de febrero de 2012
Learning about my english level
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