viernes, 30 de agosto de 2013

THE NUMBERS

Dear kids: let me share with you a video that will help you out to study the numbers from 0 to 99. Consider that the video was made by a native speaker and it uses the International phonetic Alphabet.

martes, 27 de agosto de 2013

THE ENGLISH ALPHABET

I share with you this interesting video that illustrates how to pronounce the alphabet including both the name of the letters and also the phonemes, which is how an individual letter sounds.


lunes, 29 de abril de 2013

MOST COMMON IRREGULAR VERBS

Remember that there is no way to know if a verb is regular or not but to study them. Here I show a list of some of the most common irregular verbs divided into groups of three for studying purposes.

V1
Base Form
V2
Past Simple
V3
Past Participle
awakeawokeawoken
bewas, werebeen
beatbeatbeaten
becomebecamebecome
beginbeganbegun
bendbentbent
betbetbet
bidbidbid
bitebitbitten
blowblewblown
breakbrokebroken
bringbroughtbrought
broadcastbroadcastbroadcast
buildbuiltbuilt
burnburned/burntburned/burnt
buyboughtbought
catchcaughtcaught
choosechosechosen
comecamecome
costcostcost
cutcutcut
digdugdug
dodiddone
drawdrewdrawn
dreamdreamed/dreamtdreamed/dreamt
drivedrovedriven
drinkdrankdrunk
eatateeaten
fallfellfallen
feelfeltfelt
fightfoughtfought
findfoundfound
flyflewflown
forgetforgotforgotten
forgiveforgaveforgiven
freezefrozefrozen
getgotgot (sometimes gotten)
givegavegiven
gowentgone
growgrewgrown
hanghunghung
havehadhad
hearheardheard
hidehidhidden
hithithit
holdheldheld
hurthurthurt
keepkeptkept
knowknewknown
laylaidlaid
leadledled
learnlearned/learntlearned/learnt
leaveleftleft
lendlentlent
letletlet
lielaylain
loselostlost
makemademade
meanmeantmeant
meetmetmet
paypaidpaid
putputput
readreadread
rideroderidden
ringrangrung
riseroserisen
runranrun
saysaidsaid
seesawseen
sellsoldsold
sendsentsent
showshowedshowed/shown
shutshutshut
singsangsung
sitsatsat
sleepsleptslept
speakspokespoken
spendspentspent
standstoodstood
swimswamswum
taketooktaken
teachtaughttaught
teartoretorn
telltoldtold
thinkthoughtthought
throwthrewthrown
understandunderstoodunderstood
wakewokewoken
wearworeworn
winwonwon
writewrotewritten

VERBS WITH DIRECT AND INDIRECT OBJECTS


GRAMMAR RULES

In English, verbs can be followed by two types of objects. For examples:
I sent Lucy come flowers. (Indirect object: whom a sent the flowers).
I sent some flowers to Lucy. (Direct object: what I sent).



The changeable word order in English sentences

1. If the indirect object comes first in a sentence, there is no preposition.
They gave Harold a new car.
Mrs. Thompson offered the girls cookies.
My grandma always wishes me good luck.

2. If it comes second, a preposition must be used.
They gave a new car to Harold.
Mrs Jones offered a cake to the girls.
My grandma always wishes a good luck to me.
3. If the direct object is a pronoun (it, this ... ), it comes first and we must use a preposition. Compare the difference in the following examples.
I bought it for my sister.
Can you send it to him?
I'll get it for you as soon as I can.
(Not: I bought my sister it. Can you send him it? I'll get you it as soon as I can.)

THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

sábado, 23 de marzo de 2013