English 3

lunes, 13 de noviembre de 2023

UNIT 5

Conversation

A: Hi, spa Monica S, how can i help you miss?

B: Hi, i'd like to make an appointment.

A: Yes miss, what service do you want to use?

B: I would like to use massage therapeutic.

A: Okay miss, anything else?

B: No, thank.

A: Okay miss, what time do you want your appointment?

B: I would like to make my appointment at 11:00 a.m.

A: Okay miss, in whose name did I make the appointment?

B: In the name of Yuliana please.

A: okay, that's all miss.

GRAMMAR: Quantifiers for indefinite quantities and amounts.

Use some and any with both plural count nouns and non-count nouns.

Some: affirmative statements

We bought some combs. Now we have some.

They need some soap. We have some.

Any: Negative statements

I don't have any razors. I don't want any.

We don't want any makeup. We don't need any.

Some or any: Questions.

Do you want any aftershave? or Do you want some aftershave?

Does she have any nail files? or Does she have some nail files?

PRONOUNS: someone, somebody, anyone, anybody, something and anything.

Pronouns ending in –body or –one are used for people, while those ending in –thing refer to things. This means that in no case should we use pronouns like something or anything to refer to a person, and vice versa, pronouns like someone or anyone never refer to things.

A great way to remember when to use a pronoun that begins with any- and when to use one that begins with -some is to simplify the problem by following the rules of some and any. So by extension:

A pronoun that begins with some- is only used in positive sentences.

while one that begins with any- is only used in negative and interrogative sentences.

And as is often the case with almost any question related to the English language, there is also an exception to this general rule: when you are offering or asking someone for something, you can use some in an interrogative phrase (“Would someone like to read the next passage?” “Can someone help me with this month report?”).

As you can see, differentiating between these pronouns is not that complicated. However, you should be careful with double negatives; I don't know nobody is not correct. In this case, the correct way to state “I don't know anyone” is “I don't know anyone/I know nobody.”

Examples:

I met someone at the party last night.

I bought something for the party last night.

Practice

domingo, 22 de octubre de 2023

UNIT 4

PAST SIMPLE

when is the past simple used?

The past simple is used for sentences in which the idea, act or state has already been completed. The act may have happened recently or a long time ago, the time of completion does not matter, the only important thing is that we are talking about something that no longer happens or exists in the present.

For example, the simple past is always used to refer to when something happened, so it is associated with certain temporal expressions that indicate:

Frequency: often, sometimes, always

I sometimes walked home at lunchtime.
I often brought my lunch to school.

A especific time: last week, when I was a child, yesterday, six weeks ago

We saw a good film last week.

Yesterday, I arrived in Cartagena.
She finished her work atseven o'clock.
I went to the theatre last night.

An undetermined time: the other day, ages ago, a long time ago People lived in caves a long time ago.

She played the piano when she was a child.

Formation of the simple past with regular verbs

Simple past of the verbs to be, to have, to do:

Practice:

PAST CONTINUOUS

The past continuous describes actions or events situated in a time prior to the present, whose beginning is in the past and which have not yet concluded at the moment of speaking. In other words, it expresses an incomplete or unfinished action in the past.

When is it used?

It is used to describe an incomplete action that was interrupted by another action or event, for example: