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Passive Voice Practice

Basketball game to practice the passive voice

Just, Still, Already, Yet

These words are often used with the present perfect tense although yet, still and already can all be used with other tenses.

Just

‘Just’ is usually used only with the present perfect tense and it means ‘a short time ago’.

I’ve just seen Susan coming out of the cinema.
Mike’s just called. Can you ring him back please?
Have you just taken my pen? Where has it gone?

In the present perfect, ‘just’ comes between the auxiliary verb (‘have’) and the past participle.

Yet

Future Tenses

Will

This is the form that most people immediately associate with the future tense, but it is in fact restricted in its use. It has two main functions.

 - the first is to talk about unplanned or spontaneous future events;

 - the second is for predictions that are not based on current evidence.

Some examples should help to clarify the different meanings:

(The telephone rings) I'll get it.

I'll make us a cup of coffee.

Much, many, a lot of

Much, many, a lot:

"Much", "many", and "a lot of" indicate a large quantity of something, for example "I have a lot of friends " means I have a large quantity of friends.
Much, many, and a lot are quantifiers.

Study the examples below:

How much money have you got?	I haven't got much money.
	I have got a lot.
	I have got a lot of money.
How many students are in the classroom?	There aren't many.
	There are a lot.
	There are a lot of/lots of students.

'For' and 'Since' with Present Perfect

We use Present Perfect tense to talk about action which started in the past and continues up to the present.

I have had this computer for about a year. 

How long have you been at this school? 

I haven't seen Julia since September.

We use 'for' with a period of time, for example: a few days, half an hour, two years.

I've been at school since 8.30 a.m.

We use 'since' with the time when the action started, for example: last year, June 8, I met you.

I've been at school for 5 hours.

Many links to possible exercises

Subject and object pronouns

We use pronouns as substitutes for noun phrases. The pronoun and the noun phrase that it refers to mean the same thing.

We use subject pronouns as subjects of sentences and object pronouns as objects.

Adjective Comparison: comparatives and superlatives

Here you have some more information about the comparison of adjectives. At the bottom of the entry you'll find a link to the source web with some practice about it.

A - Comparison with -er/-est

clean - cleaner - (the) cleanest

We use -er/-est with the following adjectives:

1) Adjectives with one syllable

positive	comparative	superlative
clean	cleaner	cleanest
new	newer	newest
cheap	cheaper	cheapest

'Have got' or 'have'?

Here you have some explanation about the differences between using the 'have got' expression or just 'have'.

At the end, there are some liks from the source web, in case you need to practice!

Affirmative sentences

>have<	>have got<
I have a brother.	I have got a brother. I've got a brother.
You have a sister.	You have got a sister. You've got a sister.
He has a cat.	He has got a cat. He's got a cat.
She has a dog.	She has got a dog. She's got a dog.
It has Bluetooth.	It has got Bluetooth. It's got Bluetooth.
We have books.	We have got books. We've got books.
You have a nice room.	You have got a nice room. You've got a nice room.
They have pets.	They have got pets. They've got pets.

have got is often used in its contracted form even in written language.

Verb TO BE (Revision)

For those in need of revising the present form of the verb TO BE, here you go a web in which you can see the conjugation and have some practice

Enjoy!

A Phonemic Chart to practice and get familiar with the symbols...

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ENGLISH BASIC SENTENCE STRUCTURE

Las oraciones AFIRMATIVAS (+) más básicas tienen la siguiente estructura:  

Sujeto (S) + Verbo (V) + [Objeto (O)]

You eat apples

aunque en el objeto, al igual que ocurre en castellano,  no siempre aparecerá (por eso, lo ponemos entre corchetes   `[ ]´, al igual que otros elementos que pueden aparecer o no en la oración).
Como en una oración pueden aparecer varios objetos, se trabajará en otra entrada posterior la organización de estos objetos.

Este esquema se emplea en el 90% de las ocasiones, a excepción de las oraciones imperativas (órdenes), en las que generalmente se omite el sujeto ( Close the door!, Come here!)