LEARNING ENGLISH: Elementary

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30/11/11

There is/are, There was/were

Present Form

It is used to say that something exists.
“There is” is for singular:
There is a chair in the living room.
There isn't a bathroom in the shopping centre.
Is there a computer in that classroom? Yes, there is / No, there isn’t.
“There are” is for plural:
There are chairs.
There are good teachers in that school.
There aren't apples in the fridge.
Are there books on the desk? Yes, there are / No, there aren’t.
* There is & there are = "hay" in Spanish.

Past Form

It is used to say that something existed or took place.
“There was” is for singular:
There was a chair in the living room.
There wasn't a bathroom in the shopping centre.
Was there a computer in that classroom? Yes, there was / No, there wasn’t.
“There were” is for plural:
There were chairs.
There were good teachers in that school.
There weren't apples in the fridge.
Were there books on the desk? Yes, there were / No, there weren’t.
* There was & there were = "hubo" / "había" in Spanish.

26/11/11

IRREGULAR VERBS

Irregular verbs

Algunos consejos para memorizar los verbos irregulares:

Tips for learning irregular verbs

17/2/11

LEMON TREE (SONG)

LEMON TREE (FOOL’S GARDEN)

LIMONERO

I'm (1) _________ here in the boring room.
It's just another rainy Sunday afternoon.
I'm wasting my (2)__________.
I got nothing to do.
I'm (3)____________ around.
I'm waiting for you.
But nothing ever happens
And I wonder.

I'm (4)______________ around in my car.
I'm (5)______________ too fast.
I'm (6)______________ too far.
I'd like to change my point of view.
I feel (7)_____ lonely.
I'm waiting for you.
But nothing ever happens
And I wonder.
[Chorus:] I wonder (8)_______.
I wonder (9)_______.
Yesterday you told me about the blue, blue sky.
And all that I can see
Is just a yellow lemon tree.
I'm turning my head up and (10)_________.
I'm turning, turning, turning,
Turning, turning around.
And all that I can see is just another lemon tree.

I'm (11)________________ here.
I miss the power.
I'd like to go out taking a (12)_____________.
But there's a heavy cloud inside my head.
I feel so tired.
Put myself into (13)__________.
Well, nothing ever happens
And I wonder.

Isolation is not good for me.
Isolation.
I don't want to sit on the lemon tree.

I'm stepping around in the desert of joy.
Baby, anyhow I'll get another toy.
And everything will happen and you wonder.

[Chorus]

And I wonder, wonder.
I wonder (14)________.
I wonder (15)________.
Yesterday you told me about the blue, blue sky.
And all that I can see,
And all that I can see,
And all that I can see
Is just a yellow lemon tree.

Estoy sentado aquí en la aburrida habitación.
Es otra lluviosa tarde de domingo.
Estoy desperdiciando mi tiempo.
No tengo nada que hacer.
Estoy holgazaneando.
Estoy esperándote.
Pero no sucede nada
Y me pregunto.
Estoy conduciendo en mi coche.
Conduzco demasiado rápido.
Conduzco demasiado lejos.
Quisiera cambiar mi punto de vista.
Me siento tan solo.
Estoy esperándote.
Pero no sucede nada
Y me pregunto.
[Estribillo:] Me pregunto cómo.
Me pregunto por qué.
Ayer me hablabas del cielo azul, azul.
Y todo lo que puedo ver
Es solamente un limonero amarillo.
Estoy girando mi cabeza arriba y abajo.
Estoy dando vueltas, vueltas, vueltas,
Vueltas, vueltas.
Y todo lo que puedo ver es solamente otro limonero.

Estoy sentado aquí.
Echo de menos la fuerza.
Me gustaría salir duchándome.
Pero hay una nube pesada dentro de mi cabeza.
Me siento tan cansado.
Me meto en la cama.
Bueno, no sucede nada
Y me pregunto.

El aislamiento no es bueno para mí.
El aislamiento.
No quiero sentarme en un limonero.

Estoy caminando por un desierto de alegría.
Cariño, de alguna manera conseguiré otro juguete.
Y todo sucederá y tú te preguntas.
[Estribillo]
Y me pregunto, me pregunto.
Me pregunto cómo.
Me pregunto por qué.
Ayer me hablabas del cielo azul, azul.
Y todo lo que yo puedo ver,
Y todo lo que puedo ver,
Y todo lo que puedo ver
Es solamente un limonero amarillo.

Answers:
Lemon Tree lyrics

15/11/10

FREQUENCY ADVERBS

Entre los adverbios de frecuencia encontraremos:

always (siempre)

usually (normalmente)

regularly (regularmente)

often (a menudo)

frequently (frecuentemente)

sometimes (a veces)

occasionally (ocasionalmente)

rarely (raramente)

seldom (rara vez)

hardly ever (casi nunca)

never (nunca)

Los adverbios de frecuencia se colocan:

delante de los verbos normales
detrás de los verbos auxiliares (to be, to have, to do)
detrás de los verbos modales

Lisa always goes to the cinema on Sundays (Lisa siempre va al cine los domingos)

She is always happy (Ella está siempre feliz)

David doesn’t usually smoke (David normalmente no fuma)

Does David usually smoke? (¿David fuma normalmente?)

They have never been to New York (Ellos nunca han estado en Nueva York)

I can never remember his name (Nunca puedo acordarme de su nombre)

PRACTISE
Exercise 1
Exercise 2

6/4/09

TO BE

We will begin with the verb 'to be'. It's an auxiliary verb, meaning that we will use it to form other verb forms:

(Empezaremos con el verbo 'to be'. Es un verbo auxiliar. Esto quiere decir que se usa para construir otros tiempos verbales)

FORMA AFIRMATIVA	FORMA NEGATIVA	FORMA INTERROGATIVA
I am (I'm)	I am not (I'm not)	am I?
soy, estoy	no soy, no estoy	¿soy yo?, ¿estoy yo?
you are (you're)	you are not (you're not)	are you?
eres, estás	no eres, no estás	¿eres tú?, ¿estás tú?
he is (he's)	he is not (he's not)	is he?
él es, está	él no es, no está	¿es él?, ¿está él?
we are (we're)	we are not (we're not)	are we?
somos, estamos	no somos, no estamos	¿somos?, ¿estamos?
you are (you're)	you are not (you're not)	are you?
sois, estáis	no sois, no estáis	¿sois?, ¿estáis?
they are (they're)	they are not (they're not)	are they?
ellos son, están	ellos no son, no están	¿son, están ellos?