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REVIEW OF PAST TENSES

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Simple Present Affirmative She drinks. Negative She does not drink. Interrogative Does she drink? Form I, you we they play | he, she, it play s Uses action in the present taking place once, never or several times facts actions taking place one after another action set by a timetable or schedule Present Progressive Affirmative He is reading. Negative He is not reading. Interrogative Is he reading? Form To be (in the simple present) + verb + ing Uses action taking place at the moment of speaking action arranged for the future Simple Past Affirmative I cried. Negative I did not cry Interrogative Did I cry? Form Regular verbs: Verb + ed | Irregular verbs: forms differ and should be learned by heart. This is a list of  irregular verbs Uses action in the past taking place once, never or several times actions taking place one after another Past Progressive Affirmative He was driving. Negative He was not driving. Interrogative Was he driving? Form t

WOULD, USED TO, BE+ALWAYS+-ING

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Used to – Woul d (always) Principio del formulario Used to + verb describes a past situation that is no longer true I used to go scuba diving. It is best to avoid using ‘used to’ in negative forms or questions although some native speakers do this in informal situations. It is better to use the Past Simple in those situations. 1 A past habit 'Used to' describes something was an old habit that stopped in the past. It shows that there was repetition in the past but it probably doesn’t occur now. My dad used to do Aikido. We used to go skiing every winter. I used to love sushi but I seem to have gone off it now. 2 Facts and generalisations in the past 'Used to' can also describe past facts or generalisations that are no longer true. Danny used to live in England. Most people in the south of the country used to be farmers. Fred used to have a stressful job. Tess used to be fat. Now she has a great figure. Used to – Past Simple 'Used to

SEPARABLE AND NON-SEPARABLE PHRASAL VERBS

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Cuando utilizamos los verbos compuestos (' multi-word verbs ') muchas veces tenemos que decidir si son separables o no. Vamos a ver un ejemplo para que entiendan esta idea. He  put on  the jacket.                  He  put  the jacket  on . PHRASAL VERB : Los  phrasal verbs  pueden separarse en muchos casos. Podemos separar los verbos que son  transitivos  (llevan un objeto directo). Se  puso  la chaqueta. He put the jacket on.    =    He put on the jacket. Debes recordar, sin embargo, que si en lugar de un sustantivo utilizamos un pronombre personal (I, you, he, she, we ...) siempre debe  ir separado . Se la  puso  (la chaqueta). He put it on.   ( NOT:   He put on it ) Por otro lado, si el verbo es  intransitivo  (no lleva objeto) el  phrasal verb  es inseparable. El ordenador  se rompió . The computer broke down. PREPOSITIONAL VERBS : Los verbos preposicionales son siempre inseparables, es decir, la preposición siempre acom