martes, 24 de mayo de 2016


USED TO


We use the phrase  "used to" to talk about habitual actions from the past, but no longer happens.


STRUCTURE

Subject + used to + infinite verb + complement 

EXAMPLE:


I used to eat a lot of lollipops when i was a kid.

I used to swim in the red sea when i was 8 years old.















ADJECTIVES


An adjective is a descriptive word that modifies a noun or a pronoun. Adjectives are used for describing, identifying, or quantifying words. An adjectives usually precedes the  noun or the pronoun which it modifies.

Example:

Winter has horrible cold days.

Mexico has beatiful and diverse landscapes

lunes, 23 de mayo de 2016


COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES

COMPARATIVES HELP US TO COMPARE TWO THINGS



COMPARATIVE RULES


A) one syllable adjetives generally from its comaprative by adding -er to the adjective: e.g. soft - soft er , cheap - cheaper, sweet - sweeter.


B) if one syllable is followed by a single consonant - vowel - consonant, the last consonant is doubled: e.g. hot - hotter, thin - thinner, big - bigger.


C) if the adjetive ends in e, simply add r, e.g. nice - nicer, wide - wider.


D) if one or two adjective ends whit a y, replace the -y by -i, when adding er. e.g.


E) two syllable adjectives ending whith -ed, -ing, -ful, or less, forms its comparative by adding more + adjective e.g. tired - more tired,  helpful - more helpful, useless - more useless, boring - more boring.


F) irregular adjectives are: good - better, bad - worse, far - father/futher.


G) adjectives that have more than three of four syllables always form the adjrctive with more e.g. dangerous - more dangerous, intelligent - more intellingent.