grammar

Demostrativos

Demostrativos

"Cuando se trata de hablar de la distancia a la que uno se encuentra de objetos, cosas u otras personas, es necesario dominar el concepto gramatical de los demostrativos. Describir la distancia física de algo o alguien a otro es un aspecto clave de los demostrativos. Dependiendo de si el hablante está cerca o lejos del otro objeto, persona, lugar o cosa, el demostrativo cambiará para reflejar ese cambio de cercanía".

More Fun with Modals

More Fun with Modals

We have already covered the modals of ability and permission so now this article will concentrate on those modals that deal with making suggestions, having obligations, seeking advice, going through with a decision, and getting an invitation. The modal verbs of must, shall, should, will, would are going to be highlighted in this article in terms of when to use them in sentences and how those sentences are to be structured.

Introducción a los modales

Introducción a los modales

Los verbos modales actúan como verbos auxiliares en una frase normal y pueden expresar diferentes ideas. Por ejemplo, expresan la capacidad, la posibilidad y, a veces, la necesidad. Los verbos modales suelen tener más de un significado y pueden significar varias cosas. Una forma simple de un verbo siempre sigue a un verbo modal también en una frase normal.

Pronombres personales

Pronombres personales

Cuando empiezas a aprender la lengua inglesa y, en concreto, la gramática inglesa, es muy importante que seas capaz de dirigirte a la gente, ya sea un hombre, una mujer o un grupo colectivo de personas. No podrás llegar a ser personal con la gente a menos que entiendas y conozcas los pronombres personales.

Prepositions of Place

Prepositions of Place

The thing to keep in mind when reading this article is to focus mainly on the examples listed below to see how, when, and why these preposition words such as ‘at, on, and in’ are used. There are different reasons that are given when it comes to each of the ‘preposition of place’ words and how they end up being used in a sentence. Later on, I will highlight the ‘prepositions of time’ and how they are utilized when compared to the ‘prepositions of place.’

Second and Third Conditionals

Second and Third Conditionals

In order to fully understand conditionals, we need to know every type of conditional, and when and why do we use them in sentences. If you’re struggling with the second and third conditionals, it’s important to learn how to form either conditional in terms of its’ structure, and then learn how to use the conditionals by following the examples that I will be creating for you.

Zero and First Conditionals

Zero and First Conditionals

The ‘zero’ conditional is formed when it comes to discussing general truths and things that can happen under certain circumstances. It’s important to know how to form the ‘zero’ conditional, and how to create sentences using it.

The second type of conditional to study is the ‘first’ conditional and is used for discussing possibilities that can occur in the present or in the future.

Idioms

Idioms

The most important thing to understand about the idiom is that you are not supposed to take them literally but you are still supposed to take them seriously. There’s a deeper, implied meaning beyond any idiom regardless of the language it’s spoken in. This is especially the case in the English language where there are hundreds, if not thousands of idioms that can be used for any matter or circumstance.

Imperatives

Imperatives

Some of the reasons for using the imperative include when you want to tell somebody else to do something, giving them advice, making suggestions, creating requests, enforcing commands, or handing out orders and/or instructions. This means that you can tell people do things or to not do things and you are usually not referring to anyone in particular when you give out these imperatives.

Definite and Indefinite Articles

Definite and Indefinite Articles

When it comes to using ‘definite and indefinite articles’, this grammar concept in English is a lot easier to use and master when compared to other languages such as French, German, and Spanish. There are only four examples of definite and indefinite articles in the English language so it is pretty easy to remember them all. Most other languages tend to have more than ten unique articles, definite and indefinite, compared to the four that are commonly used in English.