English 2A

REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS We often use reflexive pronouns when the subject and the object of the verb refer to the same person or thing: He  cut  himself  on the broken glass. She  made  herself  a cup of tea and sat down in front of the television. Parents  often blame  themselves  for the way their children behave. We use a reflexive pronoun to make it clear who or what is being referred to. We can use reflexive pronouns for emphasis: The director of the company wrote to us  himself  to apologise for the dreadful service.  (or  The director of the company   himself   wrote to us to apologise for the dreadful service .) We don’t use reflexive pronouns on their own as the subject of a clause, but we can use them with a noun or pronoun to emphasise the subject: Parents and teachers always pass on to children what  they themselves have been told, and this has been going on for hundre...

COMPARATIVES AS…….AS   We use as + adjective­-adverb+ as to make comparisions when the things we are comparing are equal in some way. Usamos as+ adjetivo- adverbio + as hacer comparaciones cuando las cosas que estamos comparando son iguales de alguna manera. ·          The worlds biggest bull is as big as a small elephant. ·          The weather this summer is as bad as last year. It hasn’t stopped rainig for weeks. See also: Comparison: adjectives ( bigger, biggest, more interesting)   NOT AS……. AS 1.- we use not as… as to make comparisons between things which aren’t equal: ·          Its not as heavy as I thought it would be, actually. ·          Rory hasn’t grown as tall as tommy yet. ·          She’s not singing as loudly as she can. ·   ...

El "simple past" se utiliza para hablar de una  acción que concluyó  en un tiempo  anterior al actual . La duración no es relevante. El tiempo en que se sitúa la acción puede ser el pasado reciente o un pasado lejano. CONJUGACIÓN La conjugación de un verbo en  past simple  es la misma para todas las personas. Los verbos regulares forman el pasado añadiendo  -ed  al infinitivo. Sin embargo, algunos verbos son irregulares. Las oraciones negativas e interrogativas se forman con el verbo auxiliar do, que en pasado toma la forma  did . En estos casos, el verbo principal se mantiene en infinitivo, siendo el verbo auxiliar  did  el único que se conjuga en pasado. afirmativa negativa interrogativa verbo regular I play ed I  did  not play Did  I play? verbo irregular I  spoke I  did  not speak Did   I speak? El  simple  past   se emplea en inglés para expres...