ENGLISH CONSTRUCTION

By; Vivian Chitiva

ORGANIZE BETTER THE IDEAS OF THE LANGUAGE

ORGANIZE PROPERLY YOUR SENTENCES

• Spanish is flexible and English is rigid.
• Subject is always before the verb (+ and - sentences).
• There’s no tacit subject.

GOLDEN RULES

studystudystudiesstudystudystudy

IMPOSSIBLE!

estudioestudiasestudiaestudiamosestudiáisestudianestudiás

POSSIBLE!

Present: Subject + verb ( he, she it : additional S/ es/)

SELECT THE PROPER TENSE OF YOUR IDEAS

Past

• Subject + verb in past ( Regular / irregular)
• Didn't
• Juan went to the principal square downtown,

but he didn't stay long because the place was very crowded.

Present:

• Subject + verb ( he, she it : additional s - es) Have = Has.
• Don't / Doesn't
• We live in Bogota, but Camilo doesn't live in the same city, he lives in Pereira.

WE USE THE VERB TO BE TO TALK ABOUT :

• PERSONAL INFORMATION /
• DESCRIPTION/
• LOCATION. ETC.

TO BE

THE VERB TO BE IS DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER VERBS

ThE OTHER VERBS REFER TO ACTIONS

• Ing
• Be Going to
• Will

FUTURE TENSES

We use the present continuous to talk about future that is going to happen very, very soon.

• I am finishing my reading tonight.
• I am working tomorrow at home.

FUTURE: Present Continuos

1. Near Future
2. Plan

FUTURE: Be going to

PREDICTIONS

WILL

SENTENCE 2

SENTENCE 1

Jairo had good results because he practiced 5 hours everyday.

SENTENCE 2

SENTENCE 1

COMPOUND SENTENCES

TRANSITION EXPRESSIONS

CONNECTORS

QUANTIFIER

THE FOLLOWING WORDS ARE SINGULAR:

• Behaviour. Scenary.
• Health. Advice.
• Politics. Research.
• Progress. Furniture.
• Traffic. Bread.
• Weather. Information.
• Work. Luck.
• Athletics Crew.

ONLY SINGULAR - WORDS

Thanks for your attention!