Adverbs

An Adverb modifies a verb, an adjective or another adverb. It indicates how, where, when, why or under what condiitions something happens.

When to use adverbs

We use adverbs to give more information about the verb.
We use adverbials of manner to say how something happens or how something is done:

                         The children were playing happily.
                         He was driving as fast as possible.

We use adverbials of place to say where something happens:

                         I saw him there.
                         We met in London.

We use adverbials of time to say when or how often something happens:

                        They start work at six thirty.
                        They usually go to work by bus.

We use adverbials of probability to show how certain we are about something.
                        Perhaps the weather will be fine. 
                        He is certainly coming to the party.

EXERCISES

 Adverbs of frecuency 1

Adverbs of frecuency 2

VIDEOS

 

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Days of the week; the months and telling the time

VIDEOS:

Tell the time in English:

Days of the week:

Macarena song for learning the months. Try to sing!

EXERCISES

Days of the week
The time: What time is it?
The months

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Here you can watch a very good example of British humour:

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Present simple

The present tense is the base form of the verb: I work in Madrid.
But the third person (she/he/it) adds an -s: She works in London.

Use

We use the present tense to talk about:

• something that is true in the present:

I’m seventeen years old.
He lives in Madrid.
I’m a doctor..

• something that happens again and again in the present:

I play tennis every weekend.

• something that is always true:

The adult human body contains 206 bones.
Light travels at almost 300,000 kilometres per second.

•   something that is fixed in the future.

The school term starts next week.
The train leaves at 21:45 this evening.
We fly to London next week.

 Questions and negatives

Look at these questions:

Do you play the violin?
Where do you live?
Does Jack play cricket?
Where does she come from?
Do Rita and Angela live in Manchester?
Where do they work?

• With the present tense, we use do and does to make questions. We use does for the third person (she/he/it) and we use do for the others.

We use do and does with question words like where, what and why: But look at these questions with who:

Who lives in Manchester?
Who plays chess at the weekend?
Who works at Glasgow City Hospital?

Look at these sentences:

I like tennis, but I don’t like rugby. (don’t = do not)
I don’t live in Paris now.
I don’t play the guitar, but I play the drums.
They don’t work at the weekend.
John doesn’t live in Hong Kong. (doesn’t = does not)
Tommy doesn’t drive to work. He goes by bus.

• With the present tense we use do and does to make negatives. We use does not (doesn’t) for the third person (she/he/it) and we use do not (don’t) for the others.

EXERCISES

Present simple 1
Present simple 2
Present simple 3
Present simple 4

VIDEO

 

 

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Shopping for clothes

VIDEO
- Clothes for men and women.
- When you go shopping for clothes you need to know your size,
- Would you like to try it on?
- Prices.
- What size do you take?

Now watch this video to learn and practise!

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sustantivos contables incontables. Inglés A1

Good morning!
Aquí os algunos ejercicios para practicar con sustantivos contables e incontables. Como veréis hay algunas diferencias respecto al español.

Un saludo,

Paula

Escribe el articulo a / an cuando sea necesario

Bottle of milk 'a' bottle of milk ('bottle' es contable)

Rain is good for the grass            ('rain' es incontable)

1. Bob drinks_______________ beer.

 2. Does Jack like ___________________meat?

3. I have ____________________old car.

4. ­­­________________bread isn't expensive.

5. Do you want ____________________cup of tea?

6. My husband never drinks ____________________alcohol.

7. Australia is _____________________island.

8. I want to buy _________________________new car

9. I need _____________________glass of water

10. Can I have_________________________ bar of chocolate?

 Elige ‘a’, ‘an’, ‘the’ o nada para completar las oraciones.

1- There is _____ carrot.

2- Here are _____ onions.

3- Bring me _____ bread.

4- There is  _____ apple in the fridge.

5- _____ oranges come from trees.

6- _____ milk is white.

¿Son estos nombres contables (c) o incontables (u)?

1. water ____________

2. fruit ____________

3. coconut ____________

4. bread ____________

5. DVD ____________

6. meat ____________

7. ball ____________

8. snack ____________

9. glasses ____________

10. pen ____________

11. milk ____________

12. chair ____________

13. gasoline ____________

14. table ____________

15. cream ____________

16. money ____________

17. oil ____________

18. insect ____________

19. sofa ____________

20. yogurt ____________

21. school ____________

22. bus ____________

23. food ____________

24. chocolate ____________

25. ship ____________

¿`a´ o `an´ ? (Nombres contables)

1. ____________ uncle
2. ____________ hour
3. ____________ bus
4. ____________ dress
5. ____________ oven
6. ____________ beach
7. ____________ teacher
8. ____________ insect
9. ____________ taxi
10. ____________umbrella
11. ____________player
12. ____________eye
13. ____________castle
14. ____________artist
15. ____________river
16. ____________tent
17. ____________doctor
18. ____________exercise
19. ____________lady
20. ____________house
21. ____________envelope
22. ____________taxi
23. ____________idea
24. ____________computer
25. ____________chair

`a / an´, `some´ y `any´

1. Lisa´s got a / an towel.
2. Ana´s got a / some rucksack.
3. Lucía’s got an / some insect repellent.
4. Javi hasn´t got some / any sunglasses.
5. Antonio´s got a / some swimming costume.
6. Ignacio hasn´t got any / some sandwiches.
7. Angeles has got an / a apple.
8. There aren´t any / some cafés in the city.
9. I haven´t got any / some money.
10. Have you got some / any sun cream?
11. We´ve got some / any sandwiches.
12. We need a / an torch for our camping trip.
13. There isn´t some / any litter on the beach.
14. I´m going to buy any / an ice cream.
15. Can I have some / a strawberries?
16. You can have this cereal with some / a milk.
17. I´ve got any / some fruit.
18. There isn´t some / an elephant.
19. There aren´t some / any sharks.
20. Are there some / any plants?
21. Is there a / an tree?
22. Is there some / any cheese in the fridge?
23. There is a / some water in the fridge?
24. The supermarket´s got some / a strawberries.
25. I´ve got a / some soup in the fridge.

`a / an´, `some´ y `any´

1. There isn´t _________ electricity at the campsite.
2. There aren´t _________ sunglasses in the shop.
3. I´ve got _________ apple in my bag.
4. There are _________ sandwiches.
5. I´ll buy _________ bottle of water at the beach.
6. I haven´t got _________ radios in my room.
7. Is there _________ internet café in your town?
8. There aren´t _________ computers in my classroom.
9. Have you got _________ brothers and sisters?
10. My teacher´s got _________ new car.
11. There´s _________ water in the bottle.
12. I´m going to buy _________ chips.
13. There is _________ camera.
14. She´s got _________ pear.
15. You can have _________ potatoes.
16. Have you got _________ lemons?
17. I´ve got _________ cherries.
18. We need _________ water.
19. We´ve got _________ bread.
20. We don´t need _________ strawberries.
21. Have we got _________ cheese?
22. Have you got _________ apple?
23. We need _________ banana.
24. I´ve got _________ orange juice.
25. They haven´t got _________ hamburgers.

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