Sunday, May 5, 2019

primero 05 mayo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePfmgMTgXl8

FUNCTIONS OF THE PASSIVE VOICE

The passive voice is used to show interest in the person or object that experiences an action rather than the person or object that performs the action. In other words, the most important thing or person becomes the subject of the sentence.
EXAMPLES
  • The passive voice is used frequently. (= we are interested in the passive voice, not in who uses it.)
  • The house was built in 1654. (= we are interested in the house, not in who built it.)
  • The road is being repaired. (= we are interested in the road, not in the people who are doing the repairs.)
Sometimes we use the passive voice because we don't know or do not want to express who performed the action.
EXAMPLES
  • I noticed that a window had been left open.
  • Every year thousands of people are killed on our roads.
  • All the cookies have been eaten.
  • My car has been stolen!
The passive voice is often used in formal texts. Switching to the active voice will make your writing clearer and easier to read.
PassiveActive
A great deal of meaning is conveyed by a few well-chosen words.A few well-chosen words convey a great deal of meaning.
Our planet is wrapped in a mass of gases.A mass of gases wrap around our planet.
Waste materials are disposed of in a variety of ways.The city disposes of waste materials in a variety of ways.
If we want to say who or what performs the action while using the passive voice, we use the preposition by. When we know who performed the action and are interested in him, it is always better to switch to the active voice instead.
PassiveActive
"A Hard Day's Night" was written by the Beatles.The Beatles wrote "A Hard Day's Night".
The movie ET was directed by Spielberg.Spielberg directed the movie ET.
This house was built by my father.My father built this house.
Read more about the passive voice and active equivalents for all English verb tenses.

FORMING THE PASSIVE VOICE

The passive voice in English is composed of two elements:
the appropriate form of the verb 'to be' + past participle
AffirmativeNegativeInterrogativeNegative Interrogative
The house was built in 1899.The house wasn't built in 1899.Was the house built in 1899?Wasn't the house built in 1899?
These houses were built in 1899.These houses weren't built in 1899.Were these houses built in 1899?Weren't these houses built in 1899?
TO CLEAN, PASSIVE VOICE
Subject+ to be (conjugated)+ past participle+ rest of sentence
Simple present
The houseiscleanedevery day.
Present continuous
The houseis beingcleanedat the moment.
Simple past
The housewascleanedyesterday.
Past continuous
The housewas beingcleanedlast week.
Present perfect
The househas beencleanedsince you left.
Past perfect
The househad beencleanedbefore they arrived.
Future
The housewill becleanednext week.
Future continuous
The housewill be beingcleanedtomorrow.
Present conditional
The housewould becleanedif they had visitors.
Past conditional
The housewould have beencleanedif it had been dirty.
Inifinitive
The housemust becleanedbefore we arrive.
PASSIVE VOICE WITH INFINITIVES
The infinitive passive voice is used after modal verbs and other most verbs normally followed by an infinitive.
EXAMPLES
  • You have to be tested on your English grammar.
  • John might be promoted next year.
  • She wants to be invited to the party.
  • expect to be surprised on my birthday.
  • You may be disappointed.

decimo 05 mayo

Nouns ending in -er, -or, and -ar

Nouns ending in -er

This ending is the most common. It's usually added to verbs to make nouns with the meaning ‘a person or thing that does something’, for example: builder, farmer, sprinkler, or beeper.
The -er ending can also be used to form nouns meaning:
  • ‘a person or thing that has a particular quality or form’, for example:double-decker, two-wheeler, skyscraper
  • ‘a person belonging to a particular place or group’, e.g. foreigner, prisoner
  • ‘a person concerned with a particular thing', e.g. jeweller, lawyer, treasurer, mariner

Nouns ending in -or

Like -er, the ending -or is added to verbs to make nouns meaning ‘a person or thing that does something’, e.g. investigator, decorator, escalator, ventilator.
There are no hard and fast rules as to when these nouns have an -orending and when they are written -er, but what we can say is that there are fewer such words ending in -or! Here's a list of some of the most important:
accelerator
councillor
investigator
projector
actor
counsellor
investor
protector
administrator
decorator
legislator
radiator
auditor
dictator
mediator
refrigerator
calculator
director
narrator
sailor
collector
editor
navigator
spectator
commentator
educator
objector
supervisor
competitor
elevator
operator
surveyor
conductor
escalator
oppressor
survivor
conqueror
governor
orator
translator
conspirator
indicator
perpetrator
vendor
constructor
inspector
processor
ventilator
contractor
inventor
professor
visitor
There's a smaller group of nouns ending in -or that don't come from verbs:
ambassador
chancellor
janitor
solicitor
ancestor
creditor
major
sponsor
author
debtor
mayor
successor
aviator
doctor
pastor
suitor
bachelor
emperor
predecessor
tailor
benefactor
equator
proprietor
tenor
captor
impostor
rector
tractor
censor
jailor
senator
victor
Some nouns can be spelled with either an -er or an -or ending, for example adviser/advisor, propeller/propellor, and converter/convertor. Always check in a dictionary if you aren't sure.

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NOVENO 05 MAYO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3FdGPehN-E

check the video and the exercise
https://www.montsemorales.com/gramatica/Pastsimplebeneg.htm

OCTAVO 05 MAYO

CHECK THE VOCABULARY
There Is vs. There Are: How to Choose image
PLACES IN THE CITY


Buildings vocabulary

School - Places in town
school
Post office - Places in town
post office
Hospital - Places in town
hospital
Bank - Places in town
bank
Estación de bomberos - Lugares de la ciudad
fire station
Supermarket - Places in town
supermarket
department store
restaurant
hotel
museum

airport

to travel by plane you need to go to the airport.

bakery

this is where you can buy bread and cakes.

bank

this is the place where you deposit, withdraw money or cash a check.

bar

where drinks, especially alcoholic drinks, and sometimes food, are served.

bookstore / book shop

you can buy books and magazines here.

bus station

to travel by bus you go to the bus station.

butcher's

where you buy meat.

café

this is where you can buy a cup of coffee.

church

A religious place of Christian worship

court

where a judge works and where they have trials and law cases.

department store

a large shop divided into departments selling a great many kinds of goods such as clothes, household appliances etc

cinema / movies

where you can see movies.

service station

where motor vehicles are refueled with gas or petrol, serviced, and sometimes repaired. It is also called filling stationgas station.

gym

place where you can do exercises to keep fit (gymnasium.)