martes, 16 de octubre de 2007

Grammar

GRAMMAR

Question Tags:

Are use to check information
Can be affirmative or negative
It alone to continue to the conversation

Example
read the dialogues. What words go in the gap?
1. Mr Charming: What a beautiful dress! haven´t i seen you before? you work in fashion, __Don´t__ you? Woman: yes, i __Do__. We meet at a fashion show.
2. Mr Charming: I´ve read all your books. You´ve just written a new, one, ___Haven´t_ you? Man: Yes. i _Have__. It´s about a film star.
3. Mr Charming: i love lobster! the food is delicious here. __isn´t_ it? Woman: Yes it _is__. But i prefer caviar.
4. Mr Charming: You´re Sarah, _aren´t__ you? No, you´re Judy! Anyway, can i get you a drink? Sarah: i´m sarah! Judy: And i´d love a drink!
5. Mr Charming: You were at the last party here, __Weren´t_ you? Would you like something to eat Dog: Woof woof! Mr Charming: Yes you __Would_!


First Conditional with If:

Are use to talk about a real possibilities in the future

First Conditional with When:

Are use to show the situation is 100% certain.

First Conditional with As soon as:

Are use to emphasise that an event happiness immediately.

Example

Dear Charlie!

How are you? Time ago that I didn’t writing; I hope that you are ok, I’m so good, I’m study medicine in second semester and I have to study so much but is very interesting, last month I studied anatomy, oh my god is very largest to memorize 500 or more parts of your body, but fortunately I already left of that modulate, now I’m in neurology modulate, people said that is easy in comparison to anatomy but I don’t know, I hope that, maybe tomorrow we’ll star with brain anatomy, if it is true I will study this week ´cause the brain is compound for 3 cerebral vesicles and 6 sub cerebral vesicles (this topic is very difficult in my opinion), I need a new plan to study, when I’m at collage tomorrow I will study in the free time ´cause I have class every day and sometimes I have 2 or 3 free hours.

On the other hand, do you remember Stella? Of course jaja, she brake up with her boyfriend, I will tell her as soon as I see him with another girl but she never believed me, Martha was married with Pablo Duque is a boss of Microsoft, I think that if she didn’t married her family lose the house.

In this summer when I’m in Spain I will visit you, promises

See you!!

Have to:

Is often use for rules/ regulations

Most:

Is a prohibited/ not allowed

Should:

Is a recommendation


Example

Rules to raise a good son

All parents have a common dream, have a soon, but sometimes the have mistakes

The child have to sleep before at 8:00 pm
The child most to take the medicine without protesting
The child should be taught to pray before sleeping

Catch me if you can

The writing on the book is about to the movie “Catch me if you can”, the topic sentence is given to know a little summary about this movie and his main character Leonardo DiCaprio.

The topics that the author proposed in the article are: Who are Frank Abagnale, Childhood and tricks, Frank today, wanted all over the world, The FBI´s opinion of Frank.

The article describing Frank who a tricked and cheated men, who all life’s created lies and stole people, the author start to describe how are frank lives, and mentions his parents problems and for this reason the history is began; also his writing the numbers of franks stole and the characters that hi said are.

The article are writing with a good grammatical structure but is necessary more depth because the topics who proposed the author are incomplete, for another hand the author never writing about who was the produce and director of this movie “Steven Spielberg” and who are he? , why he writing that “it was inspired by the true life story of Abagnale; however the movie diverges somewhat from the real events as reported in Abagnale book on his exploits.The film was a critical and commercial success and is well regarded for John Williams' score and its unique title sequence”. The author never mention the inversion of this movie and the publish opinion before and after seen the movie.

Vocabulary:

Lawyer : One who practices law

Tricked: people who cunning action taken to cheat or deceive, or to surprise and annoy.

Cheated: people who deceive.

Shopkeeper: one who keeps a shop of his own

Managed: to control to be in charge of to deal with tactfully

Advises: To recommended