ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY

We use the adverbs of frequency to express an habitual action or a fact in general. We put it between the pronoun and the main verb.

I hardly ever go to the beach

The most used adverbs of frequency are:

Always

Usually

Often

Sometimes

Hardly ever

Never

The adverbs of frequency comes after the verb to be

She is always happy

If the sentences is negative, the adverbs of frenquency comes after the auxiliary

I don´t usually drink beer

In sentences interrogatives:

Auxiliary+pronoun+adverb+verb+complement

Does he often practice baseball?

Do you always sit in the same place?

Is Luisa never going to stop talking?

Do you ever go hiking?

• Use hardly ever and never only in affirmative sentence

Example: She hardly ever work on sunday

He never go to the cinema

http://www.grammar.cl/Basic/Adverbs_Frequency.htm

http://www.clafoti.com/imagenes10/fre_adv_new.htm

http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/elementary/a_grammar/file03/grammar03_c01/

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PRESENT CONTINUOUS ( FUTURE ARRAGEMENTS

We too use the present continuous to talk about:

-PERSONAL ARRAGEMENTS

I am visiting my family next week

I am playing basketball tomorrow

-FIXED PLANS

We are having a party this saturday

My parents are leaving town this night

-PLACE HAS BEEN ARRAGED

We are meeting in the park tomorrow

She is meeting with Paul in the beach

-ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE AND THE TIME

They are getting married at 8:00 pm

I am arriving at 2:00 to house´s Paul

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=2306

http://esl.fis.edu/vocab/q21/doing1_r.htm

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

We form the present continuous used the verb to be and add ing to the base form the main verb.
For example: snow - snowing
rain -raining

We use the present continuous to talk:

-Actions happening now, at the moment of speaking
We use this tense with now, at present and at the moment:

She´s playing basketball now
He isn´t wrinting at the moment

-Most verb take ing after the base form of the main verb. Sleep- sleeping

-Verbs ending in a stressed vowel and a consonant double the consonant and take ing swim swimming

-Verbs ending in e disappear the e and take ing shine- shining

AFIRMATIVE FORM

Pronoun +verb to be + main verb +ing

I am sleeping

You are sleeping

He is sleeping
She is sleeping
It is sleeping

We are sleeping
You are sleeping
They are sleeping


NEGATIVE FORM

Pronoun+ negative form to be+ main verb +ing

contrations

I am not- (¨m not¨) sleeping
You are not (aren´t) sleeping

He is not - ( he isn´t) sleeping
She is not - ( she isn´t) sleeping
It is not -(it i sn´t) sleeping

We are not -(we aren´t) sleeping
You are not (you aren´t) sleeping
they are not -(they aren´t) sleeping

INTERROGATIVE FORM

Verb to be pronoun+ main verb +ing

SHORT ANSWERS

Am I sleeping ? -Yes, I am/ No, I am not

Are you sleeping ? - Yes, I am/ I am not


Is He sleeping?-Yes he is /no, he isn´t
Is She sleeping?- Yes she is/ No, she isn´t
It is sleeping? -Yes it is/ No, it isn´t


Are we sleeping ? Yes, we are/ No, we aren´t
Are you sleeping ? Yes, you are/ No, you aren´t
Are they sleeping?yes , they are/No, they aren´t

http://www.clafoti.com/imagenes/present_continuous.htm

http://www.isabelperez.com/happy/tenses/present_cont.htm

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=3438

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE WITH FOR AND SINCE

-You can use this tense when you want speak about actions which started in the past and continue now.

-To form this tense you have to use the auxiliary have and has for third people more the verb in past participle.

Example:

• I have had this gloves since last year


• I have lived in Bogota for ten years
  
• Since last summer She hasn't been her family


• For ten months I have been nurse in the hospital Simon Bolivar

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/upperf1.htm

http://www.eclecticenglish.com/grammar/PresentPerfect1D.html

COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

Rules for forming comparatives and superlatives:

1.The comparative and superlative of adjectives of one syllable is formed by adding ER and EST , in the end of adjective. Example:

Positive Comparatives Superlatives.
Cold Colder Coldest.
Long Longer Longest.
Short Shorter Shortest.

2.The adjectives that end with a vowel, followed by a consonant, the consonant is doubled, and add er or est. Exe:

Hot Hotter Hottest.
Big Bigger Biggest.
Tall Taller The tallest.

3. The adjectives of two-syllable ending in y, change the y to i and add ed or est the end. Example:
Easy easier easiest.
Happy happier happiest.
Crazy crazier craziest.

4.The adjectives of two or more syllables, the comparative and superlative forms with more and most. Except adjectives of two or more syllables, the comparative and superlative forms with more and most. Except those thst end in Y.

Expensive more expensive the most expensive.
Modern more modern the most modern.
Beautiful more beautiful the most beautiful.

5. The irregular adjectives completely change your writing. Exemple.

God better best.
Bad worse worst
Far farther further farthest furthest.
Many much more most.
Little less least.

6. Comparative of Equality: The adjective is formed “ interpose” between the construction as…….as, ( tan, como), for affirmative and interrogative sentences and not as …..as for negative sentences.
Example:

He is as strong as you.
I'm as young as you
I am as young as you?
I'm not as young as you.
We can use after the second “ as” the pronoun ( he,his, she,her). Exemple:
He is as intelligent as her.



http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/regcom.htm

http://http//web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/regcom1.htm

SHOULD

Is a modal verb, we use it whit other verbs to give advice.

Afirmative form:

We use should with everyone without changing its form.

Subject + modal verb + verb infinitive without to

Example:

he should work harder.
You should tell Miss Gómez the Truth.
They should leave as soon as possible.
She should be doing her homework.
Pedro should exercise more.

Negative form:

We use should with everyone without changing its form.

Subject + modal verb + not (shouldn’t) + verb infinitive.

Example:

You should not say that.

You cau use the contration the should not = shouldn´t. example:

We should not arrive late. = We shouldn't arrive late.
Carolina should not be working. = Carolina shouldn't be working.
It should not take long. = It shouldn't take long.

Interrogative form:

Should + subject + verb infinitive without to.

Example:

Should I study this chapter for the exam?.
Should I write Alvaro a letter?
Should we worry?

SHOULD + HAVE:

To talk about the past we used should add have.

Example:


You should have told me you were going to arrive late.
Graciela should have consulted me.
I shouldn't have eaten so much.
Camilo y Daniel should have waited for you.

http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/should/exercise1.swf

CAN

The verb " can" is a modal verb that means something is possible (possibility) or that someone can do something (skill or ability).
This verb is always used together with a main verb in its infinitive form.
Modal verbs in the third person singular does not add the "s" added to other verbs in english.

AFIRMATIVE FORM:

Estructure:

Subject + modal verb + verb infinitive wiythout to.

Example:

I can play tennis.
He can open the window.

NEGATIVE FORM:

Subject + modal verb + not ( can´t) + verb infinitive.


Example:

I can't go to the party.
We can not smoke in the university.


INTERROGATIVE FORM:

Can + subject + verb infinitive without to

Example:

Can you come with us?.
Can she finish the task of English?.

http://www.englishpage.com/modals/can.html