jueves, 22 de septiembre de 2016

Comparative adjectives

Short adjectives
Adjective + -er

Texting is quicker and easier than calling
It's nicer to get a real card than an e-card

Long adjectives
more + adjective
less   + adjective

Real cards are more personal than e-cards
Video conferences are less expensive than trips


Irregular adejctives
good = better
bad   =  worse

Video calls are better than phone calls
Nothing is worse than spam in your inbox

Practice here  1 2 3 4 5

More, less, fewer

With countable nouns

I get more calls than you (do)
You get fewer calls than I do

Resultado de imagen para llamadas

With uncountable nouns

I spend more time on the phone
You spend less time on the phone

Resultado de imagen para llamadas

With verbs

She talks more than he does
He talks less than she does

Resultado de imagen para dos personas hablando por telefono animadas

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Describing people; have got

Do Hayley and heather look alike?
No, they look totally different

What does Hayley look like?
She's tall and thin

Who does she look like?
She looks like her father

How tall is her father?
He's six (foot) seven
He´s over two meters tall

What color is Hayley's hair?
It's blond

What color are Hayley's eyes?
They're blue.


Have got= have

Does she have curly hair?
No, she's got straight hair.

Who's got curly hair?
I do. I've got curly hair

Who's got = Who has got
I've got     = I have got
He's got    = He has got


Who is?

 Resultado de imagen para hombre pantalones amarillosWho's the tall man in the striped shirt? In te yellow pants? That's Jimmy.


Resultado de imagen para hombre calvo y musculosoWho's the guy with the shaved head? The muscular one? That's Alex

Resultado de imagen para mujer cabello chino y blusa verdeWho's the woman with the black curly hair? The one in the green
blouse? That's Rosa


Use preopositions...
in ------ clothes
with---- physical apperance
by------- location

Example...

Who's yout brother?
He's the one by the table
                     with long hair
                     in the black shirt


Features

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I'll drive






You can use All right or OK when you agree to something.

Jobs




"My neighbor is a firefighter. Sehe loves her job"
"My cousin may become a veterinian at an animal hospital"

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Practice here and here

Looking ahead

FUTURE WITH WILL, MAY, AND MIGHT

You can use will to give facts or predictions about the future.
Examples:
I'II be 65 in June
It'll be expenseive to travel around Europe.
The baby will keep us busy.
It won't be easy to find a job

I'll = I will    won't = will not

To show you are not 100% sure about the future, you can use may and might
I may go on for master´s degree.
I might not be able to afford it.

You can also use will with expressions like I guess,
I think, maybe, and probably.

We'll probably take some tome off from work
Maybe we'll move to Arizona

Practice here