Secundaria General Mante Tercer Grado

Guía de estudio Inglés III I Bimestre

1    Teacher: SergioMiguel García Aguilar

     

A) PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE/CONTINUOUS

Tense Structure Examples Use

Present Perfect Simple

Subject + “have/has” + past participle (pp)

• I have lived in many cities.

• She has gone to U.S.A. several times.

1. An experience in someone’s life, without saying the exact time when the event occurred.

2. Recent events, which have a result in the present.

3. Actions or situations that began in the past but continue in the present.

4. Actions that finished very recently.

Present Perfect Continuous

Subject + “have/has” + “been” + -ing

• I’ve been studying in this school for almost two years.

• She’s been trying to learn English.

1. Emphasize the process and duration of an action.

2. When an action is TOO SHORT, we CAN’T use the continuous form.

3. Emphasize that an action finished very recently or incomplete.

NOTE: Some verbs are NOT usually in the present continuous form because they describe states, not actions:

1. Have (=possess) 2. Need 3. Love 4. Hate 5. Want 6. Prefer 7. Believe

8. Know 9. Understand 10. Think (=have an opinion) 11. Mean 12. Hear 13. See 14. Seem

B) GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES

Gerund Infinitive • As the subject of a sentence. • After prepositions. • After verbs of liking/disliking. • With “go” to talk about physical activities.

• To explain why somebody is doing something. • Immediately after adjectives.

1. Like 2. Love 3. Enjoy 4. Can’t stand 5. Don’t mind 6. Hate 7. Go (physical activities) 8. Admit 9. Avoid 10. Consider 11. Involve 12. Risk 13. Suggest

1. Too 2. Enough 3. The first 4. The last 5. Want 6. Learn 7. Agree 8. Decide 9. Expect 10. Hope 11. Seem 12. Try 13. Would like 14. Appear 15. Arrange 16. Ask 17. Attempt 18. Encourage 19. Force 20. Manage 21. Help 22. Need 23. Promise

• Studying is hard but interesting. • I’m interested in studying history. • I love watching movies online. • I avoid eating candies.

• Why is he working out? To lose some weight. • It’s a good idea to do some extra research. • Sometimes it’s not enough to read in class. • She would like to study Medicine.

For more information, visit: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/gerunds.htm

Secundaria General Mante Tercer Grado

Guía de estudio Inglés III I Bimestre

2    Teacher: SergioMiguel García Aguilar

     

C) DO/MAKE:

Do (an activity, or action) Make (something that didn’t exist before) 1. An assignment 2. An exam 3. A course 4. Homework 5. The shopping 6. The washing 7. Chores 8. Well 9. Your best 10. A favour 11. Business 12. Sport 13. Your hair 14. Badly 15. Your hair 16. Your make-up 17. Exercises

1. The dinner 2. A cake 3. A decision 4. (a) Noise 5. Friends 6. A mistake 7. An appointment 8. An effort 9. An excuse 10. Money 11. Progress 12. A phone call 13. A promise 14. An offer 15. A suggestion 16. Plans 17. An effort 18. Your mind up 19. A wish

D) TIPS FOR THE TEST:

1. Study and look up in a dictionary (if necessary) ALL the vocabulary for unit 1 in the Wordlist, page 136. 2. Study the “Exam success” section for Unit 2 “Listening: Matching speakers and statements”, as the

exam will contain a listening activity of this type. E) TEST SIMULATOR: 1. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs given. I ________(be) at uni for six months now and I ______(love) every moment of it so far.

• ANSWER: I have been at unit for six months now and I have loved every moment of it so far. • EXPLANATION: “for” refers to a period of time (six months); “so far” refers to a period of time that

began in the past and still continues in the present. 2. Choose the correct alternatives to complete the sentences. Katy left without finishing/to finish her coffee.

• ANSWER: Katy left without finishing her coffee. • EXPLANATION: We use GERUNDS after prepositions (i.e., “without”).

3. Complete the second sentence so it means the same as the first, using the word given. DO NOT change the word given. Use between two and five words. This question is very difficult, and I can’t answer it. (TOO) This question ___________ answer.

• ANSWER: This question is too difficult to answer. • EXPLANATION: We use INFINITIVES after too, enough, the first, and the last.

4. Choose the correct alternatives to complete the text. (…) I was a bit worried about (1) ______ with so many students at the beginning, (…) 1.- A to live B living C live

• ANSWER: I was a bit worried about living with so many students at the beginning. • EXPLANATION: We use GERUNDS after prepositions (i.e., “about”).