some simple topics

BY ADRIAN GONZALEZ

Chronogram HomeworkBasic Topics

Present simple vrs. Present continuous

Present simple and present continuous are really easy to distinguish, one is used for things that are somelike habbits, and the other one, is used for things that happen at the moment

Present simple

Present simple is used to conjugate things that usually happen or things that are habbits

Examples

Present Simple:

I usually wear jeans with a T-shirtHe doesn’t buy designer clothes

Present continuous

Present continuous is used to conjugate things that happen at the moment or moments that are happening right now

Examples

Present continuous:

Georgina’s wearing her sister’s boots at the momentI am not buying anything expensive

Comparatives vrs. Superlatives

This 2 topics are really different, but too is really easy to get confused with the verbs

This one is used to compare two objects, persons or animals

Comparative

Example

Comparative

They are bigger than us, we are in disadvantageMy girlfriend is prettier than your girlfriend, and you know it

Superlative

This one is used to describe an object,that is out of the limits of the normal description

Example

Superlative

Your dog ran the fastest of any dog in the race.We all threw our rocks at the same time. My rock flew the highest.

Have to – Do not have to

This are used to understand that we have to or do not have to do something, this are used in works, or chores. This can be used in questions too

Example

Have to

I have to wash my uniformLian has to do the homework

Example

Do not have to (don’t have to)

I don’t have to fancy clean da’ houseMy nephew, don’t has to do that

Example

Do you…

Do you have to repair the door?Does he has to do the washing?

Can, can’t, must, mustn’t

These 2 can and can’t are used as an option, and must and mustn’t are used as a law, or rule that you have to do

Example

Can

I can make my own work, thank youLian, can you make this for me please?

Example

Can’t

Chino can’t do that, he is going to lose if we don’t help I can’t stop laughing, hajaja!

Example

Must

You must do the exam, if not, you lose the year Hey, you must obey the teacher!!

Example

Mustn’t

I mustn’t break anything, this is not my houseShe mustn’t talk to that guy, her parents don’t allow her

Past simple

This is used to show an idea that happened and finished in that moment

Example

Past Simple

Did you call mom?I eated that hot dog, and I liked it

Past continuous

This is used when an action is interrumped by something or someone

Example

Past continuous

I was eating my soup, when they calledShe was doing her exam when they killed the policeman