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A policeman is at the door; There is a policeman at the door. There are two policemen at the door. There is a mistake in this translation/there are mistakes in this translation (NO: «* A mistake is»/»* Mistakes are …»). There have been several breaks-ins this year; There will be plenty of room for veryone;Sigue leyendo ««be» como verbo ordinario: there is/are, there was/were»

(a) Tom is a carpenter; Malta is an island; Gold is metal; The dog is in the garden; The roads were rough and narrow; Peter was tall and fair. (b) I am hot; I am cold; He was excited; He was calm; They will be happy; They will be unhappy. Tom is being foolish; TomSigue leyendo ««be» como verbo ordinario: «be» significando existencia, «be» + adjetivo»

[La construcción de ‘ «be» + «infinitivo» ‘, e.g. «I am to go,» es extremadamente importante y puede ser utilizada de las siguientes formas: (1a) para transmitir órdenes e instrucciones («No one is to leave this building without the permission of the police»). Se trata de un modo más bien impersonal de dar instrucciones ySigue leyendo ««be» como verbo auxiliar: «be» + infinitivo»

Partes principales: «be,» «was,» «been» Gerundio/participio de presente: «being» Tiempo presente: Afirmativa: I am / I’m; you are / you’re; he is / he’s // she is / she’s // it is / it’s; we are / we’re; you are / you’re; they are / they’re. Negativa: I am not / I’m not; you areSigue leyendo ««be» como verbo auxiliar: forma y uso en la formación de tiempos»

(a) Bill would enjoy a game and Tom would so; Bill would enjoy a game and so would Tom. Bill likes golf and Tom likes golf too (?); Bill likes golf and Tom does too; Bill likes golf and so does Tom. The boys cheated! – The girls did too! / So did the girls!Sigue leyendo «Auxiliares en adiciones a observaciones»

QUESTION TAGS: Peter helped you, didn’t he? Peter doesn’t smoke, does he? COMMENT TAGS: You saw him, did you? You didn’t see him, didn’t you? You saw him, did you? (= «Oh, so you saw him»); You’ve found a job, have you? («Oh, so you’ve found a job»). I’m living in London now. – AreSigue leyendo «Auxiliares y «comment tags»»

(a) You didn’t see him, did you?; Ann can’t swim, can she?; That isn’t Tom, is it?; Peter doesn’t smoke, does he?; Ann isn’t studying music, is she? Bill didn’t want to go, did he?; James wasn’t driving the car, was he?; You haven’t ridden a car for a long time, have you?; The twinsSigue leyendo «Question tags»

[(a) Las expresiones de acuerdo con observaciones o comentarios afirmativos («affirmative remarks») se hacen con yes / so / of course + auxiliar afirmativo. Si hay un auxiliar en el primer verbo, este se repite. Si no hay auxiliar se usa do / does / did (La observación es afirmativa, se usa yes / soSigue leyendo «Uso de auxiliares en expresiones de acuerdo o desacuerdo con observaciones previas»

Do you smoke? – Yes, I do (NO: «* Yes, I smoke»); Is that Ann? – Yes, it is / No, it isn’t; Did the twins go? – Yes they did / No, they didn’t; Will there be an exam? – Yes, there will / No, there won’t. Should he have gone? – Yes, heSigue leyendo «Uso de auxiliares en respuestas cortas»

1.1. En la negación y en la interrogación, be y do siguen la «pauta auxiliar» («the auxiliary pattern»): Negación: verbo + not : He isn’t coming. It didn’t matter. Interrogación: «sujeto» + «verbo» (con «inversión» de este orden): Was he waiting? Does she sees us? 1.2. have sigue normalmente la pauta auxiliar («the auxiliary pattern»):Sigue leyendo «Verbos auxiliares: formas, construcciones, estructuras»