Archivo del autor: Fernando Santamaría Lozano

The bottle was quite empty; You are quite wrong. It’s quite extraordinary; I can’t understand it at all. [«quite» significa «completamente» («completely») cuando se usa con una palabra o frase que expresa idea de completud («all right,» «certain,» «determined,» «empty,» «finished,» «full,» «ready,» «right,» «sure,» «wrong» etc.) y cuando se usa con un adjetivo oSigue leyendo «quite»

Tom is fairly clever, but Peter is rather stupid; I walk fairly fast but Ann walks rather slowly. He was fairly relaxed; she was rather tense; a fairly interesting film; a rather boring book. a fairly light book; a rather heavy box / rather a heavy box. This soup is fairly hot. This soup isSigue leyendo «fairly y rather»

«absolutely,» «almost,» «barely,» «completely,» «enough,» «entirely,» «even,» «extremely,» «fairly,» «far,» «hardly,» «just,» «much,» «nearly,» «only,» «pretty,» «quite,» «rather,» «really,» «scarcely,» «so,» «too,» «very» etc. You are absolutely right; I’m almost ready. This box isn’t big enough; He didn’t work quickly enough. [Un adverbio de grado modifica a un adjetivo o a otro adverbio. Se colocaSigue leyendo «Posición: adverbios de grado»

Modifican an toda la oración. Hay 3 grupos: a) «actually» (= «in fact«/»really«), «apparently,» «certainly,» «clearly,» «evidently,» «obviously,» «presumably,» «probably,» «undoubtedly«; b) «definitely«; c) «perhaps,» «possibly,» «surely.» He is obviously intelligent. They certainly work hard; He actually lives next door. They have presumably sold their house. Apparently he knew the town well; He knew theSigue leyendo «Posición:»sentence adverbs,» adverbios de frase»

He climbed awkwardly out of the window; he’d study happily anywhere. He walked away sadly; They went home quietly; She looked back anxiously; They rode on confidently. He stood there silently. They work harder here. They worked hard in the garden today. He lived there happily for a year. Everyday he queued patiently at theSigue leyendo «Orden de los adverbios y frases adverbiales de modo, lugar y tiempo cuando ocurren en la misma frase»

Hay dos grupos el grupo a) denota en líneas generales acción frecuente, o, en el caso de «once» y «twice» el número de veces aplicable a la acción: «always,» «continually,» «frequently,» «occasionally,» «often,» «once«, «twice, «periodically,» «repeatedly,» «sometimes,» «usually,» etc.; el grupo b) denota acción infrecuente: «ever,» «hardly ever,» «never,» «rarely,» «scarcely ever,» «seldom.» HeSigue leyendo «Posición: adverbios de frecuencia»

Eventually he came/He came eventually; Then we went home/We went home then. Write today; I’ll wait until tomorrow. We’ll soon be there. [«afterwards,» «eventually,» «lately,» «now,» «recently,» «soon,» «then,» «today,» «tomorrow,» etc. y frases adverbiales de tiempo: «at once,» «since then,» «till» (6:00 etc.) se colocan o al comienzo o al final de la oración,Sigue leyendo «Posición: adverbios de tiempo»

She went away; he lives abroad; Bill is upstairs. She sent him away. I looked for it everywhere. He stood in the doorway; The parrot sat on a perch; He lives near me. [«abroad,» «away,» «everywhere,» «far,» here,» «there,» etc., se colocan después del verbo si no hay objeto («She went away»; He lives abroad»);Sigue leyendo «Posición: adverbios de lugar y dirección»

She danced beautifully. He gave her the money reluctantly; They speak English well. She carefully picked up all the bits of broken glass; he angrily denied that he had stolen the documents; They secretly decided to leave the town. [Los adverbios de modo van DESPUÉS DEL VERBO. En las frases con » ‘verbo + objeto’Sigue leyendo «Posición: adverbios de modo»

He worked as slowly as he dared. He doesn’t snore as loudly as you do; He doesn’t snore so loudly as you do; It didn’t take as long as I expected; It didn’t take so long as I expected. [Con la forma positiva, en las «comparaciones de igualdad,» se usa » ‘as’ … ‘as’ »Sigue leyendo «Construcciones con comparaciones»