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SENTENCE BUILDING DRILL:

http://uk3.hotpotatoes.net/ex/136009/ZKUOUZAW.php



CROSSWORD: "RELATIVES"

http://uk3.hotpotatoes.net/ex/136009/UGEXYFKB.php





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TO HAVE- Spelling, uses and meanings.

TO HAVE.

To have (got) means "to be the owner of something" whenever it works as main verb.  In all the other cases, it is an auxiliary verb which helps other main verbs to form compound tenses usually with a past meaning.





Examples of positive sentences:

I have got a car. (Tengo un coche.)

You have got two brothers. (Tienes dos hermanos.)

He has got a big house. (Él tiene una casa grande.)

She has got a cold. (Ella tiene un resfriado.)

It has got a ball. (Tiene una pelota.)

We have got brown hair. (Tenemos pelo moreno.)

They have got red bicycles. (Ellos tienen bicicletas rojas.)

Now, take a look to the contracted forms of the verb HAVE.  They are more used than the full forms!

Examples of HAVE GOT negative sentences:

I haven't got a car. (No tengo un coche.)
You've not got two brothers. (No tienes dos hermanos.)
He hasn't got a big house. (Él no tiene una casa grande.)She's not got a cold. (Ella no tiene un resfriado.)It hasn't got a ball. (No tiene una pelota.)
We've not got brown hair. (No tenemos el pelo moreno.)They haven't got red bicycles. (Ellos no tienen bicicletas rojas.)

Examples of "HAVE" negative sentences:

I don't have a car. (No tengo un coche.)
You don't have two brothers. (No tienes dos hermanos.)
He doesn't have a big house. (Él no tiene una casa grande.)She doesn't have a cold. (Ella no tiene un resfriado.)It doesn't have a ball. (No tiene una pelota.)
We don't have brown hair. (No tenemos el pelo moreno.)They don't have red bicycles. (Ellos no tienen bicicletas rojas.)

Examples of "HAVE GOT" interrogative sentences: 

 Have I got a car? (¿Tengo un coche?)
Have you got two brothers? (¿Tienes dos hermanos?)
Has he got a big house? (¿Él tiene una casa grande?)
Has she got a cold? (¿Ella tiene un resfriado?)
Has it got a ball? (¿Tiene una pelota?)
Have we got brown hair? (¿Tenemos pelo moreno?)

Examples of "HAVE" interrogative sentences:

Do I have a car? (¿Tengo un coche?)
Do you have two brothers? (¿Tienes dos hermanos?)
Does he have a big house? (¿Él tiene una casa grande?)Does she have a cold? (¿Ella tiene un resfriado?)
Does it have a ball? (¿Tiene una pelota?)
Do we have brown hair? (¿Tenemos pelo moreno?)Do they have red bicycles? (¿Tienen bicicletas rojas?)

Now, the best way to check your understanding is doing some exercices on this topic.  Clic on the following link and you will be allowed to do a great exercice about what we have just seen.  Check your answers at the end by the "correction" button.  Good luck!

http://www.curso-ingles.com/ejercicios-test-kingles/have_have_got.php

VERB TO DO: Spelling, uses and meanings.

THE VERB TO DO.


As you may probably know, the verb TO DO might be used either as a main verb or as an auxiliary one to form other verbal tenses (past) and also: questions, negative sentences and short answers. We will see all this in detail later on.  First of all, let's see how the verb is written according to the  personal pronoun it follows:

In the positive :

In the negative and the interrogative forms, this verb is used as an auxiliary one to help other verbs to form negative and interrogative sentences.

SUJETO	AUXILIAR	EJEMPLO
I	don't	I don't work
You	don't	You don't work
He	doesn't	He doesen't work
She	doesn't	She doesn't work
It	doesn't	It doesn't work
We	don't	We don't work
You	don't	You don't work
They	don't	They don't work

SUJETO	AUXILIAR	EJEMPLO
Do	I	Do I work?
Do	you	Do you work?
Does	he	Does he work?
Does	she	Does sge work?
Does	it	Does it work?
Do	we	Do we work?
Do	you	Do you work?
Do	they	Do they work?

Pay attention to the  place we locate DO when we use the interrogative.  It is also important to remember that the form we use in all the personal pronouns is DO, except for the 3rd. singular person: DOES.  Have you noticed that when we use the interrogative form, the final -s is only added to the auxiliary DO(ES),  and not to the main verb?

Peter works as a plumber      =           Does Peter work( )   as a                                                                     plumber?

VERB TO BE. Spelling, uses and meanings.

VERB TO BE.

Take a look to the following table.  Here you may see the verb TO BE in its Simple Present form, its full and contracted forms in the positive and the negative manners.  

USES OF THE PRESENT.

Simple Present with TO BE: We can use it to express WHO ARE WE, WHAT IS OUR PROFESSION, HOW ARE WE FEELING...

 I am a doctor (yo soy un doctor). You aren’t happy (Tú no estás feliz). Is he Carlos? (¿Es él Carlos?)

Present Continuous with TO BE: We can use it to describe actions taking place in the moment we are speaking.  To do so, we use TO BE as an auxiliary, followed by the main verb ending in -ing.

 I am playing football (yo estoy jugando al fútbol). You aren’t attending (Tú no estás atendiendo). Is he eating? (¿Está él comiendo?)

MEANING OF THE VERB TO BE TRANSLATED INTO SPANISH:  it can be translated as SER or ESTAR, depending on the context.

Examples:

I am a nurse. Soy una enfermera. (SER)
I am at school. Estoy en la escuela. (ESTAR)