SUFFIXES TO FORM ADJECTIVES
-ous / -al / -y / -ive / -able / -ible / -ful / -less
EJEMPLOS:
WORD ADJECTIVE
Enjoy (verb) enjoyable
Cloud (noun) cloudy
Politics (noun) political
Comfort (noun) comfortable
Use (verb) useful / useless
Knowledge (noun) knowledgeable
Rely (verb) reliable
Thought (noun) thoughtful
Pain (noun) painful / painless
Home (noun) homeless
ADJECTIVES, NOUNS AND VERBS WITH THE SAME FORM
EJEMPLOS:
Answer = respuesta (sustantivo) Answer = responder (verbo)
The correct answer is setter B. Answer these questions.
Cold = frío (adjetivo) Cold = resfriado (sustantivo)
It’s cold tonight. She caught a cold.
WORD PART OF SPEECH
Clean (verb) (adjective)
Reply (verb) (noun)
Dream (verb) (noun)
Rain (verb) (noun)
Taste (verb) (noun)
Smile (verb) (noun)
Smell (verb) (noun)
Stay (verb) (noun)
Drink (verb) (noun)
Rest (verb) (noun)
Look (verb) (noun)
Cost (verb) (noun)
Guess (verb) (noun)
ALREADY AND YET
USO
ALREADY (YA) se usa en oraciones positivas para decir que algo ha sucedido antes de ahora.
EJEMPLO:
She has already been to Paris.
FORMA
Subject + Have / Has + ALREADY + Past Participle + Complement / Object
I / You / We / They have
He / She / It has already eaten breakfast.
YET (AÚN NO) se utiliza en oraciones negativas para decir que algo no ha ocurrido, y también en preguntas para saber si algo ha sucedido antes de este momento.
EJEMPLOS:
ORACIÓN NEGATIVA: She hasn’t cleaned her bedroom yet.
She hasn’t yet cleaned her bedroom.
FORMA
Subject + Have / Has + NOT + Past Participle + Object + YET
Subject + Have / Has + Not + YET + Past Participle + Object
EJEMPLO:
PREGUNTA: Has she cleaned her bedroom yet?
FORMA
Have / Has + Subject + Past Participle + Object + YET ?
SINCE AND FOR
USO
EJEMPLOS:
They have lived in this house for ten years.
They have lived in this house since 1998.
FOR (POR) se utiliza para decir cuánto tiempo ha durado. (for ten years, for two days, for five hours, etc.)
SINCE (DESDE) se usa para decir cuándo empezó algo. (since 1998, since I met you, since I was a child, since Tuesday, etc.)
FORMA
Subject + Have / Has + Past Participle + Object + FOR / SINCE…
I / You / We / They have lived in this house for ten years.
He / She / It has
HAVE BEEN vs. HAVE GONE
Asegúrate de no confundirte con (BEEN) y (GONE). Estos participios son diferentes y dependen de lo que quieras expresar.
HAVE BEEN: significa que alguien estaba en otro lugar y que ahora está aquí.
HAVE GONE: significa que alguien no está aquí, el/ella se ha ido a otro lugar y sigue ahí.