Grammar of Senac Intensive Intermediate
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| [1.1] Question Forms (1/3): Yes/No Questions (structure & exemple) | auxiliary verb + subject + verb | show 🗑
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| show | question word + auxiliary verb + subject + verb | Where do you work? // What did she say? // when are they coming?
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| show | question word + verb + object | who wants ice cream? what happened? // who ate the cheese?
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| [1.2] Simple Present # Present Continuous | (1) Something is always or generally true, habits, routines. // E.g. He looks happy // He doesn't look happy // Does he look happy? | show 🗑
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| [1.2] Simple Past # Past Continuous | show | (2) An action or a situation in progress at a particular time in the past
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| show | They are not usually used in the continuous forms. (1) ATTITUDE VERBS: love, like, want, prefer (2) THINKING VERBS: believe, know, remember, understand, mean, imagine (3) SENSE VERBS: see, hear, sound, seem, appear [...] | [...] (4) BELONGING VERBS: own, possess, belong to, have, contain, include. //// Some of them can be used in the continuous forms when they describe actions. E.g. I'm seeing Phil tonight, we're having a party, 'm thinking of going to college.
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| [1.3] Talking about yourself: Introducing a question # Introducing an option | Introducing a question: Could I ask a question? // There are a couple of things I'd like to ask about. // Can I ask you about that? // I have a question. | show 🗑
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| show | (1) TIME UP TO NOW. Actions that happened in your life before now. // These are often general experiences. // It isn't importante exactly when these happened. // We often use "ever" and "never". // [...] | [...] To talk about events which happened a short time ago. We often use the adverbs "just", "yet", "already". (2) To talk about a specific event that happened at a specific time.
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| show | (1) States and actions in the past, often at a specific time. // [...] | [...] // When BEFORE or AFTER is used, it's already clear which action comes before the other, so we can use the Simple Past instead of the Past Perfect: She lived in London for 5 years before she moved to NY.
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| [2.2] Narrative Tenses (2/3): Past Continuous | show | We can use conjunctions like AS and WHILE to talk about two actions that were happening at the same time: WHILE I was reading the paper, I watched the women buying vegetables.
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| [2.2] Narrative Tenses (3/3): Past Perfect | show | [...] // When BEFORE or AFTER is used, it's already clear which action comes before the other, so we can use the Simple Past instead of the Past Perfect: She lived in London for 5 years before she moved to NY.
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| show | (1) This happened when... // In the beginning... (3) In the end, ... // Finally, ... | (2) Well, ... // Anyway, ... // Before long, ... // So, ... // And, then, all of sudden, ... // The next thing I knew, ...
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| [2.3] Telling a story (2/2): Questions to keep a story going # Responses to show interest | (1) So, what happened? // What did you do? // What happened next? // Really? | show 🗑
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| show | (1) Present Continuous (2) Be going to (3) Will (4) May/might | (1) When arrangements have already been made (2) future plans or intention (3) there is no plan or arrangement (4) you are unsure what the plan is
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| [3.2] The Future (Predictions) | show | (1) There is an evidence (2) You usually use "I think" or "I hope" (3) less certain (4) negative: be unlikely to
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| show | (1) Saying you didn't hear something: I didn't catch any of that | (2) Saying you didn't understanding someone's question: You've lost me / I don't get what you're saying
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| [3.3] Dealing with Misunderstanding (2/2): Asking | (3) Asking someone to explain something more clearly: What exactly do you mean? / Do you mean to say ...? | show 🗑
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| [4.1] Obligation: Have to # Don't have to # Must # Mustn't # Should # Shouldn't # May # Mayn't | show | (5) advice, suggestion (6) negative advice, suggestion (7) permission (8) negative permission
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| show | When we talk about things that happened in the past but don’t happen anymore we can do it in different ways.: (1) "Used to" + infinitive (2) "would" + active verbs. It's not possible to use with state verbs. | (3) past simples - about things that happened only once or for a specific number of time/length of time.
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| [2.1] Preposition of time: in # on # at | show | (1) morning, 2010, (2) Christmas Day, Easter Day, the 4th of July (3) 12 o'clock, Christmas (the long holiday),
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| show | (1) execute (2) becoming, idea of change | (3) exercise, becoming (4) transportation, receiving, responsibility
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| Time Linkers: as soon as # while # during # until # by the time | show | (4) continuous up to that point and then stops (5) happened previously
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| show | (1) you can have different degrees or levels of that quality. For example, the weather can be a little cold, rather cold, very cold, or extremely cold. | (2) is no gradable. The weather can’t be “a little bit freezing” or “very freezing”
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| [5.1] Comparative: one-syllable adj # two-syllable adj ending in -y # two syllable & longer adj | show | (2)-y changes to -i +er = easier, friendlier (3) +more/less <adj> than = more important than
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| [5.1] Superlative: one-syllable adj # two-syllable adj ending in -y # two syllable & longer adj | (1.1)the +est = the cheapest, the fastest (1.2) ending with CVC double final C = the biggest (1.3) ending with -e add -st = the largest | show 🗑
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| [5.1] Comparative/Superlative: irregular adjetives | show | (3) far - farther/further - the farthest/furthest
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| [5.1] Ways of Comparing (common expressions): Similar # big difference # small difference | show | (2) It's A LOT/MUCH/FAR MORE beautiful than I imagine (3) It's A LITTLE/A LITTLE BIT/SLIGHTLY smaller than the last apartment I lived in.
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| [5.1] Using Superlatives (common expressions) | show | (3) It's THE THIRD MOST expensive bag on the table (4) (we often use superlatives with a phase begging with IN THE...) She's by far the best student IN THE CLASS.
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| [5.2] Question tags: rules | show | (1) use the opposite (2) use to be or auxiliary verb according to the item (3) on simple present the verb changes no 3rd of singular (4) use the pronoun in the end of question (5) // Use contractions
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| [5.3] Polite Requests | (1) Could you... carry this bag for me? (2) Could you tell me... the way of the hotel? (3) Do you know... what time the stores open? | show 🗑
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| [5.3] Response to Polite Requests | (1) (+) Yes, of course. (2) (depends on) Let me have a look. // I'm not sure | show 🗑
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| [5.2] Word Building: Adjetives (1/4) | (1) pain (2) mess (3) profit (4) poet (5) use | show 🗑
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| [5.2] Word Building: Adjetives (2/4) | show | (1) quickly (2) biological (3) hopeful / hopeless(4) creative (5) peaceful /peaceless (6)
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| show | (1) response (2) thank (3) effect (4) hair (5) homeless | (1) responsible (2) thankful / thankless (3) effective (4) hairy (5) home
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| [5.2] Word Building: Adjetives (4/4) | show | (1) explosive (2) lovable (3) mainly (4) careless / careful (5) knowledgeable
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| show | (1) compete (2) run (3) employ (4) immigrate (5) weak (6) creative | (1) competition (2) running (3) employment (4) immigration (5) weakness (6) creativity
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| [5.2] Word Building: Nouns (2/6) | (1) educate (2) lonely (3) smoke (4) pollute (5) stupid (6) agree | show 🗑
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| [5.2] Word Building: Nouns (3/6) | show | (1) happiness (2) relaxation (3) instruction (4) sensitivity (5) improvement (6) laughing
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| [5.2] Word Building: Nouns (4/6) | (1) response (2) depress (3) imagine (4) kind (5) eat (6) entertain | show 🗑
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| show | (1) pay (2) imitate (3) heavy (4) skate (5) informal (6) direct | (1) payment (2) imitation (3) heavyness (4) skating (5) informality (6) direction
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| show | (1) achieve (2) quote (3) dance (4) fit (5) promote (6) secure | (1)achievement (2) quotation (3) dancing (4) fitness (5) promotion(6) securityn
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| [6.1] Word Building: Adjetives II (+ed / +ing) (1/1, it was 5) | (1) annoy (2) relax (3) frighten (4) worry (5) embarrasse | show 🗑
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| [4.2] Extreme adjetives (2/4) | show | (1) wonderful, amazing, great (2) enormous, giant, huge (3) delicious (4) freezing
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| [4.2] Extreme adjetives (3/4) | show | (1) awful, terrible (2) tiny (3) bolied (4) exausted
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| show | (1) angry (2) interesting (3) pretty (4) difficult | (1) starving (2) fascinating (3) gourgeous (4) impossible
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| [6.1] Multi-word verbos (1/X) | show 🗑
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| [6.1] Conditionals (1/5): Zero | [Real] Always true, real conditions, general situations. // Form: if/when + simple presente + "," + simple present. // IF & WHEN have the same meaning | show 🗑
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| [6.1] Conditionals (2/5): 1st | show | (1) If I pass my exam, I'll have a party # When I pass my exam, I'll have a party. (2) I'll go straight to the restaurant unless you call me first.
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| [6.1] Conditionals (3/5): Zero # 1st | [Real] (1) If you sit in the sun, you get a sunburn. => A general situation. "You" means anyone or people in general | show 🗑
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| show | [Hypothetical]- Unreal or imaginary situation and its consequences. // Form: If + subjunctive + "," + would/could/should clause. // Is common to use expressions "would be able to", "would need" and "would have to". | (1) If I were a boy, I'd be a better a man. (2) If she were the President, she'd make a lot of changes. (3) If you passed the test, would you go to the college? (4) Would you help me if I paid you?
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| [7.1] Presente Perfect: Simple vs Continuous (1/2): Common meanings | (1) & (2) for actions/activities that started in the past and continues until now. Ex.: I've studied German for 6 years / I've been studying German for 6 years. // Use FOR, SINCE and HOW LONG HAVE YOU...? with both | show 🗑
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| show | (1) enphasize the result. // Use with STATE VERBS | (2) enphasize the lenght or duration of an activity. // Don't use with STATE VERBS.
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| [7.2] Present & Past Ability (1/2): Present vs Past | show | (2) Past: Could / was/were able to
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| [7.2] Present & Past Ability (2/2); Particular Moment | (3) Particular moment: To be able to: She didn't answer her phone, so I was't able to speak to her. | show 🗑
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| [Cicle 2] Another / Other / Others | (1) Singular. One other. + noun | show 🗑
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| [8.1] Articles (1/3): a/an | (1) - The first time something is mentioned / Before singular nouns (she's watching a movie) / with jobs (I'm a doctor) | show 🗑
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| [8.1] Articles (2/3): the | (2) when there's only one something / when it has been mentioned before / with superlatives / some phrases with preposition (in the morning | show 🗑
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| [8.1] Quantifiers (1/2): some # any # no # all | show 🗑
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| [8.1] Quantifiers (2/2): much # many # too # enough | show 🗑
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| [8.1] Quantifiers (2/2): few # little# bit# lot # lots | show 🗑
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| [8.2] Relative Clauses (1/2): Restrictive | show | .
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| [8.2] Relative Clauses (1/2): No-defining | show | .
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| [9.2] Active Voice # Passive Voice | show | .
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| [10.1] Reported Speech (1/2) | show 🗑
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| [10.1] Reported Speech (2/2) | show | .
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| [10.2] Verb Patterns (1/2) | show | .
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| [6.1] -Ing/-ed adjetives (1/2) | show 🗑
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| [10.1] Word building (1/2) | show | .
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