2. IMPERATIVES
El imperativo es el tiempo verbal utilizado para
dar instrucciones, órdenes, avisos, peticiones
(acompañando el verbo con ‘please’),
direcciones… Siempre se dirige a la 2ª persona
del singular, you.
Es un tiempo muy fácil de conjugar: solo hay
que poner el infinitivo, sin TO y sin SUJETO.
Pay attention, this is important.
Continue straight ahead, then turn left.
3. IMPERATIVES
La negación en el imperativo se forma con
DO NOT / DON’T + infinitivo (sin TO)
Do not disturb
Don’t smoke
El imperativo no se utiliza en preguntas.
Recuerda que el infinitivo del verbo ‘to be’ sin to
es BE
Be careful!
Be quiet, please
4. IMPERATIVES
Exercise. Write the pronoun YOU when the
correct tense is present simple.
1) J: Toni, can ___ help me to cook an indian meal?
2) T: Of course John, ___ just wait a second!
3) J: OK, I’ll prepare the ingredients in the meantime.
4) T: So, what do ___ want me to do?
5) J: __ tell me the steps to cook Tandory chicken.
6) T: Ok, first, ___ put the chicken on a frying pan.
7) Then, ___ add onion, garlic and spices.
8) ___ don’t heat it too much,
9) and to finish, ___ bake the chicken in the oven.
5. IMPERATIVES
Exercise. Write the pronoun YOU when the
correct tense is present simple.
1) J: Toni, can YOU help me to cook an indian meal?
2) T: Of course John, just wait a second!
3) J: OK, I’ll prepare the ingredients in the meantime.
4) T: So, what do YOU want me to do?
5) J: tell me the steps to cook Tandory chicken.
6) T: Ok, first, put the chicken on a frying pan.
7) Then, add onion, garlic and spices.
8) don’t heat it too much,
9) and to finish, bake the chicken in the oven.
6. QUESTIONS
En inglés hay varias maneras de estructurar las
preguntas, dependiendo del verbo que
utilicemos.
Verbos auxiliares y modales: invierten sujeto y
verbo.
You are talking to me – Are you talking to me?
You can swim – Can you swim?
Verbos regulares: Se utiliza un auxiliar delante
del sujeto.
Do you like swimming?
Will you go to the party?
7. QUESTIONS
Hay ocasiones en que las preguntas en inglés
pueden causar confusiones:
1) Who saw him? = Somebody saw him (who es
el sujeto)
2) Who did he see? = He saw somebody (who es
el objeto)
Estos casos ocurren con WHAT y con WHO.
Who phoned you? – Tom phoned me
Who did you phone? – I phoned Jerry
What does Susan eat? –An apple
Who eats apples?-Susan
8. QUESTIONS
Exercise. Match the questions with their
correct answers.
1. Who did you see?
a. Toni says so
2. Who does she speak
with?
3. Who saw you?
4. Who says so?
b. Jennifer speaks with
her
c. I saw Mike
d. He said that everything
is OK
e. She speaks with
Jennifer
f. Mike saw me
5. Who speaks with her?
6. What did he say?
9. QUESTIONS
Exercise. Match the questions with their
correct answers.
1. Who did you see?
2. Who does she speak
with?
c. I saw Mike
e. She speaks with
Jennifer
3. Who saw you?
4. Who says so?
f. Mike saw me
a. Toni says so
5. Who speaks with her?
b. Jennifer speaks with
her
d. He said that everything
is OK
6. What did he say?
10. QUESTIONS
WHAT or WHICH?
El significado de WHAT y el de WHICH son muy
similares, no obstante estas palabras se utilizan
en situaciones determinadas.
WHICH se utiliza cuando el número de
posibilidades es reducido (máx 4 opciones)
Which colour do you prefer, orange or green?
WHAT se utiliza cuando el sentido es mas
general.
What colour is your new car?
11. QUESTIONS
En las preguntas que empiezan por WHAT,
WHO, WHERE…, las preposiciones (TO, WITH,
AT…) se sitúan normalmente al final de la
pregunta.
Where are you from?
What is he afraid of?
Which school is your cousin in?
What are you talking about?
12. QUESTIONS
LIKE: en muchas preguntas se utiliza LIKE con
un significado diferente a GUSTAR.
En estos casos, LIKE no actúa como verbo, sino
como preposición.
El significado aquí es similar a‘COMO’.
What is it like? = ¿Como es?
How does he look like? = ¿Qué aspecto tiene?
What is the weather like? = ¿Cómo está el
tiempo?,¿qué tiempo hace?
13. QUESTIONS
Exercise. Write the correct questions for the
following answers.
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
Where …? -I’m from Spain.
What …? –This movie is about dinosaurs.
W…? –The boy is playing with his friend.
…? –I’m afraid of the darkness.
…? –I’m listening to a radio programme.
…? – Sue is calling to her sister
14. QUESTIONS
Answers.
1) Where are you from? -I’m from Spain.
2) What is this movie about? –This movie is about
dinosaurs.
3) Who is playing the boy with? –The boy is playing
with his friend.
4) What are you afraid of? –I’m afraid of the
darkness.
5) What are you listening to? –I’m listening to a radio
programme.
6) Who is Sue calling to? – Sue is calling to her sister