NO PROBLEMS IN BCH 2 IF YOU HAVE REVISED THIS
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SEE,
INVITE, BE
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SAW,
INVITED, WAS/WERE
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SEEN,
INVITED, BEEN
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Invite/s
Will
invite
Would
invite
Am/is/are/Was/were
inviting
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Invited
If I
invited
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Have/has
invited
Has
invited
Was/were
invited
Will
be invited
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You should, you ought to, you must, you have to. You
don’t have to, you needn’t.
We had been able, we have been able, we could, we are
able, we can, we will be able.
We may, we might
IMPERSONAL SUBJECT “there”
There had been, there have/has been, there are/is,
there will be.
There could be a problem; there should be a change in
government
pronombre personal yo, tu , el I,you,he,she, it, we, you, they
pro pronombre objeto a mi, a ti me, you, him, her, it, us, you,
them
adjetivo posesivo mi, tu, su my,
your, his, her, its, our, your, their
pronombre posesivo el mio, tuyo
mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, yours, theirs
pronombre reflexivo me,te,se
myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves
QUESTIONS
Do, does, did.
Aren’t you? Wasn’t he?
What, when, where, which, who, whom, whose, why, how.
How many, how much, how often, how far, how good, how well, how old, how hot,
how deep, how high, how tall how thick, how wide?
Are you ready? What happened?
What’s this for? Who are you going with?
Could you tell me how far it is to the bank? Do you
know where Jane is?
SHORT ANSWERS
Why not? Which one? Neither do I, so do I, nor can I,
I hope so, I suppose so, I´m afraid so, I´m afraid not, I don´t suppose so, no,
I don’t think so, I hope not.
NEGATIVE WORDS
Not, never, no, none, nobody, no one, nothing,
nowhere, neither, nor
PLURALS
Children, men, women, teeth, feet, mice, boxes, sheep,
fish, bodies, thieves, scarves, wives, lives, knives.
This, these, that, those
INDEFINITE PRONOUNS
Anybody, everybody, nobody, somebody. Anyone,
everyone, no one, someone. Anything, everything, nothing, something.
THE ARTICLE
a/ an, the/0
other, another, another one, others
POSSESSION
Whose house is this? The house of Peter/ Peter´s
house.
COMPARISON
You use “ more” and “most” with most two-syllable
adjectives, all longer adjectives and adverbs ending in –ly. With some common
two syllable adjectives and adverbs you can either add –er and –est or use more
and most: common, cruel, gentle, handsome, likely, narrow, pleasant, polite,
simple, stupid.
Good better the best. Bad worse the worst.
This book is less interesting than mine.
Paul is as tall as Mary. Susan is younger than Jane.
You are the fastest.
You can use adverbs of degree in front of comparative
adjectives: a bit, far, a great deal, a good deal, a little, a lot, much,
rather, slightly.
The smaller it is the cheaper it is to post. The
larger the administration is, the greater the problem of administration
becomes.
Flats are becoming more and more expensive.
The more the better. The quicker we finish, the sooner
we will go home. He drove faster and faster till we told him to stop.
ADVERBIALS OF MANNER
Badly, beautifully, carefully, quickly, quietly,
softly, gently, easily, automatically,
ADVERBIALS OF TIME
The day before yesterday, yesterday, today, tomorrow,
the day after tomorrow, last night, next week, the other day. At Christmas, at
Easter, at breakfast, at the weekend. In the morning, in the evenings. On
Monday, on Christmas Day, on my birthday, on the twentieth of July, on June 21st. For three days during the summer. Since.
From- till. Before/ after. Ago. till, until, before, after, later, then, at
that time, after, again, formerly, late, now, then, once, twice, three times, seldom, soon, still.
FREQUENCY
Always, ever, normally, usually, a lot, frequently,
often, sometimes, occasionally, hardly ever, rarely, never.
PROBABILITY
Certainly, definitely, maybe, obviously, perhaps,
possibly, probably, really.
Have you ever been to a football match? Don’t ever do
that again. If you ever need anything, just call me. She is the best dancer I
have ever seen.
ADVERBIAL OF DURATION
Already, still, yet, any longer, any more, no longer.
ADVERBS OF DEGREE
Badly, greatly, seriously, strongly, almost, largely,
nearly, really, quite, awfully, extremely, fairly, pretty, quite, rather,
really, very, entirely, just, largely, mainly, partly, simply, absolutely,
perfectly, purely, totally.
PLACE
Above, over, on, on top of, between, in between,
among, at, behind, in front of, below, beneath, underneath, under, beside,
near, next to, in, inside, outside, opposite, round, through,
DIRECTION
Across, along, back to, down, into, onto, out of,
past, round, through, to, towards, up, away, down, straight, forwards,
backwards.
PLACE AND DIRECTION
Abroad, away, downstairs, downwards, here, indoors,
outdoors, there, over there, underground, upstairs, anywhere,, nowhere,
somewhere, far from.
PLACE “at, in, on”
At the bus stop, at Paul’s house, at the bottom, at
the back, at the end, at the station, at the airport, at school, at home, at the corner ( street),
on the corner (street), in the corner (room), in the east of Scotland 12 Oxford street
TRANSPORT PREPOSITIONS
By train, by car, by plane, by coach, by bicycle, by
bus. On foot
VERB + PREPOSITION
Belong to, consist of, hope for, insist on, lead to,
listen to, pay for, refer to, sympathize with, agree on/with, apologize for/to,
suffer from/with, laugh at, look at/for/after, shout at, smile at, apologize
for, apply for, ask for, wait for, think of/ about, count on, depend on, rely
on, listen to, agree with, argue with, disagree with.
INSTRUCTIONS AND REQUESTS
Could you just switch on the light behind you?
Will you please leave the room?
I would like you to finish this work by Thursday. I
want you to be here at eight o’clock.
Could you show me how to do it? Would you do me a
favour? Will you post this for me? Would you mind doing the washing up? Do you
think you could help me? I wonder if you could look after my cat for me while
I’m away?
SUGGESTIONS
You could phone her. Could we do it at the weekend?
Shall we talk about something different now? Shall we
go and see a film?
How about using my car? Let’s go outside. Why don’t we
just phone her?
Why not go?
OFFERS AND INVITATIONS
Would you like a drink? Would you like to come for a
meal?
Will you come to a party on Saturday? Could I help you
carry those bags? Shall I spell that for you?
You must come and visit me. Let me take you to your
room.
Do have a chocolate biscuit. Do help yourselves. Why
don’t you come to lunch tomorrow?
PURPOSE AND REASON CLAUSES
The children sleep together to keep warm.
He was giving up his job in order to stay at home.
He said he did
it for fun. I’ve got the key in case we want to go inside
Stop her. go away. come here. sit down. look out,
there’s a car coming.
LINKERS
Nevertheless, however, besides, in spite of, despite,
although, though
With, without, within, about,
Also, too, neither….. nor
CONDITIONALS
If she invites me I will go. If she invited me I would
go. If she had invited me I would have gone.
REPORTED SPEECH
She said to me that, she told me that, she told me to/
not to, he asked me to/ not to/ if
PREFIXES
Atypical, anti-government, autobiography, bilingual,
bimonthly, co-author, counter-measure, deactivate, dishonest, eco-friendly,
ex-policeman, extra-European, extra-strong,
hyperinflation, illegal, impossible, inter-city, malfunction, megawatt,
micro-organism, mid-June, minibus, miscalculate, monogamy, multi-colored,
neo-classical, non-smoker, non-fatal, outswim someone (swim faster than him),
over-cautious, part-baked, polysyllabic, post-Christmas, pre-election,
pro-democracy, pseudo-science, re-read, semi-conscious, subcommittee,
substandard living conditions, super-fit, tricycle, ultra-light, unacceptable,
underweight.
SUFFIXES
Reliability, readable, environmental,
enthusiastically, brilliance, protection, accuracy, cooked, teacher, mixer,
useful, photographic, political, sleeping, yellowish, reddish, racism, fascist,
childless, cheerfully, assessment, gentleness, courageous, dirty, it tastes
chocolately
