NO PROBLEMS IN BCH 2 IF YOU HAVE REVISED THIS

SEE, INVITE, BE	SAW, INVITED, WAS/WERE	SEEN, INVITED, BEEN
Invite/s Will invite Would invite Am/is/are/Was/were inviting	Invited If I invited	Have/has invited Has invited Was/were invited Will be invited

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 21^st.  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, at the cinema, at 12 Oxford street, on a chair, on the north coast.

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