HAVE

En esta publicación, mostramos las definiciones y usos de uno de los verbos más utilizados: Have.

1.- Definición

a) Verbo Principal

a.1) Equivale al verbo "Tener" en nuestro idioma. También se puede encontrar como "Have got".

Ejemplos:

- I have a house. = Tengo una casa.

- Have you got the job? = ¿Conseguiste el trabajo?

- My sister has a good memory. = Mi hermana tiene buena memoria.

- I've got / I have two sisters and one brother. = Tengo dos hermanas y un hermano.

- I have / I've got a headache. = Tengo dolor de cabeza.

a.2) Tomar alimentos

Ejemplos:

- Have breakfast = Desayunar

- Have lunch = Almorzar, comer

- Have dinner = Cenar

- Have a sandwich. = Comer un bocadillo.

a.3) Recibir, sufrir

Ejemplos:

- I had a letter from my boss. = Recibí una carta de mi jefe.

- Have you had any news? = ¿Has recibido alguna noticia?

b) Have + Sustantivo

Ejemplos:

- To have a shower / bath. = Bañarse

- To have a try. = Probar, intentar.

- To have a chat = Charlar

c) Verbo Auxiliar

c.1) Su significado es "Haber". Se encuentra en los tiempos verbales perfectos y en la forma Condicional.

Ejemplos:

- I've finished my work. = He terminado mi trabajo.

- Has you seen it? = ¿Lo has visto?

- He's gone = Él se ha ido.

- If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed. = Si no lo hubiera visto con mis propios ojos no lo hubiera creido.

d) Mas frases

- She's going to have a baby. = Ella va a tener un bebé.

- He had a lot of influence on other artists. = Él influyó a otros artistas.

- I had a haircut. = Me corté el pelo.

- The kids have a lot of homework. = Los chicos tienen mucha tarea.

- I have a family to feed. = Tengo una familia que mantener.

- It has nothing to do with me. = Eso no tiene nada que ver conmigo.

- I've had it! = ¡Estoy harto!

- I have nothing against him. = No tengo nada en contra de él.

A1 -A2 TEST

En esta ocasión, ponemos a prueba su nivel de inglés con este pequeño test para los niveles A1 y A2.

NOTA.- Puede solicitar las respuestas en un comentario.

Elija la opción correcta.

Ejemplo:

- He is/are my brother. 

= He is my brother.

1.- She don't/doesn't like television.

2.- I am always/always am happy when I see her.

3.- a) What are you doing?

    b) I'm writing/I write a letter.

4.- My brother who/which is 19 is a student.

5.- What did you/did you do last night?

6.- I visit once a month my aunt/my aunt once a month.

7.- I don't mind cooking/to cook dinner.

8.- I got/I've got two brothers and a sister.

9.- We've been here since/for the shop opened.

10.- I worked/I've worked there for two years then I left.

THE PENCIL METHOD

Esta vez nos ocupamos de como mejorar nuestro vocabulario. Con un simple truco o método, vamos a ir de menos a más, utilizando un único objeto.

NOTA.- El objeto puede ser cualquier cosa (o incluso tema) diferente del que utilizamos aquí.

I.- El Objeto

En este caso hemos utilizado un lápiz. Pero también podéis utilizar cualquier otro. Ejemplos:

- Un mueble
- Una casa
- Una profesión
- Ropa
- Comida, etc.

Y también temas a tratar. Ejemplos:

- Hobbies
- Educación
- Deportes
- Sociedad
- Culturas, etc.

II.- Vocabulario

De manera general, utilizaremos las palabras de pregunta:

- What
- Where
- When
- Who
- Why
- Which
- How
- How many
- How much, etc

También artículos:

- This
- That
- These
- Those
- A
- An
- The, etc.

Y verbos:

- Do
- Make
- Write
- Play, etc

Y en las respuestas encontraremos mayor vocabulario.

III.- El Método del Lápiz

Cogemos el lápiz y decimos:

a) Definición

"A pencil"
"This is a pencil".
"What is it?"
"It's a pencil".

"What can I do with a pencil?"
"I can write".
"I can draw".

"What can I write?"
"I can write words".

(Ex.)

A WORD

"Or numbers".
(Ex.)

1, 2, 3

"What can I draw?"
"I can draw a picture".

b) Ampliación de la información.

"Who writes professionally?"
"Writers (Authors) or Journalists".

"What does a writer write?"
"A writer writes novels".
"How many kinds of novels are there?"
"There are many kinds of novels. Some of them are: Romantic novels, History novels, Horror novels, etc".

"Where do journalists write?"
"Journalists write in magazines and newspapers".
"What do they write about?"
"They write about arts, society, politics, etc".

"Who draws professionally?"
"Painters, designers, etc".

"Who are famous painters?"
"Famous painters are Picasso, Van Gogh, Dalí, Rembrandt, etc".

"What do designers do?"
"Designers design clothes, plans (buildings, etc), vehicles, etc".

"Who writes numbers professionally?"
"A Maths teacher, an engineer, a businessman, a salesman, etc".

IV.- Extras

Podemos agregar preguntas de carácter personal como:

"Do you like to read?"
"Why?"
"Do you like to draw?"
"Why?"
"What do you like to read?"
"Why?"
"When do you usually read?"
"Why?"
"How many books have you read in your life?"
"What do you like to draw?"
"Why?"
"What do you use to draw?"
"Do you use colours?"
"What colours do you use?"
"Why?"

Y todas las que se nos ocurran según el nivel en el que nos encontremos.

V.- Recomendaciones

Como podeis ver, este método/truco empieza desde el nivel básico. Por ello se puede hacer desde este nivel hasta los niveles más avanzados. Y con el vocabulario que tengamos, según el nivel en el que nos encontremos.

1.- Elegir un objeto diferente cada vez.
2.- Hacer preguntas sobre el orígen, forma, color, estado, etc, de acuerdo al objeto elegido.
3.- NO hacer muchas pausas o silencios. En lugar de ello, empezar de nuevo.
4.- Formular algunas preguntas de carácter personal, como en el punto IV.
5.- Si lo hacéis en pareja es mucho mejor, puesto que una persona puede formular las preguntas y la otra, responder.

TEST ELEMENTARY (3)

Les presentamos un nuevo TEST de nivel ELEMENTARY.
NOTA .- Las espuestas las podeis solicitar mediante un comentario o un e-mail.

A.- Choose the correct alternative to complete the sentences.

1.- a) Is this your/their coat?
      b) No, mine/my is the red one.

2.- Anna : Where's your homework?
     Keith : I'm doing it/them at the moment.

3.- David and Carla's/David and Carlas' house is practically on the beach.

4.- Don't forget to brush your teeth/tooths.

5.- Have you got a copy of yesterday's/yesterdays' newspaper?

6.- He didn't sell many/much books.

7.- He isn't as big/bigger as his brother.

8.- Hey, I've got a/some fantastic news.

9.- His brother sings beautifully/beautiful.

10.- I've just bought some/a new trousers.

11.- I had some/a toast for breakfast today.

12.- Is this/that your car at the end of the street?

13.- Let's have some wine/wines with our/my dinner.

14.- Marta has lost her/the purse.

15.- My old jacket doesn't fit my/me anymore.

16.- Pedro speaks English very good/well.

17.- Rio de Janeiro is famous for its/it's carnival.

18.- Thanks for a lovely evening. I really enjoyed myself/me.

19.- The african elephant is the larger/largest land mammal in the world.

20.- The Sears Tower is taller/the tallest than the Eiffel Tower.

21.- These/this are my children Sam, Nick and Mark.

22.- We've never made much/few money.

23.- You have no/any messages today.

B.- Complete the sentences with the correct preposition.

1.- What do you do ___ Mondays? Do you go ___ the swimming pool or do you stay ___ home?

2.- ___ the morning I drink coffee and ___ night I have some tea.

3.- My brother works ___ an office and my father works ___ a farm.

4.- I'd like to live ___ a Greek island ___ the Mediterranean.

5.- We arrived ___ Gatwick airport ___ 5pm. What time did you arrive ___ London then?

6.- I live ___ the east coast ___ Spain.

C.- Put the following words in the correct order to form a meaningful sentece.

1.- spoke, her, about, yesterday, I, it, to

2.- the, one, Catalan, is, of, in, languages, Spain

3.- as, train, slow, The, as, bus, the, isn't, (The bus ....)

4.- cinemas, of, the, are, lots, in, centre, There, city

5.- any, tank, Is, petrol, the, ?, in, there

6.- some, All, us speak, French, can, of

7.- doesn't, difficult, exercise, too, do, This, to, seem

D.- Fill in the gaps with : some, any, a, an, much, little, few.

I always get depressed when I open the fridge in my flat because we never buy ___ food. Yesterday was no different from any other day. I wanted a light snack in the afternoon but there was only half ___ packet of raisins, ___ decaf coffee in a jar and a ___ milk. We had ___ cheese but not ___. I decided to have ___ orange.
"Was there ___ fruit?", you may ask. Of course not, there are never ___ oranges when you want some!
There were a ___ bananas, ___ slice of watermelon and a ___ pinneapple juice, but I don't like ___ of them much.
I was feeling miserable and hungry when my flatmate came into the kitchen and asked : "Have you got ___ vegetables?"
Before I could answer she continued, "I want to make a big salad and I need ___ lettuce, a ___ tomatoes, ___ slice carrots and olives."
I pointed at the fridge and suggested, "Why don't you go shopping, my dear?".

TEST ELEMENTARY (2)

En ésta ocasión ponemos a prueba una vez más vuestro nivel de Inglés con otro test del nivel "Elementary". Si habeís podido con el primero, este no os será un problema. Si no, podeis repasar algunos temas que se explican en este mismo blog. Las respuestas las podeis pedir mediante la dirección email que aparece a la derecha de ésta página en el apartado "Comentarios".

1.- Escribir la palabra que falta en cada uno de los espacios. Las contracciones, se consideran como una sola palabra.

a) What _____ you usually eat for lunch?
b) George and Terry ____ speak portuguese.
c) It's 9:30 and the children ____ sitting at their desks.
d) Ken ____ like tea. In fact, he hates it.
e) ____ you choose your clothes? Or does your mother choose them?
f) When it rains, ____ you take an umbrella?
g) What ____it say on the board? I can't see from here.
h) Becky and Colin ____ doing their homework. They are watching tv.

2.- Elegir la opción correcta para cada frase.

a) What time ____ to bed?
 I) usually do you go
II) do usually you go
III) do you usually go

b) Everyday Frank ____ to work.
I) goes
II) is going
III) go

c) Stop it ! ____ it !
  I) I'm not liking
 II) I don't like
 III) I not like

d) What ____ ? Is it an orange?
I) you are eating
II) are you eating
III) do you eat

e) Sorry, I can't speak to you now. ____ a bath.
I) I'm having
II) I have
III) I don't have

f) Yumiko feels ill, so she ____ basketball
I) doesn't play
II) isn't play
III) isn't playing

g) Pay attention, Philip ____ ?
I) do you listen
II) is it listening
III) are you listening

h) Excuse me, ____ to Manchester?
I) this road goes
II) does this road go
III) is this road go

3.- Corrija las frases.

a) I doesn't likes this film
b) What do you wants?
c) Jim walk smetimes to school
d) Whe the lesson begins?
e) I don't gets up early on sundays
f) David do live near the station
g) Tina not like computer games
h) He watchs TV every night

4.- Vuelva a escribir las frases utilizando las palabras entre paréntesis.

a) Kate goes to school by bus. (usually)
b) I'm working hard. (not)
c) Sara likes sport. (not)
d) I get up at 6:30. (always)
e) We speak german. (not)
f) Pierre goes to the beach. (often)
g) George drinks beer. (never)
h) We're having a good time. (not)

5.- Señalar la frase correcta de entre las 2 opciones.

a) I don't understand this sentence.
    I'm not understanding this sentence.

b) Do you eat always a sandwich for lunch?
    Do you always eat a sandwich for lunch?

c) Laura is doing her homework at the moment.
    Laura does her homework at the moment.

d) Jane is reading every evening.
    Jane reads every evening.

e) Excuse me, how much do these shoes cost?
    Excuse me, how much are these shoes costing?

f) Helen is never eating meat.
   Helen never eats meat.

6.- Present Simple or Present Continuous? Cambiar el verbo si está equivocado. NOTA : Solo 3 son correctas.

a) Are you owning this motorbike?
b) I'm staying in a hotel near the sea.
c) I'd like to buy this coat. How much is it costing?
d) What's the matter? The bus is stopping.
e) I'm usually getting up at 6:00.
f) This book is difficult. I'm not understanding it.
g) Excuse me, are you knowing the way to the museum?