lunes, 21 de octubre de 2013

Mariana Henao       10-C       Code:14

Conditionals, past continuous and past simple.


  Conditionals.
Zero Conditional - (Type Zero) - Situación siempre verdaderaIf you freeze water, it turns into ice.First Conditional - (Type I) - Situación real o posibleIf it rains today, I'll stay at home.Second Conditional - (Type II) - Situación hipotéticaIf I won the lottery, I would travel around the world.Third Conditional - (Type III) - Situación hipotética del pasadoIf I had won the lottery, I would have traveled around the world.

Conditional: wish + past simple- Deseo sobre una situación irrealI wish I were rich (but I am not)Conditional: wish + past perfect - Deseo sobre el pasadoI wish I had learned English when I was younger (but I didn't)Conditional: wish + would - Expresando desagrado o irritaciónI wish you would stop making that noise


  • If I won the lottery, I would travel around the world.
    Si ganara la lotería, viajaría por todo el mundo.
  • If I were in Brazil, I would go to Rio de Janeiro.
    Si yo estuviese en Brasil, iría a Río de Janeiro.
  • If I were you, I would buy that car.
    Si yo fuese tú, compraría ese auto.
  • If he were in my place, he wouldn't do this.
    Si él estuviese en mi lugar, no haría esto.
  • If I had more money, I would buy a nice apartment.
    Si yo tuviese más dinero, me compraría un lindo apartamento.
  • If she had more time, she would travel more often.
    Si ella tuviera más tiempo, viajaría más a menudo.
  • If it were not raining, we could go out.
    Si no estuviese lloviendo, podríamos salir.
  • If we didn't have to work today, we could have a picnic.
    Si no tuviésemos que trabajar hoy, podríamos tener un picnic.
  • If they won the lottery, they wouldn't work any more.
    Si ellos ganaran la lotería, no trabajarían más.
  • If I saw her, I would ask her out.
    Si la viera, la invitaría a salir.
  • If you went to Brazil, you wouldn't want to come back.
    Si fueras a Brazil, no querrías regresar.
  • If they spoke Spanish, we would understand them.
    Si ellos hablasen español, los entenderíamos.
  • If he didn't live by the river, he couldn't go fishing.
    Si el no viviera cerca del río, no podría ir a pescar.
  • If I didn't want to go, I would tell you.
    Si no quisiera ir, te lo diría.
  • If they worked for that company, they might have better salaries.
    Si ellos trabajaran para esa compañía, podrían tener mejores sueldos.
  • If she wrote a book, it would be a best-seller.
    Si ella escribiese un libro, sería un best-seller.

These were some examples the conditionals.


Past continuous

The Past Continuous is a verb tense describes actions that were being made ​​at a time of the year to which it refers and then continued.

Structure
Sujeto + be in past + verbo  -ing

-When I arrived at her house she was listening to music.
Cuando llegué a su casa estaba escuchando música. 

-She was working all day yesterday.
Ayer estuvo trabajando todo el día.


-When I got up it was raining. 
Cuando me levanté estaba lloviendo.


-They were having breakfast when the phone rang.
Estaban desayunando cuando sonó el teléfono.

-We were living in Italy when he died.
Estabamos viviendo en Italia cuando murió.


These were some examples the past continuous.



Simple Past.

* Simple Past tense is used to describe actions that have happened at an earlier time and have already completed. *

Structure: Suj- verb ed (past).

1.- I was with him in the party (yo estaba con el en la fiesta)
2.- We were in her house yesterday (nosotros estabamos en la casa de ella ayer)
3.- She was his wife (ella era su esposa)
4.- I was sick (estaba enfeermo)
5.- Sabrina was pretty (sabrina era linda)
6.- My dog was white (mi perro era blanco)
7.- I was with my mother last year. (estaba con mi mama el año pasado)
8.- John was in my house (john estaba en mi casa)
9.- My mother and I were in the church last Sunday (mi mama y yo estabamos en la iglesia el domingo pasado)
10.- He was at thes chool yesterday at this hour (el estaba en la escuela ayer, a esta hora).


These were some examples the simple past.