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LIKE + -ing

Utilizamos esta estructura "like + -ing" para hablar de cosas que siempre nos gusta hacer.

        What do you like doing at the weekend? I like going swimming.

Recuerda que no repetimos la estructura en la respuesta corta.

        Does Charlie like skateboarding? Yes, he does.

  Todos los verbos de preferencia: like, dislike, prefer, hate, etc van seguidos de verbo con ING

             AFFIRMATIVE              NEGATIVE                            INTERROGATIVE

            I like playing                  I don’t like playing                  Do I like playing?

            You like playing             You don’t like playing              Do you like playing?

            He likes playing              He doesn’t like playing          Does he like playing?

            She likes playing            She doesn’t like playing        Does she like playing?

             It likes playing               It doesn’t like playing            Does it like playing?

             We like playing             We don’t like playing              Do we like playing?

             You like playing             You don’t like playing             Do you like playing?

             They like playing            They don’t like playing           Do they like playing?

 

               ON LINE EXERCISES

  1. Exercise 1
  2. Exercise 2
  3. Exercise 3
  4. Exercise 4
  5. Exercise 5
  6. Likes and dislikes.     
  7. Like + -ing activities 1. 
  8. Like + -ing activities 2.
  9. Listen and do.

      

CAN  AND  CAN'T

Utilizamos can and can't con un verbo en infonitivo sin "to" para pedir permiso. Lo utilizamos tanto en la pregunta como en la respuesta para dar o no el permiso.

        Can we play on the computer? Yes, you can. / No, you can't.

We use 'can' to talk about 'possibility'.

    Can you do that?
    I can't manage to do that.
    You can leave your car in that parking space.
    You cannot smoke in here.

Notice that there are two negative forms: 'can't' and 'cannot'. These mean exactly the same thing. When we are speaking, we usually say 'can't'.

We use 'can' to talk about 'ability'.

    I can speak French.
    I can't drive.

We use 'can' to ask for and give permission. (We also use 'may' for this but is more formal and much less common.)

    Can I speak to you or are you too busy?
    You can use my phone.
    You can't come in.

We use 'can' in offers, requests and instructions.

    Can I help?
    Can you give me a hand?
    When you finish that, you can take out the garbage.

We use 'can' with 'see' 'hear' 'feel' 'smell' 'taste' to talk about something which is happening now . (Where you would use the present continuous with most other verbs.)

    I can smell something burning.
    Can you hear that noise?
    I can't see anything.

We can use 'can't' for deduction. The opposite of 'can't' in this context is 'must'.

    You can't be hungry. You've just eaten.
    You must be hungry. You haven't eaten anything all day.
    He was in London one hour ago when I spoke to him. He can't be here yet.

 

                ON LINE EXERCISES

  1. Exercise 1
  2. Exersise 2
  3. Exercise 3
  4. Exercise 4
  5. Exercise 5
  6. Exercise 6
  7. Exercise 7
  8. Exercise 8

 

BE  GOING  TO

Utilizamos la forma "be going to..." seguida de un verbo para expresar nuestros planes.

            I'm going to listen to my MP3 player.

            Peter isn't going to play with his friends today.

            Are you going to do your homework this evening?

We use 'going to' when we want to talk about a plan for the future.

        I'm going to see him later today.
        They're going to launch it next month.
        We're going to have lunch first.
        She's going to see what she can do.
        I'm not going to talk for very long.

Notice that this plan does not have to be for the near future.

        When I retire I'm going to go back to Barbados to live.
        In ten years time, I'm going to be boss of my own successful company.

We use 'going to' when we want to make a prediction based on evidence we can see now.

        Look out! That cup is going to fall off.
        Look at those black clouds. It's going to rain soon.
        These figures are really bad. We're going to make a loss.
        You look very tired. You're going to need to stop soon.

 
                    ON LINE EXERCISES
  1. Exercise 1
  2. Exercise 2
  3. Exercise 3
  4. Exercise 4