I often hear English students asking about the differences between the words could, should, and would. I hope that this video gives a decent explanation.
Remember: “could” expresses possibility to do something, “would” expresses the intention of doing something and “should” is used to express that one ought to or must do something.
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Algo más para los principiantes. Por cierto, no puedo creer que se me olvidó hablar del marrón/brown.
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Do you like to go to the bitch in the summer? Has your mother-in-law been acting like a real beach lately? Do you even give a sheet about what I’m saying right now? Confused?? Watch this video!
(By the way, the title of this post “Watch your mouth!” is a very common idiom. It’s sort of like saying “¡cuidadito con lo que dices!”)
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Let’s learn a few common phrasal verbs! Phrasal verbs can be tricky, but here’s a tip for you. Don’t try to make sense of phrasal verbs. Accept them for what they are!
Oftentimes, phrasal verbs don’t make any logical sense, and if you spend loads of time trying to understand how they make sense (grammatically), you’ll waste precious time that you could be spending using them in your everyday conversations!
1. Blow up
Blow up means to explode, both literally and figuratively. For example, a building can explode/blow up, or a person can explode/blow up (become angry).
2. Bring up
Bring up means to mention (mencionar) or to raise (as in raising children).
3. Call off
Here’s a simple yet commonly used phrasal verb..it means to cancel. Example: The meeting was called off due to the bad weather.
4. Do over
Do over essentially means to repeat an action. Example: I have to do my homework over. I did a sloppy job. “Sloppy job” (un trabajo descuidado)
5. Fill out
Fill out means to complete, as in a form or application. Example: When I went on the job interview, they made me fill out an application in the waiting area.
Challenge yourself! Feel free to leave me a response with sentences using these phrasal verbs. I will gladly correct them!
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¿Qué aprendimos?
Hola: Hi o Hello (yo diría que “Hi” es un poco más informal)
¡Buenos días!: Good morning!
Buenas tardes: Good afternoon!
Buenas noches: Good night o Good evening (las dos formas son correctas y bastante iguales)
Gracias: Thank you
De nada: You’re welcome
(Recuerda que “you’re” es una contracción de las dos palabras you y are, pero en el caso de esta expresión es mucho más común decir “you’re welcome” que “you are welcome”)
¿Habla(s) español?: Do you speak Spanish?
En inglés no existe ningún “usted”, entonces siempre decimos “you” para significar “tú” o “usted”
¿Cómo te llamas?: What’s your name?
Otra contracción: What’s quiere decir “what is” (qué es). En el caso de esta expresión, las dos formas son totalmente correctas.
Sí/No: Yes/No
¡Buen trabajo! Good job!
Escrito en Principiantes | Etiquetas: aja, expresiones basicas en ingles, ingles inmersion
¡Por fin! I have worked so hard on this website and am so glad that it is finally open. There’s still MUCH more work to do, but I’m happy that it’s open now. I hope that you guys will enjoy the site and I have so many fun things planned to help you out with your English, so stick around!
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