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Place: 1. Manner
Place: 1. Manner
Manner
2. Place
3. Frecuency
4. Time
5. Reason/ purpose
MANNER ---- ly
TIME
WHEN HOW HOW
LONG OFTEN---
Yesterday All day
Today All night Always
Later For a year Sometimes
Now Express a usually
Last year duration
Tomorro Since 1996
w Express
a point a
time /
mark a
start
BEGINNING
1. HOW LONG
2. HOW OFTEN
3. WHEN
She worked in a hospital for two years
everyday the last year.
YET--- aún
NEGATIVE AND QUESTION
END SENTENCE
TIEMPOS VERBALES
PERFECTOS.
AUN NO ME HE GRADUADO
I HAVEN’T GRADUADED YET
DEGREE--- GRADO
Tell us about the intensity of
something.
Usually before the adjective / verb.
Extremely
Quite
Just
Very
Almost
Too
Enough
High
Totally
Really
Barely
Hardly
Marcus is extremely hot.
Marcus is barely hot.
ENOUGH--- SUFICIENTE
AFTER THE ADJECTIVE
You are running fast
enough.
TOO --- DEMASIADO
BEFORE ADJECTIVE
You are too tall.
That thing is too expensive for
me.
VERY---MUY
BEFORE ADJECTIVE
NO LO USAMOS NEGATIVOS.
You are very tall
ADVERBS QUANTITY
All
Every
Many
A lot of
None
A few
A little
Too much
Quite
Less
Nothing
Something
barely
ADVERBS
COMPARATIVE----MORE
She began to speak more quickly than
today.
It rains more often than the beginning
of the year.
Kyubi is more slowly than the
neighbor’s dog.
SUPERLATIVE---- MOST
She began to speak most quicky.
It rains most often at the end of the
year.
Kyubi is most slowly
COMPARATIVE
INTENSIFIERS
Much
A great
Far
A lot of
Quite lot
I forget things much more
often nowadays.
MITIGATORS
A bit
A little
Slightly
A little bit
Rather
Just a
It’s so big.
It’s such big thing.
It’s so cold.
It’s such cold drink.
EMBEDDED QUESTIONS
2 QUESTIONS---
POSITIVE WORD ORDER.
Do you know where I buy a Oaxaca’s
cheese?
Could you tell me…?
Can you say to me where I buy a
Oaxaca’s cheese?