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TEXT (texto)

TRAFFIC PROBLEMS IN FLORIDA

All states in the U.S. are divided into counties. There are 67 counties in
Florida. Since it is the fastest-growing state, there have been many changes
in the highway system.

One example of these changes is Escambia County in northwest Florida. In

Escambia there were 11 surveys in the year 2000 to determine the traffic on
secondary roads. The Florida Department of Transportation conducted the
survey.

Residents were asked the following questions:

     1. Is there a lot of traffic in front of your house?

     2. Are there a lot of cars during the rush hours?
     3. Will there be a lot of traffic during this weekend?
     4. Was there a lot of traffic in front of your house yesterday?
     5. Has there been more traffic in front of your house this year than last
year?
     6. Would there be a lot of traffic in front of your house if you lived in the
Molino Area (rural)?

There will be 6 new secondary highways in Escambia in the year 2001, but
not because of the survey. The results were lost in the computer system. So
why was the mix-up in the presidential elections a big surprise?

VOCABULARY (vocabulario)

country condado to conduct a survey hacer una encuesta

survey encuenta rush hours horas puntas
fastest el más rápida mix-up lío, confusión
to grow crecer    
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GRAMAR - FORMS OF "THERE IS"

(gramática - formas de la expresión "There is")

OBSERVA LO SIGUIENTE:

Inglés Español Contración

There is, there are   hay   there's, there're
There was, there hubiera,
    There is, there are
were hubo(1)
There will be, there'll be, there's going to
    habrá  
there is going to be) be
  There would be   habría   there'd be
(1) Como no usamos el subjuntivo, para hubiera y hubo empleamos there were (había)
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EXERCICES (ejercicios)

1.   1. If there were any oranges in Florida, I would eat them.

hubiera
hay
había

2.   There was a small bush near the highway yesterday.

hay
hubo
había

3.   Where there some red flowers there, too?

hay
había
hubiera

4.   There was a mix-up last night.

había
hay
hubo

5.   There is a secondary road in front of my house..

hay
había
ha habido