ARTICLES - FILL IN THE GAPS

ARTICLES

1. ….. man took …. bus to go to work in …. morning. At lunch time he went to see …. film at …. cinema with …. friend. They bought …. can of coke each and …. sandwich. They enjoyed …. film very much and went back to …. work. …. of them took …. taxi and …. other …. went on foot.
2. Sarah went to …. city for ….interview. When she got to …. building, she went through …. main-door and asked …. person that was at …. reception-desk: “Good morning, I have …. job interview with Mr. Stuart and I am not sure where I have to go”. …. receptionist told him to take … lift, go up to …. second floor and look for …. door 15.
3. Tom thought that he was …. luckiest person on …. Earth because he was going to marry … girl he had been in love with all his life … following morning. He prepared …. dinner for himself for … last time and after eating all of it, he had …. shower and went to sleep.
4. In …. spring, …. flowers begin to blossom. At …. summer time …. grass is dry and we need to water it on … Monday, Wednesday and Friday. In autumn all …. leaves from … trees of …. garden fall down and we have to sweep them almost every day. In …. winter we don’t go in … garden and just wait for …. spring to come back so we can go back in …. garden to clean it.
5. My father goes to …. work by … car, my mother takes my brother to …. school by …. bus, my older brother goes to …. college on …. foot and I go to …. work by …. underground.
6. …. men are usually stronger than …. women but …. women that train in …. gym are much stronger than …. men who don’t do …. exercise.
7. …. horses run faster than …. donkeys but …. horses at my grandmother’s farm are so slow than even …. donkey would be faster.

8.      I left ….. home and went to ….. bus stop to catch ….. bus. I like going by ….. bus but I don’t like going by ….. train. ….. bus was late and we had to wait ….. long time. ….. buses are cheaper than ….. trains in England but in my country it is ….. other way round. ….. trains are cheaper than ….. buses.

9. In ….. summer we always go to ….. beach. There, I have ….. friend. my friend is ….. cleverest person I know. He is also ….. most handsome one. He goes to ….. University in Madrid and is studying ….. degree. We go to ….. different beach everyday. We go by ….. bus and always take ….. swimsuit and ….. drink with us. We like spending ….. summer together.
10. Once upon ….. time, there was ….. girl called snow white. She was ….. very pretty girl with ….. very big smile. She lived in ….. big house in ….. forest with ….. cat and ….. dog. She liked ….. forest and ….. flowers, and enjoyed playing with ….. animals of ….. forest. She thought, she was ….. happiest person on ….. earth.
11. On ….. Mondays, we have ….. breakfast at eleven o’clock.
12. After I have ….. shower I always cook ….. breakfast.
13. ….. dogs in my house eat a lot but ….. cats only eat ….. little.
14. ….. dogs hate ….. cats.
15. I play ….. football on ….. Saturdays but I only play ….. basketball on …. Sundays.
16. I came here in ….. taxi, but I will go back by ….. train.
17. ….. men in my office are nicer than …. women
18. ….. women are usually more intelligent than ….. men

ARTICULOS Y DETERMINANTES

ARTICULOS

1-      NO USAR ARTICULOS CON DIAS DE LA SEMANA, MESES, ESTACIONES Y COMIDAS

-          SE USA ON CON LOS DIAS DE LA SEMANA:

ON MONDAY, ON WEDNESDAY, ON FRIDAY

-          SE USA IN CON LOS MESES DEL AÑO:

IN JANUARY, IN SEPTEMBER

-          SE USA IN CON LAS ESTACIONES:

IN SUMMER, IN WINTER

-          NO SE USA NADA CON LAS COMIDAS:

BREAKFAST, LUNCH, SUPPER, TEA, DINNER.

2-      SE USA A/AN CUANDO SE PUEDE CONTAR

SE USA ONE CUANDO QUEREMOS DECIR NUMERO

“I ONLY HAVE ONE APPLE “

“ I HAVE A BOOK”

3-      LA SEGUNDA VEZ QUE MENCIONAMOS EL OBJETO, LO HACEMOS CON THE:

I BOUGHT A BOOK. THE BOOK IS ON THE TABLE

4-      SE USA THE CUANDO MENCIONAS UNO EN PARTICULAR

“ CAN YOU GIVE ME THE BOOK?

5-      NO SE USA ARTICULO CUANDO GENERALIZAMOS:

WOMEN LIVE LONGER THAN MEN

6-      NO SE SUELE USAR ARTICULO CON LAS PARTES DEL CUERPO, SE PONE ADJETIVO POSESIVO

“ I BROKE MY LEG”

7-      LAS SIGUIENTES PALABRAS NO LLEVAN ARTICULO:

-          NOMBRES PROPIOS

-          PAISES, CIUDADES, PUEBLOS, .. (*)

-          DIAS DE LA SEMANA, MESES, ESTACIONES, COMIDAS

-          JUEGOS CON PLAY (FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL)

-          BUS, CAR TAXI, TRAIN, PLANE, …(CUANDO QUEREMOS DECIR IR EN, USAMOS LA PREPOSICIÓN BY)

-          WORK, HOSPITAL, PRISON, SCHOOL, BED , CHURCH(CUANDO VAMOS A ESOS EDIFICIOS PARA SU FUNCIÓN)

8-      LOS INCONTABLES NUNCA LLEVAN EL DETERMINANTE A / AN, A NO SER QUE SEAN ACOMPAÑADOS POR: RODAJA, TROZO, …

9-      SE USA ONE / ONES PARA ENFATIZAR O PARA SUSTANTIVIZAR UN ADJETIVO:

“ YOU CAN BORROW MY BLUE JACKET OR THE YELLOW ONE”

“ WHICH ONE WOULD YOU LIKE TO BORROW? “

PRESENT SIMPLE VS PRESENT CONTINUOUS

PRESENT SIMPLE

1.       PARA LAS ACCIONES QUE OCURREN CON UNA FRECUENCIA EN EL PRESENTE

·         I BUY BREAD EVERY DAY

·         I DON´T GO TO SCHOOL ON SUNDAYS

·         I TAKE YOGA LESSON ONCE A WEEK

·         I ALWAYS  REVISE AT HOME

·         HE OFTEN SLEEPS ON THE SOFA

2.       PARA LO QUE OCURRIRÁ EN EL FUTURO PORQUE SIGUE UN HORARIO O AGENDA

EL SUJETO DE ESTAS FRASES CUANDO HABLAMOS DE HORARIOS SUELE SER UN LUGAR O TRANSPORTE

·         MY PLANE LEAVES TOMORROW AT TEN ( EL AVIÓN SALDRÁ ME MONTE YO O NO)

·         HIS SCHOOL CLOSES AT CHRISTMAS (ESTA ASI MARCADO EN LA AGENDA ESCOLAR)

PARA QUE EL SUJETO SEA UNA PERSONA, NORMALMENTE HABLAMOS DE ALGUIEN CON AGENDA Y PROBABLEMENTE SECRETARIA.

·         MR SMITH DOESN´T RETURN UNTIL WEDNESDAY

3.       PARA LAS COSAS QUE SON UN HECHO

·         WATER BOILS AT 100 DEGRESS

·         THE SUN RISES FROM THE EAST

·         THE MOON GOES ROUND THE EARTH

4.       PARA LAS SITUACIONES PERMANENTES

·         I LIVE IN LONDON

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

1.       PARA LAS ACCIONES QUE ESTAN OCURRIENDO EN EL MOMENTO EN EL QUE HABLAMOS EN EL PRESENTE

·         I AM TALKING TO YOU NOW

·         LISTEN! MARY IS PLAYING THE PIANO

·         AT THE MOMENT WE ARE NOT CONSIDERING THAT OPTION

·         TODAY I AM NOT FEELING WELL

2.       PARA LAS ACCIONES QUE OCURRIRAN EN UN FUTURO PORQUE YA ESTAN ORGANIZADAS, SON PLANES PERSONALES A CORTO PLAZO  Y QUE YA ESTÁN CERRADOS.

·         I AM FLYING TO LONDON ON SUNDAY (ES MI DECISION)

·         JACK IS HAVING LUNCH AT HIS MUM´S ON FRIDAY

·         WE ARE HAVING A PARTY ON WEDNESDAY

·         THEY ARE MOVING HOUSES NEXT WEEK

RECUERDA QUE LOS VERBOS “STATIVES” NO VAN EN TIEMPOS CONTINUOUS: BELIEVE, WANT, BELONG, UNDERSTAND, LIKE, ETC …