Ingles

Sentence Pattern in English (fundamentos de la estructura básica del Inglés)Lesson 1 (Basic)
Cuando tenemos una oración es bueno saber su estructura para poder entendernos mejor durante el proceso de aprendizaje.
En las clases que siguan me referiré a los términos de la oración para hacer correcciones o para enfatizar algunos puntos. Es algo que muchos profesores no dan mucha importancia peroque crea una uniformidad y orden entre alumnos y el profesor.
Hablaremos de :
- Nouns / Subjects / adjectives / verbs / adverbs / complement / modifiers
Nouns : (sustantivos)
Names a person, place, thing or idea (Nombra a una persona, lugar, cosa, o idea)
Examples: John, love, world, picture, Madrid
Subject: (Sujeto)
It is the person, place, thing or idea (a noun) that does the actionof a sentence and it goes before the verb. (Es el sustantivo que realiza la accion de la oracion)
Examples of Subjects:
- George likes boats (George and boats are nouns but George is the subject)
- The weather was horrible yesterday.
- The bank closed early.
Verb (verbo)
It shows the action of the verb. Every sentence must have a verb. (Hace la acción del sujeto y toda oracion necesita deun verbo)
Examples:
- My wife went to France.
- We have studied English all night.
- I am writing a letter.
- She works for IBM company.
* Adjective (adjetivo): Describes a noun (califica a un sustantivo) - Examples : Blue house , old man, interesting book, pretty woman etc…
* Adverb (adverbio): Describes the verb or adjective. (califica al verbo o adjetivo) – Examples: He walksslowly / He studies quietly (muchas veces acaba en -ly)
Complement:
It completes the verb and it is usually a noun or noun phrase. Every sentence does not require a complement. The complement answers the question what? or whom? (Es el complemento del verbo y no es requerido tenerlo en toda oración).
* Modifiers: Tells about the time, place or manner of the action. (Hable del tiempo, lugar ymanera de accion del verbo)
Subject | Verb | Complement | Modifier |
John and I | ate | a pizza | last week |
We | studied | english | last night |

Curso de inglés gratis – Lección 2 (Curso Básico)
Today we will talk about PRONOUNS and the verb (to be). It is important to understand perfectly these topics because it will help us in the future to understand other more complex structures.Gracias por su visita y espero esta pagina siga creciendo. En esta clase hablaremos de los pronombres de sujeto y el verbo to be. Esto es fundamental puesto que nos ayudara a comprender mas adelante estructuras mas avanzadas. A continuación la clase:Pronouns :
Singular: I , You, He, She It
Plural: We you they
Verb to be (in the present form): am/is/are
Table # 1 (Positive form) Pronouns withthe verb to be (am/is/are) and its Contractions
| “Subject” Pronouns | Verb(To be) | Contraction |
1St | I | am | I’m |
2nd | you | are | you’re |
3rd | He/She/It | Is | he’s / she’s / it’s |
PLURAL |
1st | We | are | we’re |
2nd | You | | you’ re |
3rd | They | | they’re |
Table 2 : (Negative form) Pronouns with the verb to be (am/is/are) and its Contractions
| “Subject”Pronouns | Verb(To be) | Contraction |
1St | I | am + not | I’m not |
2nd | you | are + not | you’re not / you aren’t |
3rd | He/She/It | is + not | he’s / she’s / it’s + notorhe/she/it + isn’t |
PLURAL |
1st | We | Are +not | we’re not / we aren’t |
2nd | You | | you’ re not / you aren’t |
3rd | They | | they’re not / they aren’t |
Table # 3 (Questions)
| Verb (to be) | SubjectPronoun | Complement(optional) |
1St | Am | I | a good student? |
2nd | Are | you | married? |
3rd | Is | he/she/it | your friend? |
PLURAL |
1st | Are | we | ready? |
2nd | | you | at home |
3rd | | they | tired? |
Table 4: Short answers (Yes and no answers)
| Positive | Negative |
1St | Yes, I am | No. I’m not |
2nd | Yes, you are | No, you aren’t |
3rd | Yes, he is...