Relatives pronouns

Hi friends!

  Last day,Gema taught us the relative pronouns.We use them to add a relative clause to a sentence.For example:
             
            -This is my friend.His brother is in Paris.
                       >This is my friend whose brother is in Paris.(Este es mi amigo cuyo hermano está en París)

We have six relative pronouns:Where,Who,Whose,Which,When and That.

    Here,we are going to put six examples:

         >Where: -He was in London.I was born.
                           *He was in London where I was born.
         >Who: -He is the man.He fights with Yeray.
                           *He is the man who fights with Yeray.
         >Whose -He is the man.His mother is Lola.
                            *He is the man whose mother is Lola.
         >Which: -The dog is ill.The dog is in the vet.
                             *The dog which is in the vet is ill.
          >When: -1981 was a year.I was born.
                              *1981 was the year when I was born.
          >That: -He is the man.He eats with Pepa.
                              * He is the man that eats with Pepa.

!¡ Sometimes,the relative pronouns can be omitted if we have a subject in each clause.For example:
           > He is the man.I met yesterday.
                    *He is the man (who) I met yesterday  |Who can be omitted because of the underlined subject|

Another thing is that we can use THAT instead of using Who or Which,but only in defining relative clauses that we are going to explain the next day.For example:
             *He is the man WHO/THAT fights with Yeray.
             
             *The dog WHICH/THAT is in the vet is ill.

Let's start with passives!

Why don't we anticipate the grammar of this term?

   During this term,we're going to learn how to do passives sentences so let's start!

 PASSIVES SENTENCES 

 

 We usually use the passive when we want to emphasize the action instead of emphasizing the person who carried it out.For example: Yo leo un libro.....El libro es leido por mí.
                                                 <<I read a book......A book is read by me>>
 **Estructure:

             Voz activa:   The italians    invented     jeans.
                                   Sujeto          Verbo       Objeto

             Voz pasiva:  Jeans   were invented   by the italians.
                               Sujeto         Verbo        Complemento
                                                cambiado        agente

!¡We mus't to pay attention to all the changes of verb tenses:

 
      **Passives with reporting verbs
La voz pasiva también se usa para informar sobre sentimientos o creencias.Los verbos más usados serán:accept,believe,expect,hope,know,say,think and understand.For example:
                        Dicen que el restaurante es muy bueno
                                    <<That restaurant is said to be very good>> 
 

VOCABULARY

The vocabulary of the new term are:

*LATEST: Lo último

*OLD- FASHIONED: Pasado de moda

*REASONABLY PRICED: Precio razonable

*SECOND-HAND: Segunda Mano

*SOPHISTICATED: Sofisticado

*TOP QUALITY: Máxima calidad

*TRENDY: Moda

*GIVE AWAY: Repartir gratis

*TAKE BACK: Devolver

*TAKE OFF: Quitarse Ropa

*TRY ON: Probarse la ropa

NEW TERM

Hello everybody!!!

The last tuesday , we did the final exam of english!


Our teacher , Gema said to us that we would began the next term!!!

EXAMS EXAMS!!!

Hello! The last Monday , we did the second English exam , but yesterday, the teacher said to us that she wanted do other exam!! The exam is the next Tuesday and we have to study :

*The conditionals

*The Reported Speech

*The Passive (It's not possible)

**VOCABULARY!!

The teacher hasn't explain the passive yet , but the next Monday , she explain that ... YOU SHOULD STUDY MORE , BECAUSE IT IS OUR FINAL EXAM!!!

GOOD LUCKY :)

Reviewing!

Reported Speech 

>>Pay attention to the tense change in the sentences.

Statements:-"It was amazing!"Said Denise ---Denise said that It had been amazing.

                       -"Fame is the only thing I lived for"Mark told us ---Mark told us that fame was the only thing he lived for.

Questions:-"Do you have a job?"We asked him ---We asked him if/Whether he had a job. 

                     -"What do you do?"We asked them ---We asked them what they did.

       **(In these sentences,you must remember that in the indirect form we have subject+verb)

Orders and requests:-"Get out!" ---He ordered them to get out.

                                        -"Don't watch my audition" ---Mark told us not to watch his audition.

                                        -"Can you help me?" ---The girl asked me to help her.

       **(There aren't any change of tenses).

Suggestions:-"Why don't we wait outside?"Mark suggested.---Mark suggested that we wait outside.

                                                                                                          ---Mark suggested waiting outside.

      

      **(There aren't any change of tenses).

      **(You can use any of the two phrases because they will mean the same thing in the end)

We won't put more exercises about Reported Speech because the last day,Gema gave us a photocopies with a lot of sentences that we must do. :D

Changes

Hi friends!

     You must remember that with the reported speech,you have to make some changes in the sentence so We will let them here :)


                Direct                                         Indirect

             Last week                                 The week before
             Yesterday                                 Tthe day before
             Today                                        That day
             Tomorrow                                 The next day
             This evening                             That day
             Tonight                                      That night
             Now                                            Then
             Next month                                The following month
             Here                                           There

             Direct                                          Indirect

              This                                              That
              These                                           Those
              I                                                    He/She/It
              He/She                                         He/She
              You                                               I
              We                                               They
              They                                             They
              You                                               We

            Direct                                            Indirect

            Me                                                Him/Her/it
            You                                                Me
            Him/Her/It                                      Him/Her/It
            Us                                                  Them/us
            You                                                Us
            Them                                              Them

            Direct                                            Indirect

            My                                                 His/Her/Its
           Your                                               My
           His/Her/Its                                      His/Her/Its
           Our                                                Their/Our
           Your                                               Our
           Their                                               Their

            Direct                                            Indirect

            Mine                                               His/Hers/Its
            Yours                                              Mine
            His/hers/Its                                      His/Hers/Its    

....And that's all!Don't worry i'ts so easy to learn them practising!^^