Curso de Inglés

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Plan de estudio:
• Repaso general (presentación,
verbos, reglas generales) +Ejercicios
• Tiempos verbales + Ejercicios
• Vocabulario (Básico, Práctico,
Turístico,etc.)
• Fonética (errores comunes)
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 Presentation: The Basics
• Ideally, a presentation is short and concise*. It provides basic information about
yourself, such as your name, age , nationality and job occupation.

Common mistake:
 I have 27 years old.
 I am 27 years old .

Examples:
• Hi! I´m Carlos. I´m 27 years old and I´m from Colombia. I work as a construction worker in
Medellín.
• Hello, my name is Carolina. I am 22 years old and I am from the USA. I work for a law firm* in
the state of Massachusetts.

Exercise! Can you tell the differences between these two sentences ? What are they?

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 Verbs : Regular and Irregular
In English, verbs can be a bit tricky* to remember, specially because some verbs aren't conjugated in
the same way for the simple , past and perfect form. We call these verbs Irregular verbs.
Thankfully, it´s only a handful of them we need to remember, but they are quite important for the
everyday use, like in the case of the verbs “To go” and “To be”.

Be Was/Were Been Learn Learnt Learnt

Go Went Gone Swim Swam Swum These are only some of the
See Saw Seen Write Wrote Written most important ones!
Do Did Done Give Gave Given
Eat Ate Eaten Say Said Said
Wear Wore Worn Forget Forgot Forgotten
Take Took Taken Buy Bought Bought
Draw Drew Drawn Fall Fell Fallen
Read Read Read* Put Put Put
Dream Dreamt Dreamt Drive Drove Driven
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Sleep Slept Slept Drink Drank Drunk 3
Speak Spoke Spoken
 Verbs: Present, Past And future pt.1
• In the English language, there are three tenses: the present tense, the past tense
and the future tense. Each of them also have four forms: simple, continuous,
perfect and perfect continuous. Here are a few examples.

John walks to the park every Saturday. (Present simple)

We came in yesterday, but we didn’t see you. (Past simple)
He will get married in September (Future simple)
She is going to love this present! ( Future simple)
Exercise! Can you tell the difference in between the two forms of the Future Simple?
He´s laughing at her jokes because she´s funny. (Present continuous)
I was going to say something , but I didn’t know what. ( Past continuous)
We will be taking legal action* against her. (Future continuous)
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Verbs: Present, Past and Future pt. 2
• The perfect and perfect continuous forms tend to be a little more complicated
to explain. Here we will provide examples for each.
• Present Perfect.
I /You/We/They Have ‘ve
I have been to America. He/She/It Has ‘s
I have gone to America
Exercise! Can you tell the difference between the meaning in these phrases?
• Present Perfect Continuous.
She has been studying for five hours now!
We have been waiting for an answer.
In the case of the present perfect and the present perfect continuous , we are
referring to situations where actions began at a certain past, and continue up to
the present. Some have already finished , and some are still happening as we
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Verbs: Present, Past and Future pt. 3
In the case of Past Perfect form, It’s supposed to talk about time up to a certain
point in the past, while the Perfect Continuous tense is used for an action that started
in the past and has continued up until another time in the past.
• Past Perfect.
She had finished all the water by the time she arrived at my house.
We had travelled for about 14 hours when the plane announced we were landing
soon.
• Past Perfect Continuous.
I had been waiting for two hours when the phone rang.
When we saw her , we could tell she had been crying. Had ‘d
Had not Hadn´t
Verbs: Present, Past and Future (Will and Going To)
Will
We use “Will” in four occasions:
 When we talk about events that have a 100% chance of happening, regardless of
our role in the situation
She will be ninety tomorrow.
 When we decide on something in the present, spontaneously.
Are you thirsty? I will get you a glass of water.
 When we make a prediction, supposition or deduction about something in the
near future.
The prices will plummet* if that happens.
I suppose you won´t be coming tomorrow.
 When we want to give orders, ask for favours or make promises. Will ‘ll
Will not Won’t
You will come to my party, won’t you?
Will you fetch* my coat for me ? I left it in the5 hanger.
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 Verbs: Present, Past and Future (Will and Going To)
Going to
We use “Going to” in two occasions: I am I´m
He/She/It is ‘s + GOING TO
 When we intend to do something before we speak. You/We/They are ‘re
I'm going to paint the inside of the garage.
When are you going to go on vacation?
 When to make a prediction about the future, based on present evidence.
If she stays on that tree, she´s going to fall!
I broke the vase; mom isn’t going to be happy about it.
We could see a difference in will and going if we think of it this way: “Will” refers
to an immediate future, one with certainty*. We take decisions , make predictions
and ask for favours in the moment of speech. “Going to” refers to a premeditated
future, where we have already made the decision beforehand* , or when we have
evidence of something directly in front of us.
 Verbs: Present, Past and Future pt.
We use the Future Perfect when we talk about actions that will have finished in a certain
point in the future. We use the Future Perfect Continuous form when we are talking about
actions that are prolonged for a certain period of time in the future.
• Future Perfect.
I will have finished my homework by 9pm.
He will have left by the time we arrive.
They won´t have finished before we call them.

• Future Perfect Continuous.

We will have been living in Italy for 3 years next month.
They will have been married for 25 years in July!
I´m not going to the pub* tonight, by 10 pm I will have been working for 8 hours.

It´s important to note that the sentences made with the perfect future tense MUST have a9
deadline* in the future, otherwise you should use the simple future tense.
 Verbs: Timeline , Regular and Irregular verbs
• A good way to start understanding the tenses in English is to look at it from a
timeline* perspective.
Past Present Future

“I studied English” “I study English” “I will study English”

(Past Simple) (Present Simple) (Future Simple)

“I was studying English” “I’m studying English” “I will be studying English”

(Past Continuous) (Present Continuous) (Future Continuous)

“I had studied English” “I have studied English ” “ I will have studied English”
(Past Perfect) (Present Perfect ) (Future Perfect)

“I had been studying English” “ I have been studying English” “ I will have been studying English”
(Past Perfect Continuous) (Present Perfect Continuous) (Future Perfect Continuous)

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Concise (Adj.) /kənˈsʌɪs/
Vocabulary
Giving a lot of information clearly and in a few words; brief but comprehensive.
Tricky (Adj.) /ˈtrɪki/
Requiring care and skill because it´s difficult or awkward.
To take legal action (Verb)
To sue someone, to start a lawsuit against them.
Plummet (Verb) /ˈplʌmɪt/
Fall or drop straight down at high speed.
Fetch (Verb) /fɛtʃ/
Go for and then bring back (someone or something) for someone.
Certainty (Noun) /ˈsəːt(ə)nti/
Firm conviction that something is the case.
Beforehand (Adverb) /bɪˈfɔːhand/
Before an action or event; in advance.
Deadline (Noun) /ˈdɛdlʌɪn/
The latest time or date by which something should be completed.
Timeline (Noun) /ˈtʌɪmlʌɪn/