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... pronoun ...plural noun ... question ... sentence ...subject pronoun ....time ... verb ..past participle ...verb past ------------------------------------------------ 01. Verb: How to make a sentence ---------------------------- 02. Verb: How to make a question ---------------------------- 04. Adj.: How to make a sentence ---------------------------- 05. Adj.: How to make a question ---------------------------- 06. Tag questions ---------------------------- 07. ***Questions that aren't questions ***Short answer to questions ---------------------------- 08. ***I am / I was / I will be I see him ing. I hear him ing. Soy / fui / yo seré Veo ing . Oigo ing . ---------------------------- 09. ***Past tense - I . - Yo . - I have . - Tengo . - I had - Tuve - I have been ing. - He estado ing. - I had been ing. - Yo había estado ing. - I am . - Estoy . ---------------------------- 11. ***Irregular verbs ---------------------------- 12. ***How to say hello ***How to say goodbye ---------------------------- 13. ***How to say thank you Cómo decir gracias --------------- - Thank you for ing. Gracias por --------------- - Thank you for being . - Gracias por ser usted. - Thank you for the . Gracias por --------------- ---------------------------- 14. ***How to ask a favor Cómo pedir un favor ----------- - Please . a. por favor ------- - Could you please . - Would you please . b. ?Podrias por favor ? ----------- - Would you mind ing. ?Te importaria ? -------------- - Be sure to . - Make sure to . c. ?Asegurate de ? ------------ ---------------------------- 15. ***How to give/ask permission Cómo dar/pedir permiso ------------- - Could I please ? a. ?Podria porfavor ? ---------------- - Would you mind if I ? b. ?Te importaria si ? ---------- - Is it alright to ? - Is it ok to ? c. ?Está bien ? ------------ ---------------------------- 16. ***How to make a suggestion Cómo hacer una sugerencia ------------ - Let's . a. Vamos a . ------------ ***Why don't you . - Why don't I . - Why don't we . b. ?porqué no ? ------------ ---------------------------- 17. ***How to ask for advice/opinion Cómo pedir un consejo/opinion ------------ - Shall we ? - Should we ? a. ?Deberiamos ? ------------- - Do you think we should ? b. ?Piensas qué debamos ? ------------ ***How to apologize Cómo disculparse ------------------ - I'm sorry for ing. a. Perdon por . ------------- - Excuse me for ing. b. Disculpeme por . ------------ - I apologize for ing. c. Me disculpe por ------------- ---------------------------- 18. ***How to say no. Cómo decir no ------------ - I am sorry but . a. Perdon pero . --------------- - I am afraid that . b. Temo qué . ----------------- ***How to ask directions. ---------------------------- 19. ***How to ask for help Cómo pedir ayuda -------------- - Could you please help me to ? ?Podrias porfavor ayudarme a ? --------------- - Can you please tell me where ? ?Podrias porfavor decirme dónde ? --------------- ---------------------------- VERBS ---------------------------- 20. ***I am ing. Estoy . --------------- ---------------------------- 21. ***I want to a. Quiero . --------------- I meant to I don't care to . b. No me interesa . --------------- ---------------------------- 22. ***I can . a. Puedo . There is no way to . b. No hay forma de . ------------ ---------------------------- 23. ***I'm going to . Voy a . ----------------- ---------------------------- 24. ***I would like to . a. Me gustería . -------------------- I would love to . b. Me encantaria ---------------- ---------------------------- 25. ***I have to . a. tengo qué I have got to . I must . I got to . b. Debo . -------------------- ---------------------------- 26. ***I will probably . Probablemente voy a ********** ***I happen to . Por casualidad ---------------------------- 27. ***I need to . Necesito .********************* It is necessary to . Es necesario .********************* There is no need to . No hay necesidad de *********************. ---------------------------- 28. ***I go to . . Voy a .********************* I come to . Vengo a .********************* ---------------------------- 29. ***I like to . Me gusta .********************* ***I like ing. I enjoy ing. Disfruto .********************* I like it when . Me gusta cuando .********************* I love it when . Me encanta cuando .********************* I hate it when . Odio cuando la .********************* ---------------------------- 30. ***It is worth ing. It is worthwhile ing. It is worth it to . It is worthwhile to . Vale la pena (a) .********************* It pays to . conviene ************************** ---------------------------- 31. ***I plan to . ***I plan on ing. Planeo .********************* Mi plan es ing. I intend to . I intend on ing. Tengo la intención de . Tengo la intención de ing. I don't have any intention of ing. No tengo ninguna intención en .********************* ---------------------------- 32. ***I am supposed to . ***I am supposed to be ing. Debo de estar I am to . I am due to . Se supone que .********************* ---------------------------- 33. ***I try to . ***I try ing. Trato de I attempt to . I attempt ing. Intento .********************* I make an attempt to . Hago un intento de .********************* I make an effort to . Hago un esfuerzo de .********************* ---------------------------- 34. ***I am thinking of ing. ***I am thinking about ing. Estoy pensando en .********************* I am considering ing. I considered ing. Estoy considerando .********************* ---------------------------- 35. ***I feel like ing. Me siento como ing. I have an urge to . Tengo ganas de .********************* I feel an urge to . I get an urge to . Tengo la urgencia de .********************* I feel the need to . Siento la necesidad de .********************* ---------------------------- 36. ***I should . ***I ought to . ***I had better . ***I better . Debería .********************* ---------------------------- 37. ***I used to . (antes) Estudiaba..***************** I would . Me volvería a comer. ***I am used to ing. I am accustomed to ing. Estoy acostumbrado a .********************* ***I get used to ing. Yo acostumbro a ing. I get accustomed to ing. Me acostumbro a .********************* ---------------------------- 38. ***I'm ready to . Estoy listo para . I'm on the verge of ing. Estoy a punto de ,v>ing I'm set to . Me puse a . I'm prepared to . Estoy preparado para . I'm about to . Estoy a punto de . I begin to . Empiezo a . I start to . Empiezo a . I am in the middle of ing. Estoy en medio de ing . I am in the process of ing. Estoy en el proceso de ing . I am in the midst of ing. Estoy en medio de ing . I keep ing. Sigo ing. I continue ing. Sigo ing. I end up ing. Termino ing. I wind up ing. Termino ing. I stop ing. Me detengo ing . I quit ing. Dejé ing. I finish ing. Termino ing . ---------------------------- 39. ***I know how to . sé cómo .???????? ---------------------------- 40. ***It is ok to . No es buena idea . ***It is alright to . Está bien para . You can . Puede . You may . Puede . It is alright not to . Está bien que no . It is ok not to . Esta bien no . You don't have to . Usted no tiene que . You don't need to . Usted no necesita . You haven't got to . No tienes que . It isn't ok to . No es buena idea . It isn't alright to . No está bien que . You shouldn't . Usted no debe . You had better not . Será mejor que no . ---------------------------- 41. ***I only . solamente .********************* ---------------------------- 42. ***I just . Solo .********************* ---------------------------- 43. ***All I do is . ***All I is . Todo lo que hago es .********************* ---------------------------- 44. ***I make him . I {make, let, have, get, help} him Le hago . I force him to . Yo le obligo a . ***I let him . Lo dejé . I allow him to . Le permito . I permit him to . Yo le permito a . ***I have him . Yo le tengo . ***I get him to . Consigo que . I ask him to . Le pido que . ***I help him . Le ayudo . I help him to . Le ayudo a . I help him with ing. Yo le ayudo con ing. I prevent him from ing. Yo le impiden ing . I keep him from ing. Yo lo sigo desde ing . I stop him from ing. Yo lo dejo a ING . ---------------------------- 45. ***I am able to . Puedo ************ I am unable to . No puedo ************ I managed to Me las ingenie para ************* I am capable of ing. Soy capaz de .********************* I have the ability to . Tengo la abilidad de . ************* ---------------------------- 46. ***I have the opportunity to . ***I get the chance to . ***I get to . tengo la oportunidad de .********************* ---------------------------- 47. ***I almost Me pasado casi . ***I nearly Me pasado casi . ***I just about Casi me ***I may . Puedo . ***I might . Podría . ***I may as well . Me lo permite, así . ***I might as well . Puede ser que también . ---------------------------- 48. ***I tend to . a Tiendo a .********************* I have the tendency to . a Tengo la tendencia a *************** I am apt to . I am inclined to . b Estoy/Soy apto para *********** ***I pretend to . c Pretendo .********************* I pretend like . c Pretendo cómo si yo....********************* ---------------------------- 49. ***I can't help but . No puedo dejar de . ***I can't help ing. No puedo dejar de ing . ***There is nothing I can do but . No hay nada que pueda hacer, pero .