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EL BOLETIN DE INGLES
AMERICANO PREFERIDO POR LOS HISPANOPARLANTES |
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OM
News # 103 - Delivered to 45550 subscribers |
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ISSN 1668-4877 May
1, 2005 |
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Hi everybody. Today we are
bringing two interesting
grammars with activities (the answers in our next newsletter).
We hope to launch our brand new OM LISTENING Audio CD by next Saturday 7!!
And -last but not least- if our portal is really useful for you, please
RATE US by
CLICKING
HERE.
See you on May 15.
Hola todas/os. Hoy traemos
dos interesantes gramáticas con actividades prácticas (las respuestas en
el próximo boletín). ¡¡Esperamos lanzar OM LISTENING, nuestro flamante CD
de audio para el próximo Sábado 7!! Finalmente -y
no por ello menos importante- si nuestro portal te resulta útil, CALIFICANOS
AQUI.
Nos vemos el 15 de Mayo. |
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IN
THIS ISSUE: |
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Grammar I
Negative Questions |
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Grammar II
Hypothetical Situations |
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OM Shopping
New OM Personal Audio CD
& our special Promopack 2005 |
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ABOUT NEGATIVE QUESTIONS
We use negative questions
to show surprise, in exclamations and when we expect the listener to agree
with us.
Utilizamos la preguntas negativas para demostrar sorpresa, en
exclamaciones y cuando esperamos que quien nos escucha esté de acuerdo con
nosotros. |
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1. TO SHOW
SURPRISE:
Didn't you hear the
bell? I rang it four
times.
2. IN
EXCLAMATIONS:
Doesn't that house
look
beautiful! (= that house looks
really beautiful)
3. WHEN WE EXPECT THE
LISTENER TO AGREE WITH US:
"Haven't we met
somewhere before?"
"Yes, I think we have." |
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NOTICE THE MEANING OF YES
AND NO IN ANSWERS TO NEGATIVE QUESTIONS:
Didn't Roberto pass his
exams?
Yes. (= Yes, he passed them.)
No. (= No, he didn't pass them.) |
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NOTICE THE WORD ORDER IN
NEGATIVE QUSTIONS WITH WHY...?:
Why didn't you lock
the door? (not why you
didn't lock)
Why don't we go out to
Harley's restaurant? (not why
we don't go)
Why can't you help me?
(not why you
can't help me)
Why wasn't Claudia invited
to the party? (not why
Claudia
wasn't)
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MAKE NEGATIVE QUESTIONS.
EACH TIME YOU ARE SURPRISED.
Example:
"We won't see
Ann tonight." "Oh! (she/not/come to the party tonight?)"
Your answer:
Isn't she
coming to the party tonight? |
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CORRECT ANSWERS WILL BE
PUBLISHED IN OUR OM NEWS # 104
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MAKE NEGATIVE QUESTIONS
WITH "WHY...?"
Example:
(I didn't lock the door last night.)
Your answer: Why didn't you lock the door
last night? |
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ABOUT HYPOTHETICAL SITUATIONS
When you
want to express a hypothetical situation (a supposition), that is far from
the real situation you must use WERE instead of WAS. Of course, it implies
a wish of being so... but it isn't. In IF sentences -and also after WISH-
we always use WERE instead of WAS.
Se utiliza WERE en lugar de WAS cuando se expresan
situaciones hipotéticas (suposiciones), es decir alejadas o diferentes de la
situación real. Desde ya implica el deseo de que así fuera... pero no lo es. En
las oraciones IF (condicionales) -y también después de WISH- siempre usamos WERE
en lugar de WAS. |
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SOME EXAMPLES:
If I WERE you, I wouldn't buy that coat. (... but I am not you)
I would go out if it WERE NOT raining. (... but it is raining)
I wish my bedroom WERE larger. (... but it's so small !!)
I wish it WERE warm. (... but it's winter and I hate cold weather) |
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FOR EACH SENTENCE WRITE A
HYPOTHETICAL COMMENT.
Example:
"We won't see
Ann tonight." "Oh! (she/not/come to the party tonight?)"
Your answer:
Isn't she
coming to the party tonight? |
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next update: may 15, 2005 |
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