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Relative Clauses

  We can use relative clauses to join two English sentences, or to give more information about something.  • I bought a new car. It is very fast. → I bought a new car that is very fast .  • She lives in New York. She likes living in New York. → She lives in New York, which she likes . A  defining relative clause  tells which noun we are talking about: I like the woman who lives next door. (If I don't say 'who lives next door', then we don't know which woman I mean). A  non-defining relative clause  gives us extra information about something. We don't need this information to understand the sentence. I live in London, which has some fantastic parks. (Everybody knows where London is, so 'which has some fantastic parks' is extra information). 1: The relative pronoun is the subject: We can use 'who', 'which' or 'that'. We use 'who' for people and 'which' for things. We can use 'that' for people or things. For examp...

The Causative Verbs

  We use a causative verb when we want to talk about something that someone else did for us or for another person. It means that the subject caused the action to happen, but didn't do it themselves. Maybe they paid, or asked, or persuaded the other person to do it. For example, we can say: I cleaned my house. (This means I cleaned it myself). If I paid someone to clean it, of course I can say: A cleaner cleaned my house. But, another way is to use a causative construction. So I can also say: I had my house cleaned. Have + object + past participle (have something done) We usually use 'ha ve someth ing done' when we are talking about paying someone to do something for us. It's often used for services. The form is 'subject + have + object + past participle'. I had my car washed. John will have his house painted. Get + object + past participle (get something done) We can also use 'subject + get + object + past participle'. This has the same meaning as 'h...

Past perfect

 El past perfect se usa para expresar el pasado y cómo fueron sucediendo dichas acciones y presenta las siguientes estructuras  1. Estructura afirmativa  Sujeto + auxiliar had + verbo en pasado + complemento Ejemplo:  I had met them before the meeting 2. Estructura negativa  Sujeto + auxiliary had + not + verbo en pasado + complemento Ejemplo:  I had not said how long will the video call is 3. Estructura interrogativa  Auxiliar had + sujeto + verbo en pasado + complemento ? Ejemplo  Had I gone to eat before lunch time

Modal verbs

 los modals verbs son verbos auxiliares, puede expresar habilidad, necesidad, condición, o modalidad Can: se usa para pedir y dar permiso, es informal Could: se usa para pedir permiso y es formal May: se usa para pedir permiso, dar permiso y es más formal que el anterior  Usamos can't y mustn't para mostrar que algo está prohibido o no está permitido Usamos can't para hablar de algo que va en contra de las reglas, cuando no las creamos nosotros  Se usa musn't para hablar de lo que no está permitido, es común en letreros y avisos públicos que informan a las personas sobre las leyes

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 Introduce yourself  Hello, my name is Valentina García Cuartas. I'm twenty years old, I´m a psychology student. I like to make desserts, I like to exercise, I like to listen to music, I like to go to church, I like to go shopping, and I like to dance.