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Be Was Been Ser o estar
Supporting Bear Bore Born
Hit Beat Beat Beaten
Become Became Become Becoming
Begin Begin Began Begun
Biting Bit Bite Biten
Blow Blow Blew Blown
Rest Break Broke Broken
Bring Bring Brought Brought
Build Building Built Built
Burst Burn Burning Burnt
Burst Burst Burst Burst
Buy Buy Bought Bought
Can Could Power ........
Catch Catch Caught Caught
Select Choose Chose Chosen
Came Come Come Come
Costa Costa Costa Costa
Cut Cut Cut Cut
Deal Deal Dealt Dealt
Dig Dug Dig Dug
Make Do Did Done
Dream Dreamed Dreaming Dreamed
Drink Drank Drunk Drinking
Drive Driven Driving Drove
Eat Eat Ate Eaten
Fall Fallen Falling Fell
Feed Feed Fed Fed
Feel Felt Felt Sentir
Fight Fight Fought Fought
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Infinitive	Past simple	Past participe
be	was/were	been
beat	beat	beaten
become	became	become
begin	began	begun
bite	bit	bitten
blow	blew	blown
break	broke	broken
bring	brought	brougth
build	built	built
buy	bought	bougth
catch	caught	caught
choose	chose	chosen
come	came	come
cost	cost	cost
cut	cut	cut
do	did	done
draw	drew	drawn
drink	drank	drunk
drive	drove	driven
eat	ate	eaten
fall	fell	fallen
feel	felt	felt
figth	fought	fought
find	found	found
fly	flew	flown
forget	forgot	forgotten
get	got	got
give	gave	given
go	went	gone
grow	grew	grown
hang	hung	hung
have	had	had
hear	heard	heard
hide	hid	hidden
hit	hit	hit
hold	held	held
hurt	hurt	hurt
keep	kept	kept
know	knew	known
leave	left	left

Passivie voice: pres simp simp or past
am
is
are + main verb in past partiiciple
was
were (when prural)
Ac the tornado destroyed thirty houses
Pass house s were thirty Destoyer by
The tornado

Pres progressive or past progressive
am
is
are + being + main verb in past progressive
was
were
Ac commuttee is (was) considering several
new propusals
Pass several new propusal s are (were) being
considering by the commuttee
Ac they are now studying english
Pass Español is now being studied by them

Have
have + been + main verb in past participle
had
Ac the company has ordered some new equipment
Pass some new equipment has been ordered
by the company

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Modals
Modalt + be + main verb in past participle
Ac the manager... Continue reading "Passive voice" »

"A LIFE'S AMBITION: TO CROSS THE BORDER" 2006-6
(A) 1) THEY USED TO COME BY BOAT BUT NOW THEY TRY TO CROSS THE BORDER.
2) THE WIRE FENCE AND THE GUARD.
b) 3) FALSE. ... THE DOUBLE. . . FENCES. . . HAVE NOT PUT THEM OFF (line 4), or SCALE THEM AND THEY ARE A FEW
BOUND TO SUCCEED (lines 6-7)
4) FALSE. ... THEY CHOOSE THEIR MOMENT CAREFULLY. (Lines 5-6)
5) FALSE. ... MANY HAVE NO FAMILY LEFT (lines 8-9)
6) RUE. ... THEY ARE MORE THAN Overflowing (lines 10-11)
(B) USE OF ESPAÑOL
7) FRONTIER SIDE, EDGE, BRINK, MARGIN, LIMIT, BOUNDARY, (U.S.: "LINE")
8) SHELTER (line 10)
9) (A) profit
10) PERMANENT, EVERLASTING, ETERNAL
11) These men and women can go nowhere else.
These men and women ... can not GO ANYWHERE ELSE
12) rich countries helped... Continue reading "English-Select2" »

Chapter 1
1. Why was...The Fertilising Room was an important place
because humans were mass-produced there.
Mass-production was society’s most important
tool.
2. How did...The Bokanovsky process created groups of
identical men and women. Everyone had the
same attitude so there was no conflict.
3. What happened...Thirty per cent of the female embryos
developed normally. The others were given a
male sex hormone. This made them sterile and
they wouldn’t produce eggs.
4. According to...According to the Director, the secret of
happiness was to make people like who they
were and what society made them do.

Chapter 2
1.What happened... The babies moved away in horror.
2. Why were...Delta babies were conditioned to hate books as
they might read something which could... Continue reading "Cook" »

be-was-been-ser,estar
become-became-become-llegar a ser
begin-began-begun-empezar
break-broke-broken-romper
bring-brought-brought-traer
build-bulid-build-construir
buy-bought-bought-comprar
catch-caught-caught-cojer agarrar
choose-chose-chosen-elgir
come-came-come-venir
cost-cost-cost-costar
cut-cut-cut-cortar
do-did-done-hacer
dream-dreamt-dreamt-soñar
drink-drank-drunk-beber
drive-drove-driven-conducir
eat-ate-eaten-comer
fall-fell-fallen-caer
feel-felt-felt-sentirse
find-found-found-encontrar 
forget-forgot-forgotten-olvidar
get-got-got-consegir 
give-gave-given-dar
go-went-gone-ir
have-had-had-tener
hear-heard-heard-oir
hide-hid-hidden-esconder
hit-hit-hit-golpear pegar
hurt-hurt-hurt-hacer daño
keep-kept-kept-guardar mantener
know-knew-known-saber conocer
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Time expresions: "Once a Day / Week / Month / Year. -Three/four ... times a day / week / month / year. "Twice a day / week / month / year. "Every day / week / month / year. -From monday to friday. * Once a Day: Once a day. * Three times a day, 3 times per day. * Twice a day, twice a day. # Example: How Often do you eat meat?: Three times a week

Greening the Sahara.

1. a) True. Egypt's population is expected to double by 2050,

and already crowded living conditions will likely get worse.

b)  False. {...}crowded living consitions will likely get worse.

So the keen to encourage people to settle in the desert by

moving ahead with an expensive plan to reclaim 3,4 million

acres of desert over the next 10 years.

2. a) Because he is a farmer whose job consists on growing

fruits in a place that in the past was totall part of the Sahara

desert.

b) On one hand, because the think that agriculture might not

give so much benefits as the government wants, and on the

other hand, because it might destroy the touristic wild

envitonment in Egypt.

3. a) Vast. b)Likely. c) Because. d) Rather than.

4. a) as, from. b)... Continue reading "Greening the Sahara" »

Modal verbs.

Can = Possibility or ability (Power, I)
Can not = Can not
Could = Past of can (could, might)
Could not = could not
May = Ability to do something, leave (Power, I)
May not = Can not
Might = Possible future to do something (could)
Might not = could not ... .... They might not work
May / Might + have + past = past verb
Security Must = somewhat true (you)
You must Musn't =
Must + have + past verb = Past
Should = Convenience, obligation (should)
Should = you should not. .......... He should go
Should + have + past verb = Past
Would = Offers, Invitations, desire (wish, wish).
Will = Future tense
Denial will not = will ... .. We will not help
Ought to = should
Oughtnt to = should not
Have to have that denial = Does not... Continue reading "Modal verbs, imperative and connectors" »