A Deep Dive into English Grammar and Longevity

Present Tenses

Present Simple

sings - are signed / 3 column

Present Continuous

is signing - are being signed / 3 column

Past Tenses

Past Simple

signed - were signed / 3 column

Past Continuous

was signing - were being signed / 3 column

Perfect Tenses

Present Perfect Simple

has signed - have been signed / 3 column

Past Perfect Simple

had signed - had been signed / 3 column

Future Tense

Future Simple

will sign - will be signed / 3 column

Modals

Modals

should sign - should be signed / 3 column

Modal Perfect

must have signed - must have been signed / 3 column

Other Verb Forms

Have to

has to sign - have to be signed / 3 column

Be Going To

is going to sign - are going to be signed / 3 column

Question Words

How long: cuanto tiempo When: cuando Who: quien How old: cuantos años

Where: donde Why: por que How: como How many/much: cuantos/cuanto Which: cual

What: que How often: con que frecuencia, cada cuanto tiempo How far: a que distancia

Reported Speech

• Present Simple: stay - stayed
• Present Continuous: is staying - was staying
• Past Simple: stayed - had stayed
• Past Continuous: was staying - had been staying
• Present Perfect Simple: had stayed - had stayed
• Present Perfect Continuous: has been staying - had been staying
• Past Perfect Simple: had stayed - had stayed
• Past Perfect Continuous: had been staying - had been staying
• Future Simple: will stay - would stay

Connectors

• Despite/In spite of: a pesar de
• In order to/So that: para que
• Nevertheless/However: sin embargo
• So far: hasta ahora
• In addition to: además de
• Besides: además de
• Due to: debido a...
• Despite the fact: debido al hecho de que

Would You Like to Live to Be 100 Years Old?

This is a question that I've asked myself many times, and right now I think the answer is no. But this may be because I am very young and I can't imagine myself at that age. Nowadays, there are lots of old people that have a very nice life. If you go to Benidorm, you can find lots of them swimming in the beach, going for long walks, and dancing at night. Those people have worked all their lives and now it's their time to enjoy life. However, you have to be healthy to do all those things. My grandma, for example, is 98 years old and has a wonderful life. Now she doesn't travel, but she did until about 2 years ago.

I would like to be like her and have a life like hers. That would be nice, but if I were sick and unable to do anything, I wouldn't like to live 100 years old because it would be a problem for my family.

Interesting Facts about Aging

• There is a positive attitude toward aging in Okinawa. Age hasta youth. True.
• A high gross domestic product does not necessarily... now hasta expectancy. True.

Vocabulary

• A religious or solemn ceremony which involves...: ritual
• Large underground channels: sewers
• The opportunity or right to use something: access
• Solely, exclusively: alone