jueves, 17 de marzo de 2011

CAUSATIVE FORM

Causative form is used to talk about what/who causes what.
We use:
 Make when there is force involved, there is no choice.
    I made my child  go to bed early yesterday.

Have when you request someone to do  something.
   The teacher has the students do exercise A.

Get when you persuade someone to do something for you.
   I usually get my sister to cook for me.

martes, 15 de marzo de 2011

PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVES

Adding the suffixes ED or ING we form  adjectives.

VERB   +   ED
                 ING    =    ADJECTIVES


surprise
excite
fascinate
depress
shock
confuse
embarrass
bore
frighten

ED.- describes how a person feels.                        I am interested in English.
                                                                                    adjective

ING.-describes the CAUSE of the feeling.             English is interesting.
                                                                                          adjective

USING PAST PARTICIPLES AS ADJECTIVES

P AST PARTICIPLE

                                  REGULAR VERBS                                          IRREGULAR VERBS
MARRY                        MARRIED
TIRE                             TIRED
FRIGHTEN                 FRIGHTENED
DRINK                                                                                                    DRUNK
BREAK                                                                                                   BROKEN
DO                                                                                                          DONE


EXAMPLES:
 He is married.                                                                         Tom is drunk.
The children were frightened.                                              The mirror was broken.

WHO and WHAT as subjects or objects in a question.

Who came?                     Someone came.
                                        subject

Who did you talk to?       I talked to someone.
                                                        object

What happened?              Something happened.
                                        subject

What did you buy?           I bought something.
                                                     object
Remember: no form of "DO"  is used in questions asking for the subject.

lunes, 14 de marzo de 2011

Why is this question "Who came to the party? correct?

Well, let me explain it to you .
WHO  asks for the subject and object of a question.Look at the following examples.

Someone called my mother.             Who called my mother?
subject

My mother called someone.              Who did my mother call?
                             object
Do not use the form of DO when asking for a subject.