24 Nov Topic 17 – Location is space: place, direction and distance
In general, prepositional phrases of position accompany verbs of stative meaning, and prepositional phrases of destination accompany verbs of dynamic meaning...
Temario 3 Inglés – Secundaria
24 Nov Topic 18 – Location in time: temporal relations. Frequency.
First of all we have to make a distinction between auxiliary verbs (do, be, have) which are used to form the tenses of ordinary verbs, and modal auxiliary verbs, which are auxiliary verbs but also convey modal meaning (possibility, probability, future, condition, etc)...
24 Nov Topic 19 – Real time and verbal time. Aspect and mood
According to Eckersley, the verb is "the part of the speech by which we are able to say what a person or animal or thing is, or does, or what is done to that person, animal, or thing"...
24 Nov Topic 21 – Infinitive and -ing forms. Their uses
In the early stages of the language, the infinitive was a full inflected form. In Old English, it had the ending –an with one inflected form, the dative –enne, which under the influence of –an became –anne. This form was used after the preposition to,...
24 Nov Topic 22 – ‘Multi – word verbs’
It is a semantic unit which differs from the sum of the meanings of its parts. If the meaning of a verb – preposition combination can be predicted on the basis of the individual parts (listen to, insist on), it is called a verb-preposition combination,...
24 Nov Topic 23 – Sentence structure in english: Affirmatives, questions, negatives and exclamations
According to Gardener, a sentence is a word or a set of words followed by a pause and revealling an intelligible purpose"...
24 Nov Topic 30A – Direct and indirect speech
In the following topic we will study the concepts of direct reported speech and indirect reported speech with the grammatical implications that are involved in their study. In the second part of our analysis, we will centre on the main aspects related to indirect...
24 Nov Topic 30B – Direct and indirect speech
In the case of direct speech, the exact words are ‘incorporated’ (using quotation marks in writing) within the reporting sentence and retain the status of an independent clause but with a function in the reporting sentence which may be classed as a comment clause...
24 Nov Topic 38 – Scientific, technologic, commercial and administrative english
English for Occupational Purposes: Learners need to use English as part of their work or profession...
24 Nov Topic 42 – The norman conquest. French influence on the english language. Loanwords and calques.
During Cnute´s rule, Edward the confessor, son of Ethelred and Emma, daughter of a former Duke of Normandy, returned from a long exile in Normandy, strongly influenced by the Norman clergy and more interested in being a monk than a king. When he assumes...