Las diferencias entre HOW MUCH y HOW MANY

 

To know the differences, you need to make the differences between much and many. 

Much: uses with nonnount nouns. Ex: much water; much bread; much pizza.

Many: uses with count nouns. Ex: many children; many people; many students.

Now, we can say: 

- How much?: is used to ask about noncount nouns. 

Ex: How much water does do you want?   Resp: i want a cup, please.

      How much does it cost? Resp: It costs five pesos. 

- How many: is used to ask about count nouns. 

Ex: How many students are there in the classroom?   Resp: There are 10 students.

Las diferencias entre SOME, ANY, A FEW, A LITTLE

 

Any: uses in the interogative and negative forms.

Ex: Are there any students in the class?

     No, there an¡ren't any students there.

Some: uses in the interrogative and affirmative forms. 

Ex: Did you see any people in the party yesterday?

     Yes, i saw some people in the that party.

But, when you have a formal or informa request or offer with these expressions.

CAN YOU...? (for request)

COULD YOU...? ( (for request)

DO YOU WANT...?(for offer)

WOULD YOU LIKE...?(for offer)

CAN I...? ( for request)

COULD I...?(for request)

Ex. Can you pass me the cup, please? ( request)

      Would you like some apples?  ( offer)

A little: is used in the affirmative forms with noncount nouns for a small quantity.

Ex: She would like a little sugar in her coffeee.

A few: is used in the affirmative forms with count nouns for a small quantity.

Ex: We see a few birds on the tree. 

Las diferencias entre el pasado simple (PRESENT SIMPLE) y el presente simple( PAST SIMPLE)

 

Usually, the present simple is used for three important uses to show:

1. the habits by using these expressions:

- on ( thuesdays, wednesday, Fridays, );

- adverbs of frequency ( always, usually, sometimes, never, often, etc.)

- with every( day, month, minute, hour, year, etc).

Ex: I always play soccer on sundays with my friends.

      Every saturday, i eat soup with my family.

2. permanent activiy. 

Ex: i work as a teacher. ( permanent, that's to say, it's something in the past, present and may the future).

3. timetable future or scheduled future. 

Ex: The plane leaves at 10 o'clock in the morning.

     I have a meeting at 6 pm tomorrow.

Meanwhile, the past simple is used to show an activity or event that passed or happened in the past and finished or endee¡d in the past. Normally, is used with these expressions: 

- yesterday,

- last  before these words: ( month, wek, day, etc). 

 Ex. Last ( month, week, day, year, etc).

-  ago  after these words: month, year, week, etc.

Ex. (two months, 3 days, one week, etc) ago.

Ex: I went to see my parens last week.

Las diferencias entre el presente simple y el presente continuo ( progresivo)

Usually, the present simple is used for three important uses to show:

1. the habits by using these expressions:

- on ( thuesdays, wednesday, Fridays, );

- adverbs of frequency ( always, usually, sometimes, never, often, etc.)

- with every( day, month, minute, hour, year, etc).

Ex: I always play soccer on sundays with my friends.

      Every saturday, i eat soup with my family.

2. permanent activiy. 

Ex: i work as a teacher. ( permanent, that's to say, it's something in the past, present and may the future).

3. timetable future or scheduled future. 

Ex: The plane leaves at 10 o'clock in the morning.

     I have a meeting at 6 pm tomorrow.

 

Normally, the present progressive is used for two important uses to show:

- an activity that is happening now at the moment of speaking, but in progress. Usually, it is used with these expressions of time: now, right noe, at the moment, look!, listen!

Ex: I am listening to music now. 

      We are studying right now.

      Listen! she is speaking.

- sometimes it's used in the future to show arrangement, that's to say, we decise to to do something in the righr place and time without doubt. 

Ex: She is playing volleyball tomorrow at 6 pm. 

      We are eating soup at 8 pm tonight. 

The pronunciacion de la forma ED al final de los verbos regulares y los adjectivos

 

To understand it, you must follow these rules:

Rule #1

Verbs that end by D or T, you, when you add ED at the end of the verbs, the sound will be /id /

Ex: want--wantED  /wantid/

      need--needED  /nidid/

Rule #2

Verbs that end by SS, CH, SH, P, C, K, X, GH, you, when you add ED at the end of the verbs, the sound will be /t /

Ex: Jump---jumpED /djompt/

      laugh---laughED /laft/

     wash---wasED /wast/

     kiss---kissED     /kist/

Rule #3

Verbs that end by R, L, S, W, V, M, N, Q, B, E you, when you add ED at the end of the verbs, the sound will be /d/

Ex: love---lovED     / lóvd/

     clean---cleanED / klind/

     use---usED        /usd/

    call---callED / kóld/

El uso de la tercera persona(THIRD PERSON) en el presente en la forma afirmativa.

 

The third person is built with the subject pronouns ( he, she, it) with these endings ( s, es, ies) at the end of the verb.

To understand it, we need to respect these rules:

Rule#1

Generally, we out S at the end  of the verb to make the third peron.

Ex: eat---eats

      drink--- drinks

      call--- calls

Rule#2

When the verbs end by these endings ( ss, ch, sh, x) the S changes into ES. 

Ex: watch---watches

       kiss---kisses

       push---pushes

       fix---fixes

Rules #3

If the verbs end by Y, we have 2 possiblities:

Pos 1: if Y is before a consonant, we change Y into IES.

Ex: study---studies

       try---tries 

      dry---dries

Pos 2: if Y is before a vowel, we don't change the Y, we just add S.

Ex: play---plays

      say---says

Rule #4

With the both verbs: TO BE and TO HAVE, we change the forn¿ms completely.

Ex: to be---is

       to have---has  

Las diferencias entre, CAN, SHOULD Y MUST