resolviendo dudas

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resolviendo dudas

RESOLVIENDO DUDAS
Central Idiomas, S.L. – Inscrita en el Registro Mercantil de Albacete en el Tomo 101, Libro 28, Folio 94, hoja 689 de 5 de Diciembre de 1985
Aquí te ayudamos a resolver ciertas dudas que se nos presentan al irnos adentrando en el
aprendizaje del inglés.
On time / in time
On time: puntual, sin retraso, como había sido planeado.
The 11.45 train left on time. (It left at 11.45)
I’ll meet you at the corner at 7.30, but please be on time (be there at 7.30)
In time (for sth / to do sth): con tiempo (para algo / para hacer algo)
Will you be home in time for dinner? (soon enough for dinner)
I’ve sent Jill her birthday present. I hope it arrives in time. (soon enough for her birthday)
Attention:
- The opposite of in time is too late
I got home too late to see the football match.
- Note the expression: just in time (justo a tiempo)
I got to the station just in time to catch the train.
At the end / in the end
At the end (of sth): a finales de, al final de (en el momento que algo acaba)
I’m going at the end of January / of the month.
All the players shook hands at the end of the match.
Attention:
- You cannot say “in the end of something”.
- The opposite of at the end is at the beginning.
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Miembro del comité de apoyo Universidad de Cambridge.
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Delegación de Universidad de Michigan.
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Centro examinador Trinity College of London.
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Miembro de CECAP (Confederación Española de Centros y Academias Privadas).
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Miembro de la Asociación de Centros de Enseñanza Privada de Albacete.
In the end: finalmente (cuando decimos cual fue el resultado de una situación)
We had a lot of problems with our car. In the end we sold it and bought another one.
Tom couldn’t decide where to go for his holidays. He decided to go to Italy in the end.
For / during
For + período de tiempo. Para decir cuanto tiempo (how long) hace de algo (desde hace +
período de tiempo)
I’ve lived in this house for six years.
We watched TV for two hours last night.
During + nombre (durante + nombre.) Para decir cuando (when) pasa algo.
I fell asleep during the film.
We met a lot of interesting people during our holiday.
During / while
During + nombre.
I fell asleep during the film
While + sujeto + verbo.
We saw Ann while we were waiting for the bus.
Attention:
When you are talking about the future, use the present (not “will”) after while.
I’m going to London next week. I hope to see you while I’m there.
What are you going to do while you are waiting?
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By /until
By (+ a time): no más tarde de
I posted the letter today, so they should receive it by Monday (on Monday at the latest)
Where’s Ann? She should be here by now (now or before now; so she should have already
arrive).
Until / till: hasta
“Shall we go now?” “No, let’s wait until / till it stops raining”
I’ll be working until 11 o’clock (so I’ll stop working at 11 o’clock).
By the time
By the time (something happens) By the time + present………will have + participle
It’s not worth going shopping now. By the time we get to the shops, they will have shut (they
will shut between now and the time we get there)
(cuando queramos llegar habrán cerrado)
By the time (something happened) By the time + past……..had already + participle
Tom’s car broke down on the way to the party last night. By the time he arrived, most of the
guests had already left (it took him a long time to get to the party and most of the guests left
during this time) (cuando quiso llegar ya se habían ido))
Any more and any longer / no longer
We use them to say that a situation has changed (ya no)
Any more / any longer go at the end of the sentence.
Mr Davies doesn’t work here any longer /any more. He left about six months ago.
We were good friends once but we aren’t friends any more /any longer.
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No longer: goes in the middle of the sentence.
We are no longer friends.
She no longer loves him.
Would
It is used in if sentences (I would go if he invited me), in offers and invitations (would you
like..?) and in reported speech (“I’ll do it”. He said he would do it)
Some other uses of would:
a) After wish:
- I wish ….. wouldn’t: to complain about the way people do things.
I wish you wouldn’t drive so fast.
- I wish ……would: when we want something to change or somebody else to do something.
I wish it would stop raining.
b) When you look back on the past and remember things that often happened.
When we were children, we lived by the sea. In summer, if the weather was fine, we would all
get up early and go for a swim.
Attention: Used to is also possible in this sentence.
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