Tema 24 Guardia Civil: Lengua Inglesa
Cómo es la prueba
20puntúan, más 1 de reserva
4 opcionesuna sola respuesta válida
+1 / −1/3 / 0acierto / fallo / en blanco
8 de 20mínimo: 11 aciertos con las 20 contestadas
Reserva
Solo cuenta si el Tribunal anula alguna de las otras 20. Se contesta en su propio apartado.
Eliminatoria
Por debajo de 8 quedas fuera del proceso, aunque hayas aprobado todo lo demás. Para el 8: 11 aciertos si contestas de 17 a 20; 10, de 13 a 16; 9, de 9 a 12.
A ciegas
Contestar al azar sale, de media, a cero; si puedes descartar una opción, contestar ya compensa.
Varias valen
Si te parece que valen varias, la convocatoria manda marcar la más completa.
Tiempo
Sin tiempo propio: comparte un bloque de 140 minutos con ortografía, gramática y conocimientos, sin pausas entre pruebas.
Orden
Lo decide el Tribunal. En 2024, 2025 y 2026, el inglés fue la última prueba del cuadernillo: guarda tiempo.
Cómo te lo preguntan (las 420 preguntas)
Hueco
275: una frase con uno o dos huecos.
Hueco inicial
44: el hueco abre la frase.
Pregunta
22: una pregunta con el hueco dentro (How long…?).
Question tag
18: la frase acaba en la tag que hay que completar.
Cuatro frases
29: eliges la frase correcta entre cuatro (Choose the correct option).
Reescritura
17: pasar una frase a estilo indirecto, una en 17 de los 20 exámenes.
Diálogo
14: un diálogo corto con hueco.
Respuesta
1: una pregunta completa a la que eliges la respuesta.
Dos huecos
153 de las 420: cada opción trae las dos piezas.
Opciones falsas
Muchas fallan por la forma: un pasado que no existe, un be o un been fuera de sitio, un auxiliar que no toca, una preposición de más.
En el examen
Pista
Antes de mirar las opciones, busca el marcador de tiempo, el auxiliar o la palabra de delante del hueco.
Dos huecos
Resuelve el que tengas claro y tacha las opciones que no lo llevan; luego decide entre las que quedan.
Forma imposible
Tacha el pasado inventado, el be o el been fuera de sitio y el to de más o de menos.
Desde 2021: en cuántos de los 12 exámenes cae cada estructura
12/12
tiempos verbales
12/12
cuantificadores
12/12
there + be
12/12
question tag
11/12
pasiva
11/12
comparativos
11/12
a, an, the
11/12
relativos
10/12
modales
10/12
condicionales
10/12
estilo indirecto
9/12
otras estructuras
9/12
preposiciones
8/12
formación de palabras
8/12
colocaciones
6/12
used to
5/12
-ing o to
1/12
reflexivos
Antes de 2021
La pasiva, las colocaciones y los artículos a, an y the no salieron en ninguno de los 8 exámenes de 2017 a 2020; los reflexivos, en 7 de esos 8, y used to, en los 8.
Cruzan bloques
Los verbos irregulares y be, been o being caen en los 12 exámenes desde 2021: tienen bloque propio.
Gramática: las 16 estructuras, en el orden en que caen desde 2021, y 4 formas con bloque propio
1. Tiempos verbales: 108 de las 420 preguntas, en los 20 exámenes (desde 2021, en los 12)
Present Simple
Hábitos y rutinas; con he, she e it, el verbo lleva -s: Carmen works nights. En pregunta y negativa, do o does + forma base: Does the bakery open on Sundays?
Frecuencia
Delante del verbo principal, pero detrás de be y de los auxiliares: She always arrives early, She is always early, She has never been late. A How often…?: Once a week.
Present Cont.
Lo que pasa ahora y los planes ya cerrados: Look! It’s snowing; We’re having lunch with Ana on Sunday.
Past Simple
Un momento terminado (yesterday, ago, last week). Pregunta y negativa con did + forma base: Where did you park the car?, I didn’t see the sign. Irregulares: fell, rang, flew, taught; 57 de ellos, en su bloque.
Past Cont.
La acción larga, en curso, y la corta que la interrumpe en Past Simple: We were watching the match when the lights went out.
Present Perfect
Del pasado hasta hoy, con for (cuánto dura) o since (desde cuándo): They’ve lived in Cádiz since 2019. Experiencia: Have you ever tried octopus? Con yet: Has the parcel arrived yet?
Con ago
Con ago, o con yesterday y last week como momento terminado, el Present Perfect no vale: I saw her two days ago. Con since delante, sí: I haven’t seen her since last week.
How long, When
How long have you worked here?: una duración hasta hoy, con Present Perfect. When did you start?: un momento terminado, Three years ago o In 2023; delante de ago, nunca since ni for.
Past Perfect
Lo que ya había pasado antes de otra acción pasada (en español, «había» + participio): By the time I finished my shift, everyone had gone home.
Futuro
will al decidir en el momento, al predecir y al prometer (I’ll look it up for you); be going to, con sus cuatro piezas, para planes y lo que se ve venir (We’re going to paint the kitchen); Present Continuous para citas (I’m seeing the dentist on Friday).
Bloque propio: los verbos irregulares. 76 de las 420 preguntas, en los 20 exámenes (desde 2021, en los 12)
La trampa
Una opción inventa una forma (catched, flewn) o pone otra forma del verbo donde no toca (has wrote, I meet him yesterday): apréndete las tres columnas. Aquí tienes 57 que salen en los exámenes.
Las tres iguales
cost, cost, cost; hurt, hurt, hurt; read, read, read
Pasado = participio
bring, brought; build, built; buy, bought; feel, felt; find, found; get, got; have, had; hear, heard; keep, kept; leave, left; lend, lent; lose, lost; make, made; meet, met; pay, paid; say, said; sell, sold; spend, spent; sweep, swept; teach, taught; tell, told; win, won
Las tres distintas
be, was/were, been; begin, began, begun; bite, bit, bitten; break, broke, broken; choose, chose, chosen; do, did, done; draw, drew, drawn; drive, drove, driven; eat, ate, eaten; fall, fell, fallen; fly, flew, flown; forget, forgot, forgotten; forgive, forgave, forgiven; give, gave, given; go, went, gone; grow, grew, grown; hide, hid, hidden; know, knew, known; ride, rode, ridden; ring, rang, rung; see, saw, seen; shake, shook, shaken; sing, sang, sung; sink, sank, sunk; speak, spoke, spoken; steal, stole, stolen; take, took, taken; wake, woke, woken; wear, wore, worn; write, wrote, written
Participio = base
become, became, become; come, came, come
Otros habituales
catch, caught, caught; cut, cut, cut; drink, drank, drunk; fight, fought, fought; hold, held, held; let, let, let; put, put, put; run, ran, run; send, sent, sent; shut, shut, shut; sit, sat, sat; sleep, slept, slept; stand, stood, stood; swim, swam, swum; think, thought, thought; throw, threw, thrown; understand, understood, understood
Bloque propio: be, been o being. 46 de las 420 preguntas, en los 20 exámenes (desde 2021, en los 12)
will, modal, to
be: will be, must be, There may be delays, The road will be repaired. Tras be used to, being: I’m used to being on my own.
have, has, had
been: has been, There have been two fires, The parcel had already been delivered.
am, is, are…
being, solo en la forma continua: She is being very patient, The bridge is being repaired.
Falsas
has being, will being, must being, are been: no existen.
2. Cuantificadores: 31 de las 420 preguntas, en los 20 exámenes (desde 2021, en los 12)
some, any
some en afirmativas, ofrecimientos y peticiones; any en negativas y preguntas: We’ve got some bread, but there isn’t any butter.
much, many
much + incontable, many + plural: How much flour do we need?, How many onions do we need?; a lot of vale para los dos.
a little, a few
«Un poco», «unos pocos»; delante de un nombre solo, sin of: a little salt, a few onions; con the, my o un pronombre, con of: a few of my friends. Sin a, «poco»: Few people came to the meeting.
too much
too much salt, con incontable; too many questions, con plural.
Incontables
information, advice, furniture, news, money, luggage: sin plural ni a: some advice, a piece of advice, The news is good.
Cifras
two hundred people, sin -s y sin of; hundreds of people cuando no dices cuántos.
Bloque propio: there + be. 24 de las 420 preguntas, en los 20 exámenes (desde 2021, en los 12)
Regla
There no cambia; be concuerda con lo que viene detrás: There is a problem, There are two problems.
Present Perfect
8 de las 24: There has been an accident; There have been several complaints; en pregunta, Has there been any news?
Futuro
6 de las 24: There will be a meeting on Monday.
Con modal
5 de las 24: modal + be, sin to (salvo con ought to): There may be delays; en pregunta, Could there be a mistake?
Cuantificador
5 de las 24: There isn’t much milk left, There are too many tourists in August, How many chairs are there?
En la tag
Se repite there: There’s a problem, isn’t there?
3. Question tags: 20 de las 420 preguntas, 1 en cada uno de los 20 exámenes
Regla
Mismo auxiliar, signo contrario: You’re coming, aren’t you?, She isn’t here, is she?
Sin auxiliar
do, does o did según el tiempo: Your cousins live in Lugo, don’t they?, He lost his wallet, didn’t he?
Pasado
found, bought, kept o hid son pasados aunque no acaben en -ed: did. She found the keys, didn’t she?
Modales
El mismo modal: You can drive, can’t you?, They’ll call us, won’t they?, We shouldn’t wait, should we?
Con ’s
Si es Present Perfect, has: She’s finished the report, hasn’t she? Con adjetivo, -ing o pasiva, is: She’s tired, isn’t she?, The bank’s closed on Sundays, isn’t it?
Pronombre
El de la persona: niece, aunt o daughter, she; nephew, uncle o son, he; un plural, they, nunca them: The twins are coming, aren’t they?
Especiales
I’m right, aren’t I?; con never, nobody o hardly ever, tag afirmativa: He never complains, does he?, Nobody phoned, did they?; con una orden, normalmente will you?; con Let’s, shall we?
4. Voz pasiva: 18 de las 420 preguntas, todas desde 2021, en 11 de los 12 exámenes, y en los 7 últimos
Forma
be en el tiempo que toque + participio: is made, was built, has been sold, will be repaired, are being checked, must be signed.
Concordancia
Con el sujeto, y ojo con el plural: The windows were cleaned, The windows have been cleaned, The roads are being repaired.
by
Quien lo hace, solo si importa: The bridge was designed by a local engineer.
about to
«A punto de»: The film is about to start; en pasiva: The road is about to be closed.
5. Comparativos y superlativos: 20 de las 420 preguntas, en 19 de los 20 exámenes (desde 2021, en 11 de 12)
Cortos
colder than, the coldest. Consonante + vocal + consonante dobla la última (salvo -w): bigger, hotter; consonante + y cambia a -i: happier.
Largos
more expensive than, the most expensive: nunca more y -er a la vez. Detrás, than, nunca that ni then.
Irregulares
better, the best; worse, the worst; further, the furthest.
Igualdad
Ana is as tall as her brother; en negativa, not as tall as. Con un nombre: the same height as her sister.
Superlativo
in con lugares y grupos: the tallest player in the team; of con un plural: the oldest of my friends; con ever: the best meal I’ve ever had.
6. a, an y the: 12 de las 420 preguntas, todas desde 2021, en 11 de los 12 exámenes
Profesión
Con a o an en singular: She’s an engineer; en plural, sin nada: They’re engineers.
a o an
Según el sonido: an hour, an umbrella; a uniform, a university.
En general
Plural sin the o the + singular: Bees are insects, The bee is an insect. Incontable, sin the: Life is short.
Plurales
Irregulares, con el verbo en plural: children, people, women: Those women are nurses.
7. Oraciones de relativo: 18 de las 420 preguntas, en 18 de los 20 exámenes (desde 2021, en 11 de 12)
who, which
who para personas, which para cosas y animales: the man who lives next door.
that
Personas o cosas, solo sin comas.
whose
«Cuyo»: the neighbour whose dog barks all night; who’s es who is o who has.
Guion
La opción que es solo un guion (sin pronombre) vale si detrás viene otro sujeto con su verbo y a ese verbo le falta el complemento: The jacket I bought has a hole. Si la frase de detrás ya está completa, con un lugar va where, con un momento when y tras reason why; con un momento, o tras reason, place, somewhere, anywhere o everywhere, vale también el guion (the place we met). Delante de un nombre suyo, whose; si el verbo va justo detrás, who, which o that. Y detrás de un nombre, «que» nunca es what.
Con comas
who o which, nunca that: My uncle, who lives in Vigo, is a fisherman.
whom
Objeto, en un registro formal.
8. Modales: 34 de las 420 preguntas, en 18 de los 20 exámenes (desde 2021, en 10 de 12)
Forma
Forma base, sin to y sin -s: She can ski, You should take a break. Con to: ought to, y las formas de apoyo have to y be able to, que sí cambian: she has to.
can, could
Capacidad en presente y en pasado: My grandfather could speak three languages; para un logro concreto, was able to o managed to. En futuro: will be able to.
must
Obligación fuerte (You must show your ID) y deducción casi segura (The lights are on, so someone must be at home).
mustn’t
mustn’t es «está prohibido»; don’t have to, «no hace falta».
should, may
Consejo: You should call your mother more often. Posibilidad: It might snow tonight.
9. Condicionales: 26 de las 420 preguntas, en 18 de los 20 exámenes (desde 2021, en 10 de 12)
Tipo 1
if + presente, will + forma base: If it rains, we’ll cancel the picnic.
unless
«A menos que», también con presente: We’ll miss the bus unless we hurry.
Tipo 2
if + Past Simple, would + forma base: If I had more time, I would learn to sail; con be vale were: If I were you, I’d call her.
Tipo 3
if + had + participio, would have + participio: If we had left earlier, we wouldn’t have missed the ferry.
would
En los condicionales del examen, would va en la otra mitad de la frase, no detrás de if.
No caen
El tipo 0 y el mixto: ninguno en los 20 exámenes.
10. Estilo indirecto: 20 de las 420 preguntas, en 18 de los 20 exámenes (desde 2021, en 10 de 12)
Tiempos
Un paso atrás: He said he was tired; will pasa a would: She said she would call me; can a could; may a might.
Referencias
tomorrow pasa a the next day (o the day after); yesterday a the day before; now a then; here a there.
you, your
Pasan a quien escuchaba: “I’ll call you,” Ana told me pasa a Ana told me she would call me; your pasa a my, our, his, her o their, según quién escuchaba.
say, tell
tell lleva a la persona, sin to: She told me she was tired; say va sin persona o con to: She said (to me) she was tired.
Órdenes
told o asked + persona + to + forma base: The coach told us to run; en negativa, She asked me not to shout.
Preguntas
if o whether, con orden de afirmación: He asked me if I had finished; She asked what time the shop opened.
Sin cambio
Vale sin retroceder si sigue siendo verdad: She said she lives in Soria. could, would, should y might no cambian.
11. El orden de la pregunta, exclamaciones y conectores (otras estructuras): 43 de las 420 preguntas, en 17 de los 20 exámenes (desde 2021, en 9 de 12)
Pregunta
Interrogativa + auxiliar + sujeto + verbo: Which bus do you take to work?, Where have you been?; con be, se invierte: Where is the station?; sin auxiliar si la interrogativa es el sujeto: Who called you?
Indirecta
Orden de afirmación y sin el do de apoyo: Can you tell me where the bus station is?
Exclamación
What a long day!, What an awful day!; sin a, con incontables y plurales: What awful weather!, What lovely flowers!; How + adjetivo: How kind!
Conectores
because + oración; because of o due to + sustantivo; although para el contraste; in order to + forma base.
Demostrativos
this y that con singular; these y those con plural, también los irregulares: these feet, those women.
Posesivos
Delante del nombre, my, her, our; solos, mine, hers, ours: Is this umbrella yours or mine?
Pronombres
Objeto detrás del verbo: I called her. Respuesta corta con el auxiliar, en la persona de quien responde: So do I, Neither can I.
12. Preposiciones: 25 de las 420 preguntas, en 17 de los 20 exámenes (desde 2021, en 9 de 12)
Lugar
in, dentro: in the drawer; on, sobre una superficie o en un piso: on the shelf, on the fourth floor; at, en un punto: at the door. A los lados: on the left, on the right.
Con o sin of
Sin of: next to, beside, opposite, near, behind, under, above. Con of: in front of.
at
Con las horas: at half past six; y at night.
on
Con días y fechas: on Monday, on Monday morning, on 3 May, on my birthday.
in
Con meses, años, estaciones y partes del día: in March, in 2015, in winter, in the evening.
Tras adjetivo o verbo
good at, interested in, afraid of, proud of, worried about, depend on.
13. Formación de palabras: 18 de las 420 preguntas, en 14 de los 20 exámenes (desde 2021, en 8 de 12, y en los 7 últimos)
Adverbios -ly
slowly; la -y pasa a -i: easily, happily; -ble pasa a -bly: possibly, terribly.
Irregulares
good, well; fast, fast; hard, hard; late, late. Ojo: hardly es «apenas» y lately, «últimamente».
-ing, -ed
-ing, lo que lo provoca; -ed, quien lo siente: The lecture was boring, so half the class was bored.
Clase de palabra
Si describe a alguien o algo (tras be, look, feel o seem), adjetivo: The ending was so surprising; si dice cómo se hace la acción, adverbio: He drives carefully. very, so y really van con los dos: very carefully. Ni el nombre (excitement) ni with + un adjetivo solo.
Gentilicios
Hay que saberlos: Norwegian, Moroccan, Swiss, Dutch; y el país, en inglés: Sweden, no «Suecia».
14. Colocaciones y vocabulario: 11 de las 420 preguntas, todas desde 2021, en 8 de los 12 exámenes
make
Crear, producir: make a mistake, make a decision, make money, make an effort, make a noise.
do
Tareas y actividades: do your homework, do the shopping, do your duty; y «salir bien», do well.
tell, say
tell the truth, tell a lie, tell a story; say hello, say sorry.
Adjetivo + prep.
fond of, keen on, good at; detrás, -ing: She’s keen on cooking.
Nombre + of
Con -ing: the chance of winning, the idea of moving.
Expresiones
out of order (averiado), a life sentence (cadena perpetua).
Bloque propio: used to. 14 de las 420 preguntas, en 14 de los 20 exámenes (desde 2021, en 6 de 12)
Afirmativa
4 de las 14: used to + forma base, el «solía» del español: He used to work in a bakery.
Negativa
6 de las 14: sin -d, porque la -d ya la lleva did: We didn’t use to have a car.
Pregunta
3 de las 14: Did you use to live near the sea?
be used to
1 de las 14: «estar acostumbrado», con -ing o con un nombre: She’s used to working at night.
get used to
«Acostumbrarse», también con -ing o con un nombre: You’ll get used to wearing the uniform.
15. Verbo + gerundio o infinitivo: 8 de las 420 preguntas, en 7 de los 20 exámenes (desde 2021, en 5 de 12, todos entre los 7 últimos)
Con -ing
enjoy, avoid, finish, mind, miss, keep, suggest, feel like, admit, deny, consider: I don’t mind waiting.
Con to
decide, refuse, agree, promise, hope, choose, manage, offer: They agreed to help.
Las dos
Casi igual: like, love, hate, start, begin. Cambia el sentido: She stopped smoking (lo dejó), She stopped to smoke (paró para fumar).
Persona + to
They want us to stay. Y el gerundio puede ser sujeto: Reading before bed helps me relax.
16. Pronombres reflexivos: 8 de las 420 preguntas, en 8 de los 20 exámenes (desde 2021, solo en 1)
Formas
myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves.
Base
Se forman sobre my, your y our, y sobre him, her y them: por eso hisself y theirselves no existen.
Usos
Help yourself! (sírvete), Enjoy yourselves! (pasadlo bien), She cut herself, He lives by himself (vive solo). Recíproco: They help each other.
Tablas comparativas
Modales, por lo que significan
| Modal | Para qué | Ejemplo |
|---|---|---|
| can / can’t | capacidad, permiso | Can I sit here? |
| could | capacidad pasada, petición | Could you open the door? |
| will be able to | capacidad futura | You’ll be able to swim by June. |
| must | obligación, deducción | She must be at home. |
| mustn’t | prohibición | You mustn’t touch the cables. |
| don’t have to | no hace falta | You don’t have to bring anything. |
| should / ought to | consejo | You ought to apologise. |
| may / might | posibilidad | He might be late. |
Estilo indirecto: un tiempo atrás
| Dijo | Se cuenta |
|---|---|
| “I work nights.” | He said he worked nights. |
| “I’m leaving.” | She said she was leaving. |
| “I missed the bus.” | She said she had missed the bus. |
| “I’ve finished.” | He said he had finished. |
| “I’ll be there.” | He said he would be there. |
| “I can’t come.” | She said she couldn’t come. |
| “I may stay.” | He said he might stay. |
| “I must leave.” | He said he had to leave. |
there + be en cada tiempo
| Tiempo | Afirmativa | Pregunta |
|---|---|---|
| Presente | There is / There are | Is there…? / Are there…? |
| Pasado | There was / There were | Was there…? / Were there…? |
| Present Perfect | There has been / have been | Has there been…? |
| Futuro | There will be | Will there be…? |
| Modal | There may be / might be | Could there be…? |
used to, be used to y get used to
| Forma | Significa | Ejemplo |
|---|---|---|
| used to + base | solía | I used to cycle to work. |
| didn’t use to | no solía | I didn’t use to cycle. |
| Did you use to…? | ¿solías? | Did you use to cycle? |
| be used to + -ing o nombre | estar acostumbrado | I’m used to cycling. |
| get used to + -ing o nombre | acostumbrarse | I got used to cycling. |
Con incontables o con plurales
| Con incontables | Con plurales | Con los dos |
|---|---|---|
| much | many | a lot of |
| a little, little | a few, few | some, any |
| less | fewer | |
| too much | too many | plenty of |
| How much…? | How many…? | no (no money, no chairs) |
| There is | There are |
be, been o being: la palabra de delante
| Detrás de | Va | Ejemplo |
|---|---|---|
| will, un modal o to + infinitivo | be | It will be ready. |
| have, has o had | been | It has been sold. |
| am, is, are, was, were | being | It is being repaired. |
Trampas frecuentes de examen
be, been, being
has being has been (tras has, been)
be, been, being
will being will be (tras will, be)
be, been, being
are been are being (tras are, being)
Irregular
catched caught (pasado irregular)
Participio
has wrote has written (tras has, participio)
going to
She is going call She is going to call (be + going + to + forma base)
Used to
didn’t used to didn’t use to (la -d ya la lleva did)
Used to
I used to working nights I used to work nights («solía», forma base; con -ing: I’m used to working)
There + be
There will been There will be (tras will o un modal, be)
There + be
Could there to be…? Could there be…? (modal + be, sin to)
Pasado
didn’t knew didn’t know (did + forma base)
ago
since three years ago three years ago (ago, sin since ni for)
Present Perfect
I have seen him yesterday I saw him yesterday (yesterday, pasado; since yesterday, Present Perfect)
Condicional
If I would have time If I had time (would, en la otra parte)
unless
unless it will rain unless it rains (con presente)
Modal
must to wear must wear (sin to)
Pasiva
will repaired will be repaired (be + participio)
Pasiva
The keys has been found The keys have been found (plural, have)
Gerundio
enjoy to cook enjoy cooking (enjoy + -ing)
Question tag
She’s left, isn’t she? hasn’t she? (’s left = has left)
Question tag
The kids ate it, didn’t them? didn’t they? (plural, they)
Comparativo
more easier that easier than (ni more ni that)
a little
a little of sugar a little sugar (nombre solo, sin of)
Incontable
an advice some advice (sin a ni plural)
Adverbio
She works hardly She works hard (hardly es apenas)
-ing, -ed
I was very boring I was very bored (si te aburrías, -ed)
Adjetivo
The show was so excitement The show was so exciting (adjetivo, no el nombre)
Profesión
My cousin is pilot My cousin is a pilot (a o an delante)
Reflexivo
theirselves themselves (sobre them)
Preposición
near of the hospital near the hospital (near, sin of)
Causa
because the fog because of the fog (o due to)
Pregunta
Where lives your brother? Where does your brother live? (auxiliar delante)
Indirecta
Do you know where is the bank? Do you know where the bank is? (orden de afirmación)
Exclamación
What a strange weather! What strange weather! (incontable, sin a)
Relativo
the singer who’s songs whose songs (whose es cuyo)
Relativo
the jacket what I bought the jacket I bought («que» no es what)
say, tell
She said me She told me (tell + persona)
make, do
do a mistake make a mistake (make, crear)
Reglas mnemotécnicas
La -d, una sola vez
used to; didn’t use to; Did you use to…?
Tag espejo
mismo auxiliar, signo al revés
¿Hay ago? Fuera el have
con ago o yesterday, nada de Present Perfect; con since yesterday, sí
Will BE, have BEEN, is BEING
la palabra de delante elige la forma de be
Cuatro piezas
am, is o are (was o were en pasado) + going + to + forma base
-ED: Estado De ánimo
bored, quien lo siente; boring, lo que lo provoca
There no se mueve; be se conjuga
there has been, there will be, there may be
Since señala, for mide
since May; for six months
Conexiones entre temas
T25 Lengua «vivo aquí desde 2019» es I have lived here since 2019, no I live here since 2019.
T25 Lengua Detrás de if y de when, el subjuntivo no se traduce con would ni will: «si tuviera» es if I had; «cuando llegue», when I arrive.
T25 Lengua Con think o be sure, will aunque el español pida subjuntivo: «no creo que haya mucha gente» es I don’t think there will be many people.
Concordancia people are, the police are; pero the news is.
Calcos «desde hace tres años» es for three years; «¿cuánto tiempo llevas…?», How long have you…?, no How long time; el adjetivo, sin plural: the blue ones; «vivir» es live, no life.
Orden El adjetivo, delante del sustantivo: a red car. El adverbio de frecuencia, delante del verbo principal y detrás de be y de los auxiliares.
Preposiciones «depender de» es depend on; «casado con», married to; «interesado en», interested in; «bueno en», good at.