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Stative Passive

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Hey everyone! Today´s topic is: S T A T I V E    P A S S I V E or also know as "past participles used as adjectives." (It's very common for me not knowing the name of the things) "Be" can be followed by a past participle (the passive form). The past participle is often like an adjective. The past participle describes or gives information about the subject of the sentence. Basically:  Stative Passive   –>  looks like a verb (the past participle) and functions like an adjective. With the stative  passive ,  no action  is taking place. The form : “to be” + past participle _________________________________________________________________ By clicking here  you'll go to a website that I like a lot because it tells you in a very short an easy way how to "create" your own stative passives from verbs. I'l also attach a second link , for me it is very interesting because explains you the topic in a more specific way an

Modal Verbs

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Hi classmates, today we'll learn a little about modal verbs. Let's start: Here are the links: Link 1 Exercises I really hope this help you!

Relative Clauses

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Hey Everyone! Today I'll talk to you about relative pronouns. It is a topic that I knew but I didn't know the name of it, as always. I found a very useful webpage, to go there click  here.  I like this page because it is very complete, it tells you what we learnt en English class and some extra information. You can also find some exercises click  here . These exercises are the "easiers" but if you want to continue you can explore the webpage and find more exercises. At the end of the first link you will find a list.

Possessive Pronouns

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Possessive pronouns are used to designate possession. They may also be used as substitutes for noun phrases , and they are commonly found at the end of a sentence or clause  and can prevent its repetition (e.g., "These glasses are  mine , not  yours ") the words " mine " and " yours " are possessive pronouns and stand for "my glasses" and "your glasses," respectively. Here is a chart that might help you with the possessive pronouns: *Note 1: In some sentences using  possessive pronouns  you´ll find that the  possessive adjectives  are used too. **Note 2: If you are using a possessive pronoun it is necessary that the pronoun you are replacing has been mentioned before, so you know what you are refering to. I will attach two websites that I found and I liked becuase the information is very clear and brief. Also you can find some examples that will help you to understand the topic. Link 1  and  Link 2 In the second link

Determiners

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Today we'll talk a little about DETERMINERS. But don't worry, it'll be just something like a review, to help that here it is a a useful link for it [click  here  to go to the webpage] Also I hope that this brief audio may help you too. To practice your learning I attached one link to practice, to go practice click  here .

Infinitive

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Hi everyone! Today I'll talk to you a little about infinitives beacuse for me it is very interesting that just one form of a verb can work for many things without changing the verb. First of all, what's an infinitive? The infinitive is the base form of a verb. In English, when we talk about the infinitive we are usually referring to the present infinitive, which is the most common. However, there are four other forms of the infinititive: the perfect infinitive the perfect continuous infinitive the continuous infinitive the passive infinitive. Also it is very important to know that infinitives have two "forms": the to-infinitive = to + base the zero infinitive = base To form the negative of an adjective just put "not" before the infinitive To know a lot more about the to-inifinitive and the zero infinitive click  here . There you'll find all the uses that the infinitive has. Another important thing to know is how to r

Adjectives

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We all know what adjectives are, but did you know there are different types of adjectives? At least I didn't know that. I found an amazing website where it is described the different kinds of adjectives with examples and at the end you'll find some exercises to check your learning about adjectives. To visit the website click  here . I really hope this will help you.