terça-feira, 2 de dezembro de 2008

Adjective Degrees/Graus de Adjectivos

Os adjectivos podem ser comparativos ou superlativos.

COMPARATIVE comparativo
Os comparativos são usados para comparar dois elementos.
SUPERIORITY superioridade
Forma frásica:
1 sílaba- adjective + ...er + than(He is taller than me)
1 sílaba(terminado em y)-adjective -y + ...ier + than(He is happier than me)
2 sílabas ou mais- more + adjective + than (He is more interesting than me)
EQUALITY igualdade*
Forma frásica: as + adjective + as(He is as tall as me)
INFERIORITY inferioridade*
Forma frásica: not + as/so + adjective + as(He is not as tall as me

SUPERLATIVE superlativo
O superlativo é usado para destacar em relação a todos os outros.
Forma frásica: the + adjective + ...est

quarta-feira, 26 de novembro de 2008

Adverb Degrees/Graus de Advérbios

-LY
Em inglês pare se formar um adjectivo normalmente adiciona-se -ly. Por exemplo:
most-mostly
slow-slowly

-ILY
Nas palavras que acabam em y, retirámos o y e adicionámos ily. Por exemplo:
happy-happily
easy-easily

EXCEPÇÕS
Além destes casos existem umas excepções. Por exemplo:
good-well
late-late

terça-feira, 18 de novembro de 2008

Future/Futuro

WILL
Em inglês usa-se "will" para dizer frases no futuro. Eis um verbo conjugado:

AFFIRMATIVE
I will play. I'll play.
You will play. You'll play.
He/She/It will play. He/She'll play.
We will play. We'll play.
You will play. You'll play.
They will play. They'll play.
Nota: Do lado direito pode-se ver a abreviação de will.

NEGATIVE
I won't(will not) play.
You won't play.
He/she/It won't play.
We won't play.
You won't play.
They won't play.

INTERROGATIVE
Will I play?
Will you play?
Will He/she/it play?
Will we play?
Will you play?
will they play?

GOING TO
Em Inglês além do "will" para dizer o futuro também se usa o "going to". Por exemplo:

AFFIRMATIVE
I'm going to play
You're going to play
He/she/it's going to play
We're going to play
You're going to play
They're going to play

NEGATIVE
I'm not going to play
You're not going to play
He/she/it's not going to play
We're going to play
You're going to play
They're going to play

INTERROGATIVE
Am I going to play
Are you going to play
Is he/she/it going to play
Are we going to play
Are you going to play
Are they going to play

WILL/GOING TO
Em inglês usa-se o "Will" para previsões "á sorte", para promessas feitas e para decisões tomadas no momento.
Enquanto isso o "Going To" usa-se para Previsões com base em factos e usa-se também para decisões planeadas.

terça-feira, 11 de novembro de 2008

Past Continuous/Passado Contínuo

PAST CONTINUOUS
O Past Continuous é usado para expressões temporais passadas que se prolongaram no tempo. O Past Continuous forma-se com o verbo auxiliar (was/were)+verbo principal no gerúndio(ing form).
Para fazer a ing form basta ao verbo principal(Play) adicionar -ing(playing). Nos verbos que acabam em e(become) retira-se o e(becom) e depois adiciona-se -ing(becoming).Nos verbos que têm apenas uma silaba e acabam em consoante+vogal+consoante(run) dupla a consoante final(runn) e adiciona-se -ing(running). Nos verbos que terminam em ie(die) retira-se o ie(d), adiciona-se y(dy) e depois adiciona-se -ing(dying).


Por exemplo:

Play
I was playing
you were playing
he/she/it were playing
we were playing
you were playing
they were playing

NEGATIVA
Para formar a negativa em vez de was/were usa-se wasn't/weren't(was/were +not).
Por exemplo:

Play
I wasn't playing
You weren't playing
He/she/it wasn't playing
We were playing
You were playing
They were playing

INTERROGATIVA
Para formar a Interrogativa basta fazer was/were+sujeito+Verbo Principal(ing form)

Play
Was I playing?
Were you playing?
Was He/she/it playing?
We were playing?
You were playing?
They were playing?