UNIT SIX

• THE AUXILIARY CAN

PLEASE OBSERVE THAT CAN IS TO EXPRESS ABILITIES, SUCH AS MORAL, PHYSICAL AND /OR MENTAL ONES!!!

CAN NEEDS THE VERB IN SIMPLE FORM, NO PREPOSITION "TO" BEFORE THE VERB AND NO "ING" ENDING.

CAN WORKS FOR SINGULAR AND FOR PLURAL WITH NO EXTRA MOVEMENTS!!!

IS THIS SONG FAMILIAR TO YOU???

CHECK THE USES OF CAN

DO YOU REMEMBER THE PICTURE KILL BILL 2 ??? CHECK THE DIALOGUE USING CAN

ESCUACHASTE TODAS LAS NOTAS QUE LEYÓ CON EL USO DE CAN??? HIZO USO DE AL MENOS 6 ORACIONES EN RELACION A LA MAMBA NEGRA Y SUS HABILIDADES PARA PROVOCAR LA MUERTE...


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THE USE OF THE VERB TO BE IN PAST

AS WE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, THE VERB TO BE HELPS YOU TO EXPRESS YOUR BASIC INFORMATION SUCH AS YOUR FULL NAME OR NATIONALITY OR CHARACTERISTICS , AGE , ETC AND NOT ONLY ABOUT YOU BUT SOMEONE ELSE'S TOO.

APPROXIMATELY IN THE SECOND PARAGRAPH YOU CAN SEE THE PHRASE... SINCE I WAS BORN...WELL THAT'S SIMPLE PAST OF THE VERB TO BE.
LET´S REMEMBER THE PERSONAL PRONOUNS BUT NOW WITH THE CONJUGATION IN PAST:

I WAS

YOU WERE

HE WAS

SHE WAS

IT WAS

YOU WERE

WE WERE

THEY WERE

OBVIOUSLY THE MEANING IS ERA O ESTABA AS WE ARE WORKING IN PAST.

THE IDEAS ARE EXACTLY THE SAME, I MEAN, THE NEGATIVE FORM AND INTERROGATIVE SWITCHING KEEP IN THE SAME WAY , JUST REMEMBER TO USE THE CONJUGATION IN PAST. TAKE A LOOK

   

  

ALSO WHILE WE TALK ABOUT SIMPLE PAST WE CAN CONSIDER TALKING ABOUT PAST ERAS OR STAGES IN THE PROCESS OF GROWING, FOR EXAMPLE:

NOW 👀....

AND COMPLEMENT THE NEXT IMAGE BY ADDING SOME EVENTS OR DESCRIPTIONS USING WAS/WERE: GIVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. 

e.g. PORFIRIO DIAZ WAS A PRESIDENT IN MEXICO FOR A LONG PERIOD  

DO YOU LIKE LADY GAGA??? NOOO???? NO KIDDING, COME ON!!! CHECK THE MAIN PART OF THIS SONG...

NOW TELL ME...

1. THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE _______ BORN IN THE INDO-CELTIC TRIBES THAT MIGRATED TO AMERICA.
2. WHEN ___________ YOU BORN?
3. ROCK & ROLL MUSIC __________ BORN THANKS TO CHUCK BERRY.
4. "YO NACI CON LA LUNA DE PLATA.... Y NACI CON ALMA DE PIRATA" IS THE PART OF A FAMOUS MEXICAN SONG, TRANSLATE THE SPANISH PART...__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. MANY IDEALS _________ BORN IN THE DECADE OF THE 60'S

ABILITIES/PROBABILITY & PERMISSION IN PAST

IN FACT THE MEANING OF COULD IN ALL CASES CAN VARY FROM PODÍA TO PODRÍA ACCORDING TO THE CONTEXT IN THE SENTENCE.

I SUGGEST YOU TO CHECK THE NEXT LINKS WHICH CAN HELP YOU UNDERSTAND BETTER THE USES OF COULD.

• EXERCISE COULD/COULDN'T
• MORE INFO ABOUT COULD