CUT #1

MECHANICS OF OPERATION

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Structure of T.Q

[+] Verb+ No+ pronoun  [-] Verbo+ pronoun

[+] She speaks  [-] She doesn't speak  [?] Does she speak?

[+] They Will be  [-] They won't be  [?] Will they?

P. Simple [+] I like  [-] I don't like  

[+] They need  [-] They don't need

Review: Simple present

[+] I, you (Love)--- He, she, It (Loves)--- We, you, they (love)

[-] I, You, (Don't)--- He, she It (Doesn't)--- We, you they (Don't)

Simple past - TO BE

I-- was   you-- were

He, she, It---Was

We, you, they-- Were

Simple present [Not TO BE]

[+] 3P.S-- es

[-] Doesn't -- Don't

[?] Do- Does 

Simple past [Not TO BE]

[+] Ed

[-] Didn't

[?] Did...?

Present perfect 

[+] I, You (Have)  [he], [has]

He, she, It (Has) [ha]

We, You, they (have) 

Past perfect VS Simple past 

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  Past perfect       Simple past             Present

When I met(2) Mary again she had already married(1)

EXAMPLES

•Cuando Daniel entró, la clase había comenzado 

When Daniel entered(2), the class had already started(1)

•Cuando llegamos al teatro la película había empezado

When we arrived at the theater the movie had started (1)

•Cuando llegué al jardín las flores estaban secas

When I got to the garden the flowers had withered(1)

•Cuando llegué a mi casa mi esposa ya había cocinado

When I got (1) Home my wife had already cooked 

Past perfect 

[+] I, you, he, she, It, we, you, they (Had)

Past participle : come, visited, written

[-] I had not (come, visited, written)

[?] Had I..? (Come, visited, written)