Intro to English Classes
Principles of doing well in English class.
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Common Mistakes of Native Spanish Speakers
A practical guide to recurring mistakes caused by translating Spanish directly into English, with examples of the correct patterns.
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Presentation index
- A Chart of the Tenses
- Auxiliaries
- Causatives and Permissives
- Common Mistakes of Native Spanish Speakers
- Comparatives and Superlatives
- Conditionals
- Expressing Purpose & Reason
- Forms of “Wish”
- Fun with Phonesthemes
- Indirect Passive
- Interrogative Clauses
- Intro to English Classes
- Intro to Modals
- Modals in English
- Modals in Spanish
- Past Participles as Adjectives
- Phrases, Clauses, and Sentences
- Prepositions in Context
- Relative Clauses with Prepositions
- Remember, Remind and Recall
- Reported Speech
- Say and Tell
- Structure of a Question
- Structure of a Presentation
- Such and So
- The Definite Article
- The Passive Voice
- Too and Enough with Infinitives
- Uses of “Used To”
- Verbs Followed by Infinitives or Gerunds
- Verbs of Perception
- Writing Dialogues
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Phrases, Clauses, and Sentences
Recognize the parts of a sentence and how they fit together.
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A Chart of the Tenses
A compact reference to English tense uses, auxiliaries, and common time markers.
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Structure of a Question
Build clear questions by placing each part in the correct order.
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Recognize common errors caused by Spanish-to-English translation and practise the fixes.
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The Definite Article
When to use the, when to omit it, and how context changes the rule.
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Auxiliaries
How auxiliary verbs form questions, negatives, agreement, emphasis, and more.
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Prepositions in Context
Learn prepositions as parts of phrases instead of translating them word by word.
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Verbs of Perception
Use look, feel, sound, and seem in six practical sentence patterns.
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Say and Tell
Learn when English uses say or tell and how their object patterns differ.
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Verbs Followed by Infinitives or Gerunds
Learn which verbs take a gerund, an infinitive, or either form—and when meaning changes.
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Too and Enough with Infinitives
Express excess, problems, sufficiency, and necessary thresholds.
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Reported Speech
Transform statements, questions, commands, requests, and advice into reported speech.
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Comparatives and Superlatives
Equal qualities, differences, and the language of highest and lowest degree.
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Conditionals
Real, unreal, and past unreal conditions and the results they describe.
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Forms of “Wish”
Present wishes, unreal possibilities, desired change, past regrets, and “if only.”
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Such and So
Use so and such correctly before adjectives, adverbs, nouns, and noun phrases.
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Remember, Remind and Recall
Distinguish three similar verbs and learn the sentence patterns used with each one.
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Uses of “Used To”
Distinguish be used to, get used to, and used to + verb.
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Past Participles as Adjectives
Use past participles and participle phrases to describe nouns.
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Expressing Purpose & Reason
Learn how to say what you want to achieve and why things happen.
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Causatives and Permissives
Compare three structures for causing or permitting another person to act.
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The Passive Voice
See how passive sentences shift attention from the doer to the receiver of an action.
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Indirect Passive
Compare direct and indirect passive patterns with verbs that take two objects.
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Interrogative Clauses
Learn why embedded questions use clause order instead of question order.
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Relative Clauses with Prepositions
Distinguish subject and object forms and place prepositions naturally.
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Intro to Modals
Meet the true modals, their shared characteristics, meanings, and alternatives.
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Modals in English
Study modal meanings, time reference, alternatives, negation, and auxiliary structure.
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Modals in Spanish
Review English modals through a complete Spanish-language explanation.
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Structure of a Presentation
Organize an introduction, body, and conclusion, then deliver the presentation clearly and confidently.
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Writing Dialogues
Create, format, and perform a dialogue built around conflict, negotiation, and resolution.
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Fun with Phonesthemes
Explore recurring sound patterns that suggest related meanings in English words.
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