¿Sabes utilizar el verbo “to go + -ing” en

inglés?

Para mucha gente, utilizar el verbo “to go” en inglés es “pan comido”. Hoy en nuestro blog
os queremos enseñar algunos casos que no son tan conocidos.

Vamos a ver unos ejemplos, acompañados de una explicación clara como la que intentamos
ofreceros siempre:

-We go running every night after work.

-She goes dancing every Thursday night.
-They like to go roller-skating by the beach.
-You go skiing in the north of Spain.
Gramaticalmente hablando, se utiliza -ing con “to go” cuando:

-Alguien va a un sitio para hacer algo o participar en algo.

-Se trata de una actividad de ocio o un hobby que se hace en el tiempo libre.
-Es una actividad que alguien ha aprendido a hacer.
-Se trata de una actividad que se suele hacer al aire libre.
Veamos ahora unos ejemplos diferentes:
-He goes drinking with his friends.
-She loves to go shopping at the weekend.

No son deportes ni hobbies sino cosas que suele hacer la gente en su tiempo libre.

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Después de ver estos ejemplos, estamos seguros de tú como lector de este artículo te estarás
preguntando… Entonces ¿cuándo se usa el infinitivo?

Vamos a intentar explicarlo a continuación con más ejemplos:

-I go to work every day.
-We go to see our grandparents at the weekend.
-We go to buy all the food we need for the restaurant
in the market.
-She went to study in the library last night.
Se usa “to go” + infinitive cuando se trata de una actividad cotidiana, habitual; un deber o
una obligación que forma parte de nuestras vidas habitualmente y que no tiene nada que ver
con lo que se hace en el tiempo libre o hobby.

Possesive adjectives
The possessive adjective needs to agree with the possessor and not with the thing that is
possessed.

Examples

 My car is very old.

 Her boyfriend is very friendly.
 Our dog is black.
 Their homework is on the table.

Like all adjectives in English, they are always located directly in front of the noun they
refer to. (Possessive Adjective + Noun)

We do not include an S to the adjective when the noun is plural like in many other
languages.

Examples:

 Our cars are expensive. (Correct)

Ours cars are expensive. (Incorrect)

However, the verb that is used needs to be in agreement with the noun - if the noun is
singular then the verb is singular; if the noun is plural then the verb is plural.

Examples:

 My pen is black. (Singular)

My pens are black. (Plural)
 Our child is intelligent. (Singular)
Our children are intelligent. (Plural)

Its vs. It's

Be careful not to confuse its and it's.

Its = The possessive adjective for It.

It's = a contraction of it is.

Level: beginner

Subject Object Possessive adjective Possessive pronoun

I me my mine
you you your yours

he him his his

she her her hers

it it its -

we us our ours

they them their theirs

Be careful!

Possessive pronouns do not have an apostrophe:

Is that car yours/hers/ours/theirs?

(NOT Is that car your's/her's/our's/their's?)

We can use a possessive pronoun instead of a full noun phrase to avoid repeating words:

Is that John's car?

No, it's mine. (NOT No, it's [my car].)

Whose coat is this?

Is it yours? (NOT Is it [your coat]?)

Her coat is grey.

Mine is brown. (NOT [My coat] is brown.)

Possessives: pronouns 1

Level: intermediate

We can use possessive pronouns and nouns after of. We can say:

Susan is one of my friends. > Susan is a friend of mine.

(NOT Susan is a friend of me.)

I am one of Susan's friends. > I am a friend of Susan's.

(NOT I am a friend of Susan.)
Whose
Grammar > Nouns, pronouns and determiners > Question words > Whose

de English Grammar Today

Whose is a wh-word. We use whose to ask questions and to introduce relative clauses.

Whose as a question word

We use whose to ask a question about possession:

Whose birthday is it today?

Whose house was used in the film ‘Gosford Park’?

Whose are these gloves?

We use whose in indirect questions:

Juliet wondered whose the sports car was.

Warning:

Don’t confuse whose and who’s. Who’s means who is:

Whose book is this? (Who does this book belong to?)

Who’s driving us home? (Who is driving us home?)

Whose in relative clauses

We use whose to introduce a relative clause indicating possession by people, animals and
things:

John works with that other chap whose name I can’t remember.

Shirley has a 17-year-old daughter whose ambition is to be a photographer.

This is the book whose title I couldn’t remember.

Typical error

 We don’t use whose when we mean who’s (who is)

Who’s there?

Not: Whose there?

Whose little brother is he?

Not: Who’s little brother is he?

1. One y ones
One es un pronombre que se utiliza para sustituir a un nombre contable en singular
evitando así la repetición innecesaria del mismo.

- I've bought these two lipsticks.

- Me he comprado estos dos pintalabios.

- I like both but the purple one is gorgeous.

- Me gustan los dos, pero el morado es precioso.

En cambio, utilizaremos ones cuando este sustituya nombres contables en plural.

- Whose are these socks?

- ¿De quién son estos calcetines?

- The big ones are mine.

- Los grandes son míos.

2. ¿Cómo se utilizan one y ones?

Estas partículas se utilizan siguiendo unas estructuras concretas:

WHICH ONE (cuál)

Which one do you want? (apple)

¿Cuál quieres? (manzana)

WHICH ONES (cuáles)

Which ones do you want? (apples)

¿Cuáles quieres? (manzanas)

THIS / THAT ONE (este / ese)

This one is blue and that one is red. (teddy bear)

Este es azul y aquel es rojo. (osito de peluche)

THESE / THOSE ONES (estos / esos)

These ones are blue and those ones are red. (teddy bears)

Estos son azules y aquellos son rojos. (ositos de peluche)

THE ONE (el)

The one on the left is more expensive. (dress)

El de la izquierda es más caro. (vestido)

THE ONES (los)

The ones on the right are more expensive. (shoes)

Los de la derecha son más caros. (zapatos)

THE + ADJECTIVE + ONE

The big one is a Dane and the small one is a Puli. (dog)

El grande es un Danés y el pequeño un Puli. (perro)

THE + ADJECTIVE + ONES

Which gloves do you like best, the white ones or the red ones?
¿Qué guantes te gustan más, los blancos o los rojos?

A/AN + ADJECTIVE + ONE

His car is very old. He needs a new one.

Su coche es muy viejo. Necesita uno nuevo.

SOME + ADJECTIVE + ONES

If you want tomatoes, I have some very good ones.

Si quiere tomates tengo unos de muy buenos.

¡Recuerda!

El pronombre one se utiliza para sustituir un nombre contable en singular. En cambio, empleamos
el pronombre ones cuando sutituimos nombres contables en plural.

Singular Plural

Which one? Which ones?

This / that one These / those ones

The one The ones

The + adjective + one The + adjective + ones

A/an + adjective + one Some + adjective + ones

Comparative and superlative adjectives

Level: beginner
Comparative adjectives
We use comparative adjectives to show change or make comparisons:

This car is certainly better, but it's much more expensive.

I'm feeling happier now.
We need a bigger garden.

We use than when we want to compare one thing with another:

She is two years older than me.

New York is much bigger than Boston.
He is a better player than Ronaldo.
France is a bigger country than Britain.

When we want to describe how something or someone changes we can use two
comparatives with and:

The balloon got bigger and bigger.

Everything is getting more and more expensive.
Grandfather is looking older and older.

We often use the with comparative adjectives to show that one thing depends on another:

The faster you drive, the more dangerous it is.

(= When you drive faster, it is more dangerous.)

The higher they climbed, the colder it got.

(= When they climbed higher, it got colder.)

Comparative adjectives 1

Comparative adjectives 2

Superlative adjectives
We use the with superlative adjectives:

It was the happiest day of my life.

Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
That’s the best film I have seen this year.
I have three sisters: Jan is the oldest and Angela is the youngest.

Superlative adjectives 1

Superlative adjectives 2
How to form comparative and superlative adjectives
We usually add –er and –est to one-syllable words to make comparatives and superlatives:

old older oldest

long longer longest

If an adjective ends in –e, we add –r or –st:

nice nicer nicest

large larger largest

If an adjective ends in a vowel and a consonant, we double the consonant:

big bigger biggest

fat fatter fattest

If an adjective ends in a consonant and –y, we change –y to –i and add –er or –est:

happy happier happiest

silly sillier silliest

We use more and most to make comparatives and superlatives for most two syllable
adjectives and for all adjectives with three or more syllables:

careful more careful most careful

interesting more interesting most interesting

However, with these common two-syllable adjectives, you can either add –er/–r and
–est/–st or use more and most:

common narrow
cruel pleasant
gentle polite
handsome simple
likely stupid
He is certainly handsomer than his brother.
His brother is handsome, but he is more handsome.
She is one of the politest people I have ever met.
She is the most polite person I have ever met.

The adjectives good, bad and far have irregular comparatives and superlatives:

good better best

bad worse worst

far farther/further farthest/furthest

Future with be going toaffirmative, negative yes/no questions, short answers.

Form of the going to-future

How do we form the going to-future?
We use a form of to be (am, are or is), going to and the infinitive of the verb.

to be (am, are, is) + going to + infinitive

1. Affirmative sentences in the going to-future

 I am going to play handball.

 You are going to play handball.
 He is going to play handball.
 She is going to play handball.
 It is going to play handball.
 We are going to play handball.
 You are going to play handball.
 They are going to play handball.

► Use am with I,
is with he, she, it
and with all other pronouns are.

2. Negative sentences in the going to-future

 I am not going to play handball.

 You are not going to play handball.
  He is not going to play handball.
 She is not going to play handball.
 It is not going to play handball.
 We are not going to play handball.
 You are not going to play handball.
 They are not going to play handball.

Information Questions: Information

Questions (#1)
Dennis Oliver

Information Questions (#1)

The answers for simple questions in English are "Yes,"

"No," or "I don't know" (or its equivalent). The answers
for information questions are varied--because they are
used to ask about specific kinds of information.

Information questions are also called "Wh-" questions

because many of the words that are used to ask this
type of question begin with Wh-.

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Information Questions:
Common Question Words

Use this question word to ask about

Who* people (names and

other identifying
information) used
as subjects*
Whom* people (names and
other identifying
information) used
as objects*

What things (subject

or object)

Whose* ownership
( + noun)

Where locations (places)

When time (general)

What time time (specific)

What . . . do actions (verbs)

Why* reasons

What one part of a group

( + noun) (when all of the parts
are not known)

Which one part of a group

( + noun) (when the parts
 are known)

What kind of descriptive names

( + noun) for categories

What color colors

How manner; methods

How many number (used with

( + noun) countable nouns)

How much quantity (used with

( + noun) uncountable nouns)

How long* duration (periods

of time); length

How far* distance

How old age

How ( + adjective degree or extent

or adverb)

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Special Notes

1. In careful writing and speaking, who is used

for subjects and whom is used for objects,
but in "relaxed" (casual) speech, who is
often used for both subjects and objects.
The difference in meaning is clear, however,
because the grammar for subject and object
questions is different (to be treated later).

2. Whose (for ownership) sounds the same as

Who's ( = Who is or Who has), but their
meanings are quite different.

3. Two idiomatic "Why" questions are very

commonly heard in everyday conversation:
How come? and What for?

How come does not use question grammar:

it's followed by a statement.

What for can be used alone or with What

at the beginning and for at the end. Except for
this requirement, it uses question grammar.

4. How far is normally used in this way:

How far is it . . . . .?

5. How is also common with adjectives used

in measurements:

How tall / How heavy / How long (length) /

How wide / How big, etc.
Ejemplos de wh – questions

La siguiente lista incluye veinte ejemplos de oraciones interrogativas ‘wh’ en inglés:

1. Which shirt are you going to dress in the show? ¿Cuál camisa vestirás para el show?
2. Where did you buy this bag? ¿Dónde compraste ese bolso?
3. Which is your favorite color? ¿Cuál es tu color favorito?
4. Why does she look so sad? ¿Por qué ella parece tan triste?
5. When will you sign those documents? ¿Cuándo firmarás esos documentos?
6. How long did it take you to arrive to the party? ¿Cuánto tiempo tardaste en llegar a la
fiesta?
7. How much beer did they drink? ¿Cuánta cerveza bebieron?
8. Where is the shower? ¿Dónde está la ducha?
9. How often do you go to the theatre? ¿Qué tan seguido vas al teatro?
10. Whom did you visit at the hospital? ¿A quién visitaste en el hospital?
11. Whose idea was that? ¿De quién fue esa idea?
12. How many friends did you invite? ¿Cuántos amigos invitaste?
13. Which film director do you admire? ¿Qué directo de cine admiras?
14. When are you coming to see your grandmother? ¿Cuándo vendrás a visitar a tu abuela?
15. How old is your sister? ¿Cuántos años tiene tu hermana?
16. What is your favorite beach? ¿Cuál es tu playa favorita?
17. How does this work? ¿Cómo funciona esto?
18. Where is that museum? ¿Dónde queda ese museo?
19. What is the tallest building in the world? ¿Cuál es el edificio más alto del mundo?
20. What kind of food do you prefer? ¿Qué tipo de comida prefieres?
21. Where did they stay at New York? ¿Dónde se alojaron en Nueva York?