Carlos Manuel Chee Vázquez

Apasionado por el uso de la tecnología y su aprovechamiento positivo en los aspectos educativos, personales y profesionales.

Tutoring notes. August 13th, 2022

The present Perfect:

IT’S ABOUT THE PAST, FOCUS ON ACTIONS COMPLETED

  • Prounoun + Have/Has + Participle

  • I have eaten pizza
  • I have eaten salmon
  • I have driven my car
  • I have read a new booK
  • My mom has eaten meat
  • My sister has bought me a gift
  • My brother has cooked enchiladas
  • I haven’t finished my English classes
  • I haven’t worked this morning
  • I haven’t watched the new series
  • I haven’t cleaned my house
  • I haven’t cooked lunch
  • My mom hasn’t washed the laundry
  • My sister hasn’t chosen a career
  • My boss hasn’t sent the metrics report
  • My husband hasn’t bought apples
  • My mom hasn’t made breakfast

MEALS OF THE DAY (never use “the”)

  • breakfast
  • lunch

  • dinner

  • never use past time expression
  • last week
  • last year

  • 3 days ago

  • COOK present
  • COOKED cukt
  • FINISH
  • FINISHED finicht
  • WASH wach
  • WASHED wacht
  • BOUGHT bot

Already:

Express completed actions, normally in the context of obligations, actions you are supposed to do or complete. Affirmative sentences

  • Pronoun + Have/Has + Already + Participle

  • Have/Has + Pronoun + Already + Participle (?) Yes No

  • Have you already eaten breakfast today?
  • Have you already made your bed?
  • Have you already taken a rest?
  • Have you already watched The Sandman?
  • Have you already bought groceries?

  • Have you already drunk coffee?

  • I have already paid the rent this month
  • I have already cleaned my house
  • I have already taken the medicine
  • I have already bought a new car
  • I have already cooked pasta
  • I have already eaten breakfast
  • My daughter has already cleaned her room
  • My mom has already watched the telenovela
  • My sister has already swept the floor
  • My father has already cleaned the garden
  • I have already done my report at work
  • I have already started my project
  • I have already sold my car
  • I have already paid the rent

  • I have already played baskeball

  • CLEAN cli’in
  • CLEAND cli’ind/cli’int
  • WATCH watch

  • WATCHED watcht

  • VERBS THAT FINISH WITH “T” OR “D” SOUND pronound “ed”
  • NEED - NEEDED
  • WANT - WANTED
  • START - STARTED
  • GRADUATE - GRADUATED

Yet:

Express not completed actions, normally in the context of obligations, actions you are supposed to do or complete.

  • Pronoun + Haven’t/Hasn’t + Participle + Yet

  • Have/Has + Pronoun + Participle + Yet (?)

  • I haven’t drunk coffee yet
  • I haven’t paid the bills this week yet
  • I haven’t won the lottery won
  • I haven’t eaten my lunch yet
  • I haven’t started college yet
  • I haven’t done my homework yet
  • My mother hasn’t visited me yet
  • My sister hasn’t cleaned her room yet
  • My boss hasn’t replied the email yet
  • My partner hasn’t sent the new activites yet
  • My father hasn’t mowed “MOUD” the lawn “LON” yet
  • I haven’t paid my taxes yet
  • I haven’t prepared lunch
  • I haven’t paid my children’s school yet
  • I haven’t gone to the supermarket yet
  • I haven’t found a new book yet

  • I haven’t washed my car yet

  • ALREADY/YET yes no questions
  • Have you already washed your car? Information question
  • Have you washed your car yet?

  • have you finished your homework yet?

  • Have you already sent the report?
  • Have you already called “cald” your mom?
  • Have you cleaned your room yet?
  • Have you paid the rent yet?

  • Have you already cleaned your house?

  • sound of letter Y is like “iiii”
  • YOU “iu”
  • YESTERDAY “iesterdei”

Ever/Before questions:

Emphasize if an action has happened in the life experience of a person, use in Yes/No questions.

  • Have you everstudied “staried” English?
  • Have you ever cooked enchiladas?
  • Have you ever run a marathon?
  • Have you ever eaten crickets?
  • Have you ever knocked “nokt” out a person?
  • Have you ever been to New York?
  • Have you ever broken a window?
  • Have you ever taken an airplane?
  • Have you ever tried “traid” worms?
  • Have you ever won the lottery?
  • Have you everstroked “stroukt” a lion?
  • Have you ever broken a bone?
  • Have you driven in La Rumorosa before?
  • Have you ever drunk beer?
  • Have you ever improved something at work?
  • Have you ever fought “fot” a snake?
  • Have you ever heard ghosts?
  • Have you ever visited Chicago?
  • Have you sang rancheras before?

  • Have you ever drunk wine?

  • sound linking
  • have you ever fought asnake?
  • jav iu ever fot asneik

WORK (THE PLACE WHERE YOU WORK)

  • Have/Has + Pronoun + Ever + Participle (?)
  • Have/Has + Pronoun + Participle + Before (?)

Ever/Never statements:

Emphasize that a life experience does not exist. Use Ever only in negative statements. Use Never only in affirmative statements.

YOU CAN’T USE DOUBLE NEGATIVES

  • Pronoun + Haven’t/Hasn’t + Ever + Participle

  • Pronoun + Have/Has + Never + Participle

  • I haven’t ever smoked
  • I have never smoked
  • I haven’t ever been to Alaska
  • I haven’t ever tried roaches
  • I haven’t ever learned French
  • I have never seen ghost
  • I haven’t ever moved to another city
  • I have never watched Betty la fea
  • I have never shaved by beard
  • I have never baked “beikt” a cake
  • I haven’t ever driven a truck
  • I have never bought a house
  • My father hasn’t ever given a course
  • My mother has never studied English
  • My father hasn’t ever traveled by airplane
  • My grandmother has never eaten sea food

  • My sister hasn’t ever played the guitar

  • COAKROACHes coukrouches
  • ROACHes rouches

Since/For:

Use to express the amount of time related to an action that has been happening. Use Since for a specific point in the past. Use For for periods of time.

  • Pronoun + Have/Has + Participle + Since + (past time expression)

  • Pronoun + Have/Has + Participle + For + (period of time)

  • I have been a teacher since 2006

  • I have been a teacher for a lot of years

  • THE JOB YOU HAVE
  • LEARNING ENGLISH
  • LIVING IN YOUR HOUSE

  • LIVING IN MEXICALI

  • I have lived in Mexicali since 1994
  • I haven’t been to Sinaloa since 2010
  • I have lived in my house for 7 years
  • I have been learning English since 2017
  • I have gone to English classes for a year
  • I have gone to English classes since 2021 (last year)
  • I haven’t watched TV since this morning
  • I haven’t watched TV for 4 hours
  • I have been married since 2019
  • I have been married for 3 years
  • I have lived in Mexicali since I was born
  • I have lived in Mexicali for 35 years
  • My mom has studied her second career since 2020
  • My mom has studied her second career for 2 years
  • My sister has studied her career for 3 years
  • My sister has studied her career since 2019
  • My brother hasn’t bought a new computer for 3 years
  • My brother hasn’t bought a new computer since 2019
  • My dad has lived in Can Cun since 2015
  • My dad has lived in Can Cun for 7 years