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25/12/2025

AN IMPORTANT ADVISE

Learning English with all its tenses at the same time is important because it helps you understand and use the language accurately, naturally, and confidently.

Here are the main reasons explained simply:

1. You understand time clearly

English uses verb tenses to show when an action happens (past, present, future).

If you learn tenses together, you can clearly see the difference between:

🔴I work (habit)

🔴I am working (now)

🔴I have worked (experience)

🔴I worked (finished action)

This avoids confusion and helps you express ideas correctly.

2. You communicate more accurately

Using the wrong tense can change the meaning of a sentence.

Example:

🔴I lived in Quito → I don’t live there now

🔴I have lived in Quito → I may still live there

Learning tenses together helps you choose the right tense for the message you want to give.

3. You understand real English faster

Native speakers mix tenses constantly in conversations, movies, news, and books.

If you only know one tense at a time, it’s hard to understand:

🔴 I was studying when she called, and I have been tired since then.

Knowing all tenses helps you understand real-life English more easily.

4. You avoid bad habits

If you learn English without proper tense awareness, you may:

🔴Overuse the present simple

🔴Translate directly from Spanish

🔴Fossilize mistakes (errors that become permanent)

👌Learning tenses together builds a strong grammatical foundation from the beginning.

5. You become more confident speaking

When you know how tenses relate to each other, you:

🔴Speak with less hesitation

🔴Express experiences, plans, and opinions better

🔴Sound more fluent and natural

6. You learn faster in the long term

Although it seems harder at first, learning tenses together:

🔴Reduces relearning later

🔴Helps you connect grammar logically

🔴Saves time in advanced levels

🟡Conclusion🟤

Learning English with all its tenses at the same time helps you:

✔ Express time correctly
✔ Understand native speakers
✔ Avoid confusion and errors
✔ Speak with confidence and clarity

Here are clear examples comparing Spanish and English tenses, side by side, with simple explanations. This helps you see how time works differently in both languages.

1. Present Simple / Presente simple

Español English Use

🟡Yo trabajo 🟨 I work (hábitos, rutinas)
🟡Ella vive aquí 🟨She lives here (hechos permanentes)

📌 Note: In English, the verb changes in 3rd person singular → she works, he lives.

2. Present Continuous / Presente continuo

Español English Use

🟡Estoy estudiando🟨 I am studying (acción ahora)
🟡Estamos hablando 🟨We are talking (acción temporal)

📌 Both languages use estar + gerund, very similar.

3. Present Perfect / Presente perfecto

Español English Use

🟡He comido I
🟨have eaten (experiencia)

🟡Hemos vivido aquí
🟨We have lived here (acción con conexión al presente)

⚠️ Difference: English uses this tense more often than Spanish.

4. Past Simple / Pasado simple

Español English Use

🟡Ayer trabajé
🟨I worked yesterday (acción terminada)

🟡Ella llamó
🟨She called (tiempo específico)

📌 English must use past tense when time is finished (yesterday, last year).

5. Past Continuous / Pasado continuo

Español English Use

🟡Estaba durmiendo
🟨I was sleeping (acción en progreso en el pasado)
🟡Caminábamos
🟨We were walking (contexto)

📌 Often combined with Past Simple:

🔴I was sleeping when you called.

6. Past Perfect / Pluscuamperfecto

Español English Use

🟡Había salido
🟨I had left (acción anterior a otra pasada)
🟡Ya habían comido
🟨 They had eaten (orden de eventos)

📌 Both languages work very similarly.

7. Future (will / going to) / Futuro

Español English Use

🟡Viajaré mañana
🟨 I will travel tomorrow (decisión espontánea)
🟡Voy a estudiar
🟨I am going to study (plan previo)

📌 English has two common future forms, Spanish usually one.

8. Conditional / Condicional

Español English Use

🟡Me gustaría ir
🟨I would like to go (situaciones hipotéticas)
🟡Compraría la casa
🟨 I would buy the house (condición)

9. Key difference Spanish vs English

🔹 Spanish can sometimes omit the subject:

🔴Trabajo mucho
🔹 English always needs a subject:

🔴I work a lot

Quick summary

🔴English uses more tense variations in daily speech

🔴English is strict with time markers

🔴Learning tenses together helps avoid literal translation from Spanish

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23/12/2025

USING "s"

Using “-s” at the end of verbs with the third person singular (he, she, it) in the present simple tense is important for grammar, clarity, and correctness in English.

1️⃣ It shows who does the action

English verbs change very little, so the -s helps identify the subject.

🟠 I work
🟠 You work

He work ❌
🟠 He works ✅

Without -s, the sentence sounds incorrect and confusing to native speakers.

2️⃣ It is a basic grammar rule

In the present simple, verbs take -s / -es with:

🟠 He, She, It

Examples:

🟠 She teaches English.
🟠 He plays football.
🟠 It rains a lot here.

3️⃣ It helps express habits and facts correctly

The present simple is used for:

🟠 Daily routines
🟠 Generalyl truths
🟠 Permanent situations

Example:
🟠 She wakes up early every day.

👌Using wake instead of wakes is grammatically wrong.

4️⃣ It avoids misunderstanding and shows proficiency

🟠 Not using -s can:
🟠 Make speech sound incomplete or incorrect
🟠 Signal a beginner level of English

Correct usage shows attention to detail and better fluency.

5️⃣ Special spelling rules: Verbs ending in -ch, -sh, -ss, -x, -o → add -es

🟠 go → goes
🟠 watch → watches
🟠 Consonant + y → change y to i + es
🟠 study → studies

✅ Easy rule to remember

👉 If the subject is he / she / it → add “s” or “es”.

⚠️ Important exception

When using does / doesn’t, the main verb stays in base form:

He does not like coffee. ✔️

Does she work here? ✔️

🟪Here is a chart to understand the “-s” with the third person singular in the present simple:

✅ Present Simple Verb Chart

Subject Verb: work Verb: play Verb: study

🟣I work play study
🔵You work play study
🟢We work play study
🟡They work play study
🟠He works plays studies
🔴She works plays studies
⚫It works plays studies

🟤📝 Quick rule

👉 He / She / It + verb + s / es

➕ More examples

🔵He likes music.

🟢She teaches English.

🟡It rains a lot.

🚫 With “does / doesn’t”

Sentence type Example

🔴Negative He doesn’t like coffee.
⚫Question Does she work here?
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🟠Types of Pronouns ✨

A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun to avoid repetition.

Here are the main types of pronouns in English, with examples:

1. Personal Pronouns

🟠Refer to specific people or things.
Examples:

I, you, he, she, it, we, they
👉 She is my friend.
👉 They are studying.

🫸Forms:

Subject pronouns: I, you, he, she, it, we, they

Object pronouns: me, you, him, her, it, us, them

2. Possessive Pronouns

🟠Show ownership.
Examples:
mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs
👉 That book is mine.
👉 The house is ours.

3. Reflexive Pronouns

🟠Refer back to the subject of the sentence.
Examples:
myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves
👉 She looked at herself in the mirror.
👉 I work by myself

4. Demonstrative Pronouns

🟠Point out specific people or things.
Examples:
this, that, these, those
👉 This is my bag.
👉 Those are yours.

5. Interrogative Pronouns

🟠Used to ask questions.

Examples:
who, whom, whose, which, what
👉 Who is calling?
👉 Which one do you prefer?

6. Relative Pronouns

🟠Connect clauses or phrases to nouns or pronouns.
Examples:
who, whom, whose, which, that
👉 The person who called is my teacher.

7. Indefinite Pronouns

🟠Refer to non-specific people or things.
Examples:
anyone, someone, everyone, no one, something, everything, nothing, each, few, many, all, some
👉 Everyone is welcome.
👉 Some are missing.

8. Reciprocal Pronouns

🟠Show mutual actions or feelings.
Examples:
each other, one another

👉 They love each other.

🟠Here’s a clear and simple chart summarizing the types of pronouns 👇

Type of Pronoun Function / Use Examples Example Sentence

1. Personal
🟠 Refer to specific people or things
👉 I, you, he, she, it, we, they
👉 She is my friend.

2. Possessive
🟠Show ownership or possession
👉mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs
👉 That pencil is mine.

3. Reflexive
🟠Reflect back to the subject
👉myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, themselves
👉 He hurts himself.

4. Demonstrative
🟠Point out specific things
👉 this, that, these, those
👉 These are delicious.

5. Interrogative
🟠Ask questions
👉 who, whom, whose, which, what
👉 What is your name?

6. Relative

🟠Connect clauses to nouns/pronouns
👉 who, whom, whose, which, that
👉 The man who called is my teacher.

7. Indefinite
🟠Refer to non-specific people or things 👉anyone, someone, everyone, few, many, all, some, none
👉 Someone is at the door.

8. Reciprocal
🟠Show mutual action or relationship 👉👉each other, one another
👉 They help each other.

🟠TIPOS DE PRONOMBRES

Cuadro de pronombres en inglés

Los pronombres son palabras que se usan en lugar de un sustantivo para evitar la repetición.

🟠Pronombres de sujeto o pronombres subjetivos:
👉 Se usan como el sujeto de una oración y siempre están al inicio de la oración

(por ejemplo, "I", "you", "he", "she", "it", "we", "they").

👉I work

🟠Pronombres de objeto pronombres objetivos:
👉 Se usan como el objeto de un verbo o preposición y están ubicados al final de una idea u oración (por ejemplo, "me", "you", "him", "her", "it", "us", "them").

👉 I work for me

🟠Adjetivos posesivos o pronombres adjetivos:
👉Se usan para mostrar posesión o propiedad y se ubican al inicio de una idea 💡 u oración (por ejemplo, "my", "your", "his", "her", "its", "our", "their").

👉My work

🟠Pronombres posesivos:
👉También muestran posesión, pero pueden estar solos en una oración y también se ubican al final de una idea 💡 u oración (por ejemplo, "mine", "yours", "his", "hers", "ours", "theirs").

👉My work IS mine

🟠Pronombres reflexivos
👉Se usan cuando el sujeto y el objeto de una oración son la misma persona o cosa (por ejemplo, "myself", "yourself", "himself", "herself", "itself", "ourselves", "yourselves", "themselves").

👉I work by myself

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26/10/2025

HOUSEHOLD CHORES 🍽️🛟🚗🏫🔆🔴🔓📢

🏠 What Are Household Chores?

Household chores are the daily tasks we do to keep our home clean, organized, and comfortable.

🧩 Common Household Chores

Category Chores Example Sentences

🧼 Cleaning
🏠sweep the floor, mop the floor, dust the furniture, vacuum the carpet, clean the windows
🥫 I sweep the floor every morning.

🧺 Laundry
wash the clothes, hang the clothes, fold the clothes, iron the clothes

🏫 She irons the clothes on Sundays.

🍽️ Kitchen

🔴wash the dishes, cook the meals, clean the stove, set the table, clear the table, take out the trash
🔆He takes out the trash every night.

🛏️ Bedroom

🛟 make the bed, change the
sheets, tidy up the room

🔆I make my bed before going to school.

🌿 Outdoor

💐 water the plants, mow the lawn, clean the yard, feed the pets
🔆They water the plants every afternoon.

📋 Useful Expressions-Expression Example

Do the dishes
🔆 I do the dishes after dinner.
Do the laundry
🔆She does the laundry on weekends.
Make the bed
🔆He makes his bed every morning.
Take out the trash
🔆Don’t forget to take out the trash!
Clean up
🔆Let’s clean up the kitchenp
Drop off
🔆Drop off the dry cleanning

👍 Grammar Tip

When talking about chores, we often use simple present tense because they are routine actions.

💎Example:

I wash the dishes every day.

She cleans her room on Saturdays.

26/10/2025

There IS - there are
Perfect 👍 Here are the rules and formulas for using There is / There are clearly explained:

🧩 1. Basic Rule

Use “there is” for singular and uncountable nouns.
Use “there are” for plural nouns.

🧠 2. Formulas

✅ Affirmative (Positive)

Formula Example

There is + singular noun There is a cat on the chair.
There are + plural noun There are two cats on the chair.
There is + uncountable noun There is milk in the fridge.

❌ Negative-Formula Example

There isn’t + singular noun There isn’t a cat on the chair.
There aren’t + plural noun There aren’t any cats on the chair.
There isn’t + uncountable noun There isn’t any milk in the fridge.

❓ Interrogative (Question) Formula Example

Is there + singular noun? Is there a cat on the chair?
Are there + plural noun? Are there any cats on the chair?
Is there + uncountable noun? Is there milk in the fridge?

🗣️ 3. Short Answers

Question Short Answer

Is there a park? Yes, there is. / No, there isn’t.
Are there any apples? Yes, there are. / No, there aren't.

💡 4. Key Points

Use “any” in questions and negatives:
→ Are there any students? / There aren’t any students.

Use “some” in affirmative sentences:
→ There are some books on the desk.

“There’s” = short form of “There is”
→ There’s a cat outside

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