WH QUESTIONS

Unit 1

Unit 1

What time is it?

Recuerda........


-Si los minutos no terminan en cinco o en cero hay que decir el número de minutos seguido de minutes.


Six minutes past seven.

A las siete y seis minutos.

At six minutes past seven.

A las siete y seis minutos.

It is six minutes past seven.

Son las siete y seis minutos.

-Menos cuarto se dice así : a quarter to seguido de la hora.


A quarter to seven.

A las siete menos cuarto.

At a quarter to seven.

A las siete menos cuarto.

It is a quarter to seven.

Son las siete menos cuarto.

-Menos cinco,menos diez,menos veinte y menos veinty cinco se dicen así:
five to,ten to,twenty to,twenty-five to seguidos de la hora


Ten to seven.

A las siete menos diez.

At ten to seven.

A las siete menos diez.

It is ten to seven.

Son las siete menos diez.


*texto: www.theyellowpencil.com

What time is it?

La expresión utilizada en inglés para preguntar la hora es la siguiente:
What time is it?
o también What's the time? (menos usual) = ¿Qué hora es?
Aunque también existen otras posibilidades:
- Have you got the time?
- Could you tell me the time please?
- Would you mind telling me the time?
- Have you got the time on you?
- You wouldn't know the time, would you?
- Do you know the time?

Se utiliza 'a.m.' y 'p.m.' en un lenguaje más formal y normalmente escrito.
Ej. Banks are open from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Es más normal decir: 'In the morning', 'In the afternoon', 'In the evening', 'At night'

7:00 a.m. = seven o'clock in the morning.
2:15 p.m. = quarter past two in the afternoon.
7:30 p.m. = half past seven in the evening
11:00 p.m. = eleven o'clock at night

o'clock es una contracción antigua que significa 'of the clock' (del reloj). El empleo actual equivale al español 'en punto' (seven o'clock = siete en punto).

o'clock = 'en punto' a quarter past... = 'y cuarto'
half past... = 'y media' a quarter to... = 'menos cuarto'

12:00 = midday
24:00 = midnight

*texto: http://www.mansioningles.com

Cuando a la hora sigue una fracción de minutos, si es inferior a 30 se utiliza el adverbio 'past'.
Si es superior, se indican los minutos seguidos de la preposición 'to'.

It's twenty past eleven / son las once y veinte
It's ten to four / son las cuatro menos diez

En los horarios oficiales (por ejemplo los horarios de transportes) se sigue el sistema internacional de división del tiempo en 24 horas.

I left on the 17.30 train from Edinburgh / Salí de Edimburgo en el tren de las 17:30


The weather

THE SUN IS SHINING TODAY
IT IS
SUNNY TODAY
THE EARTH NEEDS THE
SUN
THE WEATHER IS GREAT TODAY. IT IS NICE AND HOT
THE WIND IS BLOWING TODAY
IT WILL BE
WINDY TOMORROW
THE STRONG
WIND WILL COME FROM THE SOUTH
IT WILL
SNOW TOMORROW
THE WEATHER WILL BE
SNOWY NEXT WEEK
THE
SNOW WILL COME FROM THE NORTH
THE TEMPERATURE WILL BE VERY
COLD. - 5 BELOW FREEZING
IT IS
RAINING HARD TODAY
IT WILL
RAIN TOMORROW
IT WILL PROBABLY BE
RAINY FOR THE WHOLE DAY TOMORROW
I HOPE IT WILL NOT BE
CLOUDY TOMORROW
LOOK AT THAT
CLOUD

GOING TO

Form of going to Future

positivenegativequestion
II am going to speak.I am not going to speak.Am I going to speak?
you / we / theyYou are going to speak.You are not going to speak.Are you going to speak?
he / she / itHe is going to speak.He is not going to speak.Is he going to speak?

Use of going to Future

  • an action in the near future that has already been planned or prepared

    example: I am going to study harder next year.

  • a conclusion regarding the immediate future

    example: The sky is absolutely dark. It is going to rain.

GOING TO #1

Put the verbs into the correct form (future I). Use going to.

  1. It (rain) .
  2. They (eat) stew.
  3. I (wear) blue shoes tonight.
  4. We (not / help) you.
  5. Jack (not / walk) home.
  6. (cook / you) dinner?
  7. Sue (share / not) her biscuits.
  8. (leave / they) the house?
  9. (take part / she) in the contest?
  10. I (not / spend) my holiday abroad this year.



Exercise on Future I Simple (going to)

Write questions in going to future.

  1. (he / cook dinner / tonight)
  2. (you / run / in the race)
  3. (they / climb / that mountain)
  4. (she / exercise / at the gym / in the afternoon)
  5. (you / carry / that heavy box)
  6. (computer / crash)
  7. (we / eat / fish / tonight)
  8. (he / play football / tomorrow)
  9. (Lucy / call / a taxi)
  10. (you / sing / a song / for us)