VOCABULARY: THE LEARNING PROCESS

VOCABULARY: THE LEARNING PROCESS

ENGLISH	SPANISH
Push	Impulsar
Comfort zone	Zona de confort
Take risks	Tomar riesgos
Give up	Rendirse
Progress	Progresar
Measure their progress	Medir su progreso

Vocabulary : Take, Make, Do

Vocabulary : Take, Make, Do

TAKE	MAKE	DO
An important step in your life	A video	Something artistic
A very important exam	A big mistake	An extreme sport
Time off from school or work	A do nation to a charity	Volunteer work

Present Perfect + yet/ already

Present Perfect + yet/ already

Already

"Already" refers to something that has happened earlier or sooner than expected and is translated as "already" in Spanish. "Already" usually goes between the auxiliary verb and the verb

Examples:

They have already  finished  their  homework.(Ya han acabado sus deberes.)

Jacob has already  left  work.(Jacob ya se ha ido del trabajo.)

The train has already  arrived.(El tren ya ha llegado.)

Yet 

"Yet" is used for something that we expected to happen, but it has not happened yet. We tend to use it in negative and interrogative phrases. In negative phrases it can be translated as "still" or "still" and in questions like "already". In contrast to the other adverbs in this lesson, "yet" goes to the end of the sentence.

Examples:

I’m really hungry. I haven’t eaten yet.(Tengo mucha hambre. Todavía no he comido.)

Jacob hasn’t left his job at the hospital yet.(Jacob todavía no se ha ido de su trabajo en el hospital.)

Have they finished their homework yet?(¿Ya han terminado sus deberes?)

Has the train arrived yet?(¿Ya ha llegado el tren?)

Exercise Write yet or already in the spaces.

1) I've been on the waiting list for two weeks .

2) Steve hasn't had that car for a month  and it's scratched.

3) I haven't thought about what to do .

4) Has your company had financial problems ?

5) She's completed five exercises .

6) Poor Mary is so busy she hasn't had time to do the housework .

7) She hasn't got over her health problems .

8) John's planned the first phase of the project .

9) Have you met the Jones's ?

10) It's  rained twice this morning.

Answers

1. already

2. yet

3. yet

4. yet ("already" es posible si sospechamos o sabemos que la respuesta es sí.)

5. already

6. yet

7. yet

8. already

9. yet ("already" es posible si sospechamos o sabemos que la respuesta es sí.)

10. already

Present perfect progressive

The present perfect progressive is used to talk about an action that started in the past

 and continues in the present.

Form 

Formation of the present perfect progressive The present perfect progressive 

is formed with the verb to have in the present plus the participle been and a gerund.

have / has + been + gerund

Examples:

 I have been living here for one month. 

You have been talking on the phone for half an hour

Negative forms

It is very easy to conjugate the present perfect progressive in a negative way. 

You simply use the word not after the conjugated form of the verb to have.

Formula for the negative form

have not / has not + been + gerund

It is very common to see the contracted forms have not and have not been used 

with the present perfect progressive.

Examples

I have not been eating much lately.

We have not been talking since we broke up.

Interrogative forms

To ask questions using the present perfect progressive, you have to invert the

 subject and the conjugated form of to have. Compare the affirmative form with the

 interrogative form.

video 

Exercise Write yet or already in the spaces.

 I  (listen) to this for 2 hours.
2. You  (wait) since this morning.
3. She  (watch) their dog since Saturday.
4. We  (talk) for over an hour.
5. I  (prepare) for this test for almost 2 weeks.
6. Joe  (work) here since 1987.
7. You  (do) nothing for the last 30 minutes.
8. Lilly  (teach) English for many years.
9. I  (eat) tomatoes for my entire life.
10. Recently, she  (feel) quite better.
11. They  (talk) a lot lately.
12. You  (watch) too much television.
13. We  (eat) too many sweets lately.
14. Lately, I  (exercise) quite frequently.
15. You  (help) me a lot.