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¿Cada cuánto tiempo estudias gramática inglesa? ¿A menudo? ¿O casi nunca? Un aspecto fundamental cuando aprendemos cualquier idioma es saber concretar cada cuánto tiempo hacemos las cosas. Para ello, en inglés, igual que en español, solemos usar los adverbios de frecuencia:

a. You're always complaining! (¡ Siempre estás quejándote!).
b. I'm very busy so I hardly ever have time to watch TV (Estoy muy liado, así que casi nunca tengo tiempo de ver la tele).
c. Easter sometimes falls in March, but it usually falls in April ( A veces, el domingo de Pascua cae en marzo, pero por lo general cae en abril).

¿Cuándo se usan los adverbios de frecuencia en inglés?

Estos adverbios nos permiten exponer con qué regularidad ocurre algo. Nuestro artículo de introducción a la gramática inglesa hablaba de las distintas funciones que desempeñan los adverbios. Por ejemplo, pueden modificar el significado de un verbo (" He drives quickly", "Conduce rápido") o de una oración entera ("Luckily, he escaped from the accident uninjured", " Afortunadamente, salió ileso del accidente").

Los adverbios de frecuencia realizan esas funciones y, como su nombre indica, sirven para señalar cada cuánto tiempo se produce la acción del verbo (observa la frase a más arriba) o con qué periodicidad sucede lo expresado por la frase entera (como en las frases b y c). A excepción de " hardly ever" ("casi nunca"), los adverbios de frecuencia en inglés están formados por una sola palabra. Pero ¿cómo saber cuál hay que usar en cada ocasión? Eso depende del nivel de regularidad que quieras transmitir. La tabla siguiente te ayudará:

¿Qué reglas siguen los adverbios de frecuencia en inglés?

Las reglas más importantes referentes a los adverbios de frecuencia en inglés tienen que ver con la posición que ocupan dentro de la oración, dependiendo del tipo de verbo:

Estas reglas sobre la posición de los adverbios pueden parecer un poco aleatorias. ¿Por qué poner el adverbio detrás del verbo " to be" y de los auxiliares pero antes de los demás verbos? La razón puede estar relacionada con la pronunciación.

Una persona que hable inglés con fluidez casi siempre contraerá tanto el verbo " to be" como los auxiliares (de modo que " You are late" se convierte en " You're late", " I have considered" pasa a ser " I've considered", etc.). Si el adverbio estuviera situado antes del verbo " to be" o de los auxiliares interferiría con la contracción: por eso se coloca detrás de ellos. ¿Quieres saber más sobre el connected speech en la pronunciación inglesa?

Excepciones y variantes de los adverbios de frecuencia

Al igual que en español, los adverbios no son la única manera de indicar la frecuencia. También es posible utilizar expresiones formadas por varias palabras, especialmente las que incluyen " every" y " a ":

-Bradley goes to French class every Tuesday and Thursday (Bradley va a clase de francés todos los martes y jueves).
-Tanya travels abroad at least three times a year (Tanya viaja al extranjero al menos tres veces al año).
-Sophie phones her grandmother once a week (Sophie llama por teléfono a su abuela una vez a la semana).

Fíjate en que estas expresiones de frecuencia suelen situarse al final de la oración.

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Aunque hay reglas generales para colocar correctamente los adverbios de frecuencia en la oración, algunos de ellos pueden no respetarlas. Por ejemplo, cuando el hablante quiere enfatizar el adverbio, es habitual colocar este al principio (o incluso al final) de la frase; esto se da especialmente en adverbios que sugieren una frecuencia "media", como " usually", " often", " sometimes ", etc. Observa la frase:

-I sometimes work on Saturdays ( A veces trabajo los sábados).

Es una frase correcta, y sigue las reglas que hemos expuesto en el apartado anterior. Pero también se puede decir:

-Sometimes, I work on Saturdays (en español, para enfatizar, podríamos usar la frase anterior pero con una entonación especial en " A veces", o decir: Algunos sábados trabajo).

Al trasladar la palabra " sometimes " al principio de la frase se resalta que este hecho puede sorprender (quizá imaginábamos que el hablante siempre tenía los sábados libres).

Aquí tienes más información sobre los adverbios de frecuencia y su posición.

Errores comunes de los estudiantes españoles con esta estructura?

Como acabamos de explicar, algunos adverbios pueden colocarse en varios lugares distintos dentro de la oración. Pero nunca podemos insertar un adverbio entre un verbo y su complemento directo:

A menudo, leo novelas de ciencia ficción.
- I read often sci-fi novels. ✗
- I often read sci-fi novels. ✓ (O, para dar mayor énfasis, " Often, I read sci-fi novels" o " I read sci-fi novels often ").

Los adverbios " never", " rarely", " seldom" y " hardly ever" tienen un significado negativo. Eso quiere decir que deben utilizarse con verbos afirmativos. Si el verbo estuviera en forma negativa, la oración contendría una doble negación, que no es posible en inglés:

Ahora ya no me compro nunca CD.
-I don't never buy CDs nowadays. ✗
- I never buy CDs nowadays. ✓

Puesto que el adverbio " never" tiene un significado negativo, solo se refiere a cosas que no han sucedido. Para aludir a cosas que sí han ocurrido, usamos el adverbio "ever":

Es la mejor peli que he visto nunca.
- It's the best film that I have never seen. ✗
- It's the best film that I have ever seen. ✓

Recuerda que, cuando utilizamos la expresión "have to" para mostrar obligación, ese " have" es el verbo principal, no un auxiliar, de modo que el adverbio se coloca por lo general delante de él:

Siempre tengo que echarme la siesta después de una comida abundante.
- I have always to take a nap after a big meal. ✗
- I always have to take a nap after a big meal. ✓

Ejemplos populares de esta estructura

-I will always love you fue un súper éxito en los años noventa, y en ella la cantante Whitney Houston le prometía a su amado que siempre lo tendría en su corazón.

-We are never (ever, ever) getting back together: en esta canción de 2012 mundialmente conocida, Taylor Swift le comunicaba a su ex que nunca querría volverlo a tener de novio (aquí las palabras " ever, ever" refuerzan la idea de " never ").

- Tomorrow never dies, de 1997, cuenta las aventuras de James Bond que intenta salvar al mundo persiguiendo a un malvado criminal que pretende iniciar la Tercera Guerra Mundial. En español se tituló El mañana nunca muere.

-Forrest Gump: en esta película de 1994, el personaje principal, Forrest, dice la famosa frase de: " My mama always said that life was like a box of chocolates - you never know what you're going to get" ("Mamá siempre decía: 'La vida es como una caja de bombones. Nunca sabes lo que te va a tocar'").

Ejercicio:

Cada una de las frases siguientes contiene un error. Encuéntralo y corrígelo.

1. I always am happy when I finish work early.

2. Susan has been never to Thailand.

3. Gerald needs to take his medication three times for day.

4. Always I try to arrive at the office before 9 a.m.

5. It doesn't hardly ever rain in Almería.

6. I eat sometimes muesli for breakfast.

7. I always don't remember my keys when I leave the house.

(Respuestas)

1. I am always happy when I finish work early.

2. Susan has never been to Thailand.

3. Gerald needs to take his medication three times a day.

4. I always try to arrive at the office before 9 a.m.

5. It hardly ever rains in Almería.

6. I sometimes eat muesli for breakfast (o, para dar más énfasis, " Sometimes, I eat muesli for breakfast" o " I eat muesli for breakfast sometimes ").

7. I don't always remember my keys when I leave the house.

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Pronouns and Antecedents

A pronoun is a word such as I, you, he, she, it, they, who that takes the place of a noun.If we are talking about Brenda, we don't always have to use the noun, Brenda, we can use a pronoun to replace the word: she or her. We do this after we have used the noun, so we know exactly who or what the pronoun is referring to.

This noun is called the antecedent, and the pronoun must agree with its antecedent. We use she for Brenda to make the pronoun agree in gender with its antecedent, and we use she instead of they to make it agree in number.

Pronoun Agreement

A pronoun must agree with its antecedent.

Gender and Pronouns

In order to reduce gender bias in writing, avoid the use of male pronouns ('he' or 'his') as generic terms to apply to both sexes. In common usage is the epicene or gender-neutral singular pronoun 'they'. However, not all formal writing currently supports this usage, deeming it too informal or ungrammatical; it is wise to consult disciplinary conventions regarding the use of gender pronouns.

For example

An effective teacher provides clear feedback to his students. [gendered language]

An effective teacher provides clear feedback to his or her students. [two pronouns]

An effective teacher provides clear feedback to their students. [gender-neutral singular they]

Writers who wish to adhere to formal conventions for pronoun reference may wish to make the antecedent plural so the pronoun agrees in number.

Effective teachers provide clear feedback to their students. [plural antecedent and pronoun; gender irrelevant]

Singular Indefinite Pronouns

Use a singular pronoun after such words as each, either, neither, one, no one, everyone, someone, anyone, nobody, everybody, somebody, anybody. See more on singular indefinite pronouns.

The above is something we might say, but it is wrong in formal, grammatically correct writing because it doesn't make logical sense: 'one' is singular and 'their' is plural.

In the above example, what is correct is also awkward. Sometimes it may be best to revise the sentence so that the antecedent is in the plural so the pronoun can also be plural:

Collective Entities

Use a singular pronoun to refer to a collective or entity noun such as crowd or committee when the group or entity is considered as a whole.

Use a plural pronoun to refer to a collective or entity noun when the members are thought of singly.

Two Antecedents Joined by 'And'

Use a plural pronoun to agree with two antecedents joined by and.

Problems with Pronoun Reference

Every pronoun should refer to a specific antecedent that has been mentioned and is close by. If the antecedent is missing or too far away from the pronoun, it can be difficult for the reader to understand what noun the pronoun refers to.

Ambiguous reference

If a pronoun could refer to more than one noun, the noun it is referring to is unclear or ambiguous.

John told Gordon that Mr. Walsh did not remember him. [Incorrect sentence]

In the above example, we do not know if the him refers to John or Gordon.

Such ambiguity can be avoided by using direct speech or by avoiding a pronoun and using a noun instead.

The following examples are all correct:

John said to Gordon, "Mr. Walsh does not remember me."

John said to Gordon, "Mr. Walsh does not remember you."

John told Gordon that Mr. Walsh did not remember Gordon.

General reference

Pronouns replace nouns, that is they replace one noun: a person, place, thing, concept. For example, them replaces students. General reference means the pronoun is being used by the writer to refer to a general idea in a preceding phrase or sentence rather than to a specific, identifiable noun.

The school can no longer raise money by selling lottery tickets because it is now forbidden by school board regulations. [Incorrect sentence]

In the above example, the pronoun 'it' does not have an antecedent. 'It' is referring to the phrase, selling lottery tickets. This is more than a pronoun can do.

The school can no longer raise money by selling lottery tickets because this sale is now forbidden by school board regulations. [Correct sentence]

The school can no longer raise money through the of lottery tickets because it is now forbidden by school board regulations. [Correct sentence]

Weak reference

A weak reference occurs when there is no antecedent at all for the pronoun to refer to.

Example 1:

As she watched the sailboat, it suddenly got up, filling the sails. [Incorrect sentence]

In the above example, the pronoun 'it' would seem to refer to the adjacent noun sailboat. But the sentence doesn't make sense. The pronoun does not have an antecedent.

As she watched the sailboat, the wind suddenly got up, filling the sails. [Correct sentence]

Example 2:

Before publishing her recipe book, Liz personally tested them all. [Incorrect sentence]

The pronoun 'them' does not have an antecedent in this sentence, although clearly the writer meant them to refer back to 'recipe'. Although 'recipe' is a noun, in this sentence it is being used as an adjective, a word that modifies or describes a noun. As such, it cannot be an antecedent to a pronoun (a word that replaces a noun not a modifier).

Before publishing her recipe book, Liz personally tested all the recipes. [Correct sentence]

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Past simple - verb 'to be'

We can use the past simple of the verb to be to talk about situations and states in the past.

I was at my gran's house yesterday.
Shewas with her friends last Saturday.
Wewere happy yesterday.

How to use it

I was hungry this morning.
You were in the garden yesterday.
It was sunny yesterday.
They were at the beach last weekend.

For negatives, use not. We can contract not and the verb, especially when we're speaking.

I was not late for school this morning. = I wasn't late for school this morning.
Hewas not at home last Saturday. = He wasn't at home last Saturday.
Wewere not cold yesterday. = We weren't cold yesterday.

For questions, change the order of was or were and the person.

Were you tired this morning? Yes, I was.
Was she at the park last Sunday? No, she wasn't.
Wherewas he yesterday?

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Auxiliary Verbs are verbs that only help main verbs to form different verb forms. Auxiliary Verbs are important as structural verbs.

In this post, we present you 24 Auxiliary Verbs List.

24 Auxiliary Verbs List

There are two types of Auxiliary Verbs

Primary Auxiliary Verbs

Be Verb: is, am, are, was, were, been, being
Have Verb: have, has, had, having
Do Verb: do, does, did

Modal Auxiliary Verbs

can, could, shall, should, will, would, may, might, must, dare, need, used to, ought to

24 Auxiliary Verbs List with Examples

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Be Verbs (am, is ,are, was, were)
Also, Read Main and Helping Verbs
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Have Verbs (Have, Has, Had)

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Do Verbs (Do, did, does)
Also, Read Helping Verbs Worksheets
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Shall / Will

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May / Might

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Can / Could

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Must

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Should / Would

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Ought to
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Dare

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Need

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Used to

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