miércoles, 25 de julio de 2018



🔼SENSE, SENSITIVE AND SENSIBLE🔽


Function:

.-Sense. 

Any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive estimulity originating from outside or inside the body:

a)    My sense of smell tells me that dinner is ready.
b)   Their operation or function; Sensation
c)    A feeling or perception produced through the organs of touch, taste, etc., or resulting from a particular condition of some part of the body: to have a sense of cold.
d)   A faculty or function of the mind analogous to sensation: the moral sense.
e)   Any special capacity for perception, estimation, appreciation, etc.: a sense of humor.


.- Sensitive.

a)    Is physical or emotional.
b)    If your emotions are easily swayed, you are sensitive.
c)       If your sense of touch is very good, you are sensitive.

     .- Sensible
 a)    Is mental. If you do things that make sense, you are sensible.
b)    I was sensible when I bought clothes.
c)    I didn't buy the designer clothes because they were too expensive.



   Exercices:

1.   Sticking to a ______diet plan ensures that the weight will stay off.
2.   Children on drugs often leave clues, and _______ parents will investigate when their suspicions are aroused.
3.   "The children I saw in Yugoslavia appeared _______ and level-headed without the buoyancy of childhood. Here were children I could understand."
4.   An extremely ________ person can have a severe reaction to the small amount of milk protein in a candy bar.
5.   _________medical equipment requires an uninterrupted supply of power.




🔼REPEATED AND DOUBLE COMPARATIVES🔽


Function:

1. Repeated comparatives
Repeated comparisons are used to describe something that is changing
All of them are used to describe actions and things that are increasing or decreasing.

2. Double comparatives
Double comparisons are used to describe how two things change at the same time, or how one thing changes as a result of a change in something else.

Double comparatives describe a cause and effect process. Also, they are written as a sentence with a comma separating the cause and the effect. The structure to use them is the following:


Form:

FORM

.- Comparativo + and + comparativo.
.- More and more + multisyllable adjective.
.- Less and less + multisyllable adjective.

.- The + more ( + noun ) + verb phras...
.- The + comparative + verb phrase…
.- The + comparative + the + noun + verb phrase…
















Examples:

1.-  As a result of social media, it has become easier and easier to maintain friendships around the world.
2.- Global corporations are becoming more and more powerful.
3.- These days, it is less common for people to spend their whole lives in the same job.
1.- The more you study, the more you learn.
2.- The more food you buy from local farmers, the easier it is to support the local economy.
3.- The more expensive the item, the fewer people will buy it.













Exercices:

2. Complete the sentences with the words in parentheses. use either a repeated or a double comparative.

1.- People are becoming _________________ toward people in other countries. (sympathetic)
2.- The world is becoming ________________ with each new form of media that appears. (small)
3.- _______ I used Twitter, the _____________ I am in its possibilities. (more, interesting)
4.- ________ I read his blog, _____________ I find it. (more, funny)
5.- _______ you use social media, _____________  it becomes. (more, confusing)


For more information check the video link to clarify your doubts about the subject, thank you.





🔼VERBS WITH STATIVE AND DYNAMIC USES🔽

Function:

Some verbs are rarely used in progressive forms. They are called stative verbs because they usually refer to states or conditions that continue over a period of time, for example, know, prefer or agree. However, some stative verbs commonly have both stative and dynamic uses, with different menanings.


Form:

USE
STATIVE
(Simple verb form)
DYNAMIC
(Progressive verb form)
Be
.- Permanent state, general truth.
Lupita is married.
.- Acting, behaving.
Michael is being really weird.

Have
.- Possession, characteristics.
I have five minutes before class starts.
.- Causing, experiencing.
I´m having problems with my car.
See
.- Notice, observe, and understand.
Do you see what I mean?
.- Meet or date.
They´ve been seeing each other for a while.
Think
.- Have an opinion.
I think it’s a good idea.
.- The process of thought.
I was thinking about it all day.

Grammar:


Examples:

USE
STATIVE
(Simple verb form)
DYNAMIC
(Progressive verb form)

Be

.- He's an excellent guitarist.

.- You are not being serious!

Have

.- He has a beautiful car.

.- He's having lunch.

See

.- I see what you mean.

.- He's been seeing the same woman for eight years.
Think
.- I think it's a fantastic idea.
.- I am thinking about my friend.

Exercices:

1.    I _________our city is losing its identity.
   2.    Multinational companies ____ the largest employees.
   3.    We ______an office in Australia. 
   4.    I ____ your point of view.
   5.    I ______ much money right now. Cloud we stay home this evening instead of eating out.
   6.    Susanna _______ anyone now, or are you single?
   7.    Paul and I ______ really happy in our new home.
   8.    I ____ at the news paper.
   9.    You ____ annoying
   10. I ____ a good time.

For more information check the video link to clarify your doubts about the subject, thank you.





🔼 SENSE, SENSITIVE AND SENSIBLE 🔽 Function: .- Sense.  Any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by ...