3. Syntax.
The structure of sentences in English is:
Subj/verb/complement/ object/time expressions.
• In the office was Samuel: Samuel was in the office.
• And rang the telephone: And the telephone rang.
• He likes very much driving: He likes driving very
much.
• One day came into the office a beautiful woman: A
beautiful woman came into the office one day.
4. Adjectives.
We have to remember the position of
adjectives: Opinion/Size/Age/Colour. Always in
front of the subject.
• A man dead: A dead man.
• A flat very untidy: A very untidy flat.
5. Subject.
• He thinks that he is the best.
• He told Lenny the whole story in the coffee
shop.
Negative Sentences
• Helen not went to the office: Helen
didn t go to the office.
• She didn t say nothing: She didn t say
anything.
6. There is/are.
• In the wardrobe haven´t clothes: There aren´t clothes in
the wardrobe.
• In the bathroom was a body: There was a body in the
bathroom.
Purpose.
• He went to his flat for spoke with him: He went to his flat to speak with
him.
• Lenny went to Las Cabanas for asked about Lenny: Lenny went to Las
Cabanas to ask about himself.
7. Want.
• Helen wanted see him: Helen wanted to see
him.
• She wanted that Lenny looked for her sister:
She wanted Lenny to look for her sister.
Genitive.
• The flag s Benny: Benny s flag.
• The Elaine s apartment: Elaine s apartment.
8. Indefinite article.
• He had a nice teeth: He had nice teeth.
• A office: An office.
• He is detective: He is a detective.
Plurals.
• Others men: Other men.
• Two address: Two addresses.
• Two mens: Two men.
• This persons: This person.
9. Possesive adjectives.
• Helen and his sister: Helen and her sister.
• Him flat: His flat.
Indefinite adjectives.
• There wasn t many clothes: There weren t
any clothes.
• Much people: Many people
10. Ajectives.
• More short: Shorter.
• More later: Later/afterwards.
Personal pronouns.
• With she: With her.
• He asked she where…: He asked her
where…
11. Concordance.
• She leave the office: She leaves the office.
• Everything were very neat: Everything was
very neat.
• They was talking: They were talking.
• The clothes was…:The clothes were.
• He talk with Suzy: He talks with Suzy.
13. • Elaine has been disappeared: Elaine had
disappeared.
• She has disappear: She disappeared.
• He didn´t said anything: He didn´t say anything.
• They didn´t went: They didn´t go.
• She had met a man: She met a man.
• She had flew from New York: She had flown from
New York.
• She meet a wonderful man: She met a wonderful
man.
14. Modal verbs.
• He must went to Las Cabanas: He had to go to
Las Cabanas.
• She could not to pay him: She can´t pay him.
• He could arrived: He could arrive.
15. Verbs with preposition.
• He waited her: He waited to her.
• He entered in the room: He entered into the
room.
• He listened her: He listen to her.
• Samuel phoned to the police: Samuel phone
the police.
• Lenny met to Sargeant Murphy: Lenny met
Sargeant Murphy.
• Lenny asked to her: Lenny asked her.
16. Verbs ending in –ING.
• After talk with him: After talking with him.
• She left without tell Samuel: She left without
telling Samuel.
Prepositions.
• He went at Elaine s fiat: She went on Elaine s fiat.
• She arrived to his office: She arrived to her office.
• He was into the flat: He was in the flat.
• He walked in the club: He walked around the club.
17. Vocabulary.
• The man was death: The man was dead.
• She invented this history: She invented this
story.
• Myer said him that: Myer said to him that.
• She argumented with Elaine: She
argumented to Elaine.
• He was die: He was dead.
• He told the true: He told the truth.
• A police found him: A policeman found him.
• After, he…: Then, he…
