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Index.
Possession ................................................................................................................................................3
Imperatives and should for advice...........................................................................................................4
Structure of should...............................................................................................................................4
Should for advice, opinions..................................................................................................................5
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Possession
Se forman añadiendo la letra -s al adjetivo posesivo correspondiente, a excepción de la
primera persona singular ('mine') y la tercera persona singular ('his').
Adjetivo Pronombre
my mine, el mío, lo mío, la mía, los míos, las mías
your yours, el tuyo, lo tuyo, la tuya, los tuyos, las tuyas, el suyo, lo suyo, la suya, los
suyos, las suyas
his his, el suyo (de él), lo suyo, los suyos, las suyas
her hers, el suyo (de ella), lo suyo, la suya, los suyos, las suyas
our ours, el nuestro, lo nuestro, la nuestra, los nuestros, las nuestras
your yours, el vuestro, lo vuestro, la vuestra, los vuestros, las vuestras, el suyo...
their theirs, el suyo (de ellos, ellas), lo suyo, etc.
De igual forma que los adjetivos, los pronombres posesivos son invariables y nunca van
precedidos del artículo.
Here's your book. Where's mine? / Aquí está tu libro. ¿Dónde está el mío?
Is that car yours? / ¿Es tuyo este coche?
A friend of his / Un amigo suyo
Their house is similar to ours / Su casa es similar a la nuestra
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Imperatives and should for
advice
Should is an auxiliary verb - a modal auxiliary verb. We use should mainly to:
Give advice or make recommendations
Talk about obligation
Talk about probability and expectation
Express the conditional mood
Replace a subjunctive structure
Structure of should
The basic structure for should is:
Subject + Auxiliary verb
should
+ Main verb
Note that:
The auxiliary verb should is invariable. There is only one form: should
The main verb is usually in the base form (He should go).
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Look at the basic structure again, with positive, negative and question sentences:
Subject Auxiliary
should
Not Main verb
base
+ He should work.
- You should not go.
? Should we help?
Note that the main verb is sometimes in the form:
Have + past participle (He should have gone.)
Be + -ing (He should be going.)
Should for advice, opinions
We often use should when offering advice or opinions (similar to ought to):
You should see the new James Bond movie. It's great!
You should try to lose weight.
John should get a haircut.
He shouldn't smoke. And he should stop drinking too.
What should I wear?
They should make that illegal.
There should be a law against that.
People should worry more about global warming.
