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Prepositions

The prepositions in general terms are going to be used to join ideas or sentences into a specific context without mattering the grammar tense in which they are, it will be enough the fact to make common sense ,although we will have to be really careful with their meaning  since it will depend on their context where they are applied. The prepositions are the following.

Prepositions

• In (dentro de)
• On (sobre de / algo que toca una superficie)
• Under (debajo de)
• Over (sobre de / algo que no toca la superficie)
• With (con)
• Without (sin)
• To (a/para)
• By (por / voz pasiva)
• For (para por)
• At (en / un destino como tal)
• Opposite (opuesto a)
• Between (Entre dos)
• Among (entre varios)
• Before (antes de)
• After (después de)
• Against (contra)
• Since (desde / fechas)
• Of (de / pertenencia o propiedad)
• From (de / procedencia)
• About (acerca de /sobre de)
• Near (cerca de)
• Behind (detrás de)
• Next to (próximo a /a lado de)
• Beside (junto de)
• In front of (enfrente de)
• On the corner of (en la esquina de)
• Inside (dentro de)
• Outside (fuera de)
• Through (atravez de)
• Along (a lo largo de)
• Towards (hacia)
• Till (hasta)

Examples

• We are in the house
• There are several things on that table
• The mechanic is under the car fixing it
• The airplane flies over the city very high
• I will go with all my family to the beach
• John can’t live without Mary
• I go to the school everyday in the morning      
• This book was written by him
• They bought some flowers for their mother
• He works at that restaurant in the downtown
• Hidalgo is between Cuauhtémoc and Juarez streets
• We are having the party among  friends
• You must finish your homework before you go to play
• Everything was better after they went away
• They are against us because we didn’t help them
• They have been living there since 1990
• We study in the University of California
• Where are you from?
• Tell us about your family please
• I there a restroom near here?
• Charley is behind sandy in the class
• The bank is next to library
• The cathedral is beside the central park
• The central park is in front of the cathedral
• The government place is on the corner of Allende and Hidalgo streets

Possessive Adjectives

The possessive adjectives are going to be used to talk about a relationship that a subject has with regard to an object, it means, they won’t indicate any kind of belonging as many learners think since they are the possessive pronouns.

On the other hand it’s also important to know that the possessive adjectives will be applied in whatever part of the sentence but never at the end of it because they wouldn’t have coherence or the sentence would seem incomplete

Possessive Adjectives

My       mi,mis

Your   tu,tus

His      su,sus (de el)

Her     su,sus (de ella)

Its        su,sus (de ello)

Our     nuestro, nuestra ,nuestros (as)

Your   su, sus (de ustedes)

Their  su, sus (de ellos)

Examples

My brother Works in that Enterprise

What is your name please?

Michael is tall but his sister isn’t.

Susan invited all her friends to her party

Mexico is a great country and its beaches are also beautiful

Do you want to come to our party this weekend?

Please take your exams and check them carefully

Tell them to choose their items they need for it

There is / There are

In the English language there are several expression which sometime we don’t know where they come from such as “there is” and “there are” but in this case we will learn that they are the conjugation of the verb There Be and they are going to indicate existence about something that we are referring to there are two ways to identify and learn them as it follows considering also the three ways that we already know

Ways to apply

• There is         singular (hay)
• There are      plural (hay)

Affirmative way

• There is + complement in singular
• There are + complement in plural

Negative way

• There isn’t + complement in singular
• There aren’t+ complement in plural

Interrogative way

• Is there + complement in singular +?
• Are there + complement in plural+?

Examples:

• There is a cathedral in the downtown of the city
• There are a lot of people in the parade
• There isn’t a good restaurant near here
• There aren’t foreign students in the class

Examples

A: Is there a big pet in your house?

B: Yes, there is /No, there isn’t

A: Are there 20 computers in this classroom?

B: Yes, there are / No, there aren’t

A: Is there a TV here?

B: Yes, there is / No, there isn’t

A: Are there flowers on the garden?

B: Yes, there are / No, there aren’t

Indefinite articles

There are two indefinite articles into the English language which are going to be used to refer exclusively to singular nouns without matter the grammar tense or context in which they are applied, since we will have only to take into account the beginning of the word in order to structure it correctly. According to this fact we have to consider the following grammar rules as it follows:

Grammar Rules

Rules 2: when we have a noun which starts with “a” vowel, then we will have to use the article “an” in order to avoid an incorrect sound at the time we pronounce the words together.

Examples

• An umbrella
• An office
• An organization

Rule 2: When we have a word starting with a consonant, then we will have to apply the article “a” respectively due to the same reasons said previously.

Examples

• A car
• A city
• A tree
• A book

Rule 3: We will have to be careful with some exceptions that we could find and that we could confuse.

Examples

• Hair
• Money
• Water
• Juice
• Skin
• Rice