Inglés para Principiantes: Describir Personas, Presente Simple, Presente Continuo, Correo Electrónico y Pasado

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Describing People

Describing people.

Useful adjectives when describing people.

TRANSLATION:
Adjetivos útiles para describir a las personas

  • HEIGHT.
    • Tall, average, short.
  • HAIR.
    • Length.
      • Long, medium, short.
    • Colour
      • Dark, light, black, brunette (brown), blonde (fair), redhead (red), grey, white.
    • Texture.
      • Straight, curly, wavy.
    • Hairstyle.
      • Pulled back (ponytail, braid, bun).
    • No hair.
      • Bald, partly bald, has a receding hairline.
  • BODY SHAPE.
    • Slender (thin).
    • Average build.
    • Heavy (overweight, fat).
  • EYES.
    • Colour:
      • Black, brown, blue, green, grey.
    • Big.
    • Beady (small).
    • Narrow (close-set).
    • Wide-set.
  • GENDER.
    • Man (male).
    • Woman (female).
    • Boy.
    • Girl.
  • FACIAL FEATURES.
    • GENERAL.
      • Pretty, beautiful, handsome, good-looking, ugly, pale skin, straight nose, crooked nose.
      • Freckles, freckled.
      • Mole, wart.
      • Scar.
      • Bruise, bruised.
      • Birthmark.
    • AGE.
      • Young, child (baby), teenager, adult, old (senior, senior citizen).
    • RACE.
      • Asian.
      • Black (African-American).
      • Hispanic.
      • Native American.
      • White (Caucasian).
    • OTHERS.
      • Glasses.
      • Tattoo.
      • Braces on teeth.
      • Earrings.
      • Wheelchair, crutches.
  • ALTURA.
    • Alto, estatura media, bajo.
  • PELO.
    • Longitud.
      • Largo, mediano, corto.
    • Color
      • Oscuro, claro, moreno, castaño, rubio, pelirrojo, con canas, blanco.
    • Textura.
      • Liso, rizado, ondulado.
    • Peinado.
      • Peinado hacia atrás (en coleta, trenza o moño).
    • Sin pelo.
      • Calvo, medio calvo, con entradas.
  • CONSTITUCIÓN.
    • Delgado.
    • Constitución mediana.
    • Recia (sobrepeso, gordo).
  • OJOS.
    • Color:
      • Negros, marrones, azules, verdes, grisáceos.
    • Grandes.
    • Pequeños y brillantes.
    • Muy juntos.
    • Muy separados.
  • SEXO.
    • Hombre (masculino).
    • Mujer (femenino).
    • Chico.
    • Chica.
  • RASGOS FACIALES.
    • GENERAL.
      • Guapa, hermoso o hermosa, guapo, atractivo o atractiva, feo o fea, piel pálida, nariz recta, nariz torcida.
      • Pecas, pecoso.
      • Lunar, verruga.
      • Cicatriz.
      • Cardenal, magullado.
      • Marca de nacimiento.
    • EDAD.
      • Joven, niño (bebé), adolescente, adulto, viejo (de la tercera edad).
    • RAZA.
      • Asiática.
      • Negra (afroamericana).
      • Hispana.
      • Nativo americano.
      • Blanca (caucásica).
    • OTROS.
      • Gafas.
      • Tatuaje.
      • Con ortodoncia.
      • Pendientes.
      • Silla de ruedas, muletas.


How to Say It: The Present Simple

As you already know, the Present Simple tense is used to express:

  • Permanent states and facts.
    • What do you do? I'm an accountant.
    • They usually hold a videoconference on Mondays.
  • Habits and scheduled routines.
    • Our firm never works on Saturdays.
    • The meeting starts at 2:30 p.m.
  • Thoughts and feelings with verbs such as think, believe, promise, like, love, hate, etc.
    • Many people think secretaries only make coffee.
    • I don't like filing documents.
  • Events in the future for which there is a written or official timetable:
    • What time does the plane land?
    • The plane lands at seven o'clock.

How to Form the Present Simple

  • The third person singular of the verb adds -s or -es.
  • -es is added for verbs ending in:
    • -ch: She watches TV all day.
    • -sh: She always washes her hands before starting to work.
    • -o: He goes to the city hall every Tuesday.
    • -s: She misses you a lot when you are away.
    • -x: He mixes a lot of styles of music in his latest record.
    • -z: The bee buzzes when it's flying.
  • If the verb ends in -y preceded by a consonant, replace the y with i and add -es.
    • She studies at university.

Negative Form

  • Subject + DO / DOES NOT / DON'T / DOESN'T + Verb.
    • I don't like working for the same company as her.
    • He doesn't like driving to work every day.

Interrogative Form

  • DO / DOES + Subject + Verb + ?
    • Do you like reading the newspaper in the morning?
    • Does he go to McDonald's for lunch every day?


How to Say It: The Present Continuous

As you already know, the Present Continuous is used to express:

  • Actions that take place at the moment of speaking.
    • I'm checking my emails at the moment.
    • Mr. Parker is having lunch right now.
  • Future arrangements that have already been planned.
    • I'm meeting my colleagues tomorrow at 7:30 a.m.
    • My boss is travelling to China on Friday morning.

How to Form the Present Continuous

  • Affirmative Form: Subject + verb to be + main verb + ING
    Paul is talking on the phone.
  • Negative Form: Subject + verb to be + NOT + main verb + ING
    Joseph isn't reading the newspaper.
  • Interrogative Form: Verb to be + subject + main verb + ING + complements + ?
    Is he working at the moment?

Common Present Continuous Time Expressions

  • At the moment.
  • Now.
  • Today.
  • This week.
  • This month.
  • Tomorrow.
  • Next week (for future arrangements).
  • Currently.


Stative Verbs

Here is a list of the verbs that cannot be used in the present continuous MOST OF THE TIME:

Like → Know → Belong → Love → Realise → Fit.

Hate → Suppose → Contain → Want → Mean → Consist.

Need → Understand → Seem → Prefer → Believe → Depend.

Agree → Remember → Matter → Mind → Recognise → See.

Own → Appear → Look (= seem) → Sound → Taste → Smell.

Hear → Astonish → Deny → Disagree → Please → Impress.

Satisfy → Promise → Surprise → Doubt → Think (= have an opinion).

Feel (= have an opinion) → Wish → Imagine → Concern → Dislike.

Be → Have → Deserve → Involve → Include → Lack.

Measure (= have length, etc.) → Possess → Owe → Weigh (= have weight).


Email Vocabulary

  • From: of
  • To: toward
  • CC: send a copy to...
  • BCC: blind copy to... (the other people don't know you're sending this copy).
  • Subject: topic about
  • Attach: send a document, for example a picture, with an email.
  • Dispatch: sending to
  • Reception: arrival.
  • Order: request (something) to be made, supplied, or served.
  • Meeting: a situation when two or more people meet, by chance or arrangement.
  • Delivery: the action of delivering letters, parcels, or goods.
  • Delay: a period of time by which something is late or postponed.
  • Reply: send an answer to the person who sent an email.
  • Reply to all: send to everyone who received a copy of it.
  • Forward: send an email you have received to someone else.
  • Delete: get rid of an email you don't want.
  • @: at.
  • _: underscore.
  • -: hyphen, dash.
  • .com: dot com
  • /: (forward) slash.


How to Begin and End an Email or Letter

Beginning

You can begin your email/letter with:

Formal

Informal

  • Dear Sir/Madam,
  • Dear Mr./Mrs. Johnson, (Dear + recipient's last name)
  • To whom it may concern,
  • Hi / Hello Eva: (Informal. Hi / Hello + recipient's first name)
  • Dear Eva: (Informal. Dear + recipient's first name)
  • My dear Eva: (Informal)

Ending

You can end it with:

Formal

Informal

  • Best.
  • All the best.
  • Hope to hear from you soon.
  • I can't wait to meet up soon.
  • Write me back soon.
  • Look forward to seeing you / hearing from you.
  • Xoxo, Keep in touch, All the best, Best wishes.
  • Yours truly,
  • With best wishes / Best wishes,
  • Sincerely,

Starting the Body of the Message

You can start it with:

Formal

Informal

  • Thank you for your email/letter about...
  • Many thanks for your email/letter...
  • I'm writing to request information about / inform you about / complain about...
  • I'm writing with reference to your email/letter...
  • I would like to offer my congratulations on...
  • Let me congratulate you on...
  • Thanks for your email/letter.
  • Thanks for writing to me.
  • It was great to hear from you again.
  • I'm writing to tell you about...
  • Guess what?
  • How are things with you?
  • I'm sorry I haven't written for a while...


Past Simple

Past Simple

FORMS

EXAMPLES

AFFIRMATIVE

Subject + verb (in past tense, can be regular or irregular verbs) + Complement

I/You/He/She/It/We/They worked in the main office.

NEGATIVE

Subject + didn't + verb (in base form) + Complement

I/You/He/She/It/We/They didn't work in the main office.

QUESTIONS

Did + Subject + verb (in base form) + Complement?

Did I/you/he/she/it/we/they work in the main office?


Past Continuous

Past Continuous

FORMS

EXAMPLES

AFFIRMATIVE

Subject + was/were + verb-ing + Complement

I/He/She/It was working in the main office.

We/They/You were working in the main office.

NEGATIVE

Subject + wasn't/weren't + verb-ing + Complement

I/He/She/It wasn't working in the main office.

We/They/You weren't working in the main office.

QUESTIONS

Was/Were + Subject + verb-ing + Complement?

Was I/He/She/It working in the main office?

Were We/They/You working in the main office?


Irregular Verbs List

Irregular verbs list.

Present

Past

Participle

Translation

arise

arose

arisen

surgir

be

was / were

been

ser, estar

beat

beat

beaten

golpear

become

became

become

convertirse

begin

began

begun

comenzar

bet

bet/betted

bet/betted

apostar

bite

bit

bitten

morder

bleed

bled

bled

sangrar

blow

blew

blown

soplar

break

broke

broken

romper

bring

brought

brought

traer

build

built

built

construir

buy

bought

bought

comprar

catch

caught

caught

atrapar

choose

chose

chosen

elegir

come

came

come

venir

cost

cost

cost

costar

creep

crept

crept

arrastrarse

cut

cut

cut

cortar

deal

dealt

dealt

dar, repartir, tratar

do

did

done

hacer

draw

drew

drawn

dibujar

dream

dreamt/dreamed

dreamt/dreamed

soñar

drink

drank

drunk

beber

drive

drove

driven

conducir

eat

ate

eaten

comer

fall

fell

fallen

caer

feed

fed

fed

alimentar

feel

felt

felt

sentir

fight

fought

fought

pelear

find

found

found

encontrar

flee

fled

fled

huir

fly

flew

flown

volar

forget

forgot

forgotten

olvidar

forgive

forgave

forgiven

perdonar

forsake

forsook

forsaken

abandonar

freeze

froze

frozen

congelar

get

got

got

tener, obtener

give

gave

given

dar

go

went

gone

ir

grind

ground

ground

moler

grow

grew

grown

crecer

hang

hung

hung

colgar

have

had

had

tener

hear

heard

heard

oír

hide

hid

hidden

esconderse

hit

hit

hit

golpear

hold

held

held

tener, mantener

hurt

hurt

hurt

herir, doler

keep

kept

kept

guardar

kneel

knelt

knelt

arrodillarse

know

knew

known

saber

lead

led

led

encabezar, dirigir

learn

learnt/learned

learnt/learned

aprender

leave

left

left

dejar, marcharse, salir

lend

lent

lent

prestar

let

let

let

dejar, dar permiso

lie

lay

lain

tumbarse, echarse, yacer

lose

lost

lost

perder

make

made

made

hacer

mean

meant

meant

significar, querer decir

meet

met

met

conocer, encontrar, quedar con

pay

paid

paid

pagar

put

put

put

poner

quit

quit/quitted

quit/quitted

abandonar

read

read

read

leer

ride

rode

ridden

montar, ir

ring

rang

rung

llamar por teléfono

rise

rose

risen

elevar

run

ran

run

correr

say

said

said

decir

see

saw

seen

ver

sell

sold

sold

vender

send

sent

sent

enviar

set

set

set

fijar, establecer, poner

sew

sewed

sewn/sewed

coser

shake

shook

shaken

sacudir, agitar

shine

shone

shone

brillar

shoot

shot

shot

disparar

show

showed

shown/showed

mostrar

shrink

shrank/shrunk

shrunk

encoger

shut

shut

shut

cerrar

sing

sang

sung

cantar

sink

sank

sunk

hundir

sit

sat

sat

sentarse

sleep

slept

slept

dormir

slide

slid

slid

deslizar

sow

sowed

sown/sowed

sembrar

speak

spoke

spoken

hablar

spell

spelt/spelled

spelt/spelled

deletrear

spend

spent

spent

gastar, pasar tiempo

spill

spilt/spilled

spilt/spilled

derramar

split

split

split

partir, dividir en dos

spoil

spoilt/spoiled

spoilt/spoiled

estropear, mimar

spread

spread

spread

extenderse

stand

stood

stood

estar de pie

steal

stole

stolen

robar

sting

stung

stung

picar, clavar el aguijón

stink

stank/stunk

stunk

apestar

strike

struck

struck

golpear

swear

swore

sworn

jurar

sweep

swept

swept

barrer

swim

swam

swum

nadar

take

took

taken

tomar

teach

taught

taught

enseñar

tear

tore

torn

romper

tell

told

told

decir

think

thought

thought

pensar

throw

threw

thrown

lanzar

tread

trode

trodden/trod

pisar

understand

understood

understood

entender

wake

woke

woken

despertarse

wear

wore

worn

llevar puesto

weave

wove

woven

tejer

weep

wept

wept

llorar

win

won

won

ganar

wring

wrung

wrung

retorcer

write

wrote

written

escribir

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