Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Much/Many, A lot of

Much and Many
We use much with noncount nouns and many with count nouns.
  • Many cars are equipped with GPS systems.
  • I ate too many apples.
  • How many trees did you plant this weekend?
  • I don't know how many girls there are at our school.
  • I don't have much money.
  • Our teacher gives us too much homework.
  • How much sugar do we have?
  • I don't know how much water I drank.

A lot of

We use a lot of with noncount nouns and plural count nouns.
  • I ate a lot of apples.
  • A lot of people like to swim at night.
  • That dog has a lot of fleas.
  • Mary bought a lot of furniture.
  • The man gave us a lot of advice.

The first question about 'many' and 'much', I think the original advice was very good: we tend to use 'many' and 'much' in questions and negatives, and use 'lots of' or 'a lot of' in affirmative statements - certainly in spoken English at least. 
For example: 
"There are lots of people in the street" AND "That is a lot of milk" are affirmative statements. 
"There aren't many people in the street," is negative and "How much milk do you want?" is a question. 

Grammatically speaking, there is nothing wrong with: 
"There are many people in the park," but in spoken English, we're far more likely use: 
"There are lots of people in the park." 

But in more formal writing, it's probably true that we prefer 'many' and 'much' to 'a lot of' and 'lots of', so if you're speaking or writing to friends, it should be: "There are lots of cars in the street," or "People have written a lot about it." 
But if you want to be more formal, perhaps "There were many cars in the street that day" or "Much has been written about it" might sound better. 

Friday, December 7, 2012

Sunday, November 25, 2012

Very easy song: The love is the answer. Some &Any




When your lost and alone
So far away from your home
love is guide in the way
in a coure uncut form
love is right keeps your warm
it's helping you everyday
what saves us saves us from fallin
what saves us saves us from fallin
Hey boys and girls like you and me
our love is the answer
this is our life and we are free
cause love is the answer
Oh Oh Oh Oh
cause love is the answer
Oh Oh Oh Oh
love is the answer
I don't think about fear
is it fake or is it real
I don't believe what I hear
what do we want to hear first
the bad news or the worse
on radio or on TV
what saves us saves us from fallin
what saves us saves us from fallin
Hey boys and girls like you and me
our love is the answer
this is our life and we are free
cause love is the answer
Oh Oh Oh Oh
cause love is the answer
Oh Oh Oh Oh
so love love is the answer
Oh Oh Oh Oh
love is the answer 
We all need more disire
our love burns like fire
Hey boys and girls like you and me
our love is the answer
this is our life and we are free
so love love is the answer
Hey boys and girls like you and me
our love is the answer
this is our life and we are free
so love love is the answer
Oh Oh
cause love is the answer
Oh Oh Oh
cause love is the answer

Friday, November 23, 2012

Irregular verbs

initive
Simple Past
Past Participle
Spanish
arise
arose
arisen
surgir
be
was / were
been
ser
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
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
learn
learnt/learned
learnt/learned
aprender
leave
left
left
dejar
lend
lent
lent
prestar
let
let
let
dejar
lie
lay
lain
yacer
lose
lost
lost
perder
make
made
made
hacer
mean
meant
meant
significar
meet
met
met
conocer, encontrar
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
sew
sewed
sewn/sewed
coser
shake
shook
shaken
sacudir
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
spill
spilt/spilled
spilt/spilled
derramar
split
split
split
partir
spoil
spoilt/spoiled
spoilt/spoiled
estropear
spread
spread
spread
extenderse
stand
stood
stood
estar de pie
steal
stole
stolen
robar
sting
stung
stung
picar
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