Some and Any

SOME AND ANY

 

SOME	ANY
+ (Affirmative) ? (Offers)	- (Negative) ? (Interrogative)
Alcuni Un po’ di Dei Delle	Alcuni Un po’ di Dei Delle
EXAMPLES: Would you like some tea?	EXAMPLES : Is there any milk?

 

What time is it? - Che Ore sono?

12 = o'clock                 3= quarter            6= half                   9=  quarter

The left hand side of the clock 31” – 59” (minutes)	The right hand side of the clock 1” – 30” (minutes)
FORMULA: Minutes (missing to the new hour) + to + Hour (new hour)	FORMULA: Minutes (actual minutes) + Past + Hour (actual hour)

12:00 A.M. - 11:59 A.M. = In the morning

12:00 P.M. - 17:59 P.M. = In the afternoon

18:00 - 20:59 = In the evening

21:00 - 23:59= At night

12:00 A.M.  24:00   0:00 Midnight

12:00 P.M. Midday / Noon

 

EXAMPLE:

HOUR	LONG FORMAT	DIRECT and Short
8:45	Quarter to nine in the morning	Eight forty-five A.M.
11:08	Eight past eleven in the morning	Eleven o eight A.M.
12:00 P.M.	Twelve o’clock in the afternoon	Noon
15:15	Quarter past three in the afternoon	Three fifteen P.M.
18:54	Six to seven in the evening	Six fifty-four P.M.
21:30	Half past nine	Nine thirty P.M.
12:00 A.M.	Twelve o’clock in the morning	Midnight
3:25	Twenty-five past three in the morning	Three twenty-five A.M.

 

First pictures from Language for Life "Live with the Teacher" - California

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Meeting new American Friends

Baseball game

Sea port village San Diego

Laguna Beach High School

Laguna Beach High School - A guided tour thanks to Sarah Ray

Crescent Bay

Crescent Bay

Present Simple - Presente Simplice

Present Simple – Presente Simplice

VERBS	+  (Affirmative /Affermativo)	- (Negative/Negativo)	? (Interogative/Interrogativo)
		Aggiungete sempre un “not”
To Be   In English we always use the subject pronoun in front of the verb Nell’inglese sempre se usa il pronome davanti il sostantivo	I am                   We are Io sono                  Noi siamo You are              You are Tu sei                     Voi siete He is Egli è She is                   They are Ella è                        Loro sono It is Esso è	Subj + to be + not…. I am not I’m not They are not They’re not I am not tall He is not tall He’s not tall	To be + subj + …. Am I not Are they not Is he not tall
To Have   Use the root of the verb (walk) and you place it in front of the subject pronoun Usate la radice del verbo e lo mettete davanti il pronomi.	I have                   We have Io ho                         Noi abbiamo You have              You have Tu hai                         Voi avete He has Egli ha She has                   They have Ella ha                         Loro hanno It has Esso ha	Subj + do + not + verb…. I do not have a toy She doesn’t have a toy	Do + subj + verb + …. Do I have a toy? Does she have a toy? Do they have a toy?
To Walk These are normal ending verbs so we simply add an “s” to the third person singular Questi sono finali normali perciò solo dovete aggiungere una “S” terza persona singulare	I walk                   We walk You walk             You walk He walks She walks            They walk It walks	Subj + do + not + verb…. He doesn’t walk You don’t walk They don’t walk	Do + subj + verb + …. Does he walk Do you walk Do we walk
To Write	I write                   We write You write             You write He writes She writes            They write It writes	Subj + do + not + verb…. I don’t write It doesn’t write You don’t write	Do + subj + verb  + …. Do I write? Does it write? Do you write?
To Fix This is a verb with a special ending s,ss,ch,sh,o,z&x add es Questo è un verbo con un finale special e quando il verbo finisce con s,ss,ch,sh,o,z&x aggiungete “es”	I fix                        We fix You fix                  You fix He fixes She fixes            They fix It fixes	Subj + do + not + verb…. You don’t fix He doesn’t fix We don’t fix	Do + subj + verb  + …. Do you fix? Does he fix? Do we fix?
To Play When the word ends with a “y” look at the letter in front and if it is a vowel it will have a normal ending so just add an “s” Quando il verbo finisce con “y” guardate la lettera prima e se c’è una vocale rimane normale aggiungete una “s”.	I play                    We play You play              You play He plays She plays             They play It plays	Subj + do + not + verb…. I don’t play It doesn’t play They don’t play	Do + subj + verb  + …. Do I play? Does it play? Do they play?
To Cry When the word ends with a “y” look at the letter in front and if it is a consonant remove the “y” and add  “ies” Quando il verbo finisce con “y” guardate la lettera prima e se c’è una consonante togliete la “y” e aggiungete “ies”.	I cry                     We cry You cry                You cry He cries She cries             They cry It cries	Subj + do + not + verb…. We don’t cry He doesn’t cry They don’t cry	Do + subj + verb  + …. Do we cry? Does he cry? Do they cry?