BUSINESS ENGLISH

SUBMITTED BY:

NICOLÁS CORTÉS PINTO

SUBMITTED TO:

JUAN CARLOS GUTIERREZ DE PIÑERES MANRIQUE

CORPORACIÓN UNIFICADA NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

TOLIMA
2020
Subject and object pronouns

Personal pronouns can be either subjects or objects in a sentence

Person Objective

First Singular i me
Second Singular You You
Third singular he, she, it him, her, it
First plural we us
Second plural you you
Third plural they them

Indefinite pronouns

PERSONAS
Somebody / Someone Alguien
Anybody / Anyone Cualquiera
Nobody / No one Nadie
COSAS
Something Algo
Anything Cualquier cosa
Nothing . Nada
Everything Todo
LUGARES
Somewhere Algún sitio
Anywhere Cualquier lugar
Nowhere Ningún lugar
Everywhere En todas partes
Order of adjectives

1. Articles, Quantifiers or Other Noun Markers

a, an, the, his, some, several, Henry's...

2. What We Think
beautiful, honest, tasty, appealing, gorgeous...

3. Size
tall, small, little, big, large, huge...

4. Age
new, old, young...

5. Shape
slim, round, square...

6. Color
White, purple, blue, yellow...

7. Nationality
English, Canadian, American...

8. Religion
Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, Jewish

9. Material
cotton, plastic, steel, woolen...

10. Purpose
dining (table), reading (exercise), scratch (book)...

11. The Noun

pen, summer, teacher, book, child...
Reflexive pronouns
I myself.
You yourself.
He himself.
She herself.
It itself.
You (plural) yourselves.
We ourselves.
They themselves.

Saxon Genitives

Si es singular se le añade “S”

Tom 's car is red.

Si es plural se le añade “´”

My friends’ house is large

Si es plural irregular, se le añade “S”

The children’s room is small.

The present perfect

1- Afirmación → sujeto + has/have + verbo en participio pasado.

I have cooked something special for you
2- Negación → sujeto + hasn't/haven't + verbo en participio pasado.
We haven't played football since we were children

3- Interrogación → who/what/where/how/which/why/when + has/have + sujeto + verbo en

participio pasado + ?.
Where have you been?.

Possessive Adjectives

I my What's my car?
You our What´s your car?
He his What's his car?
She Her What's her car?
It Its
We Our
They Their

Future Will

subject + auxiliary will + main verb

+ I will open the door.

- She will not be at school tomorrow.
? Will you arrive on time?
Contraction with Future Simple
I will I'll
you will you'll
he will he'll
she will She´ll
it will it'll
we will we'll
they will they'll

Future going to
1. Affirmative Sentences
Sujeto + verbo auxiliar (to be) + “going to” + verbo principal.
I am going to call you tonight
2. Negative Sentences
Sujeto + verbo auxiliar (to be) + “not” + “going to” + verbo principal.
I am not going to call you tonight
3. Interrogative Sentences
Verbo auxiliar (to be) + sujeto + “going to” + verbo principal?
Are you going to call me tonight?