Inglés VI

Indirect Questions  Se utilizan para hacer preguntas a personas que no conozco: Do you know . . . ? Do you have any idea . . . . ? Can you tell me . . . . ? Could you tell me . . . . ? I wonder if . . . . Using indirect questions is more polite.  En inglés no puede haber dos preguntas dentro de una misma oración. Examples: What time is it? Do you know what time it is? Do you have any idea what time it is? Can you tell me what time it is? Could you tell me what time it is? How old are you? Can you tell me how old you are? What is your name? Could you tell me what your name is? Where are you from? Can you tell me where you are from? What is your favorite sport? Could you tell me what your favorite sport is? Cuando hay un auxiliar “do” en una oración, este se elimina. Examples: What do you do? Can you tell me what you do? How many languages do you speak?

Definite article the/zero article We use the definite article the . . . When something has been mentioned before, for example: The videos. The competition. The companies. The advertisements. When there is only one of something or the reference is to a whole group, for example: The universe. The car industry. The world.  The internet. The advertising industry. Whit some country names that have plural nouns or the words States. Kingdom, or Republic in the name, for example: The United States. The U.K. The Netherlands. With geographical features, for example: The Atlantic Ocean. The Canary Islands. The Nile River. The Greek Islands. The Amazon. When the noun answer the question which? or what?, for example: The cost of the camera (The cost of what?), the camera. We use no article . . .  With plural countable nouns when talking about them generally, for example: Advertisements. Competitions. Young people. With unco