VOCABULARY
household activities = tareas del hogar eco-friendly houses = casas ecológicas
cooking = cocinar electricity = electricidad
drying up = secar energy = energía
gardening = cultivar solar panels = paneles solares
laying the table = poner la mesa water butt = barril de lluvia
painting = pintar wind turbine = turbina eólica
sweeping = barrer
washing up = lavar
watering the flowers = regar las flores
adjectives of personality = adjetivos de personalidad
hard-working = trabajador
lazy = perezoso
strong = fuerte
tidy = ordenado
untidy = desordenado
weak = débil
Ficha interactiva: Household activities
Grammatical Rules
Para formar el presente continuo se utiliza el verbo auxiliar «to be» y el gerundio (infinitivo + «-ing«) del verbo. Se usa para expresar lo que estamos haciendo ahora mismo.
| Sujeto | Auxiliar (to be) | Gerundio |
| I | am | talking, eating, learning, doing, going… |
| He, She, It | is | talking, eating, learning, doing, going… |
| You, We, They | are | talking, eating, learning, doing, going… |
INTERACTIVE RESOURCES (ACTIVIDAD INTERACTIVAS)
verb to be
verb to be
verb to be
verb to be
present continous
present continous
GAMES (juegos)
Present Simple want + to + verb
Para expresar lo que queremos hacer
Affirmative
I want to sweep: Yo quiero barrer
You want to lay the table: Tú quieres poner la mesa
He wants to cook: Él quiere cocinar
She wants to wash up: Ella quiere fregar los platos
We want to dry up: Nosotros queremos secar los platos
They want to water the flowers: Ellos quieren regar las flores
Interogative
Do + you/they + want + to + verb ?
Yes, I do / No, I don’t
Does + he/she want + to + verb?
Yes, he does / No, he doesn’t
Negative
I/you/we/they + don’t + want + to + verb
He/she + doesn’t + want + to +verb