Idioms from NB revision sheet.

Goal : revise  "everyday"  idioms
Notice the many "families of expressions, or idioms:

1. Cualquier tiempo o forma de "get" +   adjective, or past participle participio pasado.
you have: get + up, get +dressed.......

Examples: I don't get up early at weekends.

John is still in pyjamas, he hasn't got dressed yet. 

(Often, but not always, there is a verbo reflexivo equivalente in castellano (and not always viceversa)

Try practicing with, and finding examples( Try a google search on internet) of: 

Get dry

Get wet

get drunk

Get lost

Get fat

get thin

etc


2. Actividades de juerga , ocio, o relax :
Cualquier tiempo o forma de GO + another verb+ing un gerundio
You have  Go+shopping( there are thousands in this family algunos con equivalente español "  ir de....., ir de copas, go drinking , etc")

GO i+ Verb- ing 
   SUBJECTIVE implication : the activity is a pasttime ( juerga, ocio, o relax)


 consider "dive"

A professional, a frogman , does NOT talk of 
" going diving"
The police frogman (right dcha)dived deep to find the dead body. (=cadaver)He was doing his job
Compare(izq) We went diving round the coral reefs near Cancun. juerga , ocio, o relax






The uses of "GO" are NOT "brain friendly", because  we also have :
Ojo : es facil confundir otros usos de "go", el cerebro lo hace por asociacion de sonidos y formas  , sin relexionar:

go goes going went  gone  : often followed by TO
SO ...go to..., goes to....., went to......., etc


a)  TOprepositional+ sitios, lugares: We went to church. He's gone to the dentist's, etc You have some on the revision sheet. Check them.
b)Y la forma de expresar el futuro con Future  to be going + TO infinitive


Next year, I'm going to learn Arabic


You MUST distinguish these three things !



More examples

Don't go skiing without being insured !












Just for fun, click on :
Going courting (to court =rondar, cortejar) from "7 brides for seven brothers" (7novias pa 7 hnos
























 Exercise :

Ask and answer and point:

“What did he/she do last summer?”

SHE/HE  played tennis / went …..ing/ programmed a computer

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3.  "active "have" + pastimes
Cualquier tiempo o forma de Have + a game of  deporte competitivo
Cualquier tiempo o forma de Have + a+ verbroot de juerga , ocio, o relax
 Have a run , have a swim, etc.


4. "active "have" + verb/activity de Aseo :
Have + a +  personal hygeine verb: have a shave, have a wash, etc

He's having a shave 

She's having a bath

You have : have a bath, have a shower  





5 active "have" +  food


)Have (sin a/an) breakfast /elevenses /brunch/lunch/tea /high tea/ supper/ dinner

6. have +a+ consumicion. Teneis have a coffee, have a sandwich  (+ or - for ...meal)


Cualquier tiempo o forma de DO +the + noun sustantivo or verb +ing : household chores tareas domesticas
"   do the housework"

They  have gone dancing, and now they're having a dance 

Your worksheet had:
I have a good/great time I don’t have a good/great time In the morning/ afternoon/ evening/ at night at weekends on weekdays on Mondays/ Tuesdays/ etc on my birthday in summer/ spring/ autumn/ winter at Easter at Christmas in September/October /etc w h e n I Do my English homework Do the housework Eat fast food Drink coffee Listen to the radio Eat a sandwich for dinner Go to the cinema Start work/school Finish work/ school Get up (+ or – early/late) Get dressed Get home Go shopping/ drinking/ dancing Go to bed Go to the gym Go to work/ school Have a shower/a bath/ a wash /a etc Have breakfast/ dinner/ lunch/supper Make the dinner Sleep for seven hours Wake up (+ or – early/late) Take the dog for a walk Watch TV ..../... ..../... Buy a new car See a film Travel by plane Turn on/off the TV Use a computer Play computer games Wait for a friend Walk home Go away for the weekend Go for a walk Go out with my friends Go out on Friday night Go out to a restaurant Go to the beach + 0r - + or - I have a good/great/etc time... I don’t have a good/great/etc time In the morning/ afternoon/ evening/ at night at weekends on weekdays on Mondays/ Tuesdays/ etc on my birthday in summer/ spring/ autumn/ winter at Easter at Christmas in September/October /etc w h e n I Do my English homework Do the housework Do+the+ ....... Eat fast food Drink coffee Listen to the radio Eat a sandwich for dinner Go to the cinema Start work/school Finish work/ school Get up (+ or – early/late) Get+dressed/drunk/wet/etc Get home Go shopping/ drinking/ dancing/etc.ing Have a shower/a bath/a shave/ a wash /a etc(aseo) Have breakfast/ dinner/ lunch/supper (meals) Make the dinner Sleep for seven hours Wake up (+ or – early/late) Take the dog for a walk Watch TV ..../... ..../... Buy a new car See a film Travel by plane Turn on/off the TV Use a computer Play computer games Play football Wait for a friend Walk home Go to bed Go to the gym Go to work/ school Go to... Go away for the weekend Go for a walk Go out with my friends Go out on Friday night Go out to a restaurant Go to the beach