Unidad 2.2Diversion bajo techo

In this lesson you will learn to:• Talk about indoor sports and activities• Discuss what you and others do in your free time• Use comparatives• Use progressive verb forms

1. ¿Qué deportes puedes jugar bajo techo?2. ¿Qué necesitas para jugar al hockey sobre hielo?3. ¿Qué necesitas para jugar bien a los bolos?4. ¿Cuál es la diferencia entre el squash y el tenis?5. ¿Qué necesitas para ganar en el juego de dardos?6. ¿ Si no me gusta estar parada qué juegos puedo hacer?7. ¿Piensas qué los juegos virtuales, hacen daño al adolescentes?

Explica.

Los comparativos• To compare unequal amounts or quantities, use…

más…que Tengo más raquetas que ella.menos…que He visto menos partidos de hockey que usted.

• To compare equal amounts or quantities, use..

Tanto/a/os/as..como Ella compra tantas faldas como Paula.

• When comparing unequal/equal amounts or quantities within a clause or verb phrase, use these formulas, where the definite article agrees with the noun being compared.

• más...de + definite article + que or menos…de+definite article + que

Tengo más fichas de las que necesito.I have more game pieces than I need.

Tiré menos bolos de los que suelo tirar.I hit more pins than I normally hit.

• If what is being compared is a verb phrase or an adjective use de lo que.

Magnus sabe jugar mejor de lo que penasábamos.Mangnus knows how to play better than we thought.

Translate:1. We bought more food than you him.

2. He has gone to less cities than you.

3. I sell as many dartboards as them.

4. There are more books in your room than you need to read.

5. You score fewer goals than you should.

6. They play better than he thought.

El gerundio• A gerund is a form of a verb used as a noun, whereas a participle is a form

of verb used as an adjective or as a verb in conjunction with an auxiliary verb. • In English, the present participle has the same form as the gerund, and the

difference is in how they are used.

Eg. I am walking. = present participleEg. Walking is good for you. =gernund (used as a noun)

• In Spanish, the gerundio can also be combined with different helping verbs.

• Remember that you form the gerundio by dropping the infinitive ending and adding –ando to –ar verbs and –iendo to –er and –ir verbs.

• Jugar= jugando• Hacer= haciendo• vivir-=viviendo

• When the stem of an –er or –ir verbs ends in a vowel, change –iendo to –yendo. Leer = leyendo• Stem-changing –ir verbs also have a stem change in the gerundio form.Dormir –durmiendo divertir-divirtiendo

• Combine the gerundio with helping verbs to say when or how something happens.

• Combine it with estar to form progressive tenses, describing actions in progress.

-Estamos jugando al ajedrez.

-Estabas jugando a los dados cuando te llamé.

• Combine it with seguir to say still doing something or kept on doing something.

-Yo sigo queriendo hablar contigo pero tu no quieres saber nada.

-Aunque se hizo tarde, seguimos jugando al futbolin.

Translate:1. You are still exercising even though you are not losing weight.2. She keeps talking even though we are not listening.

• Combine it with andar to say going around doing something.

-Ricardo andaba buscando su reproduction MP3 pero no lo encontró.

-Yo andaba cantando por la calle porque estaba feliz.

Translate:1. She was going around jumping because it was fun.2. They were going around looking for his keys because he lost them.

• Combine it with llevar to say have or had been doing something for the a length of time.

Llevo muchos años jugando al tenis.

Llevabas dos horas patinando cuando nosotros llegamos.

Translate:1. I have been waiting two hours for you.2. They had been swimming for a long time.

• You can also combine the gerundio with certain verbs of motion.

• The verb tells the direction of the motion and the gerunido tells the manner.

• Combine it with salir to express out.

Después del partido, todos salieron corriendo.After the game, everyone ran out.

Translate:1. I heard a noise and we all ran out of the building.

• Combine it with venir to express here.

Perdimos el bus, asi que vinimos caminando.We missed the bus, so we walked here.

Translate:1. I heard I won the lottery, so I came running here.2. The children came walking here form school.

• Combine it with ir to express there.

Carlos no quería esperar el bus para ir a la cancha, así que fue caminando.Carlos didn’t want to wait for the bus to go to the tennis court, so he walked there.

Translate1. I went running there because I was arriving late.2. She went driving there because she missed the bus.

• Combine it with irse to express off or away.

Después de perder el partido, Luz se fue manejando.After losing the game, Luz drove off(away).

Translate1. After fighting with my boyfriend, I walked away.2. She ran away after talking to him.

• Combine it with volver to express back.

Aunque fuimos al partido en metro, yo decidí volver caminando. Although we took the subway to the game, I decided to walk back.

Translate1. I ran back, because I forgot to say goodbye.2. He drove back after his business trip.