Aprender otro idioma no siempre es fácil y aunque cometer errores es una parte natural del proceso de aprendizaje parece que hay ciertas cosas que se nos resisten y no hay manera de que se nos queden grabadas. Una de las razones es que las estructuras gramaticales a veces varían y nuestra mente inconscientemente recurre a nuestra lengua materna, en este caso el español, cuando intentamos decir lo mismo en inglés. Para ayudarte en este proceso, hemos recopilado una nueva serie de errores frecuentes en inglés que la experiencia con nuestros alumnos nos dice que cometemos de manera recurrente 😉

Toma nota que empezamos! Let’s get started!

 I have seen Martha yesterday.
 I saw Martha yesterday.
 I have visited my aunt last weekend.
 I visited my aunt last weekend.

Es incorrecto porque: en inglés si hay una referencia temporal de un periodo de tiempo que ya ha finalizado, se usa past simple y no present perfect.

 You must to call him immediately.
 You must call him immediately.
 She can to run really fast.
 She can run really fast.

Es incorrecto porque: los modal verbs como can, must, should, will, would… no van seguidos de la preposición to. Las excepciones serían cuando usamos have to y también need to. Por ejemplo, I have to finish this today.

 When I will arrive I will phone you.
 When I arrive I will phone you.

Es incorrecto porque: después de palabras como when (before, after, until…) en una frase subordinada usamos presente aunque nos estemos refiriendo al futuro. Algo parecido sucede cuando utilizamos la primera condicional observa

 If I will be in London, I will contact you.
 If I am in London, I will contact you.

Es incorrecto porque: la estructura correcta de la primera condicional es if + present simple / will + verb.

El siguiente es uno de los errores frecuentes en inglés que más nos cuesta, seguro que te suena

 He has lived here since three months (ago).
 He has lived here for three months.
 He moved here three months ago.

Hello buddies, hoy os traemos algunos de los usos más frecuentes de las preposiciones AT, IN, ON.

Si, si, con éstas nos liamos bastante tanto si las usamos como preposiciones de tiempo o de lugar/posición. A ver si hoy arrojamos un poquito de luz y con este post os aclaramos los usos más importantes.

Vamos por partes:

AT, IN, ON prepositions of time

We use IN for periods of time, months, years, seasons, decades, morning, afternoon, evening.
For example: in six months, in the nineties (90’s), in a moment, in two days, in ten minutes, in the summer, in 2018, in the morning, in February…

We use ON for days and date, the weekend (US)
For example: on July 20th, on Saturday, on the weekend (US), onTuesday morning, on my birthday, on New Year’s day, on Christmas’ Eve…

We use AT for precise times, festivals, holiday periods, the weekend (UK) and night.
For example: at Christmas, at night, at the weekend(UK), at 10 o’clock, at Easter, at lunchtime…

We don’t need to use these preposition with some time expressions
For example: next week, tomorrow, this afternoon, yesterday, today, last winter…

AT, IN, ON prepositions of place

At a point, in an area, on a surface.

We can use at to mean «a reference or meeting point» or in to mean «inside».
For example:
She’s usually at the office in the mornings.
We’ll have a meeting in the conference room.
We can say we are at the office or in the office.

At is mainly used with

-Public places, buildings: at the airport, at the bus stop, at the office, at the shopping centre, at the hospital, at the hotel, at the doctor’s, at the hairdressers’…
-Events: at a concert, at a party, at a meeting, at a wedding, at a dinner…

We also say that someone is: at home, at work, at school, at university.

In is mainly used with

-Cities, towns, countries (and other large areas): in Europe, in Paris, in the Pacific Ocean, in the Mediterranean, in the Sahara…
-Outside areas: in the garden, in the park, in the pool, in the street…
-Rooms: in the kitchen, in the bedroom…

We say that someone is in hospital / in prison if they are there as patients / prisoners.
We can say we are at the hospital visiting someone.

Esperamos que a partir de ahora os resulte un poco menos confuso utilizar estas preposiciones taaaan comunes. 😉