WANT TO…

WANT TO…

- Utilizamos la expresión WANT TO para decir lo que queremos hacer.

- Esta expresión tiene la misma forma que en español: utilizamos el verbo QUERER seguido de un VERBO EN INFINITIVO.

- Para hacer las oraciones en afirmativa, negativa e interrogativa utilizamos el PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE

Want to…

AFFIRMATIVE SENTESCES

- I want to live in the beach- María wants to study italian- We want to play football in the stadium- He wants to be a nurse

Personal pronoun

WANT(s) TO + Verb

Complement

WANT TO…

NEGATIVE SENTENCES

- You don’t want to watch a film- Peter doesn’t want to sing in the shower- They don’t want to sell the house- It doesn’t want to eat vegetables

Personal pronoun

DON’TDOESN’T

WANT TO+Verb

Complement

WANT TO…

INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES

- Where do you want to live?- Does she want to write a letter?- What does Mikel want to be?- Do you want to buy a new pencil case?

WH-question

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DODOES

Personal pronoun

WANT TO+ Verb

Complement

WANT TO…

- En las INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES actuamos de la misma forma que lo hacemos en el PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE

- Cuando ponemos una WH-question (what, when, where,…) contestamos a la pregunta de forma larga

* What do you want to do on Saturday evening?

I want to go to the cinema.

WANT TO…

- En cambio, cuando delante del DO/DOES no hay WH-questions, las respuestas son YES/NO QUESTIONS

* Does Sarah want to read a novel? Yes, she does / No, she doesn’t