ENJOY. Who doesn't enjoy travelling? F 0
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ENJOY needs an object. So...
We can ENJOY DOING something (+gerund.). Ex: I enjoy looking at old buildings.
We can ENJOY OURSELVES. (+ reflexive pronoun). Ex: I enjoy myself when I am
wandering around a new city centre.
We can ENJOY something A LOT. (+ noun). Ex: When I went to Florence, I really
enjoyed the Florentine steak!
But it is grammatically incorrect to say: enjoy with.
TRAVEL
- It is usually used as a verb. TO TRAVEL.
I.e. I want to travel to Canada.
- Sometimes it is used as a noun but in a general sense.
I.e. Travel makes people more tolerant and accepting of other countries.
TRIP
- It is a noun referring to when we travel. We use it with the verbs TO TAKE or TO GO
ON (but NOT make a trip).
I.e. I took a trip around the world. / We went on an end-of-course trip to Italy.
KNOW
I want to point out (= comentar) the use of the verb 'to know'. We use this verb to talk
about people or things that we are familiar with, usually people, in fact.
I know Bob's sister. She goes to the same gym as me.
I know how to ski. I learned when I was a child.
We don't usually use it to talk about destinations or places. Observe the difference:
Wrong: Do you know Strasbourg? (sounds a bit strange. More common to use this verb
for people: Do you know Linda?)
Right: Have you been to Strasbourg? (use present perfect to ask and talk about
experiences)
EXPECT, HOPE, WAIT = esperar
•Expect – is predicting what will happen. Ex: I expect he’ll be angry when he
finds out.
•Hope – is wanting something to happen. Ex: I really hope you find your cat.
•Wait – is a physical activity. Ex: I’ve been waiting for the bus for 40 minutes!
MAY/MIGHT
If we are talking about possibility, we can use MAY AND MIGHT with little difference
in affirmative and negative sentences:
I may / might go away for Easter holidays.
I may / might visit my friend in London.
• We can use may AND might to ask permission. MAY is more polite than CAN
in this case and MIGHT is very antiquated. but may sounds very formal.
