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English week

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English WEEK->
In this week we will do a project about sports or about a country in which they speak english.
There are two groups of six people and three groups of five people. Most of them are doing the projects about countries, which maybe Irland, or sports as Rugby.
All the school is doing about it, some are doing cartoon characters such as south park, futurama, american dad or family guy or the simpsons.

This information is being given by Manu L.
Thanks very much for reading.

Should & time expressions

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Should

Se utiliza para dar consejos sobre lo que conviene o no conviene hacer en una circunstancia determinada.
You look terrible, you should see a doctor. Tienes muy mala cara, deberias ver al médico.

Time expressions

Con el pasado simple se utilizan expresiones como yesterday, ago, last week,...
I saw Abby yesterday. La vi ayer.

El presente perfecto suele ir con expresiones como ever, never, for, since,...

Un pequeño comentario, pero grande su utilidad.
Saludos, AGR.

Dialogue

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Talking about possibilities

Are these sentences true or fales?
Read the dialogue.

1. Abby isn´t at the library
2. Rachel spoke to Abby on the phone.
4. Rachel thinks Abby will turn up later.


Rachel: Abby hasn´t turn up. Where is she?
Dan: I´m not sure. She might be at the library.
Rachel: No, she can´t be there. It´s closed on
Saturday afternoon.
Dan: Oh, right. Why don´t you phone her?
Rachel: I did, but I got her voicemail. Her
phone must be switched off.
Dan: Oh, well. She may turn up later.
Rachel: Perhaps, but I doubt it. She seemed
a bit upset last time we saw her.
Dan: Really? Why?
Rachel: I´m not sure. It might be because she
doesn´t like being with us when we argue!

Un saludo... Manu Mesa

Ejercicios

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Talking about possibilites

Youcan use this words to refill the text:

- friends..- holiday..- house..- keen..- friends



Giles: Hannah hasn´t turned up. Where is she?
Lucy: I´m not sure. She might be at Neil´s house.
Giles: No, she can´t be. Neil´s on holiday.
Lucy: Ok, why don´t you phone her?
Giles: I did, but I got her voicemail. Her phone
must be switched off.
Lucy: She may turn up later.
Giles: I doubt it. She didn´t seem very keen on
coming out with us.
Lucy: Really? why not?
Giles: It might be because her brother´s friends
coming round!





Question Words

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1. We use what and which to ask about things.
2. We use who to ask about people.
3. We use whose to ask about possession.
4. We use when to ask about time.
5. We use where to ask about place.
6. We use why to ask for a reason.
7. We use how to ask about manner or metod.
8. We use how often to ask about frecuency.
9. We use how many to ask about quantity.
10. We use how much to ask about number.

Esto, a diferencia de otras entradas, no es un ejercicio. Es una sencilla guia para saber en que caso usar las Question words.

Saludos, AGR.

Monday´s exercises.

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First Conditional. Some examples.

1. If we organise a protest, hundreds of people will come.
2. If they don´t find their keys, they´ll have to wait outsite.
3. I won´t be disappointed if I don´t win the competition.
4. If it doesn´t snow this month, we won´t be able to go skiing.
5. She´ll go to university if she does well in her exams.
6. You´ll help somebody if you make a donation to charity.

Translation Unit 6.

A. She´s organising a protest against the arms trade.
- Está organizando una protesta en contra del tráfico de armas.
B. They gave out leaflets about famine and desease in Africa.
- Repartieron campartas sobre la muerte y la enfermedad en África.
C. I´m putting up posters.
- Estoy pegando pósters.
D. Look at the goalkeeper. He´s going to take penalty.
- Mira al portero. Se va a parar el penalti.
E. If we write a letter to the government, they won´t read it.
- Si mandamos una carta al gobierno, no la leerán.
F. We´ll help to stop global warning if we recycle glass and paper.
- Ayudaremos a parar el calentamiento global si reciclamos vidrio y papel.

Saludos, Antonio Gómez.

Canción con letra para practicar.

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My wish

Video por cortesia de youtube,

Saludos, Antonio gómez Rojas.

Vocabulario

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Vocabulary Unit 5

The jobs in the world.

- architect = arquitecto
- cashier = cajero
- chef = cocinero
- coach = entrenador
- firefighter = bombero
- flight attendandt = azafata
- lawyer = abogado
- plumber = fontanero
- soldier = soldado
- surgeon = ciriujano
- tour guide = guía turístico
- vet = veterinario

Saludos... Manu Mesa

New Grammar.

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Will: offers, promises and decisions.

Take note!

We can use will to make an offer or promise. Podemos usar will para hacer una oferta o promesa.

Ejemplos:
" We left the leaflets at home"
" I´ll go and get them"
" It´s the peace march tomorrow"
" I won´t forget"

We can use will to make an instant decision. Podemos usar will para hacer una propuesta de futuro instantánea.

Ejemplos:
"I´ll have a mushroom pizza, please"
" I know! I´ll send him an email"

*Example of exercise:

page 56 - Unit 6 - exercise nº5


They will sing 1.
The cat will jump 2.
Number 67 won´t win 3.
My friends won´t enjoy their dinner 4.
The man will be happy 5.
She will meet her friends 6.

Grammar

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Not as...as

We can use not as + adjective + as to
compare two people or things.

Podemos utilizar no es tan + adjetivo + como
para comparar dos porsonas o cosas.

Ex: Enrique isn´t as tall as Carlos

Enrique no es tan alto como Carlos

So and Such

We can use so and such with that to talk about
result.

Podemos utilizar so y such con that para hablar
de resultados.

So... se utiliza cuando lo que va atrás es un
adjetivo.

Ex: Manu was so nervous, that he couldn´t sleep

Manu estaba tan nervioso que no puedo dormir

Such... se utiliza cuando lo que va atrás es un
nombre.

Ex: Jose had such a strange feeling, that he knew
something was wrong.

Jose tenía un sentimiento tan raro, que sabía
que algo estaba mal.

Un saludo... Manu Mesa