lunes, 7 de mayo de 2012

Prepositions of place

     
Preposition
Sentence
Picture
In front

She is in front of the ship.

Under


The cat is under the chair

On
the book is on the table


Behind


He is behind the chair

In


The bird is in the  cage

Next to

the person is next to car

Over

The plane  is over  the skys

Between

The cat is between the dogs


miércoles, 2 de mayo de 2012

Competition Vs Cooperation

COMPETITION:
Competition is the develop of intellectual and attitudinal qualities to win your own goals. In the competition the people usually be egoistic and they don't take care if they have to do something to be successful.


Is the way you want to get your goals yourself and you try to be the first, but you´re thinking about a single goal.


It is the human nature to evolve in all of them aspects, an it can be seen in our life in diferents topics like ECONIMICAL, POLOTICAL AND SOCIAL that can be reflected in all wars in the world.




COOPERATION: 


It can be the only way that we can choise to change our world because It can show us how we can work in group to a comun goal.


Consist in help the other people and they help you too. This quality make the word happy, friendly and above all helply. 



Analyzing Vocabulary of Newspaper Articles II


Title
Topic
Key words
Topic related expressions
URL
Is Mr Potato Head to blame for 'pester power' ads?

Magazine
Potato
Children
Movie
-       Previously
-       synthetic
Greece election:
Wind of change
 sweeps through
Athens

politics
Vote
Democracy
public
- Socialist Pasok
- People are stressed

Analyzing Vocabulary of Newspaper Articles I



itleTopicKey wordsTopic related expressionsURL
'Humans killed off Australia's giant beasts'scienceVertebratesHumansBeastFossil deposits.Giant beasts.Volcanic crater.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17488447
Colombia forces 'kill 35 FARC rebels' in MetaviolenceFarcGuerillaKillNegotiationTracking down.Armed forces.Reopen negotiations.http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-17518200
Guatemala's president urges debate on drug legalizationpoliticsPresidentElectionsGovernmentPeopleLegislationDrug legalization.Transit route.Former leaders.Having backed.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-17502417
Nicaragua bids to stem deforestation with eco-soldiersecologyEnvironment
PollutionPlantsTree
Forest
Ecological change.Widespread extinction.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-17062806
Susan Boyle musical opens in NewcastleBoyle's life story is the new performance where
beaten up
breakdown
runner up
premiere
fan club
modern-day
the rags-to-riches
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17532491
Titanic/ Kate Winslet and James Cameron at 3D premiereIn London, Kate Winslet talked about the premiere at 3D of titanic  where she said titanic has  been part of her   DNA  and also the   re-leased of titanic will be terrifying           DNA 
performance
thrill
big screen
red carpet
re-released
creative freedom
terrifying
revisit
Plucked off
box-office
descent off
never left her
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17526845

lunes, 12 de marzo de 2012

PARAGRAPH

1. What is a paragraph?

A paragraph is a collection of related sentences dealing with a single topic.

2. What are the three main parts of a paragraph?
- topic sentence
- details
- conclution

3. Identify some characteristics of the topic sentence.

Topic : is the main idea of the paragraph, announces the specific area to be discussed 

4. Identify some characteristics of the supporting sentences.

supporting sentence: develop the topic sentence. That is, they explain or prove the topic sentence by giving more information about it.

5. Identify some characteristics of the concluding sentence.

concluding sentence:  signals the end of the paragraph and leaves the reader with important points to remember

6. Write one topic sentence for each of the following topics:`

Your hometown
my hometown there are many place to visit

A place you would like to travel to.

I would like to travel Switzerland, it is place beatiful

(Another topic of your own choosing)







lunes, 5 de marzo de 2012

BIOGRAPHY

CANTIFLAS BIOGRAPHY 

Mario Moreno Reyes (August 12, 1911 - April 20, 1993), better known as Cantinflas, was a comedian from Mexico. One time, Charlie Chaplin called Cantinflas the 'funniest man in the world'.
Cantinflas did not start his professional life as an entertainer. In fact, it is a little known fact that Cantinflas was in the military and later, also a professional boxer before he dedicated himself to the entertainment world, as a dancer. Cantinflas started out performing at a circus in the 1930s. In 1935,
Cantinflas went to Hollywood in the 1940s, making two movies in English, Around the World in Eighty Days and Pepe.

THE ELEMENTS OF A STORY



                                              The Elements of a Story




Short Story Element
What is it?
Example
PLOT
It`s an  argument
The wolf ate the seven goats

THEME
General theme
Fantastic  history

CONFLICT

Problem actors
The goats felt afraid of the wolf

CHARACTER
Who?
Wolf, goats ,

SETTING
When, where?
In goats home, and near there
POINT OF VIEW

How is the story told?
Represent afraid and love in a family

domingo, 12 de febrero de 2012

CONDITIONAL


Complete the sentences or answer the following questions in your blog:

5. Which tenses are used in the first conditional? Write an example about it.
answer: simple present and will/can/may/most
example: If he is busy now, I will come back tomorrow

6. What is the characteristic of the first conditional?
answer: It  is used when a situation is real or possible

7. Which tenses are used in the second conditional? Write an example about it.
answer:  past simple and would/could/might
example. If they worked for that company, they might  have better salaries

8. The pronoun I comes with the verb to be in the second conditional in which form?
answer: Working with to be verbs.
Simple present of the verb to be and pronouns

Students practice using to be verbs and pronouns in sentences.
Simple present of the verb to be

Students type the correct verb form. Then they work with contractions of these verbs.
Simple present of the verb to be

Students read questions about pictures then type the correct verb form in the answers.

9. Which tenses are used in the third conditional?
answer: present and will/can/may/must 



10. Go to this Website (http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences) Read about it clear up any questions you might have. Do this exercise: http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences/exercises?05. Share in your what you have learnt about Conditionals.


PASSIVE VOICE



CompleteComplete the sentences or answer the following questions in your blog:

1. The passive tense is used because...

answer: 1. it is the accion between subject and object 

2. When do we use the passive voice?

answer: 2. when when we put more emphasis on action and not to those who have it, we use the passive voice.

3. The structure to use the passive voice in the

PRESENT TENSE is Object+To be (present)+Past Participle+(by + subject)* *If needed.

PAST TENSE is _Object of the active sentence + was/were + past participle form of the verb + by + subject of the active sentence___

PRESENT PROGRESSIVE is subject +to be (present+ing )+verb past + by + subject__


4. Go to this website (http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive) and do some of the exercises there. Share with us one of the exercises on your blog.

Examples of Passive

TenseSubjectVerbObject
Simple PresentActive:Ritawritesa letter.
Passive:A letteris writtenby Rita.
Simple PastActive:Ritawrotea letter.
Passive:A letterwas writtenby Rita.
Present PerfectActive:Ritahas writtena letter.
Passive:A letterhas been writtenby Rita.
Future IActive:Ritawill writea letter.
Passive:A letterwill be writtenby Rita.
HilfsverbenActive:Ritacan writea letter.
Passive:A lettercan be writtenby Rita.

Examples of Passive

TenseSubjectVerbObject
Present ProgressiveActive:Ritais writinga letter.
Passive:A letteris being writtenby Rita.
Past ProgressiveActive:Ritawas writinga letter.
Passive:A letterwas being writtenby Rita.
Past PerfectActive:Ritahad writtena letter.
Passive:A letterhad been writtenby Rita.
Future IIActive:Ritawill have writtena letter.
Passive:A letterwill have been writtenby Rita.
Conditional IActive:Ritawould writea letter.
Passive:A letterwould be writtenby Rita.
Conditional IIActive:Ritawould have writtena letter.
Passive:A letterwould have been writtenby Rita.