Preposition
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Sentence
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Picture
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In front
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She is in front of the ship.
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Under
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The cat is under the chair
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On
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the book is on the table
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Behind
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He is behind the chair
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In
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The bird is in the cage
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Next to
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the person is next to car
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Over
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The plane
is over the skys
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Between
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The cat is between the dogs
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lunes, 7 de mayo de 2012
Prepositions of place
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.
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
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Topic
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Key words
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Topic related expressions
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URL
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Is Mr Potato Head to blame for 'pester
power' ads?
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Magazine
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Potato
Children
Movie
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- Previously
- synthetic
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Greece election:
Wind of change
sweeps through
Athens
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politics
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Vote
Democracy
public
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- Socialist Pasok
- People are stressed
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Analyzing Vocabulary of Newspaper Articles I
itle | Topic | Key words | Topic related expressions | URL |
'Humans killed off Australia's giant beasts' | science | VertebratesHumansBeast | Fossil deposits.Giant beasts.Volcanic crater. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17488447 |
Colombia forces 'kill 35 FARC rebels' in Meta | violence | FarcGuerillaKillNegotiation | Tracking down.Armed forces.Reopen negotiations. | http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-17518200 |
Guatemala's president urges debate on drug legalization | politics | PresidentElectionsGovernmentPeopleLegislation | Drug legalization.Transit route.Former leaders.Having backed. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-17502417 |
Nicaragua bids to stem deforestation with eco-soldiers | ecology | Environment
PollutionPlantsTree Forest | Ecological change.Widespread extinction. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-17062806 |
Susan Boyle musical opens in Newcastle | Boyle'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 premiere | In 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, 30 de abril de 2012
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
- 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
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
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
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What is it?
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Example
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PLOT
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It`s an argument
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The wolf ate the seven goats
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THEME
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General theme
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Fantastic history
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CONFLICT
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Problem actors
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The goats felt afraid of the wolf
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CHARACTER |
Who?
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Wolf, goats ,
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SETTING |
When, where?
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In goats home, and near there
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POINT OF VIEW
| How is the story told? |
Represent afraid and love in a family
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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.
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
Tense | Subject | Verb | Object | |
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Simple Present | Active: | Rita | writes | a letter. |
Passive: | A letter | is written | by Rita. | |
Simple Past | Active: | Rita | wrote | a letter. |
Passive: | A letter | was written | by Rita. | |
Present Perfect | Active: | Rita | has written | a letter. |
Passive: | A letter | has been written | by Rita. | |
Future I | Active: | Rita | will write | a letter. |
Passive: | A letter | will be written | by Rita. | |
Hilfsverben | Active: | Rita | can write | a letter. |
Passive: | A letter | can be written | by Rita. |
Examples of Passive
Tense | Subject | Verb | Object | ||||||
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Present Progressive | Active: | Rita | is writing | a letter. | |||||
Passive: | A letter | is being written | by Rita. | ||||||
Past Progressive | Active: | Rita | was writing | a letter. | |||||
Passive: | A letter | was being written | by Rita. | ||||||
Past Perfect | Active: | Rita | had written | a letter. | |||||
Passive: | A letter | had been written | by Rita. | ||||||
Future II | Active: | Rita | will have written | a letter. | |||||
Passive: | A letter | will have been written | by Rita. | ||||||
Conditional I | Active: | Rita | would write | a letter. | |||||
Passive: | A letter | would be written | by Rita. | ||||||
Conditional II | Active: | Rita | would have written | a letter. | |||||
Passive: | A letter | would have been written | by Rita. |
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