NEGATIVE PREFIXES

EXERCISES

1. Write the opposites. Use the prefixes in-, un- and im-
a) comfortable ________________
b) correct ___________________
c) friendly ___________________
d) patient ___________________
e) polite ____________________
f) possible ___________________
g) sensitive __________________
h) tidy _____________________
i) tolerant ___________________

2. Complete the sentences. Use the negative form of the adjectives in the box.
comfortable friendly patient polite possible sensitive tidy tolerant
1 My bedroom is always……………………… .
2 Everyone does things differently – you shouldn’t be ……………………… .
3 It’s ……………………… if you don’t say ‘Thank you’ in English.
4 I bought a new bed because the old one was quite ……………………… .
5 I think it’s ……………………… to get all the answers correct!
6 He laughed at her when she was upset. He’s very ……………………… .
7 Our new neighbours are a bit ……………………… . They didn’t say ‘hello’ this morning.
8 Wait a minute! Don’t be so ……………………… .

ADJECTIVES TO DESCRIBE PERSONALITY

1. Match adjectives in A with adjectives in B to make pairs of opposites

A: cheerful, generous, hard-working, loud, nice, serious, shy
B: confident, funny, lazy, mean, moody, nasty, quiet

2. Write four sentences describing yourself, your best friend and members of your family. Use 3 adjectives in each sentence
a) __________________________________________________
b) __________________________________________________
c) __________________________________________________
d) __________________________________________________

3. Complete the sentences. Use the adjectives in the box.
funny generous lazy loud moody nice shy
1 Bob is always making jokes – he’s really ____________ .
2 Jane never does the housework – she’s so ____________ .
3 Tanya is a really ____________ person – kind, friendly and generous.
4 My aunt is really ____________ – she often gives me presents.
5 Dave is always shouting – he’s so !
6 My brother finds it difficult to meet people. He’s really ____________ .
7 Laura is quite ____________ – she’s sometimes friendly and sometimes unfriendly.

PLACES OF WORK

¿Has estudiado ya la entrada sobre "Jobs"? Pues ahora vamos a ampliar un poco más. Relaciona los trabajos anteriores con el lugar de trabajo:

1. Police station
2. Garage
3. High school
4. Hospital
5. Office
6. Hair salon
7. Theatre

Completa esta sopa de letras sobre trabajos y lugares de trabajo.
Pincha aquí.

JOBS

¿Has pensado alguna vez qué tipo de trabajos te gustan? ¿Sabes cómo se dicen en inglés? Une las dos columnas de vocabulario, seguro que algunos los conoces ya:

1. Bus driver
2. Mechanic
3. Writer
4. Shop assistant
5. Secretary
6. Actor
7. Politician
8. Artist
9. Police officer
10. Hairdresser
11. Composer
12. Nurse
13. Doctor
14. Teacher
15. Musician
16. Singer


a) Músico
b) Compositor
c) Cantante
d) Peluquero/a
e) Médico
f) Conductor de autobuses
g) Secretario/a
h) Político/a
i) Artista
j) Dependiente de tienda
k) Escritor
l) Policía
m) Actor
n) Mecánico
ñ) Profesor
o) Enfermero/a

Comprueba tus resultados en clase con tu profesor.
Si te animas a aprender mucho más pincha aquí. En este enlace tienes mucho más vocabulario, ejercicios y hasta juegos. ¡No te lo pierdas!
Si necesitas más ayuda, pincha aquí.

COUNTRIES & NATIONALITIES

Para aprender cómo se dicen los países y nacionalidades en inglés pincha en este enlace

THE WEATHER

A los ingleses les encanta hablar del tiempo. Es una forma de romper el hielo a la hora de comenzar una conversación. Aprende el vocabulario y las expresiones adecuadas y te será más fácil comenzar una conversación sobre este tema.
La pregunta ¿qué tiempo hace? en inglés es "What's the weather like?" y se responde con "it is..."
Match the nouns and the adjectives describing weather

cloud sunny
fog icy
frost foggy
ice showery
mist frosty
snow windy
sun thundery
storm snowy
thunderstorm misty
showers cloudy
wind stormy

DVOLVER: MOVIE MAKER

Como no todo es trabajo os presento la web Dvolver (antes llamada Dfilm). En ella vamos a poder realizar un pequeño corto donde podremos elegir a los personajes, el lugar, e incluso la música. Una vez hayamos terminado tendréis que mandar el corto a la siguiente dirección del blog: thenumber1students@gmail.com

Pincha aquí para ir a la web de Dvolver.

SHOPS

EXERCISES

1. Look at the shopping list. Match each item with a shop
a newspaper ____________
some aspirin ____________
some earrings ___________
some money ____________
some stamps ____________
a pair of trainers __________
a T-shirt _______________
a DVD player ____________

2 Write the names of the shops.
1 Where can you buy a T-shirt, a jacket or a tracksuit? ……………………
2 Where can you buy some earrings, a necklace or a ring? ……………………
3 Where can you buy a newspaper, a notebook or a magazine? ……………………
4 Where can you buy bananas, potatoes or water? ……………………
5 Where can you buy some aspirin or some cough medicine? ……………………
6 Where can you buy an MP3 player, a television or a computer? ……………………
7 Where can you buy trainers or shoes? ……………………

3. Make a list of the shops in a street in your town
There´s a .................................................................................................

4. Write 3 things you can buy at each shop
a) a supermarket: _____________________________________________
b) a clothes shop: ______________________________________________
c) a computer shop: ____________________________________________

WORDS THAT ARE VERBS & NOUNS

En inglés algunas palabras pueden ser sustantivos y verbos. Ten cuidado porque como tienen la misma forma los tienes que distinguir por el contexto.
Intenta hacer el siguiente ejercicio:

Complete the sentences with the following words and then decide if they are nouns or verbs.
Smell, Love, work, phone, sleep, snow,
break, walk, dance, aswer, drink, help, dream.
- Why don't you ............................. the phone?
- I hate the ............................. of coffee.
- My new Cd player doesn't ...............................
- ...................... is really important in a relationship.
- I need some .............................. with my maths exam.
- I always ................................. to school.
- Our .............................. is from 11'30 to 12'00.
- My mum studied ............................... when she was young.
- I could't ................................ last night, I had a terrible .................................
- Can I use your .................................., please? I need to make a call.
- She hates walking in the ................................. It is freezing!
- I'd like to ................................... some water, please.

THE SENSES

TWO-WORD NOUNS

EXERCISES

1. Put the letters into the correct order to make words. Write them in front of 1–8 to make compound nouns.
gpniposh stop tenterin lepoic
hestolc gimmswin rutyesci traptenmed

1 ___________ café
2 ___________ store
3 ___________ pool
4 ___________ shop
5 ___________ centre
6 ___________ office
7 ___________ officer
8 ___________ guard

2. Match 1-8 with a-h to make two-word nouns
1. security
2. police
3. post
4. shopping
5. clothes
6. swimming
7. department
8. internet

a. office
b. shop
c. guard
d. pool
e. store
f. officer
g. café
h. centre

3. Find the word. Use the two-word nouns from exercise 2
a) He catches criminals ________________
b)She tries to stop thieves stealing from shops _________________
c) You can buy jeans, skirts, shirts, etc. here ___________________
d) You buy stamps here ________________
e) You can send emails here _______________
f) A large shop where you buy lots of different things ________________
g) There are lots of different shops here ____________________

ADJECTIVES

Con esta entrada vamos a aprender algo sobre los adjetivos. Lo primero que hay que saber es que en inglés los adjetivos van siempre delante de los sustantivos. Observa:
INCORRECTO: A documentary interesting.
CORRECTO: An interesting documentary.

¿Podrías unir los siguientes adjetivos con sus opuestos?

Tall - Difficult - Good - Horrible - Old - Cold - Sad - Boring

Bad
Fantastic
Interesting
Short
Young
Easy
Happy
Hot

En el siguiente enlace encontrarás un crucigrama con vocabulario sobre esto mismo y algunas otras palabras que seguro que conoces. ¡Suerte! Pincha aquí.

TELEVISION PROGRAMMES

¿Cuales son tus programas de televisión favoritos? Pues en esta entrada te vamos a decir cómo se llaman en inglés. ¡Fíjate en esto!

- chat show:
En este programa vas a ver a gente que cuenta cosas de su vida, hacen entrevistas... Algunos ejemplos son Crónicas Marcianas, El Diario de Patricia, etc.
- the news:
¿Cuál es el programa de televisión en el que te informan por la mañana, al medio día y por la noche? ¡Efectivamente! Son las noticias.
- a cartoon:
Los Simpsons podrían ser un ejemplo de dibujos animados
- comedy:
¿Qué comedia te gusta? Friends podría ser una de ellas.
- documentary:
Éstos salen mucho en La 2, donde hay muchos documentales.
- reality show:
Seguro que conoces Gran Hermano, pues bien, éste es un programa de ese tipo.
- sports programme:
Y finalmente, tenemos los programas de deportes, como Estudio Estadio.

PREPOSITIONS (IN/ON/AT) WITH TIME

En inglés usamos distintas preposiciones para hablar de períodos de tiempo:

At para un tiempo concreto, como la hora
Ejemplos: at 3 o'clock, at 10.30 am, at dinnertime, at sunrise (al amanecer).

In para meses, años, siglos y períodos largos
Ejemplos: In May, in summer, in 2009, in the 1990s, in the next century, in the past.

On para días y fechas

Ejemplos: on Sunday, on Tuesdays, on 6 March, on 25 Dec. 2010, on Christmas Day.

Presta atención al uso de la preposición adecuada en expresiones como las siguientes:

At night The stars shine at night.
At the weekend I don't usually work at the weekend.
At Christmas/Easter I stay with my family at Christmas.
At the same time We finished the test at the same time.
At present He's not home at present. Try later.

Cuando empleamos las palabras "last, next, every, this evening" no empleamos ninguna preposición:

I went to London last June. (not in last June)
He's coming back next Tuesday. (not on next Tuesday)
I go home every Easter. (not at every Easter)
We'll call you this evening. (not in this evening)


Traduce estas frases al español, teniendo en cuenta lo que has visto antes.

1. I have a meeting at 9am.

2. The shop closes at midnight.

3. Jane went home at lunchtime.

4. In England, it often snows in December.

5. Do you think we will go to Jupiter in the future?

6. There should be a lot of progress in the next century.

7. Do you work on Mondays?

8. Her birthday is on 20 November.

9. Where will you be on New Year's Day?

10. I watch my favourite TV programme at night.

SPORTS

Si quieres hacer deporte en inglés aquí tienes una lista para que aprendas a practicar:
aerobics: gimnasia aeróbica
archery: tiro con arco
athletics: atletismo
badminton: badminton
baseball: baseball, béisbol
basketball: basketball, baloncesto
billiards: billar
boxing: boxeo
bowling: bowling, bolos
canoeing: piragüismo
cycling: ciclismo
darts: dardos
diving: salto de trampolín, buceo
fencing: esgrima
football: (US) fútbol americano
football: (GB) fútbol
gymnastics: gimnasia
golf: golf
handball: handball, balonmano
hang-gliding: ala delta
hockey: hockey
horseracing: carreras de caballos
horse riding: equitación
hurdles: salto de vallas
ice hockey: hockey sobre hielo
ice skating patinaje sobre hielo
javelin: jabalina
jogging: footing
judo: judo
karate: karate
kayak: kayak
martial arts: artes marciales
motorcycling: motociclismo
motor racing: automovilismo
mountaineering: alpinismo
pentathlon: pentatlón
pool pool: billar americano
rowing: remo
rugby: rugby
sailing: navegación, vela
scuba diving: buceo
shooting: tiro
skating: patinaje
skiing: esquí
snooker: billar
snorkelling: submarinismo
soccer: (US) fútbol
softball: remo
swimming: natación
sync swimming: natación artística
table tennis: ping-pong
taekwondo: taekwondo
tennis: tenis
track and field: atletismo
volleyball: volleyball, voleibol
water polo: waterpolo, polo acuático
weightlifting: levantamiento de pesas
windsurfing: windsurf
wrestling: lucha libre

Si quieres practicar su pronunciación pincha aquí

JOBS: BEING A HAIRDRESSER

A algunos de vosotros os interesa aprender vocabulario y expresiones clave por si algún día trabajáis en una peluquería. Aquí está la primera entrada de "Jobs: being a...". Espero que os sea útil!

Lo primero que hay que hacer es saber vocabulario básico:

- Hairdresser's/Hair salon: peluquería para señoras
- Barbershop: barbería, peluquería para caballeros
- Haircut: corte de pelo
- Hairstyle: peinado
- Mirror: espejo
- Shampoo: champú
- Dye: tinte
- Hair dressing: gomina
- Soap: jabón
- Lacquer: laca
- Conditioner: suavizante


- Perm: permanente
- Hairbrush: cepillo del pelo
- Comb: peine
- Roller: rulo
- Hairdryer: secador
- Scissors: tijeras

- Fringe: flequillo
- Split ends: puntas abiertas
- Roots: raíces
- Trim: corte
- Shoulder length: a la altura del hombro
- Chin lenght: a la altura de la barbilla
- Dreadlocks: rastas
- Plait: trenza
- Ponytail: coleta
- Bun: moño
- Wavy: ondulado
- Straight: liso
- Curly: rizado
- Bald: calvo

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EXTREME ADJECTIVES

Escribe los adjetivos extremos que corresponden a los siguientes adjetivos normales:

1. bad ...................................................

2. beautiful ..........................................

3. big .....................................................

4. cold ...................................................

5. dirty .................................................

6. good ..................................................

7. hot .....................................................

8. hungry ..............................................

9. small ..................................................

URBAN LANDSCAPE

Estudia el vocabulario sobre edificios fijándote bien en cómo se escribe y cómo se pronuncia. Pincha aquí.

Para completar tu vocabulario sobre la ciudad entra en el siguiente enlace, estudia el vocabulario y haz los ejercicios. Pincha aquí.

VERB + NOUN

EXERCISES

1. Write the verb that goes with the noun. Then add another noun to each list.
1 ………………… a party / …………
2 ………………… your homework / …………
3 ………………… a text message / …………
4 ………………… a photo / …………

2. Underline the words that can go with verbs a–d. Then complete sentences 1–4 with four of the expressions.
a) have a party / a text message / fun / the washing
b) do a photo / the washing / a party / your homework
c) send a train / a text message / an email / a party
d) take a photo / your homework / fun / a train

1 Did you fly to Paris or did you _________ ?
2 Don’t forget to _________ tonight. There’s a test soon!
3 ‘Did John _________ for his birthday?’
‘Yes – it was great fun!’
4 I want to _________ to Claire but my laptop isn’t working.

3. Complete the sentences using expressions from the previous exercise
a) It´s my birthday on Sunday. I´m going to ________________ for all my friends
b) Mary isn´t answering her mobile. Why don´t you ______her ______________? She can read it later
c) How did you get to Madrid? Did you fly or did you _____________________?
d) Ed´s in the kitchen, helping mum to _______________
e) Did you _____________ at the party? Yes, it was brilliant -great music and food

ADJECTIVES TO DESCRIBE FEELINGS

1 Complete the sentences. Use the adjective form of the verbs in the box.
disappointed excited frightened jealous nervous surprised upset
A I’m really (1) ………… . We’ve got an exam today.
B Don’t worry – you’re really clever!
A But I’ll be so (2) ………… if I don’t do well.
B I never worry about exams, and I didn’t revise last night, so I’ll be (3) ………… if I pass!
A What did you do last night then?
B I watched a horror film with my sister Beth. We were (4) ………… !
A How is Beth?
B She’s ok. Our cat died, so she was a bit (5) ………… . But we’re going on holiday soon, so she’s (6) ………… about that!
A Are you? Where are you going?
B To Barbados!
A Wow! I’m really (7) ………… ! I’d love to go there.

2 Complete the sentences with the following adjectives
annoyed disappointed excited frightened jealous nervous upset
1 Are you _________ before exams?
2 I’m going on holiday tomorrow. I’m really _________ !
3 Jo’s boyfriend is really _________ – he always phones her when she meets other friends.
4 I studied a lot but I didn’t pass my English test. I was really _________ .
5 Last night we watched a horror film. I was _________ !
6 When me and my friends were late for class, our teacher was _________ .
7 Jenny’s cat died yesterday. She’s really _________ .

3. Complete the sentences about Sally´s day. Use adjectives which decribe feelings

a) Sally was a_____________ because she missed her bus

b) She got 20 out of 20 for her homework. She was very s___________

c) She was n__________ before her maths exam

d) The exam wasn´t easy. Sally was c___________

e) She was really e________________ when she had an accident in the school canteen

f) She didn´t do well in her maths exam. She was a bit d_______________

g) She was very e___________ when her boyfriend scored a goal

h) She was j__________ when her boyfriend danced with another girl at the disco

i) She watched a horror film in the evening. She was very f_____________

MUSICIANS & INSTRUMENTS

¿Puedes unir cada instrumento y músico con su nombre en inglés? Apunta las soluciones en tu cuaderno para llevarlas luego a clase. Apunta también los dibujos de los instumentos/músicos que falten y otros que tú conozcas.

Drum, guitarist, piano, cello, trumpet, guitar, keyboard, violin, singer, drummer, bass guitar, keyboard player, trumpeter,

CLOTHES

En esta ocasión te mostramos un pequeño diccionario visual sobre ropa, pincha en los distintos enlaces para ver todas las palabras. Cuando estés en la página web a la que te dirigimos podrás pinchar encima de cada palabra en inglés y escuchar la pronunciación.

Primer enlace (belt-pants)
Segundo enlace (sandals-skirts)
Tercer enlace (sneakers-tie)

¿Te atreves con unos juegos?
Memory game.
Word search.
Hangman.

DAYS & MONTHS

Estos son los días de la semana (The weekdays)

A week consists of seven days:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
The preposition used with days is ‘on’.

Examples: On Saturday, I will go to the cinema. He is going to play football on Friday. Ok?

Estos son los meses del año (The months)

A year consists of twelve months:
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
The preposition used with months is 'in’.

Examples: My birthday is in May. We will travel to Australia in December.

Quieres divertirte y aprender los días y los meses, pincha aquí y trata de completar este crucigrama.

DAILY ACTIVITIES

Aquí tienes un video en el que podrás ver las actividades diarias: