Tuesday, March 24, 2009

-ED & -ING ADJECTIVES

  • Los adjetivos terminados en -ed describen cómo nos sentimos. Ej: interested, bored, excited, etc.
  • Los adjetivos terminados en -ing describen lo que causa este sentimiento. Ej: interesting, boring, exciting.
Ej: The lesson was boring so I got bored.

Completa los siguientes adjetivos con las terminaciones correctas:
  1. I was surpris___ to see Ann there.
  2. It was surpris___ to see her.
  3. I find this work very tir___.
  4. It makes me tir___.
  5. Her exams results were dissapoint___.
  6. She was very dissapoint___.
  7. She was excit___ about her new job.
  8. It was an excit___ new challenge.
  9. We were shock___ to hear about your brother.
  10. The news was really shock___.
  11. His explanations are confus___.
  12. Listening to him, I got confus___.
  13. I get annoy___ when people break promises.
  14. It's annoy___ when that happens.

HOBBIES & INTERESTS

EXERCISES

1. Match the hobbies and interests (1–7) with the definitions (a–g).

1__ 2__ 3__ 4__ 5__ 6__ 7__

1 chess
2 fashion
3 computer games
4 martial arts
5 photography
6 drawing
7 collecting things

a) Judo and karate are examples of these.
b) Tomb Raider is one of these.
c) If you like this hobby, you’re probably good at art.
d) This is a board game for two people.
e) This can include things like stamps, stickers and pictures.
f) This is related to clothes.
g) You need a camera for this hobby.

2. Read what people say and identify their hobbies and interests.
a) "I always look in shops clothes to see what´s new each spring and autumn" _________
b) "I go to karate lessons every Monday and I do judo every Friday" _______________
c) "My favourite artists are Goya and Van Gogh. I´d like to go to art college when I leave
school" ___________
d) "I started to learn to play when I was seven. My dad taught me. At first he always won, but now I usually beat him" ___________
e) "I really like comedies. My favourite actor is Jim Carrey. I think he´s really funny" _______

3. Complete the sentences about free time activities with the following words:
surfs - play - stay - go - phone - read - watch - goes
1. I often ________ in on Saturday night
2. I usually _________TV after school
3. My brother often __________ the Internet
4. I never ________ computer games
5. My sister sometimes ___________to a sleepover at her friend´s house at the weekend
6. I don´t ________ magazines because they are boring
7. My parents sometimes __________to the cinema
8. I hardly ever ____________ a friend

SIMILAR WORDS

EXERCISES

1. Complete the words with -ation or -ity.
1 inform…………………… …………
2 equal…………………… …………
3 invit…………………… …………
4 commun…………………… …………
5 univers…………………… …………
6 educ…………………… …………
7 convers…………………… …………
8 electric…………………… …………

2. Complete the sentences with the words from exercise 1.
1 Schools provide free …………………… to children and young people aged between three and eighteen.
2 There is …………………… between men and women in Spain.
3 What was their …………………… about? Did they mention my name?
4 Does this cooker work with gas or …………………… ?
5 Could you give me some …………………… about hotels in this town, please?
6 Hi Louise! Here’s an …………………… for my birthday party.
7 There’s a good …………………… spirit in my street; people help their neighbours.
8 What’s your brother studying at …………………… ?

DESCRIBING APPEARANCE

Para repasar el vocabulario sobre complementos y estilos haz este ejercicio.

Relaciona las palabras para describir apariencia con las definiciones:
1. MAKE UP; 2. BRACELET; 3. SCRUFFY; 4. TATOO; 5. NECKLANCE; 6. TRENDY; 7. OLD-FASHIONED
a) A piece of jewelry for your wrist or arm.
b) Usual in hte past but not now.
c) Power, cream, etc. that you put on your face to make you more attractive.
d) A piece of jewelry for your neck.
e) Dirty and untidy.
f) A picture or pattern that is marked permanently on your skin.
g) Fashionable.

Monday, March 16, 2009

MONEY, MONEY, MONEY...

¿Conoces las monedas inglesas? Aquí tienes algunas de ellas junto con sus nombres. Recuerda, moneda en inglés se dice coin.
Los billetes se conocen en inglés como banknotes o notes.
¿Puedes decirme a cuántos euros equivale 1 libra?
1 penny:






2 pence:






5 pence:






10 pence:






20 pence:






50 pence:






1 pound:






2 pounds:








5 pounds:










10 pounds:

SPORTS: PLAY, GO & DO

¿Te gustan los deportes? ¿A que no sabes cuándo utilizamos el verbo play, go o do? Es muy fácil, te lo explico:
- Con todos los deportes que se juegan con pelota se usa el verbo play.
Ejemplo: play basketball, play handball...

- Con todos los deportes que se escriben con -ing se usa el verbo go.
Ejemplo: go swimming, go skiing...

- Y con todos los deportes restantes usamos el verbo do.
Ejemplo: do gymnastics, do aerobics...

Aquí tienes algunos enlaces para practicar:
Ejercicio 1.
Ejercicio 2.

FAMILY

Aquí tienes a los distintos miembros de la familia en inglés y español:
Great grandfather / grandmother
Bisabuelo / bisabuela
Great grandson /granddaughter / grandchildren
Bisnieto / bisnieta / bisnietos
Grandfather / Grandmother
Abuelo / abuela
Grandson / Granddaughter / grandchildren
Nieto / nieta / nietos (en general)
Father / mother
Madre / padre
Son / daughter / children
Hijo / hija / hijos (en general)
Step father / mother
Padrastro / madrastra
Step son / daughter
Hijastro / hijastra
Son / daughter / children
Hijo / hija / hijos (en general)
Brother / sister
Hermano / Hermana
Uncle / aunt
Tío / Tía
Nephew / Niece
Sobrino / Sobrina
Cousin
Primo / Prima
Father / Mother-in-law
Suegro / Suegra
Son / daughter-in-law
Yerno / Nuera
Brother / Sister-in-law
Cuñado / Cuñada

Si quieres practicar las parejas de la familia haz esta actividad
















PARTS OF THE BODY

Aquí tienes las distintas partes del cuerpo humano:







Si quieres practicar las partes del cuerpo, pincha aquí y haz la siguiente actividad.





ACTIVITIES

¡Vamos a aprender vocabulario sobre distintas actividades! Con ellas podrás comunicarte para decir qué cosas te gustan hacer:
  • listen to music: escuchar música
  • play volleyball: jugar al voleybol
  • go to the cinema: ir al cine
  • play computer games: jugar al ordenador
  • read magazines: leer revistas
  • surf the Internet: navegar por Internet
  • meet friends: quedar con amigos
  • go shopping: ir de compras
Ahora pincha aquí y busca ésta y otras actividades en una sopa de letras.

Sunday, March 15, 2009

NUMBERS & CLASSROOM OBJECTS

NUMBERS
0 zero
1 one
2 two
3 three
4 four
5 five
6 six
7 seven
8 eight
9 nine
10 ten
11 eleven
12 twelve
13 thirteen
14 fourteen
15 fifteen
16 sixteen
17 seventeen
18 eighteen
19 nineteen
20 twenty

¿Cuál es la terminación de los números del 13 al 19? ………………

20 twenty
30 thirty
40 forty
50 fifty
60 sixty
70 seventy
80 eighty
90 ninety

Las decenas terminan en .........................

100 one hundred
1000 one thousand


Completa estas series:
· five ………………. fifteen ……………….. ……………………………. ………………………………… …………………………… ……………………………….
· One hundred ninety ……………………. ………………………. ………………………………. …………………………. ………………………………..
· Fifty-one fifty-three ……………………………. ……………………………… …………………………… …………………………………. …………………………………

Completa estos cálculos matemáticos:
· Twenty-two + fifteen = ……………………………………………………..
· Seventeen – fourteen = …………………………………………………….
· Seven x three = ………………………………………………………………
· …………………………… : four = three.

Now, do the following activity:
ANIMALS IN DANGER
Lots of animals are in danger. Read and complete the table:
· Koala: 40,000 – 80,000
· Panda ……………………………………………………………………………………..
· Polar bear ………………………………………………………………………………
· Blue whale ……………………………………………………………………………
· Rhinoceros ……………………………………………………………………………..
· Tiger ………………………………………………………………………………………….
· African elephant ……………………………………………………………………
· Mountain gorilla ………………………………………………………………………..
· Cheetah ……………………………………………………………………………………
KOALA: there are between forty thousand and eighty thousand koalas.
BLUE WHALE: there are about five hundred blue whales.
CHEETAH: there are between twenty thousand and twenty five thousand cheetahs.
TIGER: there are between five thousand and seven thousand five hundred tigers.
RHINOCEROS: there are about eleven thousand rhinoceros.
PANDA: there are seven hundred pandas.
POLAR BEAR: there are between twenty thousand and forty thousand polar bears.
AFRICAN ELEPHANT: there are about six hundred thousand African elephants.
MOUNTAIN GORILLA: there are only six hundred and fifty mountain gorillas.
Para hacer ejercicios interactivos sobre números y classroom objects pincha aquí.
Selecciona el menú y tu curso; pincha lexicon y temática. Por ejemplo Numbers o My things.
Aquí hay ejercicios para repasar el vocabulario y su pronunciación. Inténtalo!

COLOURS

Black, red, yellow, purple, pink, orange, blue... Do you remember colours in English? Let's see how good you are with this exercise! Click here.

Sunday, March 8, 2009

DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES AND PRONOUNS

Singular:
This (este, esta, esto)
That (ese, esa, eso, aquel, aquella, aquello)
Plural:
These (estos, estas)
Those (esos, esas, aquellos, aquellas)

This, these se refieren a algo que se encuentra cerca del hablante:
This is my sister´s room
These are my new shoes
That, those se refieren a algo que está más lejos de la persona que está hablando:
That is the teacher´s pen
Those are your things

EXERCISES

1. Complete with "this" or "these":
a) ____chair b) ____sandwich c) ____children d) _____houses
e) ____chairs f) ____things g) ____place h) _____trousers

2. Complete with "that" or "those":
a) ____picture b) ____men c) ____eggs d) _____room
e) ____socks f) ____tree g)____woman h) _____plates

3. Complete with this and these:
1. ____________aren´t my trainers
2. Is ________an interesting museum?
3. _________ are new bicycles

4. Complete with that and those:
1. Are _________your books?
2. _________are her CDs
3. _________is a great shop

5. Choose the correct answer:
a) That/those pair of shoes is really nice
b) Those/these mannequins over there look very real
c) These/those shoes on my feet fit well
d) These/those paintings in that room are beautiful
e) That/those comedians kept us laughing all night
f) The characters in this/that haunted house were scary
g) You must have been joking about this/these new idea of yours
h) This/these classrooms are full of tiny desks
i) There are problems with this/these research paper

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

THE FIRST ONE

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