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Friday, 25 January 2013

conditional

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences/cat-and-mouse

Thursday, 7 June 2012

Passive - Present/Past simple

Passive voice is used when the focus is on the action; it's not important or not known who or what is performing the action:

. We use an active verb when we say "what the subject does"
                       My father built this house the last year.
  We use a passive verb when we say "what happens to the subject"
                       This house was built the last year.


. When we use passive, who or what causes the action is often unknown or unimportant.
                     Active:     Somebody stole my bike.
                     Passive:   My bike was stolen.


. Present Simple: 
                   Active:  clean(s), see(s),watch(es)......
                               Somebody cleans this room every day.
                   Passive:  am/is/are + cleaned /seen/ watched......
                                                     ( past participle (regular verbs+ed
                                                       irregular verbs 3rd column))
                              This room is cleaned every day.
                              I'm not often invited to parties.
                              
. Past simple:

                  Active:  cleaned, saw, watched......
                               Somebody cleaned this room yesterday.
                   Passive:  was/were + cleaned /seen/watched......
                                                     ( past participle (regular verbs+ed
                                                       irregular verbs 3rd column))
                              This room was cleaned yesterday.
                              When I was fifteen, I wasn't invited to parties.


Practice:
Ejercicio 1 - Present Simple

Ejercicio 2 - Past simple

Ejercicio 3 - Present simple

Ejercicio 4 - Past simple 

Ejercicio 5 - Present simple

Ejercicio 6 - Past simple

Saturday, 31 December 2011

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2012

I wish you Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2012.

I hope you enjoy with this song:


and with this other:

Monday, 21 November 2011

The Jungle Book - chapters 9 and 10

The guide for the two following chapters:


Where did Mowgli arrive?

What did Messua remember?

What was he doing when a tiger appeared?

Why did she never see again her son?

Did she take Mowgli at her home?

What did she teach him?

What did Mowgli learn in relation to the power?

Who was Buldeo?

What did Buldeo challenge Mowgli?

Saturday, 12 November 2011

The Jungle Book, chapters 7-8

You have here the guide for the two following chapters:



How many years did Mowgli spend in the jungle?

Does Shere Khan still plan to kill Mowgli and also Akela?

Did the tiger become friendly with the young wolves? For what?

What is Shere Khan's plan?

Did the young wolves agree to the plan?

Who does Mowgli warn about the tiger's plan?

What did Baghera tell Mowgli?

What does Mowgli learn?

What did it happen at the next Wolf Council meeting?

Does Mowgli leave the jungle?

What does he decide?

Sunday, 6 November 2011

Phrasal verbs - What did you do last Saturday?


The following text contains 10 highlighted phrasal verbs. Your task is to match them to the correct definitions.
On Saturdays I always have to get up early for work but last Saturday I woke up late, around 9am and then got up 30 minutes later.
The first thing I did is switch on the coffee maker. No instant coffee for me today! I took the time to make some good coffee. While that's getting ready, I quickly threw on some clothes and picked up a newspaper from the local shop.
With my coffee and paper, I spent the rest of the morning on the sofa. I turned off my phone for a couple of hours so no one called me.
Later in the day, I liked to hang out with friends over lunch and catched up with their news and gossip. It's always nice to drive out to the countryside for a pub-lunch in a quiet English pub.
In the evening I stayed in and watched some TV or, depending what's on, I checked out a film in the cinema.
All in all, that's my idea of a good day!

  •   1 - to start the energy flow of something:
  • 2 - to spend time with friends relaxing:
  • 3 - to open your eyes after sleeping/to stop sleeping:
  • 4 - to to quickly put on (wear) something:
  • 5 - to find out the latest information:
  • 6 - to physically get out of bed so you are not lying down:
  • 7 - to stay inside your home and not go outside:
  • 8 - to go and buy something (cheap):
  • 9 - to look at/watch/investigate
  • 10 - to stop something's power supply: