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Monday, October 30, 2017

GRAMMAR REVISION BACHILLERATO UNIT 1


 GRAMMAR REVISION EXERCISES UNIT

1. Complete the sentences. Use for, since,already or yet:

  1. Some passengers haven’t got on the plane..........
  2. It rained non stop ...............four days
  3. I haven’t been camping ..........last year
  4. He’s ...................been in sea twice
  5. We don’t need to check in. We have.............done it online
  6. They’ve been in Jerez ..................three weeks
  7. I haven’t been on a plane ..................I went to London
  8. Have you bought the train tickets...................?

2. Rewrite the sentences using the present perfect simple and for or since:

  1. Isabel works for Easyjey. She joined three years ago
  2. We have a Ford Focus. We bought it six months ago
  3. Montse lives in Toledo. She moved there in 2005
  4. I spoke to Joe on Tuesday. I didn’t speak to him after that
  5. My cousins live in Rome. They moved there three years ago
  6. We went on a shio six years ao. That’s the last time we went on one
  7. I study English. I started studying English when I was at primary school

3.Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets in present
   perfect simple, past perfect simple or past simple:

  1. ....................you.................(see) the Nou camp stadium when you were in Barcelona?
  2. How long...............you................(be) here?
  3. The beach was very quiet because most people ................(go) home for lunch
  4. Where ....................you ...................(stay) when you went to Edimburg?
  5. She was angry because someone.....................(steal) her bag
  6. ...............you ever.................(eat) Japanese food?

4. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the bold verbs (any tense)

  1. We.................(go) skiing every weekend in winter
  2. My parents met when they......................(work) in Hong Kong
  3. She .......................(look) just like her sister
  4. Before he went to New York, he......................(not travel) abroad
  5. We................(not have) a TV when I was young
  6. Who...................you.................(talk) to just now?
  7. What’s his girlfriend like? I...................(not meet) her yet
  8. He was hungry because he...............(not have) anything to eat all day
  9. I have to go. Juan .......................(wait) for me outside
  10. ..................you.................(find) your phone yet?



Friday, November 20, 2015

2º BACHILLERATO: NEXT WEEK WORKING PLANNING

Click on the link to get the documents for every next week session:
LINK 1 (WEDNESDAY)
LINK 2 (THURSDAY)


Monday, January 19, 2015

REVISION ON REPORTING VERBS

Here you are the exercises you are supposed to do about reporting verbs for our next class
PRACTICE ON REPORTING VERBS

Saturday, January 11, 2014

ALTHOUGH/IN SPITE OF/DESPITE

Here you can check the following link to practice using although, in spite of or despite.
Although/in spite of/despite

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

MORE ON PASSIVES

Here you are a new selection of exercises to work on passives before the exam. We will check it in class next Friday.
EXERCISES ON PASSIVES

Thursday, November 21, 2013

WORD FORMATION RULES

We have already studied about the process of creating new words by means of sufixes or prefixes. In this post you will find a more detailed explanation.



WORD FORMATION RULES

Las familias de palabras son todos aquellos vocablos que comparten una misma raíz, que es la parte de la palabra que se mantiene en todos los otros términos pertenecientes a la misma familia. Te daré un ejemplo con palabras en español.

- flor

- florería

- florero

Estas tres palabras están en la misma familia, porque comparten la misma raíz, que he resaltado en negrita. De un verbo, por ejemplo, se puede obtener un sustantivo, un adverbio o un adjetivo; como también de un adjetivo se puede sacar un adverbio o un verbo, y viceversa; dependiendo del caso. Veamos este ejemplo.

- accuse (verbo): acusar

- accusation (sustantivo): acusación

- accused (sustantivo): acusado

- accusing (adjetivo): acusador

Te preguntarás, ¿cómo pude llegar a desglosar ese verbo en las otras palabras que pertenecen a la misma familia? La respuesta es simple, usando sufijos. Un sufijo es una letra o un grupo de letras que se agregan al final de una palabra para formar otra palabra.

Formemos otros vocablos tomando en cuenta el siguiente término:

- critic (sustantivo): crítico (persona)

- criticize (verbo): criticar (En inglés británico -ise)

- critical (adjetivo): crítico

- critically (adverbio): críticamente

Como puedes ver, las letras en negrita son los sufijos, los cuales, al ser agregados a la raíz de la palabra, forman otra nueva. En el inglés hay muchísimos sufijos. Un grupo para formar verbos, otro para adjetivos, otro para adverbios, para sustantivos, etc. Sinceramente, no conozco regla alguna que diga qué sufijos debe llevar cada palabra, pero lo que sí debemos saber con claridad, son los sufijos más utilizados con sus respectivas funciones.


Para formar verbos:

-ize, (NAmE) -ise (BrE): stabilize, symbolise, etc. Generalmente se traduce como -izar. Ejemplo: estabilizar, simbolizar

-ate: liquidate, duplicate. Generalmente se traduce como la terminación -ar. Ejemplo: liquidar, duplicar.

-fy: classify, simplify. Generalmente se traduce como -ficar. Ej. clasificar, simplificar, justificar, etc.

-en: fasten, shorten. (abrochar, acortar).


Para formar sustantivos:

-tion / -sion: Indica acción o el estado. Ej. complication, expansion. La mayoría de las veces se traduce como -ción / -sión: complicación, expansión.

-er: Indica la persona que hace la acción que se describe en el verbo raíz. - Painter, dancer, geographer. - pintor, bailarín(a), geógrafo.

-ment: Indica la acción o el resultado de algo. Ej: development, punishment. - desarrollo, castigo.

-ant / -ent: Indica la persona o cosa que hace algo. Ej: assistant, student. - asistente, estudiante.

-al: Indica un proceso o estado de algo. Ej. proposal, dismissal. - propuesta, despido.

-ence / -ance: Indica acción o estado. Ej. assistance, preference - asistencia, preferencia.

-ship: Indica estado, cualidad o habilidad. Ej: friendship, citizenship - amistad, ciudadanía

-dom: Indica condición o estado. Ej: freedom - libertad

-cy: Estado o calidad de. Ej: urgency, efficiency - urgencia, eficiencia.

-ness: Estado o cualidad de. Ej: darkness, sadness - oscuridad, tristeza.


Para formar adjetivos:

-al: Indica conexión o relación: central, political, national - central, político, nacional

-ent: que es o hace algo: different, excellent - diferente, excelente.

-ive: Que tiende a, que tiene la naturaleza de...: attractive, interactive - atractivo, interactivo. Suele traducirse como la terminación -ivo, -iva.

-ous: Que tiene la naturaleza o cualidad de..: dangerous, famous - peligroso, famoso - Suele traducirse con la terminación -oso, -osa.

-ful: Lleno de, teniendo las cualidades de: wonder (maravilla) + ful = wonderful (maravilloso).
Beauty (hermosura) + ful = beautiful (hermoso). Color (color) + ful = colorful = colorido.

-less: Sin algo. Ej: endless (sin fin), careless (descuidado)

-able: Que tiene la habilidad de: drinkable (bebible), countable (contable).


Para formar adverbios:

Sin duda, el más usado y conocido de todos es -ly. Y equivale al sufijo español -mente. Indica la manera en que se hace algo.

Ejemplos: 

sadly - tristemente

fortunalely - afortunadamente

quickly - rápidamente

slowly - lentamente

También se da que a veces, un sufijo + ly se juntan, y forman adverbios. Fíjate.

Success (sustantivo: éxito)

Successful (adjetivo: exitoso)

Successfully (adverbio: exitosamente)

Wonder (sustantivo: maravilla)

Wonderful (adjetivo: maravilloso)

Wonderfully (adverbio: maravillosamente)

Origin (sustantivo: origen)

Original (adjetivo: original)

Originally (adverbio: originalmente)

En algunos casos, es posible que no podamos encontrar un verbo, o un adverbio dentro de una familia de palabras. Y cuando te pidan encontrar términos específicos desde una palabra, lo que debes hacer es "jugar" con los sufijos, hasta llegar a la palabra indicada. 

Por ejemplo, te piden que busques un verbo a partir de critical, sacamos el sufijo y nos queda el sustantivo critic, y como sabemos que tenemos que buscar un verbo, le agregamos -ize, que en este caso es el sufijo apropiado para esta familia de palabras, por lo que llegas a criticize.
ENGLISH WORD-BUILDING
English is a very flexible language and you can build on your vocabulary and learn how to make new words.
One way of doing this is to add prefixes (such asdis, pre or co) before the word.

Here's a list of common prefixes with their meanings and some examples.
anti (= against)
antibodies, anti-social

auto (self)
autonomous, autobiography, automobile

bi (= two)
bicycle

co (= with)
cooperate, coordinate

contra (= against)
contradict, contravene

de (= remove)
deregulate, deselect

dis (= not)
disappear

il (= not)
illegal

im (= not)
immaterial, immature

inter (= between)
international

mis(= badly/wrongly)
misinform, misbehave, misunderstand

multi (= many)
multinational

non (= opposite)
non-profit

out (= more than)
outperform, outdone

over (= too much)
oversleep, overwork

post (= after)
postpone, postnatal

pre (= before)
predict

re (= again)
rewrite, relive

sub (= under)
submarine

super (= higher/improved)
supermarket

trans (= across)
transatlantic

uni (= one)
uniform

under (= not enough)
underpaid, underfed


If you want to download the previous information click on the following links

WORD FORMATION 1
WORD FORMATION 2

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

EXTENSION ON REPORTED SPEECH

Here you are two more documents with further information on Reported Speech you can use before you do the exercises
Document 1 on Reported Speech
Document 2 on Reported Speech

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

GRAMMAR REVISION UNIT 1

Here you are a link where you can practice present simple, present continuous or present perfect before the exam

http://www.english4all.pro.br/LEpresentreview.htm

Saturday, March 09, 2013

CRAMMING RELATIVE CLAUSES

HERE YOU GO¡¡
THIS IS A LINK TO HAVE SOME EXTRA PRACTICE ON RELATIVE CLAUSES
ENLACE EJERCICIOS DE RELATIVOS

Tuesday, February 05, 2013

REVISION EXERCISES


REVISION EXERCISES UNIT 3


1. Complete the sentences use for or since:

  1. I haven’t been out...............last weekend
  2. They’ve been married..........two years
  3. She’s been in hospital..........a week
  4. I’ve loved music ............I was three years old
  5. We’ve been on holiday..............Monday
  6. She’s had that bike..............a long time

2. Complete the sentences. Use present perfect or past simple:

  1. My parents ................(be) together since 1987
  2. My grandparents...........(be) together for 50 years before my grandpa died
  3. She............(fall) in love with him on the day that she first met him
  4. Joe looks happy. I think he...................(just/fall) in love
  5. We...................(have) a big argument last night
  6. I get on really well with my brother. We............(never/have) an argument
  7. I ............(not/go out) with anyone since Christmas
  8. I............(go out) with her for the first time yesterday

3. Write sentences using already/just/yet and the present perfect:

  1. I (already/put) the newspapers in the recycling bins
  2. I (yet/watch) this DVD
  3. Liam (just/arrive) from the party
  4. Tom (already/finish) his homework?
  5. She (yet/not tidy) her bedroom

4. Complete the conversation. Use the Present perfect with ever and short answers:

  1. .........................................? (you/go/ to Japan)
  2. No,..............
  3. .........................................? (you/try) Japanese food
  4. Yes,........................My dad sometimes cooks it
  5. .........................................? (your dad/make/shushi)
  6. Yes,.........................It was delicious

5. Translate the following sentences:

  1. ¿Alguna vez has montado a caballo? Si, el año pasado cuando estuve en Lanzarote
  2. Nunca he comido en un restaurante Japonés. No me gusta el shushi
  3. Mi hermana acaba de rasgar su vestido nuevo. Mi madre está furiosa
  4. Juan acaba de volver del cine. No le gustó la película
  5. ¿Has visto ya la película? No, no la he visto todavía
  6. Mis padres y yo hemos vivido en esta casa durante 10 años
  7. No he visto a Luis desde ayer




Monday, January 21, 2013

EXERCISES ON PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE AND PAST SIMPLE

Choose Past Simple or Present Perfect 1
Change the verb into the correct form of the past simple or present perfect
1) Last night I  (lose) my keys – I had to call my flatmate to let me in..

2) I  (lose) my keys - can you help me look for them?.

3) I  (visit) Paris three times..

4) Last year I  (visit) Paris..

5) I  (know) my great grandmother for a few years - she died when I was eight...

6) I  (know) Julie for three years - we still meet once a month...

7) I  (play) Hockey since I was a child - I'm pretty good!..

8) She  (play) hockey at school but she didn't like it..

9) Sorry, I  (miss) the bus - I'm going to be late..

10) I  (miss) the bus and then I  (miss) the aeroplane as well!...

11) Last month I  (go) to Scotland..

12) I'm sorry, John isn't here now. He  (go) to the shops..

13) We  (finish) this room last week..

14) I  (finish) my exams finally - I'm so happy!..

15) Yesterday, I  (go) to the library, the post office and the supermarket...

16) I  (go) to the supermarket three times this week..

17) She  (live) in London since 1994..

18) She  (live) in London when she was a child..

19) I  (drink) three cups of coffee today..

20) I  (drink) three cups of coffee yesterday..


1) We  (go) to the theatre last week..

2) Yesterday I  (have) dinner with a friend..

3) I  (never taste) champagne..

4) When I  (be) a child, I  (love) ice-skating...

5) I  (not/have) any coffee today - I feel very sleepy!..

6) I  (not/drink) any coffee yesterday..

7) I  (read) all his books - I think he's a wonderful writer..

8) What  (you/do) at the weekend?.

9) I  (always / love) tea - I drink it every day..

10) What subject  (she/study) at university?.

11) John  (lose) his bus pass - can he borrow some money?..

12) How long  (you/know) Susie for?.

13) He  (be) married for ten years (but he got divorced)..

14)  (you/ever/go) to Central Park in new York?.

15) How many books  (she/write) so far??.

16) He  (wash) the dishes,  (clean) the living room, and  (cook) dinner last night....

17) My great-grandfather never  (leave) Scotland..

18) She  (come) to London in 1997..

19) She  (never / see) snow before..

20) He  (be) married for thirty-five years (and he's still married now)..


REVISION EXERCISES ON PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE AND PAST SIMPLE


What's the difference? Present Perfect and Past Simple

Present Perfect SimplePast Simple
Unfinished actions that started in the past and continue to the present:
  • I've known Julie for ten years (and I still know her).
Finished actions:
  • knew Julie for ten years (but then she moved away and we lost touch).
A finished action in someone's life (when the person is still alive: life experience):
  • My brother has been to Mexico three times.
A finished action in someone's life (when the person is dead):
  • My great-grandmother went to Mexico three times.
A finished action with a result in the present:
  • I've lost my keys! (The result is that I can't get into my house now).
A finished action with no result in the present:
  • lost my keys yesterday. It was terrible! (Now there is no result. I got new keys yesterday).
With an unfinished time word (this week, this month, today):
  • I've seen John this week.
With a finished time word (last week, last month, yesterday):
  • saw John last week.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

LINKS FOR PRACTISING PRESENT PERFECT AND PAST SIMPLE

For those of you who want to improve your ability with these new verb tenses here you are a list of links with exercises to cram up.
Enlace de gramática

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Monday, November 26, 2012