viernes, 31 de mayo de 2013

UNIT N°3

UNIT N°3


3A like doing, would like to do
Use like + verb + ing to talk about things you  like / dislike now.
+
-
?
I/you/we/they like swimming.
He/she/it likes swimming.
I/you/we/they don’t like swimming.
He/she/it doesn’t like swimming.
Do  I/you/we/they like swimming?
Does he/she/it like swimming?

Short  answers

Yes, I/you/we/they do
Yes, he/she/it does.                                                                              
No, I/we/you/they don’t
No, he/she/it doesn’t

Use would like + infinitive to talk about things you want / don’t want to do in the future.
+
-
?
I/you/he/she/it/we/they’d like to play tennis
I/you/he/she/it/we/they wouldn’t like to play tennis
Would I/you/he/she/it/we/they like to play tennis?

Short answear

Yes, I/we/he can
Yes, he/she/it would
No, i/you/ we/they wouldn’t
No, he/she/it wouldn’t


3B Can, could (ability)
Use can  for ability in the present. Use could for ability in the past.
+
-
?
I/we/he can swim.
I/We/He could swim.
I/We/He can’t swim.
I/we/He could swim.
Can I/we/he swim?
Could I/ we/he swim?

Short answers

Yes, I/we/he can
Yes, I/we/he could swim.
No, I/we/he can’t
No, I/we/he/ couldn’t.

-          Use an infinitive without to after can/could
-          We use  be able to to talk about ability, e.g. I was able to swim when I was four. However, this is less common than can / could.



3C Could  (Possibility)
Use could to talk about and ppast ability and present possibility
Ability in the past
I could read when I was three
Possibility in the present
We could go to the cinema tonight.
We could play tennis.

3D going to (prediction)
Use  could to to prediction the future, based on things happened now.
+
-
?
I’m going to cry.
I’m not going to cry.
Am I going to cry?
You/we/they’re going to start work.
You /we/they aren’t going to start work.
You/we/they going to start work?
He/she/It’s going to fall
He/she/It isn’t going to fall.
Is he/she/it going to fall?


Short answers

Yes, I am
No, I’m not
Yes, you we/they are
No, you/we/they/aren’t
Yes, he/she/it is
No, he/she/it isb’t

VOCABULARY    3 A
What kind of sports do you like to practice?
I would like to practice  sky-diving and roller-skating.
On ice
On rock
On water
On snow
Under the water
From a place
Ice climbing
Skiing
Skating
Climbing
Ice climbing
Waterskating
Surfing
Windsurfing

Snowboarding
-Scuba diving
-scuba-diving
-diving
-skydiving
On the street
On skies
On a board
On waves
With the wind

-skating
Roller skating
Skydiving
Surfing
Snowboarding
Surfing
windsurfing


VOCABULARY 3 C
Extreme adjectives
Ancient
Filthy
Hideous
Astounded
Freezing
Boiling
Exhausted
Furious
Gorgeous
Spotless
Straving
Hilarious








Adjectives
Funny
Old
Hungry
Clean
Attractive
Hot
Tired
Cold
Dirty
Ugly
Angry
surprised




VOCABULARY  3 D
 Action
Adventure
Animation
Comedy
Crime
Disaster
Horror
Acting
Location
Plot
Costumers
Music
Historical drama
Musical
Romantic comedy
Science fiction
War
Sunt
Cartoon
Cookery programme
Documentary
News bulletin
Quiz  show
Reality TV show
Sitcom
Soap opera
Sport broadcast
Chat show
Weather forecast

CHAPTER lll
Martha gave to Mary  a present it was an skipping-rope these could make her more strong and healthy,  she thanked the first time to Martha about the present, she skipped and had more fun than ever, Mary skipped to the secret garden wall, the robin followed her then Mary remember that  she had the key in her pocket, she opened the door, the secret garden was very beautiful, he almost fotgot the lunch, and when she arrived back in her room, she was very hungry and twice as usually, and  Martha said to  Mary  that her uncle’


EXERCISES

Can, could
1. Bob , but he doesn't have a car. (drive)

2. When she was in school she  farther than anyone else. (jump)

3. I  Bill. (not / understand)

4. He  football well when he was a kid. (play)

5. I  this exercise yesterday. (not / do)

6. Ask Jim, he  you. (help)

7. Some years ago I  ten miles. (run)

8. He had hurt his leg, so he  very well. (not / walk)

9. I  her at her office at the moment. (not / contact)

10. I  Bob on the corner. (see)
 

Exercise on Future I Simple (going to)

Put the verbs into the correct form (future I). Use going to.
  1. It (rain) .
  2. They (eat)  stew.
  3. (wear)  blue shoes tonight.
  4. We (not / help)  you.
  5. Jack (not / walk)  home.
  6. (cook / you)  dinner?
  7. Sue (share / not)  her biscuits.
  8. (leave / they)  the house?
  9. (take part / she)  in the contest?
  10. (not / spend)  my holiday abroad this year.





sábado, 25 de mayo de 2013

UNIT N°2


UNIT N°2


GRAMMAR

2A HOW QUESTIONS
Use how + adjective.. ? to ask for information about price, age, distances, etc.
How questions
Answers
How long is the journey to Snowdon?
It’s an hour
How old is the Colosseum in Rome?
It’s 2.000 years old
How far  is the London Eye from Big Ben?
It’s 500 metres
How  high is the Eiffel Tower?
It’s 320 metres tall
How much is an Adult ticket?
It’s e 21.00



2B ADJECTIVE ORDER
Use adjectives to describe people and things.
Put an  adjective before a noun
 A pretty village. A white village
Put adjectives of opinion before adjectives



2C COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES
Use comparative + than to compare two things.
One syllable adjective
+er or r
Old>older   large>larger
One-syllable adjectives
That end vowel + consonant
Double the consonant + er
Big>bigger
Hot>hotter
Adjectives that end y
Y  + ier
Heavy>heavier
Pretty>prettier
Adjectives with more than one syllable
More + adjectives
Famous> more famous
Interesting>more interesting
Irregular adjectives

Good>better
Bad>worse



-use the + superlative to compare more than two things.
One-syllable adjectives
+er or r
Old>older
Large>larger
One-syllable adjective
That end vowel +
consonant
The + double the consonant + est
Big> the  biggest
Hot> the hottest
Adjective that end y
They + iest
Dry>the driest
Pretty> the prettiest
Adjectives with more
Than one syllable
The most + adjective
Famous > the most famous
Interesting>the most interesting
Irregular adjectives

Good>the best
Bad > the worst



2D PAST SIMPLE
Use the past simple to talk about actions that are finished
+
-
?
I/you/he/she/it/we/they visited Spain
I/you/he/she/it/we/they didn’t visit Spain
Did you/we/they visit Spain?
Where did he/he/she/it/visit?

Short answers

Yes,  I/you/he/she/it/we/they did
No, I/you/he/she/it/we/they/didn’t


SPEELLING NOTE :  -ED ENDINGS
 Most verbs
+ed
Visit> visited
Verbs that end e
+d
Live>lived
Verbs that end consonant +y
Y + ied
Study>studied
One-syllable  verbs that end one vowel+one consonant
Double the consonant +ed
Stop>stopped






VOCABULARY

2A VOCABULARY
Beach = playa
Castle = Castillo
Church = iglesia
Desert = desierto
Island = isla
Lighthouse =  faro

Lake = lago
Mountain = montaña
Railway = ferrocarril
River = río
Ruins = ruinas
Village = pueblo



2B VOCABULARY
Beautiful = lindo
Long = largo
Customers = clientes
Fact =  hecho
Horrible = horrible
Fine =  multa
Lovely = amoroso



2C VOCABULARY
WEATHER
Noun
Adj
Rain = lluvia
Rainy  = lluvioso
Snow = nieve
Snowy =  nevoso
Cloud = nube
Cloudy= nublado
Fog  = neblina
Foggy = neblado
Storm = tormenta
Stormy = tormentoso
Wind = viento
Windy =  ventoso
Heat =  calor
Hot= calor
Cold = frio
Cold = frio




2D VOCABULARY
Bag = mochila
Cup = taza
Fan = adanico
Key ring = llavero
Knife = cuchillo
Mug = jarra
Plate = plato
Postcard = tarjeta postal
Poster = pester
Rug = manta
 T – shirt = camiseta



 READING 
CHAPTER 2 
MARY  IN YOKSHIRE

They arrived at a very large  old house. It looked dark and  unfriedly, they went straight upstairs, Mary was shown to a room, this is your room,' said Mrs Medlock. 'Go to bed when you've had some supper. And remember, you must tay in your room! Mr Craven doesn't want you to wander all over the house!'.
When Mary woke up the next morning, she saw a young servant girl cleaning the fireplace, she was Martha the servant, Mary doesn't like the moor, Martha's mother said people should be able to take care of themeselves, even if the're rich and important. Little Miss Mary was furious with Martha it's different in India where Mary come.
She  sounded kind and friendly, and Mary began to feel better and soon stopped crying, Martha gor eleven brothrers and sisters, her brother Dickon, he's always out on the moor, he's  twelve, and he's gor a horse witch he rides sometimes. he plays by himself  on the moors for hours, with the wild  birds, and the sheep, and the other animals.
Mary went downstairs and wandered throug the great  empty gardens, she saw an old man digging in on of the vegetable gardens, but he looked croos and unfriendy, Mary noticed a robin singing to her  from a tree on the other side of a wall, she went back to where the gardener was digging and spoke to him, there aren't any robins in the garden, the robin's a bit lonely. Ben Weatherstaff is the gardener and the robin is his only friend, the robin wanted to be Mary's friend. In the next feww days Mary spent almost all her time in the gardens


EXERCISES
ADJECTIVE ORDER

1. He was wearing a ________ shirt.
  dirty old flannel
  flannel old dirty
  old dirty flannel

2. Pass me the ________ cups. 
  plastic big blue
  big blue plastic
  big plastic blue

3. All the girls fell in love with the ________ teacher.
  handsome new American
  American new handsome
  new handsome American

4. I used to drive ________ car.
  a blue old German
  an old German blue
  an old blue German

5. He recently married a ________ woman.
  young beautiful Greek
  beautiful young Greek
  beautiful Greek young

6. This is a ________ movie.
  new Italian wonderful
  wonderful Italian new
  wonderful new Italian

7. She is a ________ supermodel. 
  beautiful slim Brazilian
  Brazilian beautiful slim
  slim Brazilian beautiful

8. It's in the ________ container.
  large blue metal
  blue large metal
  blue metal large

9. He sat behind a ________ desk. 
  big wooden brown
  big brown wooden
  wooden big brown

10. She gave him a ________ vase. 
  small Egyptian black
  black Egyptian small
  small black Egyptian


CHECK ANSWERS 


PAST SIMPLE

Put the verbs into the simple past:

  1. Last year I (go)  to England on holiday.
  2. It (be)  fantastic.
  3. I (visit)  lots of interesting places. I (be)  with two friends of mine .
  4. In the mornings we (walk)  in the streets of London.
  5. In the evenings we (go)  to pubs.
  6. The weather (be)  strangely fine.
  7. It (not / rain)  a lot.
  8. But we (see)  some beautiful rainbows.
  9. Where (spend / you)  your last holiday?