tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67207499887953793592024-03-19T00:17:47.859-07:004th ESOMónica Ramos Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398137515008439883noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720749988795379359.post-52207816809387260692008-06-04T13:30:00.003-07:002008-06-04T14:06:04.848-07:00Alvaro's Report<a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/4663246-4e1">Download the Report</a>Mónica Ramos Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398137515008439883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720749988795379359.post-40499932707028754012008-06-04T13:30:00.001-07:002008-06-04T14:04:35.971-07:00Jonathan's and Miguel's Interview<a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/4663247-473">Download the Interview</a>Mónica Ramos Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398137515008439883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720749988795379359.post-71530438336936429362008-06-04T13:29:00.000-07:002008-06-04T14:04:51.582-07:00Cristian's Report<a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/4663248-3e6">Download the Report</a>Mónica Ramos Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398137515008439883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720749988795379359.post-35199286974065300632008-06-04T03:18:00.000-07:002008-06-04T03:21:01.139-07:00Nadifa's report<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyiQv78vjR80E2f8XcduOVRK-aYBUzWoK74reosuBJSu1kJ6SFMwPT49U9fBmi3P6mUvu9n_g1ekhw2PQr45Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Mónica Ramos Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398137515008439883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720749988795379359.post-12993012312193263492008-06-03T00:44:00.000-07:002008-06-04T13:50:14.244-07:00Karen's Interview<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,18,0" width="425" height="319" id="divflv"><param name="movie" value="http://www.divshare.com/flash/video2?myId=4663306-666" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed src="http://www.divshare.com/flash/video2?myId=4663306-666" width="425" height="319" name="divflv" allowfullscreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed></object>Mónica Ramos Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398137515008439883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720749988795379359.post-10084364513474772312008-05-25T03:57:00.000-07:002008-05-25T05:47:43.233-07:00Subject and Object Questions<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.youthcentral.vic.gov.au/digitalAssets/19182_InappropriateQuestionsBody.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 163px; height: 203px;" src="http://www.youthcentral.vic.gov.au/digitalAssets/19182_InappropriateQuestionsBody.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;">OBJECT QUESTIONS</span><br /><ul><li>These are the most common questions. Have a look at the structure:<br /></li></ul> <span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);">Question Word + Auxiliary + Subject + Verb + Optional Object or Complement + ?</span><br /> The Question Words are usually: what, where, when, who, why, which, how.<br /><ul><li>Example: What did you see last Saturday evening on TV?</li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">SUBJECT QUESTIONS</span><br /><ul><li>These are not the most common but you can find them anywhere and at any time:</li></ul> <span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);">Question Word + Verb + Optional Object or Complement + ?</span><br /> The Question Words can be WHO or WHAT, because they can be the subject of the question.<br /> REMEMBER: Where, when, why (etc.) can't be the subject of any question.<br /><ul><li>Example: "<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Who </span>won the Eurovision Contest 2008?" "<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Russia</span>". As you can see, the answer of the question is the IDENTITY of the QUESTION WORD "Who". That's why we call these questions SUBJECT QUESTIONS.</li></ul><a href="http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/frage6.htm">Another Explanation</a><br /><br /><a href="http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dcmsp5rf_91d3px7dds">Exercise 1:</a> Work in pairs to complete a text.Mónica Ramos Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398137515008439883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720749988795379359.post-66471885261902702082008-05-20T02:43:00.000-07:002008-05-20T03:57:30.311-07:00Reported Speech<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKFiKmpt6Vpy-OaJJvTDz0VBURxFx_mWAlgVP5kWt-KnUO0W4kCGz4JOFFaa4LHM0bKbyZ_W-B1H3lKMLp044NNwnJ-zeR870iiJYbRIfeVLHA0Eh2COUyXUsY94Eg7HEfD-CGLhCO1H44/s1600-h/rs.bmp.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202397919849479058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKFiKmpt6Vpy-OaJJvTDz0VBURxFx_mWAlgVP5kWt-KnUO0W4kCGz4JOFFaa4LHM0bKbyZ_W-B1H3lKMLp044NNwnJ-zeR870iiJYbRIfeVLHA0Eh2COUyXUsY94Eg7HEfD-CGLhCO1H44/s320/rs.bmp.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Write the sentences in Reported Speech.<br /><br /><ol><li><a href="http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/reported1.htm">Simple statement</a><a href="http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/reported1.htm">s</a>.</li><li><a href="http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/reported-speech/exercises?03">Simple statements 2</a>.</li><li><a href="http://english.baladre.org/sedaviwebfront/embedchoice.htm">Listen to the statements and choose the Reported Speech form</a>.</li><li><a href="http://english.baladre.org/sedaviwebfront/repspeechlisten2.htm">Listen and write in Reported Speech.</a></li><li><a href="http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/reported2.htm">Statements with expressions of time.</a></li><li><a href="http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/reported3.htm">Questions.</a></li><li><a href="http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/reported-speech/exercises?05">Questions 2</a>. </li><li><a href="http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/reported4.htm">Questions with expressions of time.</a></li></ol>Mónica Ramos Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398137515008439883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720749988795379359.post-88328907240548830722008-04-18T12:25:00.001-07:002008-05-25T04:52:19.152-07:00Reported Speech<span style="font-weight: bold;">EXERCISE 1</span><br /><iframe src="http://docs.google.com/EmbedSlideshow?docid=dcmsp5rf_669n4vp7hg" frameborder="0" height="342" width="410"></iframe><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">EXERCISE 2:</span> <a href="http://www.elllo.org/english/0701/Q724-Rebecca-Safety.html">Kitchen Safety</a><br />a) Listen to the interview and do the quiz.<br />b) These are sentences that Todd and Rebecca have said. Write them in REPORTED SPEECH.<br /><ol><li>Todd: "I was a waiter"</li><li>Todd: "Have you ever been burned?"</li><li>Rebecca: "I've only ever had one bad burn"</li><li>Rebecca: "I don't have <span class="style4"><a href="http://www.elllo.org/NotesAudio0701/724-2-Scar.mp3">a scar</a></span> because I used that and the skin healed really well"</li><li>Rebecca: "I've never cut myself"</li><li>Todd: "The floor is always <span class="style4"><a href="http://www.elllo.org/NotesAudio0701/724-4-wet-and-greasy.mp3">wet and greasy</a>"</span></li><li><span class="style4">Rebecca: "</span>We clean the floors really carefully"</li></ol> <a href="http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dcmsp5rf_90dwtwvvcd">ANSWER KEYS TO THIS EXERCISE ARE AVAILABLE IN THIS LINK.</a><br /><br />c) In here you can follow the listening and read the transcript.<br /><br /><div style="width: 425px; text-align: left;" id="__ss_401015"><object style="margin: 0px;" height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://static.slideshare.net/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=kitchen-safety-1210623593065602-9"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://static.slideshare.net/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=kitchen-safety-1210623593065602-9" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="355" width="425"></embed></object><div style="font-size: 11px; font-family: tahoma,arial; height: 26px; padding-top: 2px;"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/?src=embed"><img src="http://static.slideshare.net/swf/logo_embd.png" style="border: 0px none ; margin-bottom: -5px;" alt="SlideShare" /></a> | <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/mystudentseso/kitchen-safety-401015?src=embed" title="View 'Kitchen Safety' on SlideShare">View</a> | <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/upload?src=embed">Upload your own</a></div></div>Mónica Ramos Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398137515008439883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720749988795379359.post-27488821203556695222008-04-07T12:12:00.000-07:002008-04-19T05:36:50.772-07:00Emergencies<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.welcometousa.gov/images/emergenciessafety_mainimage.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 213px;" src="http://www.welcometousa.gov/images/emergenciessafety_mainimage.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Activity 1: Listening</span><br /><ul><li>Watch and listen to the <a href="http://www.esl-lab.com/news1/news1.htm">video</a> and do the multiple choice exercise.</li><li>Now complete the <a href="http://www.esl-lab.com/news1/newsfra.htm">news report</a>.</li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Activity 2: Reading Comprehension</span><br /><ul><li>Read these reports and answer the questions:</li><ul><li>Report 1: <a href="http://www.wsoctv.com/news/15848056/detail.html">Firefighters Lower Worker From Top of Crane in Uptown Charlotte.</a><br />(There are videos available)</li><li>Report 2: <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/sussex/6430937.stm">Drivers recall burning car rescue.</a></li><li>Report 3: <a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_8832276?nclick_check=1">Livermore boy calls 911 from car seat for Grandma.</a><br /></li></ul></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Activity 3: Writing</span><br /><ul><li>Write a similar report using the same layout.</li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Activity 4: Speaking</span><br /><ul><li>Work in pairs and write an interview: the reporter or journalist makes questions to a person who has undergone an accident. Record yourselves using either a video camera or an mp3 recorder.<br /></li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Extra-activity: </span>Read this report and watch the related videos (Footage of the blaze).Mónica Ramos Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398137515008439883noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720749988795379359.post-29466741810562711282008-04-07T04:33:00.000-07:002008-04-10T14:16:08.788-07:00Modals of Deduction<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images.forbes.com/images/2002/02/27/20richest_gates_400x260.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="http://images.forbes.com/images/2002/02/27/20richest_gates_400x260.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)"><br /><br /></span><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)"></span><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)"></span><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)"></span><br /><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">100% Yes: He <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">is </span>William H. Gates.</span><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">90% Yes: He <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">must</span> be the richest man in the world.</span><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">50% Yes: He <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">could / may / might</span> be a politician.</span><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(153,153,0)">90 % No: He <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">can't</span> be a bricklayer.</span><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(153,153,0)">100% No: He <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">isn't</span> a fire-fighter.<br /><br /><iframe src="http://docs.google.com/EmbedSlideshow?docid=dcmsp5rf_54cv66zzcp" frameborder="0" width="410" height="342"></iframe><br /><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"></span></span><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(153,153,0)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">Have a look at this </span><a style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)" href="http://www.esl-lounge.com/level3/lev3modalsdeduction.shtml">exercise</a><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">.</span><br /><a style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)" href="http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dcmsp5rf_49cksvdsdm">Guessing Exercise</a><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">.</span></span>Mónica Ramos Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398137515008439883noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720749988795379359.post-45395493299087445532008-04-02T11:55:00.000-07:002008-04-07T04:29:31.949-07:00Quantifiers: A little, A few, Little, Few, Much, Many, Too Much, Too Many, Enough, A lot of<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.asdfplus.com/Posters/E1/Enough.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.asdfplus.com/Posters/E1/Enough.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><ul><li><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">FOR COUNTABLE NOUNS:</span> few, a few, many, too many</span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">FOR UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS:</span> little, a little, much, too much</span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">FOR BOTH: </span>enough, a lot of, some, any</span></li></ul><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"><br />Remember!! </span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Examples of countable nouns: apple/s, pen/s, chair/s, etc.</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Examples of uncountable nouns: water, money, rice, etc.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">Now, some practice...</span><br /><a href="http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/preint/a_grammar/file08/grammar08_b01/">Exercise 1</a><br /><a href="http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/preint/a_grammar/file08/grammar08_b02/">Exercise 2</a><br /><a href="http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/CET/flashactivities/little_few01.html">Little and Few Grouping Game</a><br /><a href="http://www.better-english.com/grammar/few.htm">Few, A few Matching Exercise 1</a><br /><a href="http://www.better-english.com/grammar/few2.htm">Few, A few Matching Exercise 2</a><br /><a href="http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/223.html">Few or Little Quiz</a><br /><a href="http://www.smic.be/smic5022/quantifiers1c.htm">Little / A Little vs. Few / A few</a><br /><a href="http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dcmsp5rf_48fvbnrfhq">Too Much, Too Many, Enough</a><br /><a href="http://personales.ya.com/mjandres/archivos/muchmany&alotof.htm">Much, Many or A lot of</a><br /><a href="http://english.baladre.org/sedaviwebfront/alotmuch.htm">Much, Many, A lot of or Very</a><br /><a href="http://english.baladre.org/sedaviwebfront/tooenoughmuch2.htm">Too, Enough, Too much and Too many</a><br /></span></span>Mónica Ramos Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398137515008439883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720749988795379359.post-64209485530266654212008-04-02T11:37:00.000-07:002008-04-02T13:02:05.314-07:00Indefinite Pronouns: Every- , Some- , Any- , No-<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.evangelicalpress.org/esales/images/9780852346167.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.evangelicalpress.org/esales/images/9780852346167.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><ul style="font-weight: bold;"><li>Remember, the Indefinite Pronouns we are studying are:</li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Affirmative Sentences: </span>Everybody / Everyone, Everything, Everywhere</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Affirmative Sentences:</span> Somebody / Someone, Something, Somewhere</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><br />Negative and Interrogative Sentences:</span> Anybody / Anyone, Anything, Anywhere</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><br />Affirmative Sentences with Negative Meaning: </span>Nobody / No one, Nothing, Nowhere</span><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="font-weight: bold;">Some exercises to practise:</li><ul><li><a href="http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/preint/a_grammar/file08/grammar08_a01/">Exercise 1</a></li><li><a href="http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/preint/a_grammar/file08/grammar08_a02/">Exercise 2</a></li></ul></ul></div>Mónica Ramos Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398137515008439883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720749988795379359.post-66780434977682039612008-04-01T04:29:00.000-07:002008-04-02T12:58:59.333-07:00Personality Traits<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.waldenhouse.com/Images/AA%20Your%20Personality%20is%20Showing.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.waldenhouse.com/Images/AA%20Your%20Personality%20is%20Showing.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/preint/b_vocabulary/bank02/vocabulary02_02/">A Word Search</a><br /><a href="http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/preint/b_vocabulary/bank02/vocabulary02_01/">A Crossword</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A Personality Quiz</span><br /><br /><div style="width:425px;text-align:left" id="__ss_145668"><object style="margin:0px" width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://static.slideshare.net/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=vocabulary-personality-1193332205596425-4"/><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><embed src="http://static.slideshare.net/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=vocabulary-personality-1193332205596425-4" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><div style="font-size:11px;font-family:tahoma,arial;height:26px;padding-top:2px;"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/?src=embed"><img src="http://static.slideshare.net/swf/logo_embd.png" style="border:0px none;margin-bottom:-5px" alt="SlideShare"/></a> | <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/givepeacea/vocabulary-personality?src=embed" title="View 'Vocabulary Personality' on SlideShare">View</a> | <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/upload?src=embed">Upload your own</a></div></div>Mónica Ramos Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398137515008439883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720749988795379359.post-72025287135562418492008-03-14T11:32:00.001-07:002008-03-24T12:14:02.417-07:00Globalization: Synthesis Credit<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2408/2168937525_bbae299305.jpg?v=0"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2408/2168937525_bbae299305.jpg?v=0" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Globalization is a current issue which affects everybody in the world. Regarding the English subject, there are three parts you must deliver:<br /><ul><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Part 1: </span>Read the texts provided and write a vocabulary list of at least 15 words.<br /></li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Part 2: </span>Answer the 10 questions.</li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Part 3:</span> A writing exercise.</li></ul>You must display the project on your blog using a link to your Word Document or Power Point Slide. You can use Google Docs in order to publish the document online.<br /><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dcmsp5rf_8hd3q879x">Group 1: Life in India</a><br /><a href="http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dcmsp5rf_15zsvk98w7">Group 2: Life in Guatemala</a><br /><a href="http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dcmsp5rf_2352f6tbt4">Group 3: Life in Senegal</a><br /><a href="http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dcmsp5rf_25c2qdf679">Group 4: Life in Nepal</a><br /><a href="http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dcmsp5rf_27sxb32vg2">Group 5: Life in Colombia</a><br /><a href="http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dcmsp5rf_29dhjhcdg5">Group 6: Life in England</a><br /><a href="http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dcmsp5rf_31dhmwmgfr">Group 7: Life in Thailand</a><br /><a href="http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dcmsp5rf_33hkv3fhhj">Group 8: Life in Kenya</a><br /><a href="http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dcmsp5rf_39dzh86zd9">Group 9: Life in Mumbai, India</a><br /><a href="http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dcmsp5rf_43vsj8nhfd">Group 10: Transport</a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">WRITING TIPS</span><br /><ol><li><a href="http://www.xtec.es/%7Evfeliu/writing/infl2.htm">Informal Letters (Letters to friends, family, etc).</a></li><li>Formal Letters: <a href="http://www.xtec.es/%7Evfeliu/writing/inq.htm">Type 1</a>, <a href="http://www.xtec.es/%7Evfeliu/writing/form.htm#fl">Type 2</a>.<br /></li><li><a href="http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/dialogue-tags/">Dialogues</a>.</li><li><a href="http://www.kidsfables.com/">Fables</a>.</li><li><a href="http://www.pndc.com/mediaRoom/ZoellerWoodsInterview.pdf">Interviews</a>.</li><li><a href="http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/resources/units/10792/email_example.html">Emails</a>.<br /></li></ol></div></div>Mónica Ramos Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398137515008439883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720749988795379359.post-39839130899377188972008-03-11T12:25:00.000-07:002008-03-11T13:16:09.233-07:00Donnie Darko - The Film<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/59/6990_poster.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/59/6990_poster.jpg" border="0" /></a>Nowadays, we are watching the film <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Donnie Darko</span>.<br />It was directed and written by Richard Kelly in 2001. However, the story takes place in 1988 in the town of Middlesex, Virginia, during the time of the <a title="United States presidential election, 1988" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1988">United States presidential election.</a> <a class="mw-redirect" title="Donald Darko" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Darko">Donnie Darko</a> <a title="Jake Gyllenhaal" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Gyllenhaal">(Jake Gyllenhaal</a>) is an intelligent though emotionally troubled teenager who <a title="Sleepwalking" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleepwalking">sleepwalks</a>, and is in the medical care of a <a title="Psychiatrist" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychiatrist">psychiatrist</a> with whom he discusses his deepest thoughts. One night, a mysterious <a title="Jet engine" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_engine">jet engine</a> from a commercial <a title="Aircraft" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft">aircraft</a> falls into Donnie's bedroom; he avoids death by obeying a voice in his head causing him to sleepwalk outside from his room, corrupting space and time. The voice is that of Frank, an (arguably) <a title="Imaginary friend" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imaginary_friend">imaginary friend</a> dressed in a ghastly man-sized rabbit/skull costume. At midnight on October 2nd, Frank <a title="Prophecy" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophecy">prophesizes</a> to Donnie that the end of the world will occur in 28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes and 12 seconds.<br /><br />What will happen next? You better watch it!<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Plot taken from </span><a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donnie_Darko">Wikipedia</a><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">.</span>Mónica Ramos Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398137515008439883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720749988795379359.post-70551762231551771662008-03-03T02:29:00.000-08:002008-03-24T10:11:16.105-07:00The Conditionals<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.weblogcartoons.com/cartoons/your-shoes.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 221px; height: 286px;" src="http://www.weblogcartoons.com/cartoons/your-shoes.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.con1.1.i.htm">The First Conditional</a>: Word Order.<br /><div><br /><div><a href="http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/headway/preintermediate/a_grammar/unit09/hwy_preint_unit09_2/">The First Conditional</a>: Matching.<br /></div><br /><div><a href="http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/1cond1.htm">The First Conditional</a>: Test.<br /></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.better-english.com/grammar/firstconditional1.htm">The First Conditional</a>: Test 2.<br /></div><br /><div><a href="http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.con2.1.i.htm">The Second Conditional</a>: Word Order.<br /></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/headway/preintermediate/a_grammar/unit12/hwy_preint_unit12_1/">The Second Conditional</a>: Matching.<br /></div><br /><div><a href="http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/2cond1.htm">The Second Conditional</a>: Test.<br /></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.better-english.com/grammar/condit22.htm">The Second Conditional</a>: Test 2.<br /></div><br /><div></div></div>Mónica Ramos Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398137515008439883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720749988795379359.post-26532034680492380282008-02-11T02:47:00.000-08:002008-02-18T11:41:23.518-08:00GRAMMAR: Used to and the Past Perfect<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.nicholsoncartoons.com.au/cartoons/new/2004-06-19%20Bush%20slaughters%20English%20Grammar%20Adams%20450302.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.nicholsoncartoons.com.au/cartoons/new/2004-06-19%20Bush%20slaughters%20English%20Grammar%20Adams%20450302.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">Let's practise some grammar studied on <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">unit 5</span>. Good luck!</span></span><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><div><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/usedto/exercise1.html">Used to: Exercise 1</a></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><div><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/usedto/exercise2.html">Used to: Exercise 2</a></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><div><a href="http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/past-perfect-simple/exercises"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >Past Perfect vs. Past Simple: Exercise 1</span></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><a href="http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/pastpf1.htm"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >Past Perfect vs. Past Simple: Exercise 2</span></a><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/pastperfect/exercise2.html">Past Perfect vs. Past Simple: Exercise 3</a><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/pastperfect/exercise1.html">Past Perfect vs. Past Simple: Exercise 4</a><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/words/activities/pastperf01.html">Past Perfect vs. Past Simple: Exercise 5<br /></a><br /><a href="http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs11.htm">Past Perfect vs. Past Simple: Difficult<br /></a><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">And finally a <a href="http://netgrammar.altec.org/Units/Unit_14/a101c14_401000.html"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Reading Comprehension.</span></a></span><br /><br /></div>Mónica Ramos Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398137515008439883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720749988795379359.post-7833112559480670422008-01-27T09:34:00.000-08:002008-03-24T10:12:10.495-07:00Vocabulary: Household Chores<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://beconfused.com/images/2006/09/A-woman-wishes-for-no-housework,-cooking-and-cleaning.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://beconfused.com/images/2006/09/A-woman-wishes-for-no-housework,-cooking-and-cleaning.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);font-size:130%;" >In this unit we will talk about <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">HOUSEWORK</span>. Do you enjoy yourself helping at home doing the cleaning, the cooking, the shopping, tidying up, making the beds, etc. I'm sure you do (ha, ha, ha!!). As we do have no choice, let's do some housework in English. No, no, no... Don't worry, you don't have to do the cleaning at class, just <a href="http://www.esl-lab.com/vocab/v-chores.htm#practice">click</a> here and do some exercises. Are you ready? Go!!<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Now, if you want to practise the Present Continuous regarding the housework, watch this <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=EAeC8hPTTGY">video</a> (it is extremely easy, don't panic!!). What do you think about the title "A Woman's Work is never done". What about men? And children? Well, have a look at this second <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=RmHe6uIr-Yg">video</a>; you'll see an Orangutan doing the cleaning of his "house".<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">So, can anybody do the housework? Write your impressions on your blog with the title "Housework".</span></span><br /></span>Mónica Ramos Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398137515008439883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720749988795379359.post-22449669599636533832008-01-27T09:19:00.000-08:002008-01-27T09:31:55.635-08:00Listening: Housework<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.esl-lab.com/chores/chorerd1.htm"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 126px;" src="http://www.esl-lab.com/chores/dishes.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:arial;" >Let's practise your listening skills. This activity deals with housework. You will listen to a conversation between a kid and his father about Saturday's work and duties.<br />By the way, do you help at home with the housework? I hope so!!<br />Ok, now <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">click on the picture</span> to do the listening.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Well, now that you have finished with it I give you the chance to do another <a href="http://www.esl-lab.com/week/weekrd1.htm">listening</a>. If you are ready, try it now.</span><br /></span></span>Mónica Ramos Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398137515008439883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720749988795379359.post-64035918419964618122008-01-27T05:26:00.001-08:002008-03-24T10:11:48.656-07:00Reading Comprehension<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/%7Erapaport/peanuts.word.a.day"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 432px; height: 129px;" src="http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/%7Erapaport/peanuts.word.a.day" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204); font-weight: bold;">Read these texts and test your reading, grammar and vocabulary skills. The degree of difficulty is increased in every text, so don't worry if you feel the last ones are hard for you, ok??<br /><br /><a href="http://www.usingenglish.com/comprehension/26.html">TEXT 1: Jungle Girl Found</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.usingenglish.com/comprehension/21.html">TEXT 2: Intelligence Pills</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.usingenglish.com/comprehension/14.html">TEXT 3: Bully for You</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.usingenglish.com/comprehension/47.html">TEXT 4: Child Labour</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.usingenglish.com/comprehension/8.html">TEXT 5: Reality TV</a><br /><br /></span></span>Mónica Ramos Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398137515008439883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720749988795379359.post-48505852629670888532008-01-26T09:32:00.000-08:002008-01-26T10:50:43.911-08:00Listening: No Clothes Day<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.justkiddingcartoons.com/i/Cartoons/Cartoon_139wtmk.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.justkiddingcartoons.com/i/Cartoons/Cartoon_139wtmk.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/3608724-70f"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">"No Clothes Day"</span></a> is not a joke. It is a <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">listening</span> you are going to do at class with some activities related to it.<br /><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" width="335" height="28" id="divplaylist"><param name="movie" value="http://www.divshare.com/flash/playlist?myId=3608885-000" /><embed src="http://www.divshare.com/flash/playlist?myId=3608885-000" width="335" height="28" name="divplaylist" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed></object><br /></span>Mónica Ramos Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398137515008439883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720749988795379359.post-58673711981901574422008-01-21T03:51:00.001-08:002008-01-21T04:00:39.489-08:00Unit 4<span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(255,102,0)">OBLIGATION (have to, must)</span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQUO2Z9QaVpdyd4SrwNcK1WTgqJEsMA6N8G6wIic5LATBNC0rBm_GhWeUqfqxEVKzpLgKLn9w8Ay9DAlSK4ZSiCC1yphyphenhyphenkM5OU7Up9_056pqP5HaIm0ZTdEpAKzHFOQOum3KCF3eMcO1eN/s1600-h/obligation.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157897528457933010" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQUO2Z9QaVpdyd4SrwNcK1WTgqJEsMA6N8G6wIic5LATBNC0rBm_GhWeUqfqxEVKzpLgKLn9w8Ay9DAlSK4ZSiCC1yphyphenhyphenkM5OU7Up9_056pqP5HaIm0ZTdEpAKzHFOQOum3KCF3eMcO1eN/s200/obligation.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(255,102,0)">LACK OF OBLIGATION (don't have to)</span><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(255,102,0)">PROHIBITION (mustn't)</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQv8PGm-o1GZC4k04jMt_uba0kwNs_rXvJCOPXaPb6XLna0Dr9DXHyPEiroQId5HBqzgBOmp_T1brXJziiUWz-LrwKxuh3vmVrHI8G3w339kcUgJeyT8sNNG3AI010uIcRKSmU_TfRTvT0/s1600-h/obligation.jpg"></a></p><ul><li><a href="http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-modals-have-to-must-not-quiz.htm">Exercise 1</a> (with grammar reference)</li><li><a href="http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/negmod1.htm">Exercise 2</a> (don't have to vs. mustn't)</li><li><a href="http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.mustnt.i.htm">Exercise 3</a> (don't have to vs. mustn't)</li></ul><br /><br /><br /><p><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(51,153,153)">RELATIVE PRONOUNS (that, which, who, where) </span><br /></p><ul><li><a href="http://englishexercises.itgo.com/yywhowhich.html">Exercise 1</a></li><li><a href="http://www.boostyourenglish.net/exercices/exercices/216019.htm">Exercise 2</a></li><li><a href="http://www.englishmedialab.com/Quizzes/intermediate/relative%20pronoun.htm">Exercise 3</a> </li><li><a href="http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.nonrelat.i.htm">Exercise 4</a><br /></li></ul><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(204,51,204)"></span><p><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(204,51,204)">THE PASSIVE</span><br /></p>Present<br /><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/naturalenglish/pre/a_grammar/unit14/nepre_grammar14_1/">Present 1</a></li></ul><p>Past</p><ul><li><a href="http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/naturalenglish/pre/a_grammar/unit14/nepre_grammar14_2/">Past 1</a></li><li><a href="http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/naturalenglish/pre/a_grammar/unit14/nepre_grammar14_exp/">Past 2</a> </li></ul><p><a href="http://www.english-4u.de/passive_ex2.htm">Present and Past</a></p>Mónica Ramos Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398137515008439883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720749988795379359.post-86080645096442910122008-01-21T03:50:00.001-08:002008-01-24T02:06:45.741-08:00Reading and Writing<div style="width:425px;text-align:left" id="__ss_185921"><object style="margin:0px" width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://static.slideshare.net/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=footballer-of-the-year-2007-1196359899763058-4"/><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><embed src="http://static.slideshare.net/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=footballer-of-the-year-2007-1196359899763058-4" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><div style="font-size:11px;font-family:tahoma,arial;height:26px;padding-top:2px;"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/?src=embed"><img src="http://static.slideshare.net/swf/logo_embd.png" style="border:0px none;margin-bottom:-5px" alt="SlideShare"/></a> | <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/mystudentseso/footballer-of-the-year-2007" title="View 'Footballer of the Year (2007)' on SlideShare">View</a> | <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/upload">Upload your own</a></div></div>Mónica Ramos Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398137515008439883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720749988795379359.post-3374191945165286062008-01-21T03:49:00.001-08:002008-01-30T05:55:41.746-08:00The Future<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.irtc.org/ftp/pub/stills/2000-04-30/future.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.irtc.org/ftp/pub/stills/2000-04-30/future.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">GRAMMAR: The Future</span><br /></strong></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);">Click the link and do the exercises related to the future in </span><a style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);" href="http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/preint/a_grammar/file03/grammar03_a01/">FILE 3</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);">.<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);">Click on the link. You will listen to a famous song: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnDrbagYm24">Three Little Birds</a>. I'm sure you know it. Does it ring the bell?? <span style="font-style: italic;">"Cause every little thing <span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">is gonna be</span> all right</span>". Well this is not the title, but we know it for this. "is gonna be" is American English, the British form of it is usign <span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">be going to (is going to be)</span>.<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">If your want to know something else about this song, the lyrics and the singer <span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">(Bob Marley)</span>, click on this </span><a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Little_Birds">link</a><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">. </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"><strong>Exercises:</strong></span><br /><ul><li><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"><a href="http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.gowil.i.htm">Going to vs. will <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">1</span></a></span></li><li><a href="http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/will_going.htm">Going to vs. will <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">2</span></a></li><li><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"><a href="http://www.nonstopenglish.com/exercise.asp?exid=886">Present Continuous vs. will</a></span></li></ul><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">VOCABULARY:<br /></span></span><ul><li><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"><a href="http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/preint/b_vocabulary/bank02/">Personality Adjectives</a></span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"><a href="http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/preint/b_vocabulary/bank07/">Opposite Adjectives</a></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"> </span></span></li></ul><ul><ul><li><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"><a href="http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/preint/b_vocabulary/bank07/">Game about Opposite Adjectives</a></span></span></li></ul></ul>Mónica Ramos Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398137515008439883noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720749988795379359.post-62838589896391963492008-01-21T03:46:00.000-08:002008-01-21T03:48:34.562-08:00Present Perfect<span style="COLOR: rgb(153,0,0);font-size:130%;" ><strong>These are some exercises to practise this tense:</strong></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><a href="http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/elementary/a_grammar/file09/grammar09_a01/"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0)"><strong>Present Perfect 1</strong></span></a><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0)"><strong><br /></strong></span><a href="http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/elementary/a_grammar/file09/grammar09_a02/"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0)"><strong>Present Perfect 2</strong></span></a><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0)"><strong></strong></span><br /><a href="http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.since.i.htm"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0)"><strong>Present Perfect (for or since)</strong></span></a><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0)"><strong><br /></strong></span><a href="http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/preint/a_grammar/file04/grammar04_b01/"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0)"><strong>Present Perfect (already, just, yet) 1</strong></span></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/preint/a_grammar/file04/grammar04_b02/"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0)"><strong>Present Perfect (already, just, yet) 2</strong></span></a><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0)"><strong><br /></strong></span><a href="http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs5.htm"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0)"><strong>Present Perfect vs. Past Simple 1</strong></span></a><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0)"><strong><br /></strong></span><a href="http://www.saberingles.com.ar/curso/lesson21/06.html"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0)"><strong>Present Perfect vs. Past Simple 2</strong></span></a><br /><strong><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0)"></span><br /></strong><a href="http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs6.htm"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0)"><strong>Present Perfect vs. Past Simple 3</strong></span></a><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,153,102)"><strong> <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">(Difficult)<br /><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,204,0)">Hey!! If you have finished, just have a look at these videos.<br /><br /></span><br /></span></strong></span><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pbeD7fd4QRo&rel=" width="425" height="355" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed><br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5j5Kw52zA68&rel=" width="425" height="355" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed><br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_iKWOJm_gkw&rel=" width="425" height="355" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed><br /><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,204,0)">Did you like them? Do you get the difference between Present Perfect and Past Simple? As you can see, when they ask "What have you done today?" they use the Present Perfect because the day isn't over yet. However, they answer using the Past Simple because the action they did is finished.<br /><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,153,0)">Just to put an end to this topic, watch and listen to this song. It is called </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,153,0); FONT-STYLE: italic">I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking for</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,153,0)">. As you can appreciate, it is about the Present Perfect tense!! Enjoy the song and... if you are worried about not knowing what they say, read the subtitles in Spanish. On the other hand, if you want to have a look at the </span><a href="http://www.u2.com/music/lyrics.php?song=52&list=i">English lyrics</a><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,153,0)">, click the link.</span><br /></span><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2bOeCB6QI6A&rel=" width="425" height="355" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed>Mónica Ramos Caballerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398137515008439883noreply@blogger.com0