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Hola! Con este blog espero ayudarte a aprender inglés y también a no olvidar lo que ya sabes. Te recomiendo que leas desde las primeras entradas para aprender desde lo basico. También agrego videos para que practiques la pronunciación. Encontrarás ejercicios con las respuestas para autocorrección.
Espero que te resulte útil.
Stella


viernes, 29 de abril de 2011

Present Perfect Simple:More examples

Present Perfect Tense:Examples and exercises

Quiz: Are you adventurous? Present Perfect Questions

Do you like new experiences? Or do you prefer to stay at home
and watch tv? Answer these questions but be honest!
Then read the key in comments.

1-Have you ever been to a rock concert?_______
2-Have you ever eaten Chinese food?__________
3-Have you ever been skiing?________________
4-Have you been to a party recently?__________
5-Have you read any books recently?__________
6-Have you ever been to the theatre? __________
7-Have you been to the cinema recently?________
8-Have you made any new friends recently?______
9-Have you ever been camping?_______________
10-Have you ever been horseriding?____________

Have you ever been=(Alguna vez has estado...)

Reading comprehension text with simple present

Read the text and answer the questions:

The Grand Canyon is not too cold in winter and not too hot in summer,so
it is an excellent holiday resort. the South Rim fo the Canyon is open all
the year but the North Rim is closed from October to April. There are
a lot of tourists in summer,but the best time for a visit is in autumn.Tourists
who haven´t got much time can drive from Grand Canyon Village to
Desert View. The trip is only 25 miles so it is a very interesting trip. Most
people stop at Yavapai Point because it has a lot of attractions, including
a museum. At Desert View there is a watchtower that offers a magnificent
view of the Grand Canyon and the Painted Desert. You can also visit the
Canyon by mule. There are three different trips that go down into the Canyon
every day. The descent is a fantastic experience because you can see the most
spectacular aspects of the Canyon´s geology.

Vocabulary
winter=invierno   summer=verano    autumn=otoño
open=abierto      closed=cerrado    drive=conducir
trip=viaje            watchtower=torre de vigilancia
descent= descenso   mule=mula

Questions  
1-Is the Grand Canyon too cold in winter?___________________________
2-Is it open all the year?________________________________________
3-Which is the best time to visit it?_________________________________
4-What can you see at Yavapai Point?______________________________
5-Why is the descent a fantastic experience?__________________________

jueves, 28 de abril de 2011

Present perfect examples in songs

Songs using the perfect tenses

Present perfect and simple past Exercise 1

The difference between the present perfect and the simple past

The Present Perfect Simple Tense. 2

The Present Perfect Simple Tense.

Present Perfect Simple

We use the Present Perfect Simple to  talk abut something that
started in the past and continues up to the present.
Usamos este tiempo para hablar de algo que comenzó en el 
pasado y continúa vigente hasta ahora.
ex: I´ve had my car since 2004
     We have been here for two hours
Se forma con:
have / has + past participle of the verb
We also use this tense to talk about experiences in our lives
También lo usamos para hablar de experiencias en nuestras vidas.
She hasn´t been to Australia

lunes, 25 de abril de 2011

Uruguay Natural-Diego Forlán

How to improve writing

Write a paragraph about Raymond Chandler

Using the following information write a paragraph about Raymond Chandler.

Name: Raymond Thornton Chandler.
Born: 23 / 7 / 88
Place of birth: Chicago
Died: 26 /3 / 59
Education: Upper Norwood School
                 Dulwich College,England
Career: Journalism,commerce,banking
            accountancy.
First book: The big sleep (1939)
Number of books: 19
Most famous books: Farewell my lovely
                                The high window
                                The little sister
                                The long goodbye
Famous character: Philip Marlowe (private detective)
Film actors of Philip Marlowe: Humphrey Bogart
                                               Robert Mitchum.

Reading comprehension text with simple past tense

Read the paragraph and answer the questions


Ian Fleming was born in London on 25th May,1905. He studied
at Eton College, the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst and the
Universities of Munich and Geneva. Fleming worked in journalism,
banking, newspaper management and as a personal assistant to the
Director of Naval Intelligence during the second World War.Fleming
became famous as the creator of the spy, James Bond. His first successful
book was Casino Royale. Between 1953 and his death on 12th August
1964 he wrote eighteen books. His most famous books are:Goldfinger
Diamonds are Forever,Live and Let Die, You only live twice. The actors
Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan have played the part of
James Bond in the films based on Fleming´s books.

Questions:


1-Who was Ian Fleming?_________________________________
2- When was he born? __________________________________
3- Did he work as a journalist? ____________________________
4- Why did he become famous for?_________________________
5- Which was his first successful book?______________________
6- How many books did he write?__________________________
7- Who played the part of James Bond in the films?_____________

domingo, 24 de abril de 2011

Song:Yesterday- The Beatles

Prince William and Kate Middleton choose wedding party

Royal Wedding:Kate and William (video script)


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Prince William and fiance Kate Middleton have picked who will be best man and maid of honor for their upcoming royal wedding in April.

The couple met at St Andrews University in Scotland in 2001, and were engaged in November last year.

Let's take a look.

The future King of England and his fiance have made a special royal wedding announcement on Valentines Day.

Younger brother Prince Harry has been chosen to be Prince William's best man, while fiance Kate Middleton chose her sister Philappa Middleton to be her maid of honor.

Among his best man duties, Prince Harry is expected to plan Williams stag night.

Some considerably younger faces will also be present in the wedding party. Among Kate Middleton's bridesmaids will be the Queen's youngest granddaughter, seven-year-old Lady Louise Windsor. Prince William also chose one of his godsons to be a pageboy.

The couple will be married in Westminster Abbey on April 29, in one of the most anticipated weddings since Princess Diana's wedding to Prince Charles in 1981.

sábado, 23 de abril de 2011

Uruguay Natural video del Ministerio de Turismo y Deportes del Uruguay

Uruguay Tourism. de:www.worldcountries.info/Uruguay

Uruguay - "Uruguay Tourism"

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Uruguay, a tiny country in South America, virtually unknown around the world is full of surprises for tourists keen to visit new lands. Uruguay has a lot to offer, including a pleasant lifestyle, beautiful beaches, friendly people, and lots of entertainment.The number of tourists visiting Uruguay is on the increase after a lapse over the last five years where the crisis in neighbouring Argentina had a negative effect on tourism.
People from Argentina and Brazil make up the bulk of Uruguay’s tourist trade, but over the last few years there has been an increase in the number of tourists from other countries as well. Rodrigo Pinto, the manager of ‘Azul’ travel agency in Montevideo says:
“Many people are visiting from other countries in South America and the U.S.A as well as an increasing number from other countries like England, Germany, Spain, parts of Asia and Australia”.
Why? Because people are not only interested in visiting South America for the beautiful scenery in countries like Peru, Brazil and Chile but they’re also wanting to have relaxing trips that may include staying at a beach resort for the Summer or navigating through a lively country that has rarely had the popularity that it deserves.
Rodrigo explains: “The most popular places amongst tourists are Punta del Este, Piriapolis, Colonia and Montevideo. When in Montevideo tourists usually focus on the Ciudad Vieja, as it is a very interesting part of the city”.
Tourists are recommended to visit many popular tourist spots that are spread all around this tiny country that is 187,000 square kilometres in area.
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Songs. Easy lover and Never gonna give you up ( Vocabulary)

Los dos temas usan tiempo futuro.
En Easy lover aparece Will afirmativo y negativo.
Ejemplos: You´ll be on your knees= Estarás de rodillas
                You will be on your knees
                You won´t feel it= no lo sentirás
                You will not feel it
                She´ll take your heart=Te sacará el corazón
                She will take your heart.
                Till= until  hasta
                regret= lamentar
                Seeing is believing= ver para creer
Never gonna give you up: futuro con Going to 
                 Never gonna= I´m never going to
                 a full commitment= compromiso total
                 I just wanna tell you= I just want to tell you
                 Gotta make you understand=
                 I´ve got to make you understand
                 desert you= abandonarte
                 tell a lie= decir mentiras
                 too blind to see= muy ciego para ver
                 let you down= decepcionarte
 

Song:Easy lover_Phil Collins (future tense-will)

viernes, 22 de abril de 2011

Song: Never gonna give you up Lyrics

Song:You´re gonna lose that girl-The Beatles. (will / going to) video

Song:You´re gonna lose that girl-The Beatles. (will / going to)

You're going to lose that girl.
You're going to lose that girl.

If you don't take her out tonight,
She's gonna change her mind
And I will taker her out tonight,
And I will treat her kind.

You're going to lose that girl.
You're going to lose that girl.

If you don't treat her right, my friend,
You're gonna find her gone.
'Cause I will treat her right and then
You'll be the lonely one.

You're going to lose that girl.
You're going to lose that girl.
You're going to lose..

I'll make a point of takin' her
Away from you.
Watch what you do.
Yeah.
The way you treat her,
What else can I do?

You're going to lose that girl.
You're going to lose that girl.
You're going to lose..

I'll make a point of takin' her
Away from you.
Watch what you do.
Yeah.
The way you treat her,
What else can I do?

If you don't take her out tonight,
She'd gonna change her mind
And I will taker her out tonight,
And I will treat her kind.

You're going to lose that girl.
You're going to lose that girl.
You're going to lose that girl.


The future tense:Will-Affirmative,interrogative,negative

The future tense: Going to -interrogative

jueves, 14 de abril de 2011

Song: Yellow - Coldplay

Much, many,a lot of, a little, a few, enough. Exercise

Choose the correct answer-A, B or C.


1 There are _______ books on the desk
   A much   B many    C a lot of
2 There isn´t ______petrol in the car.
   A much  B many    C a lot of
3 How ______ cousins have you got?
   A much  B many  C a lot of
4 I can´t go out. I´ve got_______work to do.
   A much  B many   C little
5 I´ve got _____ money, but not much.
   A some   B a  few  C many
6 We can´t all sit down. There aren´t _____ chairs
   A many  B much   C enough
7 I know _____ Americans, but not many.
   A a lot of    B a little  C a few

Some, any, no Exercise

Complete the conversation . Use some any no:

A: I´m making 1 _______coffee.Would you like  2______?
B: No thanks. I´m going shopping. What do we need?
A:Well. We haven´t got 3________bread.
B: Have we got 4 ________ cheese?
A: No we haven´t. And there aren´t  5_______eggs.
B: Is there 6________tea left?
A: No, there´s 7______tea. And we haven´t got 8______ rice.
B: Right. Bread, cheese,eggs , tea and rice.
A: Have you got enough money?
B: I´ve got 9______but not much. Can you lend me 10 ______?

A little, a few, enough.

Ex. We´ve got a little cheese and a few tomatoes.
      Tenemos poco queso y pocos tomates. 
A little= uncountable
A few=countable plural
Enough=uncountable and plural countable

Ex: Enough cheese, enough tomatoes.
      Suficiente queso, suficientes tomates.


We use much and a little + uncountable nouns.
             many and a few + plural countable nouns.

Much, many,a lot of.

We use much, many, a lot of to talk about quantity.
Usamos estas expresiones para hablar de cantidad.

We use much and many:

* in questions               * in negative sentences
How much cheese         There isn´t much cheese.
is there?

How many tomatoes     There aren´t many tomatoes.
are there?

Much=uncountable
Many=countable
A lot of=uncountable and plural

Ex: a lot of milk
      a lot of eggs

lunes, 11 de abril de 2011

How much? How many?

Countable and uncountable nouns

Some, any, no

Look at these examples:


We´ve got some milk,but we haven´t got any sugar.
Tenemos un poco de leche pero no tenemos azúcar


Are there any chairs in the kitchen?
¿Hay sillas en la cocina?


There is no soap in the bathroom.
No hay jabón en el baño.

Usamos some en oraciones afirmativas ,contables o incontables.
Usamos any en preguntas y oraciones negativas.
Usamos no en oraciones afirmativas, es mas enfático que not any

More Uncountable nouns

       Uncountable                      Countable
Furniture=mubles                  1 table,three chairs
Information=información        a piece of information, two pieces of information
Money=dinero                      two coins,four banknotes
Juice=jugo                            a glass of juice
Rice=arroz                           a kilo of rice, a packet of rice
Oil= aceite                            a litre of oil
Butter=manteca                    a packet of butter
Petrol=gasolina                     a gallon of petrol

Countable and uncountable nouns

Decimos que son Countable aquellas cosas o personas que podemos contar
Ex: one cup= 1 taza
      an egg= 1 huevo
      six chairs= 6 sillas
Decimos que son Uncountable aquellas cosas que no podemos contar
Ex: water= agua. Pero podemos decir: a glass of water=1 vaso de agua
     bread= pan. Pero podemos decir: a loaf of bread=1 pan flauta o molde
     sugar= azúcar. Pero podemos decir: a packet of sugar=1 paquete de azúcar
     milk=leche.Pero podemos decir: a bottle of milk=1 botella de leche
     flour=harina.Pero podemos decir: a kilo of flour=1 kilo de harina

Reading comprehension text with simple present and questions

Danny and Lianne live in Los Angeles in California. Their parents
have a house on the beach at Santa Monica. In the summer they
are very lazy.They get up at ten o´clock and have breakfast.Then
they go swimming.They have lunch on the beach.In the afternoon
they often go windsurfing or play ball games on the beach.After
dinner they go and meet friends at Tommy´s Beach Café. They
sometimes go to a disco in the evening. They often go to bed quite
late, at about ten or eleven o´clock. They like Californian life a lot.

Now answer the questions:

1) Where do Danny and Lianne live? _____________________
2) Where is their parents´house?_________________________
3) What time do they get up?___________________________
4) Where do they have lunch?__________________________
5) What do they do in the afternoon?_____________________
6) Where do they go after dinner?_______________________