AmericanEnglish-Stella: marzo 2011

viernes, 25 de marzo de 2011

Read the text and answer the questions:

I´m sitting on the beach, eating an icecream, Alice and
Paul are swimming in the sea and Tom is in the park.
He´s playing with a friend. Peter is listening to the radio
and reading.
We´re having a fantastic holiday. Abercwm is a little
fishing village in north Wales with a park, a castle,some
Roman remains and some lovely gardens, and theres a little
fishing port with a lighthouse. Everybody here is really
friendly. I think we´re lucky. This is our second holiday
this year and we´re doing just what we want to do:sleeping
eating and playing games. The food is lovely too.
Vocabulary
remains= ruinas
fishing village= pueblito pesquero
lighthouse= faro
lucky= con suerte

1) What´s the author of the text doing?
   __________________________
2) What are Alice and Paul doing?
   __________________________
3) What is Peter doing?
   __________________________
4) Where´s Tom?
   __________________________
5) Where´s Abercwm?
   __________________________

viernes, 11 de marzo de 2011

Look at the answers. What are the questions?

Look at the answers. What are the questions?

1-You (go out) last Saturday?
   _____________________? Yes I went to the cinema.
2-You(go) on your own?
   ______________________? No, I went with a friend.
3-Which film (see)
   ______________________? I saw The black swan.
4-You (like) the film?
   ______________________? Yes, we liked it a lot.
5-What time (start) ?
   ______________________? It started at 8:30
6-When (finish)?
  _______________________? It finished at 10:00
7-Where (go) after the film?
   _______________________? We went to a restaurant

Las preguntas están en comentarios

Exercise: Complete the questions. Give true answers.

Exercise: Complete the questions. Give true answers.

Ex: you(go out)last night.
   Did you go out last night? Yes,I did or No,I didn´t

1-you(play tennis) yesterday?
   ____________________
2-you (study english) last weekend?
   ____________________
3-you (have) a haircut last week?
   _______________________
4-you (have) a birthday party last year?
   _______________________
5-you (have) a holiday last summer?
  _______________________

Exercise:Change this text into Simple Past Tense.

Mr. Smith gets up at 6:45 every morning and has a shower.
Then he has breakfast. He always has tea and cornflakes for breakfast.
He leaves home at 7:55and goes to work by bus.He always takes
the 8:05 bus and gets to work at 8:30. He has lunch from 1:00 till
2:00 and leaves work at 6:00 in the evening. When he gets home,he
reads the newspaper. Then he has dinner at 7:15. After dinner he takes
his dog for a walk. He always goes to bed at 10:30 exactly!

Los verbos subrayados están en presente, los vamos a cambiar a pasado
para contar lo que hizo Mr Smith ayer. Comenzamos así:
Yesterday Mr. Smith got up at 6:45 and had a shower.
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Las respuestas las encontrarás en comentarios.

viernes, 4 de marzo de 2011

Words easily confused.

Words easily confused.

argument= (discusión,pelea)
plot= (argumento de un libro o película)

army= (ejército)
navy= (armada)

to assist=(ayudar)
to attend= (asistir a un lugar)

Simple Past: Exercise

Simple Past: Exercise

Complete with the correct tense verb:

1) Mary _________(go) to the cinema yesterday.
Ex: Mary went to the cinema yesterday.
2) Peter _______(watch) tv last night.
3) Alice _________(have) a sandwich for lunch.
4) The children ________(play) basketball all afternoon.
5) Susan ___________(buy) a new jacket for Jim.
6) The girls__________(study) all the weekend.
7) The dog _________(eat) all his food.
8) I _________(sleep) wonderfully last night.

LAS RESPUESTAS EN COMENTARIOS

Simple Past and Question words

Look at this dialogue: Simple Past and question words.

Paul: What did you do yesterday? (¿Que hiciste ayer?)
Alice: I went to the cinema.
   P: What film did you see?
   A: I saw The king´s speech.
   P: Did you like it?
   A: Yes, I did. It was a very good film.
   P: What time did the film start?
   A: It started at 8:00 pm.And what did you do?
   P: Oh, I stayed at home.

Notice:

   Cuando hacemos la pregunta usamos did como
   verbo auxiliar y el verbo principal de la oración
   queda en infinitivo. En la respuesta desaparece
   el did y el verbo principal queda en pasado.
   No olvides consultar la lista de verbos irregulares
   hasta que puedas recordarlos. En las listas de
   verbos irregulares es la segunda columna.