jueves, 22 de enero de 2009

miércoles, 21 de enero de 2009

That's real English!!!

Relative caluses

Examples:

Defining:
  • "This is the best film that I have ever seen".
  • " Nothing that anyone doescan replace my lost bag".
  • " Do you know the girl who is talking to Tom?".
  • " Jack is the boy with whom Jenny fell in love".
Non-defining:
  • "The singer, whose most recent recording has had much success, is singning autographs".
  • " My sister, who lives in France, is coming to stay with me next week".
  • "Elephants, which are large and grey, can sometimes be found in zoos".

martes, 20 de enero de 2009

Web link that will help kids to learn English

Brainpop

English teachers web link.

Teaching English

Reported speech

Examples:
  • Alex: "I am going to meet a friend". Alex said he was going to meet a friend.
  • Carla: "I went to Mexico last summer". Carla said she had been to mexico the summer before.
  • Jason:"My wife went with me to the show yesterday". Jason said his wife had gone with him to the show the day before.
  • The teacher: "Don't speak so loud". The teacher told the students not to speak so loud.
  • She said: "Carol speak English". She told Carol to speak English.
  • She asked: "Do you want to come with me?". She asked me if I wanted to come with her.
  • Sara asked Toni: "Where did you go last weekend?". Sara asked Toni where he had gone the previous weekend.

viernes, 9 de enero de 2009

Passive.

Examples:


Present simple

Active: Amaya writes a letter.

Passive: A letter is written by Amaya.

Present continous

Active: Amaya is writing a letter.

Passive: A letter is being written by Amaya.

Future

Active: Amaya will write a letter.

Passive: A letter will be written by Amaya.

Active: Amaya is going to write a letter.

Passive: A letter is going to be written by Amaya.

Past simple

Active: Amaya wrote a letter.

Passive: A letter was written by Amaya.

Past continous

Active: Amaya was writing a letter.

Passive: A letter was being written by Amaya.

Present perfect

Active: Amaya has written a letter.

Passive: A letter has been written by Amaya.

Past perfect

Active: Amaya had written a letter.

Passive: A letter had been written by Amaya.

Modal verb

Active: Amaya should write a letter.

Passive: A letter should be written by Amaya.

Negative

Active: Amaya didn't write a letter.

Passive: A letter wasn't written by Amaya.

Interrogative

Active: Is Amaya writing a letter?

Passive: Is a letter being written by Amaya?

Writing project.

My life
My name is Mar and I was born in Ibiza on March 12, 1988. I am the youngest one of four brothers and sisters and all of them were very glad about my arrival, especially my brother Luis because I became his playmate.
When I was 4 years old I began school in San Carlos and I made many new friends.
My childhood was quiet until a friend and I played a trick on some cars that were on the street. That action cost us dearly, it was uor fault that we hadn't thought about the consequences before doing. Moreover, it was a scandal in the village because I was the altar girl.
Luckily the years passed and one day I realized they had already forgotten everything.
My adolescence in Santa Eularia was fearly quiet, I was a girl who got very good marks and things were prety good for me.
I had always thought I was a girl who had passed unnoticed, but over the years many people told me that I had been quiet popular in high school, although it wasn't a thing I was looking for.
Nowadays, I am a happy person I'm studying for a profession that I love.
I'm finishing my studies and I hope that next year at this time I will have finished them.
I am optimistic and I see my future pretty good. If all goes well I hope next year I will find a job.
One day, I met a boy and for almost two years we have been going out together. Now I'm living with him in Es Canar in a flat that belongs to his parents.
I'm happy because the life is very good with him and I'm sure that everything will go well for us.
I had always wanted to do somethingabout the English language but I coudn't and I still want to do it in the future.