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This blog was designed especially for you. You student at the ENGLISH FOR KIDS COURSE. The purpose of this blog is that you can have extra practice at home of the topics you are looking at in the course. Besides, you will find lots of extra material such as videos, songs, worskheets and so much more, that will help you practice your english in an enjoyable way.



miércoles, 28 de mayo de 2014

HELLO GUYS 

I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A LOT OF HOMEWORK AT SCHOOL AND SO DO I. I MEAN WORK. THAT IS WHY I'M GONNA LET YOU RELAX A LITTLE.

BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN YOU ARE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING AT ALL. REMEMBER THAT YOU HAVE TO STUDY THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROJECT SO WE CAN BEGIN PRACTICING THE PRESENTATIONS. FOR THIS SATURDAY I WANT ALL OF YOU TO KNOW BY HEART (DE MEMORIA) THE PART YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO SAY IN THE CLOUSER CEREMONY. MOREOVER, THIS WILL HELP YOU TO GET EXTRA POINTS IN SPEAKING. BESIDE YOU HAVE TO STUDY FOR THE TEST.



HOMEWORK

ANSWER PAGE 55 FROM YOUR WORKBOOK

1.- INFORMATION

Pronombres indefinidos compuestos

"Every", "some", "any" y "no" forman pronombres indefinidos compuestos añadiéndoles "one", "body" y "thing".

anybody alguien, nadie, cualquiera
anyone alguien, nadie, cualquiera
anything algo, nada, cualquier cosa
everybody todos,-as
everyone todos,-as
everything todo
nobody nadie
no one nadie
nothing nada
somebody alguien
someone alguien
something algo

  Añadimos "one" y "body" para referirnos a personas. Tienen el mismo significado y se pueden usar indistintamente.

Everybody hates her.
Everyone hates her.
Todos la odian.

 2  Añadimos "thing" para referinos a cosas, ideas o acciones.

Tell me something.
Dime algo.
I do not need anything.
No necesito nada.

 3  Cuando funcionan como sujeto van en singular:

Everybody is here.
Todo el mundo está aquí.
Is there anybody watching tv?
¿Hay alguien viendo la tele?
Nobody loves her.
Nadie la quiere.

Sin embargo aunque el verbo vaya en singular se usará they, their o them según el caso.

Everybody was doing their tasks.
Todo el mundo estaba haciendo sus tareas.
Someone has left their umbrella.
Alguien se ha dejado su paraguas.
If anybody wants a break they can have it.
Si alguien quiere un descanso, puede tenerlo.

 4  Usaremos los compuestos de "some" en oraciones afirmativas o en las frases interrogativas con significado de petición o invitación y los compuestos de "any" en oraciones interrogativas y negativas y en afirmativas con el significado de "cualquier".

I want something to eat.
Quiero comer algo (afirmativa).
Would you like something to drink?.
¿Te gustaría beber algo? (petición interrogativa).
I don´t want anything.
No quiero nada (negativa).
Does anyone need help?.
¿Alguien necesita ayuda?(interrogativa).
Anybody can do this.
Cualquiera puede hacerlo (afirmativa con el significado de "cualquier").

 5  En el caso de los compuestos de "no" el verbo irá en forma afirmativa para evitar la doble 
negación.

Nobody loves her.
Nadie la quiere.
I know nothing.
No sé nada.

  Los acabados en "one" y "body" pueden tener una forma posesiva con el genitivo sajón.

The police asked everybody´s name and address.
La policía pidió el nombre y dirección de todos.
Someone´s child has been crying the whole night.
El niño de alguien ha estado llorando toda la noche.

 7  Pueden ir seguidos de adjetivos, expresiones adverbiales o la partícula "else".

I need somebody tall to get this.
Necesito a alguien alto que coja esto.
She wants to be somebody in your life.
Quiere ser alguien en tu vida.
I have told you everything I know.
Te he dicho todo lo que sé.
I do not want anything else.
No quiero nada más.


2.- PRACTICE







HELLO BOYS AND GIRLS

SE QUE ESTAN UN POCO BUSY EN LA SCHOOL Y QUE TIENE MUCHA HOMEWORK. ME TOO. POR ESA RAZON, VOY A DEJARLOS DESCANSAR A LITTLE. BUT, ESO NO QUIERE DECIR QUE NO VAN A HACER HOMEWORK. REMEMBER QUE TIENEN QUE ESTUDIAR LO DEL SU PROYECTO. ASI QUE QUIERO QUE PARA ESTE SATURDAY, TODOS SE APRENDAN DE MEMORIA LO QUE VAN A DECIR EL DIA DE LA CLAUSURA. ADEMAS, ESTO LES AYUDARA TO WIN EXTRA POINT EN SU SPEAKING. ANOTHER THING, NO OLVIDEN QUE THERE IS A TEST ASI QUE STUDY HARD.



HOMEWORK

ANSWER PAGE 54 FROM YOUR WORKBOOK


1.- INFORMATION. AQUI LES DEJO UNA CANCION PARA QUE SE APRENDAN LOS PAISES AL REDEDOR DEL MUNDO. ESPERO Y SE DIVIERTAN.



PREGUNTAS CON WHO

"Who" is a Subject Pronoun

Utilizamos "who" para decir que persona hace la acción
Ejemplo:

Who is in the kitchen? Respuesta: My mom
Who is going to do the homework? Respuesta: everybody
Who is theh owner of that dog? Respuesta: From my neigbor

Utilizamos la pregunta WHO cuando queremos saber de quien estamos hablando o quien realiza una acción. Para formular preguntas con WHO debemos agregar el verbo en tercera person, es decir, agregandole una "S" al final del verbo.


WHO + VERB IN 3RD PERSON + COMPLEMENT + ?

Who lives in Tapachula?
Who works in an office?
Who has a dog?
Who speaks english?
Who is your friend?

Para contestar este tipo de preguntas, debemos darnos cuenta en el tiempo de la oración. En este caso la pregunta esta en tiempo present por lo que debemos contestar con DO o DOES para terceras personas.

Who plays volleyball?
I do / Sandra does
I don't / She doesn't

Who goes to the movies?
I do / Pepe does
We don't / He doesn't


jueves, 22 de mayo de 2014


WE ARE GETTING CLOSER TO THE END OF THE SEMESTER AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH BAD AND GOOD TIMES. I KNOW THAT I HAVE LEFT YOU SO MUCH HOMEWORK SOMETIMES, BUT I KNOW THAT LEARNED SOMETHING. SO I WILL STILL GIVE YOU HOMEWORK UNTIL THE LAST DAY OF CLASSES IF NEEDED CUZ I KNOW THAT YOU WILL LEARN SOMETHING EVEN THOUGH YOU DON'T WANT TO.


HOMEWORK

ANSWER PAGE 54 FROM YOUR WORKBOOK

1.- READING

Rainbows

Is there a pot of gold hidden at the end of the rainbow? If you believe the old Irish stories about how leprechauns hide their gold at the end of the rainbow, you might be tempted to try to find the end. No one has ever found the end of a rainbow!
The ancient Greeks believed that a rainbow was a path between Heaven and Earth. Rainbows were made by Iris who was a messenger of the gods. In Norse mythology, the rainbow was also a link between the homes of gods and humans.
In myths and stories from many cultures, the rainbow is an actual bow belonging to a god. For example, in Hindu myths the rainbow is Indra’s bow. Indra is the god of thunder, lightning & rain.
In Amazonian cultures of South America, rainbows were made by evil spirits who wanted to harm people. They would try to make people sick. Remember to keep your mouth closed when looking at a rainbow to stop the evil spirits!
Today we know that when rays of light from the sun pass through drops of water rainbows are made. The rays of sunlight are bent in just the right way to produce to different colours. The colours of the rainbow are red, orange, yellow, green, blue and violet (purple).


2.- INFORMATION

Infinitivo con 'to'

Se utiliza inifinitivo con 'to':

 Para indicar propósito o razón para hacer algo

He came to London to learn English.
Vino a Londres para aprender inglés.

He sat down to read.
Se sentó para leer.

I asked her to understand what she wanted.
Le pregunté para saber lo que quería.




3.- PRACTICE





CADA DÍA NOS ACERCAMOS MÁS A LA RECTA FINAL Y POR ELLO NECESITAMOS SEGUIR TRABAJANDO CON MUCHO EMPEÑO Y DEDICACIÓN PARA TERMINAR ESTE SEMESTRE CON LAS MEJORES CALIFICACIONES.

HOMEWORK

ANSWER PAGES 52 AND 53 FROM YOUR WORKBOOK


1.- READING

Rain and Hail
Dark clouds were in the sky. The sun went down. The weather got cold. The wind started to blow. Leaves blew off the trees. Paper flew through the air. People buttoned their jackets. The rain started to fall. At first it was quiet. Then it got louder. It was a storm. The rain was very loud. The man couldn't hear his TV. He turned up the volume. Now he could hear his TV. He looked outside his door. He looked at the rain. It was pouring off his roof. It was a flood. Then he saw lightning. Then he heard thunder. It was a very cold night. The rain changed to hail. The hail was very noisy. He turned up the TV volume again. Now he could hear his TV again. He watched TV for a while. Then he looked outside again. All the cars were white. The street was white. The ground was white. The hail covered everything. The hail looked just like snow. He wanted to make a big snowman. But you can't make a snowman out of hail. You can only make a snowman out of snow. 

2.- INFORMATION


CAN para Posibilidad vs Probabilidad

 "Can" indica que algo es posible (las circunstancias lo permiten o alguien tiene la habilidad de hacerlo).

I can play tennis quite well
I can open that door with my key
I can run for two hours
This car can go faster than 200 km per hour
You can go to France without a passport



3.- Practice. Escribe CAN para completar las oraciones.

My boss ________ speak English very fluently

You ________ take my dictionary for your exam

Your sister ________ come with us to the cinema. It depends on your mother

You ________ open the bottle with that corkscrew

You ________ use my computer if you want

________ you bring me a glass of water, please?

My father is very strong, he ________ lift 100 kg

You ________ enter the party with this invitation

You ________ find that book in the Central Library

________ I switch on the light? I would like to read the newspaper

Philip ________ use his father's motorbike

If you need it you ________ use our lawnmower (formal)

________ you help me to clean the swimming pool, please?

I ________ use the company car for private trips (informal)

We are going to the park; you ________ come with us if you want

With that telescope you ________ see Mars

You should buy lottery tickets; you ________ become millionaire

________ you help me to move this heavy box? I cannot do it on my own

If you have any questions you ________ ask me

My brother works in the Air Force; he ________ fly a fighter plane

If you study hard you ________ pass your exams

During the flight you ________ not use your mobile

With my savings I ________ buy a new car



martes, 13 de mayo de 2014


HELLO EVERYONE

I WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT THIS SATURDAY MAY 17TH IS OUR PARENTS MEETING. SO PLEASE TELL YOUR PARENTS TO BE ON TIME TO SIGN YOUR REPORT CARDS. THE MEETING WILL START AT 8:45 IN THE MORNING.






HOMEWORK

ANSWER PAGES 102, 103, 104 AND 105 FROM YOUR STUDENT BOOK AND 51, 52 AND 53 FROM YOUR WORKBOOK.

1.- READING. Here is the text you are supposed to read.

If I Could, I Would (2nd conditional)

Sometimes it is fun to think about things that we know will probably never be true. We can ask ourselves questions that don’t really have answers. If you won a million dollars in the lottery, what would you do? It would be nice to win the lottery but the chances of that happening are very small. If I won a million dollars, I would travel but I would also give some money to charity. And you? What would you do?
If you had a time machine to travel with, would you visit the past or would you visit the future?
If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live? Would you like to live in more than one place if you had the chance? It would be interesting to experience different cultures for awhile but it would be difficult to decide which cultures because there is so much diversity in the world. If I could live anywhere I wanted, I might have trouble deciding!
What abilities would you have if you had superhuman powers? Would you want to be very strong? If I had super powers, I would like to be able to fly. Would you like to be able to fly too?
If you could talk to animals, what would you say? If you were an astronaut, where would you like to go? If you had one wish, what would it be? If you could ask me a question, what would you ask?

Vocabulary help:

  • abilities (noun) plural of ability – If you have the ability to do something, then you are able to do it.
  • astonaut (noun) – someone who travels in space
  • awhile (adverb) – for a short time
  • charity (noun) – organization that gives money, food or help to people in need
  • diversity (noun) – many different types of people or cultures,
  • time machine (noun) - an imaginary machine that lets you travel back in time, or into the future

2.- INFORMATION

El Condicional en Inglés

En el condicional imaginamos que pasaría bajo ciertas condiciones imaginarias.
If I had a lot of money, I would travel around the world.
Si tuviera yo mucho dinero, viajaría por todo el mundo.
(No tengo mucho dinero pero estoy imaginando que haría si tuviera mucho.)
En oraciones condicionales, ponemos el verbo en el pasado en la parte de la oración que empieza con la palabra if (aunque no refiere al pasado). Si el verbo es negativo, usamos el verbo auxiliar didn't igual como con verbos en el pasado. En la segunda parte de la oración (la parte sin la palabra if) usamos el verbo auxiliar would. Si la oración es negativa, usamos would not o la contracción wouldn't.
If I had a lot of money, I would travel around the world.
If I had a lot of money, I wouldn't work.

Podemos poner la parte de la oración que empieza con if primero o segundo, pero si lo ponemos primero, tenemos que poner una coma después de esa parte de la oración.
If I had a lot of money, I wouldn't work.
I wouldn't work if I had a lot of money.
 
NOTA #1:
El verbo to be es un poco diferente en oraciones condicionales. Esto es un aspecto de gramática que está cambiando. Antes en los libros de gramática decían que se tenía que decir . . .
If I were rich, I would travel around the world.
En oraciones condicionales como ésta, el verbo to be siempre tenía que ser were, aun en la primera y tercera persona singular (I, he, she, it). Antes se consideraba mala gramática decir was en este tipo de oración. Esto está cambiando y ahora hasta en libros de gramática ponen las dos alternativas (was y were).
If I was rich, I would travel around the world.
If I were rich, I would travel around the world.

NOTA #2:
No olvides que could es el pasado del verbo auxiliar can. Usamos could en lugar de can para indicar una situación imaginaria.
If I could fly like a bird, I would sell my car.
Si pudiera volar como un pájaro, vendería mi carro.
También podemos usar could en lugar de would en oraciones condicionales para significar podría.
If I had wings, I could fly like a bird.
Si tuviera alas, podría volar como un pájaro.

3.- PRACTICE. Here I posted some songs with the grammar we saw in classes.





4.- PROJECT. Aquí les dejo unos ejemplos de como vamos a trabajar con los proyectos para el dia de la clausura.





 
NECESITO QUE PARA ESTE SABADO LLEVEN LA INFORMACION QUE INVESTIGARON SOBRE EL PROYECTO DE CLAUSURA. LA PERSONA QUE NO LLEVE DICHA INFORMACION SERA SANCIONADA POR NO CUMPLIR CON LA TAREA.

Informacion que deberán investigar para el proyecto:

Que es?
Tipos de...
Causas
Prevención






HELLOS EVERYONE

ME GUSTARIA ANUNCIARLES QUE ESTE SABADO 17 DE MAYO TENEMOS NUESTRA JUNTA DE PADRES ASI QUE SUGIERO LES INFORMEN QUE SEAN PUNTUALES. LA JUNTA EMPEZARA A LAS 2:45 DE LA TARDE.




HOMEWORK

ANSWER PAGES 104 FROM YOUR STUDENT BOOK AND 51 FROM YOUR WORKBOOK. 

1.- READING.

Tell the Truth 
She was angry. She was angry at her husband. He lied to her. He lied many times. She was tired of his lies. She said enough was enough. She took off her ring. She dropped it into the toilet. She flushed the toilet. She got into her car. She got on the freeway. She drove the car fast. She was crying. She was very sad. She drove the car faster. She passed many cars. The speed limit was 60 mph. She was going 80 mph. A cop saw her. The cop chased her. The cop turned on his red light. He turned on his siren. She heard the cop car. She saw the flashing light. She drove faster. Now she was going 90 mph. The cop drove faster. It started to rain. She didn't slow down. She lost control. The car rolled over. It rolled over and over. She died before it came to a stop.  


2.- INFORMATION.WHAT'S THE WEATHER LIKE TODAY?







3.- PRACTICE. Da click en los siguientes enlaces y practica el vocabulario sobre el clima.

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/es/fun-games/whats-the-weather

http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/kids/games/Weather_Maze/