lunes, 16 de abril de 2012

The paragraph


Answer the following questions in your blog:

1. Please define what is a paragraph.
2. What are the three main parts of a paragraph?.....The three main parts of a paragraph are: Topic sentece, Sopporting sentence and Conclusive sentence.
3. Identify some characteristics of the topic sentence.....The topic sentence states the main idea and introduces the topics.
4. Identify some characteristics of the supporting sentences.... These sentences developed the main idea and gives details about the topic.
5. Identify some characteristics of the concluding sentence.....This part summarizes the topics, it gives a final comment and sometimes it`s not necesary to write it.
6. Write one topic sentence for each of the following topics:`

Your hometown
A place you would like to travel to.
(Another topic of your own choosing)

7. Choose one of the above topics and write ONE complete paragraph about it. You should use a good topic sentence and adequately detailed supporting sentences. Do not forget to write down a concluding sentence.

Biography

1. Real person?
2. Write some of the research you have done about your character.
3. Describe the person's enviroment.
4. Write some of the accomplishments the person has done.
5. How does your character affects other people?
6. State your personal opinion about the person you chose.

TOTO LA MOMPOSINA

Sonia Bazanta better know as Toto La Momposina is a folk colombian singer of traditional mixed indigenous colombian and afro-latin music.
She was born in the north of our country in Mompox in the Bolivar Deparment. She learned to dance and sing when she was a child, becouse her father was a percuocionist and her mother was a singer and dancer.
In 1964 with her parents and brothers formed their first group, after that in 1984she recorded her first production in France, she made touring in Europe and studied in Paris.
Nowaday her music in the point of the origen of the several mixes in the music for younger people with her foundation.
She is a very impornant singer and an embassadress of our culture, she help to improve the native music and mantain the traditions.
























domingo, 4 de marzo de 2012

The Elements of a Short Story

Short Story Element
What is it?
Example

Plot

Is the story

The relationship between the tree and the boy.
Theme
Is the main idea
show how we don´t value our good friends or relatives.
Conflict
Is the problem

The boy goes to the tree to ask for something that he needs and the tree gives him all.
Setting

The set of the scene(where, when)

The story was developed in the forest, during all of boy´s life.
Characters

People (who)

The tree and the boy.
Point of View

Message

Sometimes our relationships are more for needs and not for to share our feelings

lunes, 13 de febrero de 2012

Passive Voice and Conditionals

Passive voice

1) The  passive tense is used because: ....we want to give more importance to the object, not to the subject.

2) When do we use the passive voice? .....we use passive voice to emphacize an object and if you don´t know who´s make the action.
3)The structure to use the passive voice 

Present tense is object + to be(present) + past participle + (by + subject).... A poem is written by Sebastian.
Past Tense is .....A poem was written by Sebastian.
Present Progressive is.....A poem has been written by Sebastian.
4) Go to this website (http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive) and do some of the exercise there. Share with us one of the exercises on your blog.

Write passive sentences in Simple Present.
  1. The documents are printed.(i)
  2. The window is opened.(i)
  3. The shoes are bought.(i)
  4. The car is washed.(i)
  5. The litter is thrown away.(i)
  6. The letter is sent.(i)
  7. The book is not read.(i)
  8. The songs are not sung.(i)
  9. The food is not eaten.(i)
  10. The shop is not closed.(i)
8 out of 10 answers are correct.


Conditionals
Complete the senteces or answer the following questions.
5) Which tenses are used in the first conditional? Write an example about it.... 
We use simple present and simple future:
If + simple present + simple future(will, can, may, must) + verb
If I have time, I´ll visit my friends tomorrow.

6) What is the characteristic of the first conditional?
The  main characteristic of the first conditional is that the sentence can be real or posible.

7) Which tenses are used in the second conditional? Write an example about it.
We use simple past and simple conditional:
If + simple past + simple conditional(would, could, might) + verb
If I were you, I would dance with that boy.
8) The pronoun I comes with the to be in the second conditional in which form?
The pronoun I comes with the to be but in simple past: I were...

9)Which tenses are used in the third conditional?
We use past perfect and conditional perfect
If + past perfect +  conditional perfect(would, could, migth) + have + past participle
If I had Known the song, I would have sung it.

10) Go to this website http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences Read about it clear ap any questions you might have. Do this exercise: http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences/exercises?05. Share in your what you have learnt about Conditionals.



Complete the Conditional Sentences. Decide whether to use Type I, II or III.
  1. If I had time, I would go(i) shopping with you.
  2. If you speak(i) English, you will get along with them perfectly.
  3. If they had gone for a walk, they would have turned(i) the lights off.
  4. If she comes(i) to see us, we will go to the zoo.
  5. I would have told you, if I had seen(i) him.
  6. Would you mind if I opened(i) the window?
  7. If they had invited(i) me, I wouldn't have said no.
  8. My friend will meet(i) me at the station if he gets the afternoon off.
  9. If I didn't do(i) it, nobody would do it.
  10. If my father doesn't pick(i) me up, I'll take the bus home.
6 out of 10 answers are correct.





lunes, 6 de febrero de 2012

Learning about my English Level


# of questions you got right: 50 out of 90


Grade in percentage: 55.5%







Solution to Quiz Question My answer Correct Reflection
Question 3 I think ……… taxi driver a) her job is b) she is a
Question 11 This is the best tea I’ve ……… tasted d) still b) ever
Question 12 I’m looking ……… the summer holidays. c) for d) forward to
Question 14 This beer tastes ……… a) badly b) lovely
Question 15 In life ……… can make a mistake; we’re all human b) some people a) anyone
Question 16 She knows that she ……… to pay now. c) should d) ought
Question 17 If he ……… about it, I’m sure he’d help. a) had know b) knew
Question 18 I'll return the newspaper when I ……… through it. b) looked c) have looked
Question 19 They said they ……… come, but they didn’t. c) may d) might
Question 20 They were ……… hard questions that I had no chance. b) some c) such
Question 24 You have a terrible fever! ……… call a doctor? c) Must I a) Shall I
Question 26 Mr Haines wants ……… to his office a) that you come d) you to come
Question 33 You should give ……… . a) to your mother this letter d) this letter to your mother
Question 35 Hania has got two children, ....... ? b) has she got a) hasn't she
Question 38 The TV's too loud. Please, ……… . d) turn down it c) turn it down
Question 45 Do penguins fly? No, they ……… . a) aren't c) don't
Question 53 We must go now. Call the waitress and ask for the ……… . b) invoice a) bill
Question 54 He's a friend of ……… . a) them c) theirs
Question 57 Who was the woman ……… ? d) that you were speaked to b) that you were speaking to
Question 59 She was 29 on her birthday, ……… she? c) hasn't d) wasn't
Question 63 There was a lot of noise so I didn't understand what she was ……… d) talking a) saying
Question 64 I ……… drink beer than wine. a) would like more d) would rather
Question 67 She didn't want the job, ……… . a) however well paid was it b) however well paid it was
Question 69 The financial director ……… for almost an hour. c) made us to wait b) kept us waiting
Question 70 I've often ……… at the Wiejce Palace Hotel. b) sleeped a) stayed
Question 71 I didn't realise that the coffee shop was ……… the other side of the road. d) in c) on
Question 72 We have ……… for a receptionist but haven't appointed anyone yet b) announced a) advertised
Question 73 She's very beautiful but that kind of woman doesn't ……… to me. c) attract b) appeal
Question 74 The language school that I attend is 20 kilometres ……… c) distance b) away
Question 75 "I'm going to the cinema on Saturday." "So ……… ." b) do I d) am I
Question 78 She ……… at me and then turned away. c) responded d) glanced
Question 80 If he hadn't drunk so much, he ……… sick. a) didn't feel b) wouldn't feel
Question 81 Maria has two sisters, but she doesn't speak to ……… of them b) any c) either
Question 82 Hubert is an uncle of ……… . a) Kim c) Kim's
Question 83 We discussed the house plans ……… our way to the shops. a) by b) on
Question 84 George goes to ……… by car. b) the work d) work
Question 88 Do you think I should move to Ireland? You shouldn't do anything ……… you think it's the right thing to do. a) when b) unless
Question 89 We can finish the rest of the eggs for ……… . a) a breakfast c) breakfast
Question 90 If she doesn't ……… my sight at once, I'll scream! a) go out from d) get out of

lunes, 30 de enero de 2012

My first post


1. Create a KWL chart like this one in a Word document and fill in the first column.

K
What I know about Blogs…
W
What I want to know about blogs…
L
What I learnt about blogs…
A blog is a great space in the web for to share our ideas and our job, and also is an easy tool .
How do we do  to créate a blog?
To introduce my jobs of English class for to  share
with other people who are learning english too.