viernes, 22 de agosto de 2008

Song: SOME LIKE IT HOT by Power Station


I must thank my student Daniel for giving this material for me to prepare the following exercises.
Here it goes...
1.Print the following exercises on the song




2. Watch the video of the song



viernes, 8 de agosto de 2008

Defining and non defining relative clauses

Belu:
please print this for the class
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Defining Clauses

In defining relative clauses, the information given is essential to the understanding of the sentence.

Examples:

They helped a man who was injured.I like houses which were built in the 19th century.

In these first example, the defining clause beginning with 'who' tells us which man we are talking about. In the second example, the defining clause beginning with 'which' defines what kind of houses I like. Defining relative clauses make clear which person or thing we are speaking about.

Non-Defining Clauses

In non-defining relative clauses, the information is not essential to understanding the sentence, but gives additional information.

Examples:

Mr. Brown, who enjoys going to the theater, has been invited to join our club.Whiting House, which was built in 1856, is an important local monument.

In the first example, Mr Brown is defined (the man who has been invited to join our club). The fact that he enjoys going to the theater gives us additional, but not necessary information. In the second example, the particular house is named and therefore defined, the year in which the house was built is additional information.

Punctuation is very important in non-defining clauses. A comma is placed before the relative pronoun and at the end of the clause.

Exercise 1
Decide whether the following clauses are defining or non-defining clauses. Insert commas where necessary.

The car which was a rare sports coupe was built in 1966.
We invited the boy who Tom had met the week before to the party.
Our friends who we met at university are coming to visit next week.
That is the building where they shot the film 'Vanilla Sky'.
Mr Jackson whose son also goes to this school will be attending the party next weekend.
The author's latest book which has become a bestseller is about two children in Jamaica.

Exercise 2

Work together to expand the following story by using as many non-defining relative clauses as you can. Feel free to make a funny story!

A man called Peter took an airplane to New York to visit his sister. When he arrived at the airport, a old man asked him a question. Peter gave a short reply and the man invited him for a drink. Peter accepted, and after he had the drink, caught the airplane to New York. When he got to his sister's apartment, his sister invited him into the living room. As he entered the room, he was surprised to see the same man.
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Read this (you can print it if you want)
(defining)http://esl.about.com/library/grammar/blgr_relative_define.htm

(non defining)http://esl.about.com/library/grammar/blgr_relative_non_define.htm
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And do this on line
http://www.autoenglish.org/gr.nonrelat.i.htm

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/relative-clauses/exercises?04

http://www2.cambridge.org/interchangearcade/launch.do?activityID=365&level=3&unit=1&type=Cup_drag_and_drop&stage=1

martes, 5 de agosto de 2008

Weekly practice

Dear students, find your names and an activity below.

Kisses.


Gaston and Dani: On line activities
http://www2.cambridge.org/interchangearcade/launch.do?activityID=341&level=0&unit=7&type=Cup_drag_and_drop&stage=1

Hernan and Diego: On line activities
http://www2.cambridge.org/interchangearcade/launch.do?activityID=566&level=2&unit=9&type=Cup_click_stress&stage=2
http://www2.cambridge.org/interchangearcade/launch.do?activityID=393&level=2&unit=11&type=Cup_multiple_choice&stage=2

Silvana: On line activities
http://www2.cambridge.org/interchangearcade/launch.do?activityID=467&level=1&unit=3&type=Cup_fib&stage=1
http://www2.cambridge.org/interchangearcade/launch.do?activityID=320&level=1&unit=14&type=Cup_word_up&stage=2
http://www2.cambridge.org/interchangearcade/launch.do?activityID=355&level=1&unit=14&type=Cup_drag_and_drop&stage=2
http://www2.cambridge.org/interchangearcade/launch.do?activityID=600&level=3&unit=2&type=Cup_multiple_choice&stage=1

Lucio: On line activities
http://www2.cambridge.org/interchangearcade/launch.do?activityID=548&level=0&unit=14&type=Cup_fib&stage=2
http://www2.cambridge.org/interchangearcade/launch.do?activityID=574&level=0&unit=14&type=Cup_sentence_sequence&stage=2
http://www2.cambridge.org/interchangearcade/launch.do?activityID=345&level=0&unit=14&type=Cup_drag_and_drop&stage=2
http://www2.cambridge.org/interchangearcade/launch.do?activityID=541&level=0&unit=15&type=Cup_click_stress&stage=2

Belén: This link will be useful for the whole course. We will work with this along all the book.
http://cdextras.cambridge.org/VocabTrainer/bbav/
Instructions:
1. choose the option "units 1 and 2"
2. choose the option "1 and 2a"
3.There you have 3 options. Feel free to practice there.
in main menu :you have definitions
in exercise: you have activities
in games menu: you have 3 games for this unit


Caro, Marce and Adri:
Copy, paste and print this. It's extra revision on tenses. It's not mandatory.
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ELEMENTARY GRAMMAR – USES part 1

In each group of four, there is one incorrect sentence. Which one is
incorrect?

1. Present simple

a. We play football every weekend
b. Do you like fish?
c. I feel sick.
d. He works at home today.

2. Present continuous

a. I am learning Arabic at the moment.
b. Is she sleeping?
c. Look! They’re painting their house red!
d. I’m really liking this cake – it’s delicious.

3. Past simple

a. We played tennis on Friday
b. Where did you go yesterday?
c. Did you like the film?
d. I knew him all my life until now.

4. Questions

a. Do you want some tea?
b. Is he here?
c. Who did break the window?
d. How often do you have classes?

5. Word order

a. It was a big green bird.
b. She speaks well English
c. Are you feeling OK?
d. Who were you talking to?

6. Auxiliaries

a. I really do not agree with you.
b. Do you want to help me or not?
c. Does he is leaving today?
d. Will you finish this work for me?
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this is a glossary for the book. It is divided in units(print it, it has useful vocabulary...I see that this is a problem for you)http://www.pearsonlongman.com/intelligent_business/pdfs/Int_Bus_PreInt_Spanish_Glossary.pdf
and finally this is a dictionary from the book in alphabetical order:
http://www.pearsonlongman.com/intelligent_business/pdfs/Pre-Int-Mini-Dict-Spanish.pdf

Jorge and Male:
An article, please print it:
http://www.pearsonlongman.com/intelligent_business/members/pdfs/Premium_Content4.pdf




enjoy them!