miércoles, 31 de diciembre de 2008

WRITING PROJECT

All of her family wanted a boy, but in 1980, the 6th of March, a girl was born , a nice blond baby. She was the third girl. There were two more sisters: Catalina and Carmen. She was happy in ‘Cas Campané’, a house situed in the countryside. She played with animals, ran in the woods and rode her bicycle all day long. But soon she started school in ‘Sant Joan’ and she had to study and start her responsabilities. In ‘Sant Joan’ she met Cati, her best friend and they are still inseparable today, they have been friends all their life and maybe they always will be. Eight years later, she started high school. Before she had finished, she spent a long time thinking about her future: her degree, her professional career… And she decided to be a physiotherapist. The summer before she started her course in Barcelona, she went to Dublin to study English. She stayed with a nice family and she remembers the experience as a great moment. In Barcelona, Cati, Toni (another nice friend!) and Marga rented a flat and they lived there for three years. Cati was studying to be a nurse and Toni to be a teacher. They were having fun in Barcelona, but the time to come back to Ibiza arrived. Marga started working with disabled boys and girls in schools. Seven years later, she is still working in the same place and she loves her professional career. In that time, she has learned a lot of things about these boys and girls and three years ago she decided to start her degree as a special education teacher. She doesn’t know if she is going to be a teacher or if she is going to continue with physiotherapy… time will decide!.
In her personal life, she is building her future house. She is excited about the project but it is really difficult to work in the school, study in the afternoon and have time to buy doors, buy windows, decide on the kitchen, think about the furniture… Her boyfriend, called Jordi, is a nice guy and he is helping her a lot!. Estela and Arantxa, her nieces, are happy because they will be swimming in the pool next summer. The house is situated near ‘Cas Campané’, the place where Marga played when she was a girl and the place where her father, Vicente, and her sisters Carmen and Catalina live. Her sisters are married to Joan and Miguel. Marga is happy living near the family and being with her nieces all the time that she wants. Pilusa, her cat, is happy too because now she is living in a flat and soon she will play with the birds and the mice…

domingo, 14 de diciembre de 2008

"If I were a boy" Beyonce

We are practising the conditional and I heard the new song from Beyonce "If I were a boy". I have found the song by youtube and the lyrics of the song. So, we can practise conditional with the song "If I were a boy"... Enjoy it!:

If I were a boy
Even just for a day
I’d roll out of bed in the mornin
And throw on what I wanted and go
drink beer with the guys
And chase after girls
I’d kick with who I wanted
And I'd never get confonted for it
Cause they stick up for me.

[Chorus]
If I were a boy
I think I could understand
How it feels to love a girl
I swear I’d be a better man.
I’d listen to her
Cause I know how it hurts
When you lose the one you wanted
Cause he’s taken you for granted
And everything you had got destroyed

If I were a boy
I would turn off my phone
Tell everyone it's broken
So they think that I was sleeping alone
I’d put myself first
And make the rules as I go
Cause I know that she’d be faithful
Waitin’ for me to come home

[Chorus]
It’s a little too late for you to come back
Say it's just a mistake
Think I’d forgive you like that
If you thought I would wait for you
You thought wrong

But you’re just a boy
You don’t understand (Yeah you don’t understand)
How it feels to love a girl
Someday you wish you were a better man
You don’t listen to her
You don’t care how it hurts
Until you lose the one you wanted
Cause you’ve taken her for granted
And everything you had got destroyed
But you’re just a boy

If I were a boy (Beyonce)

sábado, 13 de diciembre de 2008

Wish

I wish I could pass the exam
I wish we had arrived early because the show has started
I wish you would start your studies

Conditional (Type 3)

If I had been in my house, they wouldn't have stolen the money
If you had worked, you could have finished it
If we had been here yesterday, we would have seen her
If I had worn a new dress, I would have felt better

viernes, 12 de diciembre de 2008

Conditional (Type 2)

If I came early, I could see my sister
If we didn't say anything, it would be better
If you studied more, you would pass the exam
If I had a swimmingpool, I wouldn't go to the beach

Conditional (type 1)

If I buy a new car, I will spend all of my money
If you go to the party, you will get home late
If we give her a present, she will be very happy
If I stop work soon, I can have lunch

viernes, 5 de diciembre de 2008

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Can/ Shall (Requests, offers and suggestions)

Shall I help you with the exercises?
I can bring you your books tonight

Do you mind/ would you mind/ would you like (Requests, offers and suggestions)

Would you like to have another piece of cake?
Do you mind changing the mobile phone?
Would you mind reading this book?

Can/ Could (Requests, offers and suggestions)

Can you tell me the answers?
Could you bring me the books?

Must/ Can't (Speculation, deduction and probability)

She must be happy, she is going to go on holidays tomorrow
He can't be here becuse he is driving now
I can't open the door because I have lost my keys
They must be at home, it is holiday

May not/ Might not or mightn't/ could not or couldn't (Speculation, deduction and probability)

Reaching pluto couldn't be possible
I am studying, but I may not pass the exam
She mightn't catch the train because she has got up late

May/ Might/ Could (Speculation, deduction and probability)

Father christmas may visit our house
He might have broken the computer
My bag could be in your house
I may do another degree course

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You can find exercises in english for primary children!

lunes, 17 de noviembre de 2008

Can/ Could/ May (Permission)

Can I turn on the TV?
May I tell you something?
Could you pass me the sugar, please?
Can I play football in your team?

Can/ Could/ Be able to (Ability and Knowledge)

I can sing very well
He was able to run for one hour
Yesterday, we couldn't remember his name
I am not able to do these exercises
The dress is too tight, you couldn’t wear it

Should/ Ought to/ had better (Advice)

It is dark, we had better go home now
You ought to study more to pass the exam
They should be more tolerant
You ought to eat vegetables and drink water

Mustn't (Prohibition)

You mustn't go out because it is raining
They mustn't be here
She mustn't play with fire
We mustn't exceed the speed limit

sábado, 15 de noviembre de 2008

Need to

I need to buy a new computer
We need to take a holydays because we are tired
Do you need to take something else?
Did you need to go to the hospital?

Don't have to/ don't need to/ needn't (No obligation)

I don't have to go if is not necessary
You didn't need to get up early because yesterday you didn't have to go to school
Oh! I'm sorry! You needn't have got up early today! you don't have to go to school!
We needn't come together, I prefer take a taxi later
They don't have to work because their boss has married

Must and have to (Obligation)

You must take this train if you don't want be late
You have to get up early because the train leaves at 7.00 am
You must help my brother
My niece had to do her homework yesterday because today she has no time
I have to go to the hospital to visit my neighbor
You must turn off your mobile phone in the hospital
I have to do my composition for next week

lunes, 3 de noviembre de 2008

New page!


Hello! I have found a nice page for learning english playing. Is for a primary children.




Contable and uncontable nouns

This omelette has got some eggs
Can you give me a piece of paper?
I want a cup of tea, please
Have you ever eaten honey?
I eat a banana every morning
Can you hear the music?
I'm going to listen to a piece of music
Do you like Coca Cola? yes! I love a glass of Coca Cola when I am thirsty

Singular and plural nouns

Today I have bought a blue flower, but yesterday he sent me a lot of red flowers
I love sandwiches. Now, I'm eating a sandwich
One of his feet is bigger than the other. He has got one foot which is too big
I have been in a lot of cities, but the best city is Ibiza
Yesterday I bought a pair of red trousers
My glasses are very expensive
The police had phoned her before you arrived
My sister is a nice person

Adverbs of manner

Please! come quickly because I'm waiting for you
Do it well and I will be very happy
She rides her bicycle carefully
You are sitting comfortably in my sofa

Adverbs of degree

I'm very happy with my next trip
This concert is really boring
She is very fat, she is always eating
I'm quite sad because my bird has died

viernes, 31 de octubre de 2008

Since and for

I have been in Ibiza since I Was born in 1980
I have studied since 2007
He has played tennis for 10 years
I have been building my house for two years

domingo, 26 de octubre de 2008

I have found a new blog in english...

BLOC: RECURSOS PARA INGLÉS


Hello! this blog have a lot of exercices in english for our future pupils!

viernes, 24 de octubre de 2008

-ing or -ed

I’m really tired because it's too late
The plot on this book is interesting
He is frightened of darkness
You are bored in the cinema
This computer is really old, it's surprising that it works!
This class is satisfying because we are learning a lot

Have got and have

Do you have a pet?
I have got a beautiful, grey cat
Have you got a grey cat?
You don’t have a beautiful cat
I had a black cat
Did you have a grey or a black cat?

Will have done

Jordi starts at nine o’clock, so he will have gone to work at 8.30 in the morning
Before you arrive, I will have cleaned all the house
She is really fast, she will have done it by this evening
I’m sure you will have woken up before eight o’oclok

Will be going

At eleven o’clock I will be sleeping and you will be watching TV
Are you working tomorrow? No, tomorrow I will be riding horse
Next month I will be living in Marruecos, so I can’t go with you
At this time on Friday we will be dancing and enjoying your party

Be going to

I am going to travel to New York to visit my family next holidays
Sam works in the school, we are going to see him tomorrow
Look at the blue sky, it’s going to be a nice day
Why are you turning off the light? I’m going to read my book

Shall

Shall I turn on the lights?
Shall we go out today?

will

Have you got any problems with the exercises? I will help you
When you drive a car I will phone her
Maybe one day I will go to Canada
I will not say anything. I promise

Present tenses for the future

We are baking cakes tomorrow
Are you working next Saturday?
I'm getting married next year
What time does the film start?
My sister arrives at six o'clock

viernes, 17 de octubre de 2008

Past perfect continuous

Ana had been working with dangerous products before she felt ill
We had been playing for one hour when it started to rain
Before he arrived, I had been buying some food
At the end the bus came. I had been waiting for fifteen minutes

Past perfect

I didn't Know your friend. I had never seen him before
When I went to the shop, Jordi had bought it
we went to the disco last night, the disco had closed few minutes before
Last year I bought a car because my sister had had an accident

Present perfect continuous

How long have you been watching TV?
My boyfriend has been working for two days in Formentera
I have been making cakes for my pupils
My sister has been working since my mother died

Present perfect

I have studied since six years old
She has eaten a big sandwich but she is still hungry
The police have arrested a woman who has stolen a pair of troussers
Do you now where is Maria is? yes, I have just seen her

Past continuos

Toni was waiting for me when I arrived
I was studying and they were playing tennis
At eleven o'clock I was sleeping
She was having a shower while her daughter was sitting on the bed

Past simple

I rang you last Saturday
Did you have the same car in 2006?
I caught the bus and then I lost my keys
Velázquez painted "Las Meninas"

Present simple

I work in my house every Monday
My cat is a nice friend
I think you have to change your opinion about that problem
We catch a train early in the moorning

Present continuous

I am writing on my blog some sentences in present continuous
You are always watching TV!
Is your sister arriving?
We are walking too fast