English practise and culture

Complete the sentences using the adjective given by adding -ed or -ing. I was ________( annoy) by his attitude towards me Are you ____ (confuse)? Don't worry, I'll explain.  That movie was really ____ (depress).  It was an ____ (exhaust) day.  The children were ____ (frighten) by the storm.  You must be ____ (relieve) now that your exams are finished.  The news was ____ (discourage).  She is ____ (overwhelm) with work.  Could this situation be any more ____ (frustrate).  I was ____ (interest) in his lecture.  Gramatical explanation for the formation of the adjectives ending in -ed or -ing L os adjetivos que terminan en -ed se refieren a los sentimientos o emociones de una persona. Serían los equivalentes a los terminados en -ado- ada en españal, estoy agotada, estoy frustada, estoy cansada, oh en -ido, -ida en español.  Estoy convencido de que es así:   I am convinced that is like that...

Expressions of agreement and disagreement. Agreeing That’s right! Absolutely! Exactly! Me too! Yes, I agree! I totally agree! I couldn’t agree more! I see exactly what you mean! You're right. That's a good point.    Disagreeing I don’t agree! I totally disagree! Absolutely not! That’s not right! I’m not sure about that.    Partly agreeing I agree up to a point, but ... I see your point, but ... That’s partly true, but ... I'm not so sure about that. 1. He doesn't speak English. –           . (Agree.) 2.I think she knows him. –   But she does   . (Disagree.) 3. You haven't seen Tom, have you? –           . (Agree.) 4. It was a great party! –           . (Agree.) (Could agree more) 5. It is the worst film we've ever seen. –           . (Disagree.) 6. Would you like another pi...

Vocabulary: Negative adjectives formation by adding prefixes. As an exercise, students must think what is the contrary of the following words: Antonyms Balance         imbalance Permanent     impermanet Probable        improbable Legal    illegal Efficient   inefficient Effective ineffective Rational          irrational Reparable     irreparable Forgivable     unforgivable Neccessary   unnecessary Available        unavailable Antonym definition:  a word opposite in meaning to another (e.g.  bad  and  good  ). T his type of adjectives in English are characterized by adding a prefix at the beginning of the adjective, in this case we can see from the examples that this prefixes start either with i or u: -i -ir -im, in ...

Present simple Activities: PRESENT SIMPLE Maria _____( watch) TV every night since she_______ (have) a TV in her own bedroom. She _______ (think) that it was one of the best things she has done. She ____ (love) watching the night soap operas or films and she _________ (enjoy) the comfortable experience of watching it from her bedroom. The TV_______   ( be) programmed to be switched off after 12 in the night so in case that she ________( fell) asleep the TV will automatically _________(switch off ) by itself. She __________( not have) time during the day to expend it in front of TV. PRESSENT CONTINOUS. Use whenever possible the present continuous in the following text. Some forms do not admit the present continuous. I _____________ ( do) an activity about biology. I ___________( find ) it very complex, actually.   It __________( contains ) all sort o problems about genetics.   The class I_____________ (attend) it is the best one of my school in genetics a...

TOURISM AND LEISURE This video will show you some pictures. Let´s watch the video first and then will make some activities. Tourism and vobulary  and grammar lessons can be seen here. Answer the following questions: 1.Describe the landscape seen in the video, what do you think about it orally with your classmates. 2. Propose a topic about a place where you have been and then present it to the rest of the class. 3. Write a short essay about your favorite place or monument tahve you have visited. Around 150 words.

1.         Where is the Brecon Beacons? source: Flickr 2.         Who is the Major of London? 3.         Which is the second biggest city of Uk? 4.         What is the National English flower? 5.         Where is Truro? 6.         Which is the biggest city of Scotland? 7.         What is the capital of Wales? 8.         Where you can eat a dish of haggis? 9.         Where do they play bagpipes? 10.      Is there a Roman wall in Uk? 11.     Where is the Costwolds ? source: costworlds.org.uk 12.     How many National Parks are there in Uk? 13.     Which major proje...

Today we are going to practise the  Past Perfect. This posts includes  a dossier where you can see activities that we will talk about them in class. It includes theorie and activitites. To see the explanation and the activities proposed press here