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Excercise- book

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Articles

Complte the gaps with the articles a, an ,a the. Leave the gap blank if they don't need an article

Newswatch

two interesting legal stories from around (1)_the_ world were reported this week. (2)_The_ first comes from (3)_-_ France. (4)_The_ mayor of (5)_-_ French town has introduced (6)_a_ local law, making (7)_-_ death illegal. Talking to (8)_-_ reporters, he said, 'Everyone here in Le Lavandou suppuorts (9)_-_ new law'. Gil Bernadi introduced the bizarre law after the town's cementary became full. 'We wanted to build (10)_a_ new cementaary',he said, 'but a French court refused us permission. There's only room in the town now for the living'. He added that he could see no alternative inless there was (11)_a_ change in (12)_-_ law. 'Unfortunately, despite the order, people keep dying. It's terrible.' he said
Our Second story comes from (13)_-_ South America, where guards at (14)_a_ Brazilian prision left (15)_an_ old scarecrow in charge of a watchtower for (16)_-_ several days.
The scarecrow was dressed in (17)_A_A guard's uniform. None of (18)_the_ 700prisioners at the jail near (19)_-_ Sao Paulo made their escape while the scarecrow was on guard. (20)_The_ incident is currently being investigated by the police

 
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Excercise- Separata

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Now look out the sumary offprint about countable and uncountable
and articles --->1-2
Second Offprint(that's mean a class)
Look the offprint of the second class Articles

clic here ----->Articles (first part)
clic here ----->Articles(continue)

 
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Second Class

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Articles


There are three articles in English: a, an, the. How we use them depends on wether a noun is singular or plural, countable or uncountable.


a/antheno article
singular ountable nouns

one non-specific thing:


e.g. that's a book.


(it doesn't matter which book it is)

one specific thing:


e.g. This is the book wich I told you about


Generally:


e.g: The car is great invention(= cars generally)

X
plural countable nouns
X

several specific thing:


e.g. these are the books wich Karen gave me.(specific books)

Generally:


e.g. Cars are a great invention.(=cars generally)

uncountable specific: nouns
X

generally:


e.g. that was the furniture Paul gave me (specific furniture)

e.g. Furniture is expensive (=furniture generally)


BE CAREFUL

Entertaiment media and sport:

  • the television=the piece od equipement, e.g: turn on the TV.
  • watch television, on television but: listen to the radio, on the radio
  • go to the cinema/the theatre
  • no article for games and sport, e.g I love tennis.

Time

  • For years, usually no article, e.g in 2002 but: in the 1990s, in the 20th century, etc
  • For seasons, with in and during, the meaning is usually the same either with or without article, e.g. In Winter or In the Winter.
  • For month, no article, e.g. Juanuary
  • For days, no arcle, e.g. Monday
  • In the morning/the afternoon/the evening but: at night

Geographical areas

  • Use the with: seas, mountains groups, rivers island groups, regions, e.g: the mediterranean, the Alps, the Thames, the Bahamas, the Arctic
  • don't use the with: planets, continents,countries, twns/cities, streets, lakes, most mountains, individual island e.g Mars, Europe, Crete but: the Earth, the world, the Moon, the Sun, the USA

Jobs

  • usually with a or an, e.g She is an engineer. but: use the with positions of autority, e.g. the Mayor
  • go to work,be at work

Organisations

  • usually use the e.g the army/the navy/the police, etc

Public buildings

  • usually use the, e.g. the bank/the post office,etc but: go to prision/hospital is posible when the person is only visiting.

Nationalities

  • no article for particular people, e.g. She's Nigerian but: use the when talking about nationalities in general, e.g. The French drink a lot of wine.

Travel

  • go home
  • on the bus,in the car,etc but: go by bike/bus/plane, etc

Education

  • go to school/univesity, etc, be at school/university, etc but: he's gone the school is possible when the person is only visiting
  • for subject, usually no article, e.g. I love Chemistry.

"a" or "an"

  • we put an before singular countable nouns with a vowel sound. It does NOT depend on spelling. e.g an umbrella, a university, an hour, a holiday, etc

 
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Welcome the second bimonth

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HELLO! bienvenidos al segundo bimestre .
Remember that we weren't finished all the topics of the first bimonth, So also we're going to do Countable an uncountable,present perfect and comparative and superlative in this order before to begin this syllabus

Syllabus


  1. Future Will-going to
  2. Present simple and present Continuous for future
  3. Modals ability obligation, advice permission, possibity , certainly
  4. Modal perfect
  5. Conditional Zero Conditional and Second Conditional
  6. Time Clauses

 
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Seventh Class

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review the answer of the first exam in http://www.freewebtown.com/clavero/pages/first_exam.html
Stative Verbs


Some verbs are not usually used in their continuous form for example in present continuous, past continuous, etc. These are called Stative verbs.
The most common Stative Verbs are:

likehatelovewantwish
doubtimagineknowunderstandmean
needappearseemownposess
believeforgetpreferrememberbelong to

Some verbs are stative with one meaning and not stative with another meaning see below:


verb

stative meaning/use

non-stative meaning/use

be

use for states rather than actions


e.g. It is three o'clock

use for temporary behaviour and action at the present time


e.g. You are being lazy

have

posses, own; experience an emotion, sensation, state, etc


e.g. I have pink hair at the moment

use for action

e.g. I'm having a bath at the moment.

fell

have an opinion, believe

e.g. I feel that we get too much homework

touch; experience an emotion, sensation, etc

e.g. I'm felling a bit ill at the moment.

think

have an opinion, believe

e.g. What do you think about our new teacher?

consider; use your brain

e.g. What are you thinking about at the moment?


 
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Sixth Class

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Past simple and past continuous exercise

Don't forget to see the exercise of the offprint :

Stative verbs

don't forget to see the exercise of the offprint

http://www.freewebtown.com/clavero/pages/sepI-1.html (uploaded by Arturo Fong)



 
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Second Class

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Present continuous


We use present continuous for:
  • Actions happeninng at the moment of speaking.
  • Temporary situations and actones in the present.

Example:

-Mary is buying a TV.

-My parents are living in Spain.

-You are going to the beach.

-My sister is going to work.

-The cat is drinking milk.

-My father is watching TV.

 
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First Class

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Present Simple I
We use present simple for:
  • actions that happen always,usually,often,regularly,every day/week/month/year,etc,sometimes,rarely,never.
  • states.
  • general truths and facts.

Examples:

  • I usually play soccer in the afternoon.
  • Rocio is tall.
  • The kittens drink milk.

Note:

When we use present simple with the pronouns he/she/it, we have to add ''s'' to the verbs

Examples:

  • She buys a stereo.--->Mary buys a stereo.
  • He watches TV.----->My father watches TV.
  • It drinks milk.-------->the cat drinks milk.

 
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