sábado, 23 de octubre de 2010
So and Such
Here you have a link to get some practice:
http://www.englishpage.com/minitutorials/sosuchexercise.htm
http://www.englishpage.com/minitutorials/sosuchexercise.htm
Unit 6
Here you have a link to practise HOUSE and GARDEN vocabulary
http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/vocabulary-pre-intermediate.php
http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/vocabulary-pre-intermediate.php
First conditional
Here are some sentences to practise the First Conditional.
Fill the gap using the verb in brackets.Three gaps need a NEGATIVE verb and watch out for the third person S!
1 If Clare ___________________ late again, the hockey trainer will be furious. (to arrive)
2 You'll be sorry if you ___________________ for your exams. (to revise)
3 We ___________________ if the weather's good. (to go)
4 They ___________________ you if you wear a wig and dark glasses. (to recognise)
5 If the bus ___________________ on time, I won't miss the football. (to be)
6 If you ___________________ your homework now, you'll be free all tomorrow. (to do)
7 We___________________ out if there's no food at home. (to eat)
8 You'll find life much easier if you ___________________ more often. (to smile)
9
If it's hot, we___________________ for a swim. (to go)
10 You'll do it better if you ___________________ more time over it. (to take)
11 If she ___________________ practising, she'll get better. (to keep)
12 Mum will be very sad if Jim ___________________ Mother's Day again. (to forget)
13 I___________________ so happy if I pass the exam. (to be)
14 You'll be really tired tomorrow if you ___________________ to bed soon. (to go)
15 The government ___________________ the next election if they continue to ignore public opinion. (to lose)
16 If Valencia FC win the Spanish football league, I___________________ my hair blue. (to dye)
17 If someone ___________________ you a bike, you can come with us. (to lend)
Fill the gap using the verb in brackets.Three gaps need a NEGATIVE verb and watch out for the third person S!
1 If Clare ___________________ late again, the hockey trainer will be furious. (to arrive)
2 You'll be sorry if you ___________________ for your exams. (to revise)
3 We ___________________ if the weather's good. (to go)
4 They ___________________ you if you wear a wig and dark glasses. (to recognise)
5 If the bus ___________________ on time, I won't miss the football. (to be)
6 If you ___________________ your homework now, you'll be free all tomorrow. (to do)
7 We___________________ out if there's no food at home. (to eat)
8 You'll find life much easier if you ___________________ more often. (to smile)
9
If it's hot, we___________________ for a swim. (to go)
10 You'll do it better if you ___________________ more time over it. (to take)
11 If she ___________________ practising, she'll get better. (to keep)
12 Mum will be very sad if Jim ___________________ Mother's Day again. (to forget)
13 I___________________ so happy if I pass the exam. (to be)
14 You'll be really tired tomorrow if you ___________________ to bed soon. (to go)
15 The government ___________________ the next election if they continue to ignore public opinion. (to lose)
16 If Valencia FC win the Spanish football league, I___________________ my hair blue. (to dye)
17 If someone ___________________ you a bike, you can come with us. (to lend)
PATCH ADAMS
This week we have started watching the film Patch Adams based on one of the units we have dealt with.
This is a picture of Robin Williams and the REAL Patch Adams
The Gesundheit Institute
Patch Adams is best known for his work as a medical doctor and a clown, and he is also a social activist who has devoted 30 years to changing America's health care system. He believes that laughter, joy and creativity are an integral part of the healing process
This is a picture of Robin Williams and the REAL Patch Adams
The Gesundheit Institute
Patch Adams is best known for his work as a medical doctor and a clown, and he is also a social activist who has devoted 30 years to changing America's health care system. He believes that laughter, joy and creativity are an integral part of the healing process
miércoles, 15 de septiembre de 2010
TOY STORY 3
QUESTIONNAIRE
1. Which toy did Andy select to take to college?
2. What was the name of the daycare where the toys ended up?
3. What was the name of the toy leader at the daycare?
4. What was the name of the little girl who took Woody home?
5. Lotso got Buzz to join his side at one point. How did he do that?
6. When Woody, still at the little girl's house, found out that the daycare was a bad place for toys, he decided to go back and rescue his friends. How did he get back?
7. What kind of animal toy watched the televisions in the security room?
8. What accidently happened to Buzz when Andy's toys were trying to get him back to normal?
9. While the toys were escaping inside, Mr. Potato Head had escaped from the box, but without his body. What type of food did the the toys give Mr. Potato Head to put his parts on?
10. After going down the garbage chute, Andy's toys were confronted by Lotso and his gang. Lotso and most of Andy's toys end up in the dumpster. Which of the toys from Andy's house stayed behind at the daycare?
11. While in the dumpster, what fell on Buzz, that helped him regain his memory?
12. At the landfill, the toys ended up on a conveyor belt and, even though Lotso had a chance to save them, he did not. So the toys ended up in an incinerator. What saved them?
13. What happened to Lotso at the end of the movie?
14. To get back to Andy's house, the toy's rode in the garbage truck that stopped at his house.
True
False
15. At the end of the movie, what did Andy do with his toys?
1. Which toy did Andy select to take to college?
2. What was the name of the daycare where the toys ended up?
3. What was the name of the toy leader at the daycare?
4. What was the name of the little girl who took Woody home?
5. Lotso got Buzz to join his side at one point. How did he do that?
6. When Woody, still at the little girl's house, found out that the daycare was a bad place for toys, he decided to go back and rescue his friends. How did he get back?
7. What kind of animal toy watched the televisions in the security room?
8. What accidently happened to Buzz when Andy's toys were trying to get him back to normal?
9. While the toys were escaping inside, Mr. Potato Head had escaped from the box, but without his body. What type of food did the the toys give Mr. Potato Head to put his parts on?
10. After going down the garbage chute, Andy's toys were confronted by Lotso and his gang. Lotso and most of Andy's toys end up in the dumpster. Which of the toys from Andy's house stayed behind at the daycare?
11. While in the dumpster, what fell on Buzz, that helped him regain his memory?
12. At the landfill, the toys ended up on a conveyor belt and, even though Lotso had a chance to save them, he did not. So the toys ended up in an incinerator. What saved them?
13. What happened to Lotso at the end of the movie?
14. To get back to Andy's house, the toy's rode in the garbage truck that stopped at his house.
True
False
15. At the end of the movie, what did Andy do with his toys?
martes, 7 de septiembre de 2010
TOY STORY 3
We have seen TOY STORY 3 and this week we are working on the activities concerning the plot of film.
TOY STORY 3
The toys are mistakenly delivered to a day-care center instead of the attic right before Andy leaves for college, and it's up to Woody to convince the other toys that they weren't abandoned and to return home.
TOY STORY 3
The toys are mistakenly delivered to a day-care center instead of the attic right before Andy leaves for college, and it's up to Woody to convince the other toys that they weren't abandoned and to return home.
COMING SOON...
THE CANTERBURY TALES
The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century. The tales (mostly in verse, although some are in prose) are told as part of a story-telling contest by a group of pilgrims as they travel together on a journey from Southwark to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. In a long list of works, including "Troilus and Criseyde", "House of Fame", "Parliament of Fowls", the Canterbury Tales was Chaucer's magnum opus. He uses the tales and the descriptions of the characters to paint an ironic and critical portrait of English society at the time, and particularly of the Church. Structurally, the collection bears the influence of The Decameron, which Chaucer is said to have come across during his first diplomatic mission to Italy in 1372. However, Chaucer peoples his tales with 'sondry folk' rather than Boccaccio's fleeing nobles.
The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century. The tales (mostly in verse, although some are in prose) are told as part of a story-telling contest by a group of pilgrims as they travel together on a journey from Southwark to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. In a long list of works, including "Troilus and Criseyde", "House of Fame", "Parliament of Fowls", the Canterbury Tales was Chaucer's magnum opus. He uses the tales and the descriptions of the characters to paint an ironic and critical portrait of English society at the time, and particularly of the Church. Structurally, the collection bears the influence of The Decameron, which Chaucer is said to have come across during his first diplomatic mission to Italy in 1372. However, Chaucer peoples his tales with 'sondry folk' rather than Boccaccio's fleeing nobles.
COMING SOON...
We will be reading "A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM" this month...
Plot Overview
T HESEUS, DUKE OF ATHENS, is preparing for his marriage to Hippolyta, queen of the Amazons, with a four-day festival of pomp and entertainment. He commissions his Master of the Revels, Philostrate, to find suitable amusements for the occasion. Egeus, an Athenian nobleman, marches into Theseus’s court with his daughter, Hermia, and two young men, Demetrius and Lysander. Egeus wishes Hermia to marry Demetrius (who loves Hermia), but Hermia is in love with Lysander and refuses to comply. Egeus asks for the full penalty of law to fall on Hermia’s head if she flouts her father’s will. Theseus gives Hermia until his wedding to consider her options, warning her that disobeying her father’s wishes could result in her being sent to a convent or even executed. Nonetheless, Hermia and Lysander plan to escape Athens the following night and marry in the house of Lysander’s aunt, some seven leagues distant from the city. They make their intentions known to Hermia’s friend Helena, who was once engaged to Demetrius and still loves him even though he jilted her after meeting Hermia. Hoping to regain his love, Helena tells Demetrius of the elopement that Hermia and Lysander have planned. At the appointed time, Demetrius stalks into the woods after his intended bride and her lover; Helena follows behind him.
In these same woods are two very different groups of characters. The first is a band of fairies, including Oberon, the fairy king, and Titania, his queen, who has recently returned from India to bless the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta. The second is a band of Athenian craftsmen rehearsing a play that they hope to perform for the duke and his bride. Oberon and Titania are at odds over a young Indian prince given to Titania by the prince’s mother; the boy is so beautiful that Oberon wishes to make him a knight, but Titania refuses. Seeking revenge, Oberon sends his merry servant, Puck, to acquire a magical flower, the juice of which can be spread over a sleeping person’s eyelids to make that person fall in love with the first thing he or she sees upon waking. Puck obtains the flower, and Oberon tells him of his plan to spread its juice on the sleeping Titania’s eyelids. Having seen Demetrius act cruelly toward Helena, he orders Puck to spread some of the juice on the eyelids of the young Athenian man. Puck encounters Lysander and Hermia; thinking that Lysander is the Athenian of whom Oberon spoke, Puck afflicts him with the love potion. Lysander happens to see Helena upon awaking and falls deeply in love with her, abandoning Hermia. As the night progresses and Puck attempts to undo his mistake, both Lysander and Demetrius end up in love with Helena, who believes that they are mocking her. Hermia becomes so jealous that she tries to challenge Helena to a fight. Demetrius and Lysander nearly do fight over Helena’s love, but Puck confuses them by mimicking their voices, leading them apart until they are lost separately in the forest.
When Titania wakes, the first creature she sees is Bottom, the most ridiculous of the Athenian craftsmen, whose head Puck has mockingly transformed into that of an ass. Titania passes a ludicrous interlude doting on the ass-headed weaver. Eventually, Oberon obtains the Indian boy, Puck spreads the love potion on Lysander’s eyelids, and by morning all is well. Theseus and Hippolyta discover the sleeping lovers in the forest and take them back to Athens to be married—Demetrius now loves Helena, and Lysander now loves Hermia. After the group wedding, the lovers watch Bottom and his fellow craftsmen perform their play, a fumbling, hilarious version of the story of Pyramus and Thisbe. When the play is completed, the lovers go to bed; the fairies briefly emerge to bless the sleeping couples with a protective charm and then disappear. Only Puck remains, to ask the audience for its forgiveness and approval and to urge it to remember the play as though it had all been a dream.
Character List
Puck - Also known as Robin Goodfellow, Puck is Oberon’s jester, a mischievous fairy who delights in playing pranks on mortals. Though A Midsummer Night’s Dream divides its action between several groups of characters, Puck is the closest thing the play has to a protagonist. His enchanting, mischievous spirit pervades the atmosphere, and his antics are responsible for many of the complications that propel the other main plots: he mistakes the young Athenians, applying the love potion to Lysander instead of Demetrius, thereby causing chaos within the group of young lovers; he also transforms Bottom’s head into that of an ass.
Read an in-depth analysis of Puck.
Oberon - The king of the fairies, Oberon is initially at odds with his wife, Titania, because she refuses to relinquish control of a young Indian prince whom he wants for a knight. Oberon’s desire for revenge on Titania leads him to send Puck to obtain the love-potion flower that creates so much of the play’s confusion and farce.
Titania - The beautiful queen of the fairies, Titania resists the attempts of her husband, Oberon, to make a knight of the young Indian prince that she has been given. Titania’s brief, potion-induced love for Nick Bottom, whose head Puck has transformed into that of an ass, yields the play’s foremost example of the contrast motif.
Lysander - A young man of Athens, in love with Hermia. Lysander’s relationship with Hermia invokes the theme of love’s difficulty: he cannot marry her openly because Egeus, her father, wishes her to wed Demetrius; when Lysander and Hermia run away into the forest, Lysander becomes the victim of misapplied magic and wakes up in love with Helena.
Demetrius - A young man of Athens, initially in love with Hermia and ultimately in love with Helena. Demetrius’s obstinate pursuit of Hermia throws love out of balance among the quartet of Athenian youths and precludes a symmetrical two-couple arrangement.
Hermia - Egeus’s daughter, a young woman of Athens. Hermia is in love with Lysander and is a childhood friend of Helena. As a result of the fairies’ mischief with Oberon’s love potion, both Lysander and Demetrius suddenly fall in love with Helena. Self-conscious about her short stature, Hermia suspects that Helena has wooed the men with her height. By morning, however, Puck has sorted matters out with the love potion, and Lysander’s love for Hermia is restored.
Helena - A young woman of Athens, in love with Demetrius. Demetrius and Helena were once betrothed, but when Demetrius met Helena’s friend Hermia, he fell in love with her and abandoned Helena. Lacking confidence in her looks, Helena thinks that Demetrius and Lysander are mocking her when the fairies’ mischief causes them to fall in love with her.
Read an in-depth analysis of Helena.
Egeus - Hermia’s father, who brings a complaint against his daughter to Theseus: Egeus has given Demetrius permission to marry Hermia, but Hermia, in love with Lysander, refuses to marry Demetrius. Egeus’s severe insistence that Hermia either respect his wishes or be held accountable to Athenian law places him squarely outside the whimsical dream realm of the forest.
Theseus - The heroic duke of Athens, engaged to Hippolyta. Theseus represents power and order throughout the play. He appears only at the beginning and end of the story, removed from the dreamlike events of the forest.
Hippolyta - The legendary queen of the Amazons, engaged to Theseus. Like Theseus, she symbolizes order.
Nick Bottom - The overconfident weaver chosen to play Pyramus in the craftsmen’s play for Theseus’s marriage celebration. Bottom is full of advice and self-confidence but frequently makes silly mistakes and misuses language. His simultaneous nonchalance about the beautiful Titania’s sudden love for him and unawareness of the fact that Puck has transformed his head into that of an ass mark the pinnacle of his foolish arrogance.
Read an in-depth analysis of Nick Bottom.
Peter Quince - A carpenter and the nominal leader of the craftsmen’s attempt to put on a play for Theseus’s marriage celebration. Quince is often shoved aside by the abundantly confident Bottom. During the craftsmen’s play, Quince plays the Prologue.
Francis Flute - The bellows-mender chosen to play Thisbe in the craftsmen’s play for Theseus’s marriage celebration. Forced to play a young girl in love, the bearded craftsman determines to speak his lines in a high, squeaky voice.
Robin Starveling - The tailor chosen to play Thisbe’s mother in the craftsmen’s play for Theseus’s marriage celebration. He ends up playing the part of Moonshine.
Tom Snout - The tinker chosen to play Pyramus’s father in the craftsmen’s play for Theseus’s marriage celebration. He ends up playing the part of Wall, dividing the two lovers.
Snug - The joiner chosen to play the lion in the craftsmen’s play for Theseus’s marriage celebration. Snug worries that his roaring will frighten the ladies in the audience.
Philostrate - Theseus’s Master of the Revels, responsible for organizing the entertainment for the duke’s marriage celebration.
Peaseblossom, Cobweb, Mote, and Mustardseed - The fairies ordered by Titania to attend to Bottom after she falls in love with him.
Plot Overview
T HESEUS, DUKE OF ATHENS, is preparing for his marriage to Hippolyta, queen of the Amazons, with a four-day festival of pomp and entertainment. He commissions his Master of the Revels, Philostrate, to find suitable amusements for the occasion. Egeus, an Athenian nobleman, marches into Theseus’s court with his daughter, Hermia, and two young men, Demetrius and Lysander. Egeus wishes Hermia to marry Demetrius (who loves Hermia), but Hermia is in love with Lysander and refuses to comply. Egeus asks for the full penalty of law to fall on Hermia’s head if she flouts her father’s will. Theseus gives Hermia until his wedding to consider her options, warning her that disobeying her father’s wishes could result in her being sent to a convent or even executed. Nonetheless, Hermia and Lysander plan to escape Athens the following night and marry in the house of Lysander’s aunt, some seven leagues distant from the city. They make their intentions known to Hermia’s friend Helena, who was once engaged to Demetrius and still loves him even though he jilted her after meeting Hermia. Hoping to regain his love, Helena tells Demetrius of the elopement that Hermia and Lysander have planned. At the appointed time, Demetrius stalks into the woods after his intended bride and her lover; Helena follows behind him.
In these same woods are two very different groups of characters. The first is a band of fairies, including Oberon, the fairy king, and Titania, his queen, who has recently returned from India to bless the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta. The second is a band of Athenian craftsmen rehearsing a play that they hope to perform for the duke and his bride. Oberon and Titania are at odds over a young Indian prince given to Titania by the prince’s mother; the boy is so beautiful that Oberon wishes to make him a knight, but Titania refuses. Seeking revenge, Oberon sends his merry servant, Puck, to acquire a magical flower, the juice of which can be spread over a sleeping person’s eyelids to make that person fall in love with the first thing he or she sees upon waking. Puck obtains the flower, and Oberon tells him of his plan to spread its juice on the sleeping Titania’s eyelids. Having seen Demetrius act cruelly toward Helena, he orders Puck to spread some of the juice on the eyelids of the young Athenian man. Puck encounters Lysander and Hermia; thinking that Lysander is the Athenian of whom Oberon spoke, Puck afflicts him with the love potion. Lysander happens to see Helena upon awaking and falls deeply in love with her, abandoning Hermia. As the night progresses and Puck attempts to undo his mistake, both Lysander and Demetrius end up in love with Helena, who believes that they are mocking her. Hermia becomes so jealous that she tries to challenge Helena to a fight. Demetrius and Lysander nearly do fight over Helena’s love, but Puck confuses them by mimicking their voices, leading them apart until they are lost separately in the forest.
When Titania wakes, the first creature she sees is Bottom, the most ridiculous of the Athenian craftsmen, whose head Puck has mockingly transformed into that of an ass. Titania passes a ludicrous interlude doting on the ass-headed weaver. Eventually, Oberon obtains the Indian boy, Puck spreads the love potion on Lysander’s eyelids, and by morning all is well. Theseus and Hippolyta discover the sleeping lovers in the forest and take them back to Athens to be married—Demetrius now loves Helena, and Lysander now loves Hermia. After the group wedding, the lovers watch Bottom and his fellow craftsmen perform their play, a fumbling, hilarious version of the story of Pyramus and Thisbe. When the play is completed, the lovers go to bed; the fairies briefly emerge to bless the sleeping couples with a protective charm and then disappear. Only Puck remains, to ask the audience for its forgiveness and approval and to urge it to remember the play as though it had all been a dream.
Character List
Puck - Also known as Robin Goodfellow, Puck is Oberon’s jester, a mischievous fairy who delights in playing pranks on mortals. Though A Midsummer Night’s Dream divides its action between several groups of characters, Puck is the closest thing the play has to a protagonist. His enchanting, mischievous spirit pervades the atmosphere, and his antics are responsible for many of the complications that propel the other main plots: he mistakes the young Athenians, applying the love potion to Lysander instead of Demetrius, thereby causing chaos within the group of young lovers; he also transforms Bottom’s head into that of an ass.
Read an in-depth analysis of Puck.
Oberon - The king of the fairies, Oberon is initially at odds with his wife, Titania, because she refuses to relinquish control of a young Indian prince whom he wants for a knight. Oberon’s desire for revenge on Titania leads him to send Puck to obtain the love-potion flower that creates so much of the play’s confusion and farce.
Titania - The beautiful queen of the fairies, Titania resists the attempts of her husband, Oberon, to make a knight of the young Indian prince that she has been given. Titania’s brief, potion-induced love for Nick Bottom, whose head Puck has transformed into that of an ass, yields the play’s foremost example of the contrast motif.
Lysander - A young man of Athens, in love with Hermia. Lysander’s relationship with Hermia invokes the theme of love’s difficulty: he cannot marry her openly because Egeus, her father, wishes her to wed Demetrius; when Lysander and Hermia run away into the forest, Lysander becomes the victim of misapplied magic and wakes up in love with Helena.
Demetrius - A young man of Athens, initially in love with Hermia and ultimately in love with Helena. Demetrius’s obstinate pursuit of Hermia throws love out of balance among the quartet of Athenian youths and precludes a symmetrical two-couple arrangement.
Hermia - Egeus’s daughter, a young woman of Athens. Hermia is in love with Lysander and is a childhood friend of Helena. As a result of the fairies’ mischief with Oberon’s love potion, both Lysander and Demetrius suddenly fall in love with Helena. Self-conscious about her short stature, Hermia suspects that Helena has wooed the men with her height. By morning, however, Puck has sorted matters out with the love potion, and Lysander’s love for Hermia is restored.
Helena - A young woman of Athens, in love with Demetrius. Demetrius and Helena were once betrothed, but when Demetrius met Helena’s friend Hermia, he fell in love with her and abandoned Helena. Lacking confidence in her looks, Helena thinks that Demetrius and Lysander are mocking her when the fairies’ mischief causes them to fall in love with her.
Read an in-depth analysis of Helena.
Egeus - Hermia’s father, who brings a complaint against his daughter to Theseus: Egeus has given Demetrius permission to marry Hermia, but Hermia, in love with Lysander, refuses to marry Demetrius. Egeus’s severe insistence that Hermia either respect his wishes or be held accountable to Athenian law places him squarely outside the whimsical dream realm of the forest.
Theseus - The heroic duke of Athens, engaged to Hippolyta. Theseus represents power and order throughout the play. He appears only at the beginning and end of the story, removed from the dreamlike events of the forest.
Hippolyta - The legendary queen of the Amazons, engaged to Theseus. Like Theseus, she symbolizes order.
Nick Bottom - The overconfident weaver chosen to play Pyramus in the craftsmen’s play for Theseus’s marriage celebration. Bottom is full of advice and self-confidence but frequently makes silly mistakes and misuses language. His simultaneous nonchalance about the beautiful Titania’s sudden love for him and unawareness of the fact that Puck has transformed his head into that of an ass mark the pinnacle of his foolish arrogance.
Read an in-depth analysis of Nick Bottom.
Peter Quince - A carpenter and the nominal leader of the craftsmen’s attempt to put on a play for Theseus’s marriage celebration. Quince is often shoved aside by the abundantly confident Bottom. During the craftsmen’s play, Quince plays the Prologue.
Francis Flute - The bellows-mender chosen to play Thisbe in the craftsmen’s play for Theseus’s marriage celebration. Forced to play a young girl in love, the bearded craftsman determines to speak his lines in a high, squeaky voice.
Robin Starveling - The tailor chosen to play Thisbe’s mother in the craftsmen’s play for Theseus’s marriage celebration. He ends up playing the part of Moonshine.
Tom Snout - The tinker chosen to play Pyramus’s father in the craftsmen’s play for Theseus’s marriage celebration. He ends up playing the part of Wall, dividing the two lovers.
Snug - The joiner chosen to play the lion in the craftsmen’s play for Theseus’s marriage celebration. Snug worries that his roaring will frighten the ladies in the audience.
Philostrate - Theseus’s Master of the Revels, responsible for organizing the entertainment for the duke’s marriage celebration.
Peaseblossom, Cobweb, Mote, and Mustardseed - The fairies ordered by Titania to attend to Bottom after she falls in love with him.
COMING SOON...
We will be reading "THE CANTERVILLE GHOST" this month...
The Canterville Ghost | Themes
Culture Clash
From the beginning of"The Canterville Ghost,'' Wilde compares the behavior of the American Otises with that of the British upper classes. Lord Canterville warns Mr. Horace B. Otis that the presence of a ghost has made Canterville Chase uninhabitable. Mr. Otis, however, remains a skeptic. If there were any ghosts in Europe, he reasons, Americans would have bought them along with all that is old and venerable in Europe. Europe is for sale, and Americans are buying, which is why the Otises can purchase Canterville Chase in the first place.
Even the Otises,...
The Canterville Ghost | Historical Context
Oscar Wilde wrote at the end of the Victorian period, named for Queen Victoria. This period marked the rise of a growing middle class in Great Britain. This middle class had gained wealth through the technological advances of the Industrial Revolution, as well as a result of Britain's expanding empire. The values of this class stood in marked contrast to the values of an older aristocracy. Members of the aristocracy had traditionally depended on land for income and were used to inheriting wealth rather than earning it. The middle class idealized the importance of the family, thrift, and...
The Canterville Ghost’s characters
Main characters: The ghost, Virginia and Mr. Otis
Secondary characters: Washington, Mrs. Otis, the twins, Duke of Chesire and Lord Canterville, Mrs. Umney, gypsies an Rev Augustus Dampier
If we consider this story as a fairy tale, we can define the characters by means of their functions, the typical ones of the traditional stories according to the famous categories devised by Propp and the structural literary analysis.
Characters in chapters 1 to 4
Functions:
• Protagonist: Mr. Otis
• Antagonist: the ghost
• Object: to turn out the ghost
• Protagonist’s helper: Washington and the twins
• Antagonist’s helper: his supernatural powers
Characters in chapters 5 to 7
Functions:
• Protagonists: the ghost
• Antagonist: Mr Otis
• Object: the ghost soul’s liberation
• Protagonist’s helper: Virginia
• Antagonist’s helper: his family, excluding Virginia, and the Duke of Chesire
Descriptions of the characters
The ghost: The ghost of the castle for centuries. He was Sir Simon de Canterville and died in 1584, his spirit still haunts the Chase. His aspect is very terrible: “He is an old man, his eyes were as red burning coals, long grey hair fell over his shoulders in matted coils, his garments, which were of antique cut, were soiled and ragged, and from his wrists and ankles hung heavy manacles and rusty gyves.”
Mr. Otis: The father of the Otis family. He is a middle-aged American minister; he is determinated, inflexible, rational, practical and pragmatic, in conclusion a true American. In fact at the beginning he believes that the ghost doesn’t exist, then, when he personally meets him, he is indifferent: he has more important things to do, making money, for example.
Virginia: “She is a little girl of fifteen, lithe and lovely as a fawn, and with a fine freedom, in her large blue eyes. She is a wonderful amazon. In respect to her family she is kind and with weling heart.” The daughter is the only one in the family who is scared by the ghost. She never speaks except to the ghost, at the end of the story.
Washington: the Otises' oldest son; “he is a fire-haired rather cood-loooking young man; gardenias and peerage are his only weaknesses.”
The twins: “they are usually called The stars and stripes, they are delightful boys and the only true republicans of the family.” These children always play tricks on the ghost and make him depressed and desperate. All along the story, they imagine jokes and even dress up as ghosts.
Mrs Otis: The mother isn't scared of the ghost and even asks him if he wants a remedy for his stomach. “She is a very handsome middle-aged woman with fine eyes and a superb profile. She has a magnificent constitution and a wonderful amount of animal spirits.”
Duke of Chesire: “He is a handsome young scapegrace” desperately in love with the fifteen-year old Virginia Otis. However, his guardians pack him off to Eton, and he must wait to marry. When Virginia vanishes, he insists on being part of the search party. As soon as she reappears, he smothers her with kisses. His devotion is rewarded, and Virginia consents to become the Duchess of Cheshire.
Lord Canterville: A respectable descendent of the Canterville family, that was the owner of the Canterville Chase. “He is an English men of the most pounctilious honour.”
Mrs.Umney: the old house-keeper of Canterville Chase is very terrified by the ghost and tries to warn the family.
The Canterville Ghost | Themes
Culture Clash
From the beginning of"The Canterville Ghost,'' Wilde compares the behavior of the American Otises with that of the British upper classes. Lord Canterville warns Mr. Horace B. Otis that the presence of a ghost has made Canterville Chase uninhabitable. Mr. Otis, however, remains a skeptic. If there were any ghosts in Europe, he reasons, Americans would have bought them along with all that is old and venerable in Europe. Europe is for sale, and Americans are buying, which is why the Otises can purchase Canterville Chase in the first place.
Even the Otises,...
The Canterville Ghost | Historical Context
Oscar Wilde wrote at the end of the Victorian period, named for Queen Victoria. This period marked the rise of a growing middle class in Great Britain. This middle class had gained wealth through the technological advances of the Industrial Revolution, as well as a result of Britain's expanding empire. The values of this class stood in marked contrast to the values of an older aristocracy. Members of the aristocracy had traditionally depended on land for income and were used to inheriting wealth rather than earning it. The middle class idealized the importance of the family, thrift, and...
The Canterville Ghost’s characters
Main characters: The ghost, Virginia and Mr. Otis
Secondary characters: Washington, Mrs. Otis, the twins, Duke of Chesire and Lord Canterville, Mrs. Umney, gypsies an Rev Augustus Dampier
If we consider this story as a fairy tale, we can define the characters by means of their functions, the typical ones of the traditional stories according to the famous categories devised by Propp and the structural literary analysis.
Characters in chapters 1 to 4
Functions:
• Protagonist: Mr. Otis
• Antagonist: the ghost
• Object: to turn out the ghost
• Protagonist’s helper: Washington and the twins
• Antagonist’s helper: his supernatural powers
Characters in chapters 5 to 7
Functions:
• Protagonists: the ghost
• Antagonist: Mr Otis
• Object: the ghost soul’s liberation
• Protagonist’s helper: Virginia
• Antagonist’s helper: his family, excluding Virginia, and the Duke of Chesire
Descriptions of the characters
The ghost: The ghost of the castle for centuries. He was Sir Simon de Canterville and died in 1584, his spirit still haunts the Chase. His aspect is very terrible: “He is an old man, his eyes were as red burning coals, long grey hair fell over his shoulders in matted coils, his garments, which were of antique cut, were soiled and ragged, and from his wrists and ankles hung heavy manacles and rusty gyves.”
Mr. Otis: The father of the Otis family. He is a middle-aged American minister; he is determinated, inflexible, rational, practical and pragmatic, in conclusion a true American. In fact at the beginning he believes that the ghost doesn’t exist, then, when he personally meets him, he is indifferent: he has more important things to do, making money, for example.
Virginia: “She is a little girl of fifteen, lithe and lovely as a fawn, and with a fine freedom, in her large blue eyes. She is a wonderful amazon. In respect to her family she is kind and with weling heart.” The daughter is the only one in the family who is scared by the ghost. She never speaks except to the ghost, at the end of the story.
Washington: the Otises' oldest son; “he is a fire-haired rather cood-loooking young man; gardenias and peerage are his only weaknesses.”
The twins: “they are usually called The stars and stripes, they are delightful boys and the only true republicans of the family.” These children always play tricks on the ghost and make him depressed and desperate. All along the story, they imagine jokes and even dress up as ghosts.
Mrs Otis: The mother isn't scared of the ghost and even asks him if he wants a remedy for his stomach. “She is a very handsome middle-aged woman with fine eyes and a superb profile. She has a magnificent constitution and a wonderful amount of animal spirits.”
Duke of Chesire: “He is a handsome young scapegrace” desperately in love with the fifteen-year old Virginia Otis. However, his guardians pack him off to Eton, and he must wait to marry. When Virginia vanishes, he insists on being part of the search party. As soon as she reappears, he smothers her with kisses. His devotion is rewarded, and Virginia consents to become the Duchess of Cheshire.
Lord Canterville: A respectable descendent of the Canterville family, that was the owner of the Canterville Chase. “He is an English men of the most pounctilious honour.”
Mrs.Umney: the old house-keeper of Canterville Chase is very terrified by the ghost and tries to warn the family.
COMING SOON...
We will be reading KING ARTHUR this month...
The Legend of King Arthur
The legend of King Arthur is an age-old story about a king and his court. The tale of Camelot and the Knights of the Round Table is one that nearly everyone knows.
Arthurian Legend
As the story goes, Arthur was the son of Igraine and Uther Pendragon. Igraine was originally married to Gorloris the Duke of Cornwall. After Gorloris was killed by Uther in a battle, Uther married Igraine. They had a son, Arthur, who was born at Tintagel Castle. Stories say that Arthur was brought up by either Ector or Merlin, not by his parents.
The Sword in the Stone
When Uther died, Britain was left without a king. There was great debate over who would rule. This was to be solved by a challenge. Whoever could pull the sword from the stone was meant to be king. Many local kings tried to pull the sword out, but no one succeeded. One day, Arthur went with his foster brother Kay to a tournament. Kay had forgotten his sword and Arthur went to seek a replacement. He found the sword in the stone and easily pulled it out and gave it to Kay. Kay recognized the sword and told everyone that Arthur had pulled the sword from the stone. When the people did not believe it was Arthur, he successfully repeated the task.
The Lady of the Lake | Excalibur
After Arthur had removed the sword from the stone, the local kings decided that they did not want to be ruled by a youth, so they began a rebellion against their rightful king. To protect him, Merlin took Arthur to see the Lady of the Lake. The Lady of the Lake gave him the magical sword Excalibur. Arthur then returned to defend his place as king. After a battle, the local kings gave in and Arthur became king.
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
After Arthur was crowned, he married the princess Guinevere. As part of her dowry, Arthur was giving the famous Round Table by her father. Through the course of his reign as King of Britain, many events occurred. Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table fought many battles with the Saxons. Eventually, they won the war at Mount Badon. Arthur and his knights also went in search of the Holy Grail. The Holy Grail is thought to be a vessel used by Jesus at the last supper. Before having a Christian influence, the grail was magical cauldron.
The End of Camelot & Death of Arthur
During his rule, Guinevere and Lancelot, one of Arthur’s knights, become lovers. When he discovers the affair, Arthur condemns Guinevere to be burned at the stake, but Lancelot rescues her. This starts a war between Arthur and Lancelot. While Arthur is away, his nephew Modred seeks the throne for himself. After hearing this, Arthur returns to Camelot to take back control. Arthur kills Modred but during the fight at Camlann, he is mortally wounded. Sir Bedivere returns Excalibur to the Lady of the Lake at Arthur’s request. Arthur is then taken to the isle of Avalon, where he soon died.
Conclusion
The story of the legendary King Arthur is one that is retold repeatedly. It is also a story with many variations. The Legend of King Arthur has been changed and added to throughout time, often to fit the desires of the existing culture.
The Legend of King Arthur
The legend of King Arthur is an age-old story about a king and his court. The tale of Camelot and the Knights of the Round Table is one that nearly everyone knows.
Arthurian Legend
As the story goes, Arthur was the son of Igraine and Uther Pendragon. Igraine was originally married to Gorloris the Duke of Cornwall. After Gorloris was killed by Uther in a battle, Uther married Igraine. They had a son, Arthur, who was born at Tintagel Castle. Stories say that Arthur was brought up by either Ector or Merlin, not by his parents.
The Sword in the Stone
When Uther died, Britain was left without a king. There was great debate over who would rule. This was to be solved by a challenge. Whoever could pull the sword from the stone was meant to be king. Many local kings tried to pull the sword out, but no one succeeded. One day, Arthur went with his foster brother Kay to a tournament. Kay had forgotten his sword and Arthur went to seek a replacement. He found the sword in the stone and easily pulled it out and gave it to Kay. Kay recognized the sword and told everyone that Arthur had pulled the sword from the stone. When the people did not believe it was Arthur, he successfully repeated the task.
The Lady of the Lake | Excalibur
After Arthur had removed the sword from the stone, the local kings decided that they did not want to be ruled by a youth, so they began a rebellion against their rightful king. To protect him, Merlin took Arthur to see the Lady of the Lake. The Lady of the Lake gave him the magical sword Excalibur. Arthur then returned to defend his place as king. After a battle, the local kings gave in and Arthur became king.
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
After Arthur was crowned, he married the princess Guinevere. As part of her dowry, Arthur was giving the famous Round Table by her father. Through the course of his reign as King of Britain, many events occurred. Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table fought many battles with the Saxons. Eventually, they won the war at Mount Badon. Arthur and his knights also went in search of the Holy Grail. The Holy Grail is thought to be a vessel used by Jesus at the last supper. Before having a Christian influence, the grail was magical cauldron.
The End of Camelot & Death of Arthur
During his rule, Guinevere and Lancelot, one of Arthur’s knights, become lovers. When he discovers the affair, Arthur condemns Guinevere to be burned at the stake, but Lancelot rescues her. This starts a war between Arthur and Lancelot. While Arthur is away, his nephew Modred seeks the throne for himself. After hearing this, Arthur returns to Camelot to take back control. Arthur kills Modred but during the fight at Camlann, he is mortally wounded. Sir Bedivere returns Excalibur to the Lady of the Lake at Arthur’s request. Arthur is then taken to the isle of Avalon, where he soon died.
Conclusion
The story of the legendary King Arthur is one that is retold repeatedly. It is also a story with many variations. The Legend of King Arthur has been changed and added to throughout time, often to fit the desires of the existing culture.
viernes, 13 de agosto de 2010
SHORT JOKES
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Teacher: "Nick, what is the past participle of the verb to ring?"
Nick: "What do you think it is, Sir?"
Teacher: "I don't think, I KNOW!"
Nick: "I don't think I know either, Sir!"
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A: Hey, man! Please call me a taxi.
B: Yes, sir. You are a taxi.
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A: Why are you crying?
B: The elephant is dead.
A: Was he your pet?
B: No, but I'm the one who must dig his grave.
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PUPIL: "Would you punish me for something I didn`t do?"
TEACHER:" Of course not."
PUPIL: "Good, because I haven`t done my homework."
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A teacher asked a student to write 55.
Student asked: How?
Teacher: Write 5 and beside it another 5!
The student wrote 5 and stopped.
Teacher: What are you waiting for?
Student: I don't know which side to write the other 5!
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Little Johnny: Teacher, can I go to the bathroom?
Teacher: Little Johnny, MAY I go to the bathroom?
Little Johnny: But I asked first!
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I used to be a werewoolf...
But I'm much better noooooooooooow !
SHORT JOKES
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Girl: You would be a good dancer except for two things.
Boy: What are the two things?
Girl: Your feet.
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A family of mice were surprised by a big cat. Father Mouse jumped and said, "Bow-wow!" The cat ran away. "What was that, Father?" asked Baby Mouse. "Well, son, that's why it's important to learn a second language."
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The doctor to the patient: 'You are very sick'
The patient to the doctor: 'Can I get a second opinion?'
The doctor again: 'Yes, you are very ugly too...'
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Patient: Doctor, I have a pain in my eye whenever I drink tea.
Doctor: Take the spoon out of the mug before you drink.
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Patient: Doctor! You've got to help me! Nobody ever listens to me. No one ever pays any attention to what I have to say.
Doctor: Next please!
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A snail walks into a bar and the barman tells him there's a strict policy about having snails in the bar and so kicks him out. A year later the same snail re-enters the bar and asks the barman "What did you do that for?"
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A: Just look at that young person with the short hair and blue jeans. Is it a boy or a girl?
B: It's a girl. She's my daughter.
A: Oh, I'm sorry, sir. I didn't know that you were her father.
B: I'm not. I'm her mother.
RIDDLES
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Q: What are two things people never eat before breakfast?
A: Lunch and supper.
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Q: Why did the man throw a bucket of water out the window?
A: He wanted to see the waterfall.
Q: Why did the man throw the butter out the window?
A: He wanted to see the butterfly.
Q: Why did the man put the clock in the safe?
A: He wanted to save time.
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Q: What has two hands and a face, but no arms and legs?
A: A clock.
Q: What has a neck, but no head?
A: A bottle.
Q: Where is the ocean the deepest?
A: On the bottom.
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Q: Why did the man throw his watch out of the window?
A: He wanted to see time fly.
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Q: What State in the United States is High in the middle and round at the ends?
A: Ohio.
viernes, 9 de julio de 2010
WINTER HOLIDAYS ARE COMING SOON!!!
Hello!!! I am attaching some web pages to have fun on your holidays!!!
http://www.dltk-holidays.com/winter/hang-man/hangman.htm
http://iteslj.org/cw/3/ck-dolch01.html
http://www.dltk-holidays.com/winter/tictactoe/index.htm
http://www.dltk-holidays.com/winter/hang-man/hangman.htm
http://iteslj.org/cw/3/ck-dolch01.html
http://www.dltk-holidays.com/winter/tictactoe/index.htm
WINTER HOLIDAYS ARE COMING SOON!!!
I am attaching some web pages to have fun on your holidays!!!
http://www.clubbing.com/Pages/Games/GameList.aspx?fbid=sW_e-nikbEl&wom=false
http://www.englishclub.com/esl-games/hangman.htm
http://iteslj.org/cw/1/em-past1.html
http://www.clubbing.com/Pages/Games/GameList.aspx?fbid=sW_e-nikbEl&wom=false
http://www.englishclub.com/esl-games/hangman.htm
http://iteslj.org/cw/1/em-past1.html
WINTER HOLIDAYS ARE COMING SOON!!!
I am attaching some web pages to have fun on your holidays!!! Good Luck!!!
http://www.dltk-holidays.com/winter/hang-man/hangman.htm
http://iteslj.org/cw/3/ck-dolch01.html
http://www.dltk-holidays.com/winter/hang-man/hangman.htm
http://iteslj.org/cw/3/ck-dolch01.html
domingo, 27 de junio de 2010
ARGENTINA IN THE QUARTER FINAL!!!
What Maradona says:
"I tell my players that 30 days of sacrifice for the chance to kiss the World Cup is nothing in the life of a man. An achievement like that is like touching the sky. I played in World Cups and I reached two Finals. I know what it takes. I know how to lead the group and how to coach the players. I've earned the right to talk about the subject. I didn't come eighth, ninth or get knocked out in the first round. I know something about this." Coach Diego Maradona
What Maradona says:"I tell my players that 30 days of sacrifice for the chance to kiss the World Cup is nothing in the life of a man. An achievement like that is like touching the sky. I played in World Cups and I reached two Finals. I know what it takes. I know how to lead the group and how to coach the players. I've earned the right to talk about the subject. I didn't come eighth, ninth or get knocked out in the first round. I know something about this." Coach Diego Maradona
domingo, 30 de mayo de 2010
Passive Voice
Examples of Passive
Tense Subject Verb Object
• Simple Present: Active: Rita writes a letter.
Passive: A letter is written by Rita.
• Simple Past: Active: Rita wrote a letter.
Passive: A letter was written by Rita.
• Present Perfect: Active: Rita has written a letter.
Passive: A letter has been written by Rita.
• Future Simple: Active: Rita will write a letter.
Passive: A letter will be written by Rita.
• Present Progressive: Active: Rita is writing a letter.
Passive: A letter is being written by Rita.
• Past Progressive: Active: Rita was writing a letter.
Passive: A letter was being written by Rita.
• Past Perfect: Active: Rita had written a letter.
Passive: A letter had been written by Rita.
Passive Sentences with Two Objects
Subject Verb Object 1 Object 2
Active: Rita wrote a letter to me.
Passive: A letter was written to me by Rita.
Passive: I was written a letter by Rita.
Rewrite the sentences in passive voice.
1. John collects money. -
2. Anna opened the window. -
3. We have done our homework. -
4. I will ask a question. -
5. The sheep ate a lot. -
6. We do not clean our rooms. -
7. William will not repair the car. -
8. Did Sue draw this circle? -
Tense Subject Verb Object
• Simple Present: Active: Rita writes a letter.
Passive: A letter is written by Rita.
• Simple Past: Active: Rita wrote a letter.
Passive: A letter was written by Rita.
• Present Perfect: Active: Rita has written a letter.
Passive: A letter has been written by Rita.
• Future Simple: Active: Rita will write a letter.
Passive: A letter will be written by Rita.
• Present Progressive: Active: Rita is writing a letter.
Passive: A letter is being written by Rita.
• Past Progressive: Active: Rita was writing a letter.
Passive: A letter was being written by Rita.
• Past Perfect: Active: Rita had written a letter.
Passive: A letter had been written by Rita.
Passive Sentences with Two Objects
Subject Verb Object 1 Object 2
Active: Rita wrote a letter to me.
Passive: A letter was written to me by Rita.
Passive: I was written a letter by Rita.
Rewrite the sentences in passive voice.
1. John collects money. -
2. Anna opened the window. -
3. We have done our homework. -
4. I will ask a question. -
5. The sheep ate a lot. -
6. We do not clean our rooms. -
7. William will not repair the car. -
8. Did Sue draw this circle? -
Past Simple and Past Continuous
Put the verbs into the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Progressive).
1. While Tom (read) …………………. , Amely (watch) …………………. a documentary on TV.
2. Marvin (come) …………………. home, (switch) …………………. on the computer and (check) …………………. his emails.
3. The thief (sneak) …………………. into the house, (steal) …………………. the jewels and (leave) …………………. without a trace.
4. Nobody (listen) …………………. while the teacher (explain) …………………. the tenses.
5. While we (do) ………………….a sight-seeing tour, our friends (lie) …………………. on the beach.
6. He (wake) …………………. up and (look) …………………. at his watch.
MORE PRACTICE
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpas-paspro/exercises?ex02
1. While Tom (read) …………………. , Amely (watch) …………………. a documentary on TV.
2. Marvin (come) …………………. home, (switch) …………………. on the computer and (check) …………………. his emails.
3. The thief (sneak) …………………. into the house, (steal) …………………. the jewels and (leave) …………………. without a trace.
4. Nobody (listen) …………………. while the teacher (explain) …………………. the tenses.
5. While we (do) ………………….a sight-seeing tour, our friends (lie) …………………. on the beach.
6. He (wake) …………………. up and (look) …………………. at his watch.
MORE PRACTICE
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpas-paspro/exercises?ex02
Simple Past Tense
Simple Past Tense
Simple Past gap-fill exercise
William Shakespeare …………………. (be) born in Stratford-on-Avon on April 23, 1564. He …………………. (go) to the local Stratford Grammar School, where he …………………. (be) …………………. (teach) by Master Walter Roche. Lessons began at six o'clock in the morning in the summer in order to make the most of daylight.
His father …………………. (be) …………………. (call) John Shakespeare a Stratford upon Avon glove-maker. He …………………. (send) William to the local grammar school in 1571, but when William …………………. (be) only 14 years old his fortunes fell so low that William …………………. (have) to leave school. Some historians say he …………………. (work) in his father's shop.
At the age of 19 William …………………. (to marry) Anne Hathaway the daughter of a rich farmer near Stratford. Three years later Shakespeare …………………. (go) to London. How he …………………. (live) there we do not know.
In about 1587 he …………………. (become) a member of one of the few theatrical companies which …………………. (exist) in those days. Around 1590 he …………………. (begin) to try his hand at writing plays. There …………………. (be) no female actors in those days, all the female parts …………………. (be) …………………. (play) by boys. It is thought that he …………………. (write) his first major play, Henry VI., Part One, in 1592.
His most famous play, Hamlet, …………………. (be) probably first seen in 1601 at the Globe Theatre. Shakespeare …………………. (continue) to write about 2 plays a year.
He …………………. (return) to Stratford in 1612, where he …………………. (live) the life of a country gentleman. He …………………. (die) of a fever on his birthday in 1616.
MORE PRACTICE
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_past_quiz.htm
Simple Past gap-fill exercise
William Shakespeare …………………. (be) born in Stratford-on-Avon on April 23, 1564. He …………………. (go) to the local Stratford Grammar School, where he …………………. (be) …………………. (teach) by Master Walter Roche. Lessons began at six o'clock in the morning in the summer in order to make the most of daylight.
His father …………………. (be) …………………. (call) John Shakespeare a Stratford upon Avon glove-maker. He …………………. (send) William to the local grammar school in 1571, but when William …………………. (be) only 14 years old his fortunes fell so low that William …………………. (have) to leave school. Some historians say he …………………. (work) in his father's shop.
At the age of 19 William …………………. (to marry) Anne Hathaway the daughter of a rich farmer near Stratford. Three years later Shakespeare …………………. (go) to London. How he …………………. (live) there we do not know.
In about 1587 he …………………. (become) a member of one of the few theatrical companies which …………………. (exist) in those days. Around 1590 he …………………. (begin) to try his hand at writing plays. There …………………. (be) no female actors in those days, all the female parts …………………. (be) …………………. (play) by boys. It is thought that he …………………. (write) his first major play, Henry VI., Part One, in 1592.
His most famous play, Hamlet, …………………. (be) probably first seen in 1601 at the Globe Theatre. Shakespeare …………………. (continue) to write about 2 plays a year.
He …………………. (return) to Stratford in 1612, where he …………………. (live) the life of a country gentleman. He …………………. (die) of a fever on his birthday in 1616.
MORE PRACTICE
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_past_quiz.htm
Present Continuous
Put in the verbs in the Present Continuous into the gaps.
Example: ___ he ______ the newspaper? (to read)
Answer: Is he reading the newspaper?
1) …………………. Richard …………………. in the garden? (to work)
2) …………………. she …………………. a cup of tea? (to have
3) …………………. the children …………………. their homework? (to do)
4) …………………. you …………………. the kitchen, Tom? (to clean)
5) …………………. the cat …………………. in the basket? (to sleep)
6) …………………. Cliff and Oliver …………………. friends? (to meet)
7) …………………. your mother …………………. sandwiches? (to make)
8) …………………. the birds …………………. water? (to drink)
9) …………………. Carmen …………………. a pullover? (to wear)
10) …………………. they …………………. a pizza? (to eat)
ANSWERS
1) Is Richard working in the garden?
2) Is she having a cup of tea?
3) Are the children doing their homework?
4) Are you cleaning the kitchen, Tom?
5) Is the cat sleeping in the basket?
6) Are Cliff and Oliver meeting friends?
7) Is your mother making sandwiches?
8) Are the birds drinking water?
9) Is Carmen wearing a pullover?
10) Are they eating a pizza?
MORE PRACTICE
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/questions/present_progressive2.htm
Example: ___ he ______ the newspaper? (to read)
Answer: Is he reading the newspaper?
1) …………………. Richard …………………. in the garden? (to work)
2) …………………. she …………………. a cup of tea? (to have
3) …………………. the children …………………. their homework? (to do)
4) …………………. you …………………. the kitchen, Tom? (to clean)
5) …………………. the cat …………………. in the basket? (to sleep)
6) …………………. Cliff and Oliver …………………. friends? (to meet)
7) …………………. your mother …………………. sandwiches? (to make)
8) …………………. the birds …………………. water? (to drink)
9) …………………. Carmen …………………. a pullover? (to wear)
10) …………………. they …………………. a pizza? (to eat)
ANSWERS
1) Is Richard working in the garden?
2) Is she having a cup of tea?
3) Are the children doing their homework?
4) Are you cleaning the kitchen, Tom?
5) Is the cat sleeping in the basket?
6) Are Cliff and Oliver meeting friends?
7) Is your mother making sandwiches?
8) Are the birds drinking water?
9) Is Carmen wearing a pullover?
10) Are they eating a pizza?
MORE PRACTICE
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/questions/present_progressive2.htm
miércoles, 19 de mayo de 2010
ARGENTINA 25 May 2010 Argentina Celebrates Bicentenary of Revolution
On 25 May 1810, revolutionaries deposed the Spanish viceroy and formed a junta. The royalists were defeated in the war that followed, and independence was declared on 9 Jul 1816. Argentina is one of several South American countries marking a bicentenary in 2009-2010. It is likely to celebrate the milestone by trying to rescue its own revolutionary heroes from relative obscurity on the continent, where Venezuelan independence leader Simón Bolívar has acquired cult status.
Street parties, tango-dancing, music and traditional food will mark the occasion, and Argentina will open a Bicentennial Cultural Center for the occasion. It plans to stage many exhibitions and festivities throughout the country on May 25, which is an annual holiday. The country is restoring historical monuments for the bicentenary, and special stamps and coins can be expected.
Ministers of culture of the Ibero-American group met in 2007 to form the Bicentennial Group. Made up by Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Venezuela and Chile--nations that began their emancipation process from the Spanish crown between 1809 and 1811--it aims to coordinate independence activities across the continent. Bolivia and Ecuador celebrate their bicentennials in 2009, followed by Argentina, Chile, and Mexico in 2010. Venezuela' celebrated in 2010, though the actual date is in 2011. Paraguay's is due in 2011. Colombia has decided to commemorate its anniversary in 2019. Guatemala and Peru follow in 2021.
On the continent, the Argentine José de San Martín, has lost ground as a hero of the fratricidal wars that broke Spain’s hegemony over the American continent to Bolivar. Many statues, plazas, streets, schools, monuments are dedicated to san Martín, and the bicentennial will be an opportunity to set him back in the spotlight with other Argentine leaders in the struggle.
Dr. Mariano Moreno, an Argentine writer, lawyer, politician and journalist, is considered among the founding fathers of the Republic of Argentina. He emerged as a leader in the first years of the 19th Century, first in the fighting against the British and then in the movement for independence from Spain. His promising political career ended prematurely when he died at sea under suspicious circumstances: he was only 32.
Brief summary of the May Revolution
The so-called Revolution of May was a historical process that resulted in the breaking of colonial ties with Spain in 1810 and enabled the road to independence, on July 9, 1816. The events of May did not crystallize over a liberating movement that came looking for, since 1806, greater political and economic participation of the Creoles. Thus, May 22, 1810, after he received news of the fall of the Spanish crown in the hands of French, Creole convened an open forum which had to be accepted by the Viceroy Cisneros, representing Spain in the country . After 4 days of debates and uprisings, it was decided to form a Board Creole assuming the national government until the Spanish Crown was liberated from French domination. Thus, the popular government was formed by intellectuals and military Creoles who came many years fighting for independence revolution: Cornelio Saavedra, Juan José Castelli, Manuel Belgrano, Miguel de Azcuénaga Manuel Alberti, Domingo Matheu, Juan Larrea, Juan José Paso and Mariano Moreno. From this fact, the struggle for independence was an inevitable path that led to the Congress of Tucumán of 9 July 1816.
viernes, 30 de abril de 2010
Armageddon
Here is the questionnaire you have for homework for next class. See you!
1) What happened to the earth during the dinosaurs age?
2) What problem did a shuttle go through at the beginning of the film?
3) What did the people think the meteor shower was?
4) How big was the meteor?
5) What would happen if the meteor hit the earth?
6) Why was Harry chosen to save the planet?
7) Who did Harry asked for to work with him in this mission?
8) How many days did they have to save the world?
9) What were the men’s psychological tests results like?
10) What did the men ask for in return?
11) What happened the night they were allowed to go out?
12) What was the plan to destroy the meteor? How would they do it?
1) What happened to the earth during the dinosaurs age?
2) What problem did a shuttle go through at the beginning of the film?
3) What did the people think the meteor shower was?
4) How big was the meteor?
5) What would happen if the meteor hit the earth?
6) Why was Harry chosen to save the planet?
7) Who did Harry asked for to work with him in this mission?
8) How many days did they have to save the world?
9) What were the men’s psychological tests results like?
10) What did the men ask for in return?
11) What happened the night they were allowed to go out?
12) What was the plan to destroy the meteor? How would they do it?
domingo, 25 de abril de 2010
Armaggedon
This week we will see the last part of the film. GET READY! We will start working on the plot of it.
Conditional sentences
The ZERO CONDITIONAL is used when describing situations which have automatic or habitual results (=general truths). The probability of the result is 100%.
• If you heat ice, it melts." (will melt is also possible)
• If there is a shortage of any product, prices of that product go up.
• My parents get angry if I come home late.
As you can see, both the main clause and the if clause are in the Present Simple.
The Zero Conditional is often used to give instructions:
• Press the button if you want a receipt.
• If you want to leave a message, speak after the tone.
We use the FIRST CONDITIONAL to talk about a future situation that is possible.
The verb in the if-clause is in the present tense; the verb in the main clause is in the future simple. It doesn't matter which comes first. There is usually a comma between the two clauses.
• If you try very hard, you'll see the difference.
• John will be late, if you don't lend him your car.
This type of sentence implies that the action is very probable.
We use the First Conditional to talk about a future situation that is possible.
The verb in the if-clause is in the present tense; the verb in the main clause is in the future simple. It doesn't matter which comes first. There is usually a comma between the two clauses.
• If you try very hard, you'll see the difference.
• John will be late, if you don't lend him your car.
This type of sentence implies that the action is very probable.
We use the SECOND CONDITIONAL to talk about a future situation that is unlikely to happen and to give advice.
The verb in the if-clause is in the past tense; the verb in the main clause is in the conditional tense:
• If someone stole my bag, I would immediately contact the police. (But I don't think that anyone will try to steal the bag. The meaning here is future.)
We use the second conditional to talk about a future situation that is unlikely to happen and to give advice.
The verb in the if-clause is in the past tense; the verb in the main clause is in the conditional tense:
• If someone stole my bag, I would immediately contact the police. (But I don't think that anyone will try to steal the bag. The meaning here is future.)
• If I had money, I would bid on this auction. (But I don't have the money. The meaning here is present)
And here comes the THIRD CONDITIONAL. What's important to remember about this conditional?
a) The verb in the if-clause is in the past perfect tense
b) The verb in the main clause is in the perfect conditional.
c) The time is past and the condition cannot be fulfilled because the action in the if-clause didn't happen.
• If I had known that you were coming, I would have met you at the railway station.
But I didn't know that you were coming so I didn't come.
• If he had tried to leave the country, he would have been stopped at the frontier.
But he didn't try.
domingo, 11 de abril de 2010
Programa
MODULE 3: MAKING A DIFFERENCE
Unit IX: Get involved
• Conditionals review
• Mixed conditionals
• Third conditional
• Vocabulary: Ways of getting involved
Unit X: SOS Earth
• Future continuous
• Future perfect
• Future time expressions
• Vocabulary: global issues
• Vocabulary: conserving energy
Unit XI: when stars step in
• Reduced relative clauses
• Omission of relative pronouns
• Question tags review
• Expressing opinion
• Vocabulary: fame
Unit XII: The global village
• Phrasal verbs review
• Approximate numbers
MODULE 3: ROUND THE WORLD
Unit XIII: Language
• Passive report structures
• Verbs for describing noises people make
• Understanding language
Unit XIV: The wonders of the world
• Participle clauses
• Didn’t need to vs needn’t have
• Vocabulary: natural wonders
• Travel verbs
Unit XV: Movie magic
• Clauses of purpose: to / in order to / so as to
• Result clauses with so / such (that)
• Vocabulary: reacting to films
Unit XVI: Music in the air
• Indirect questions review
• Verbs+wh- clauses
• Making comparisons stronger
• Vocabulary: Listening to music
Unit IX: Get involved
• Conditionals review
• Mixed conditionals
• Third conditional
• Vocabulary: Ways of getting involved
Unit X: SOS Earth
• Future continuous
• Future perfect
• Future time expressions
• Vocabulary: global issues
• Vocabulary: conserving energy
Unit XI: when stars step in
• Reduced relative clauses
• Omission of relative pronouns
• Question tags review
• Expressing opinion
• Vocabulary: fame
Unit XII: The global village
• Phrasal verbs review
• Approximate numbers
MODULE 3: ROUND THE WORLD
Unit XIII: Language
• Passive report structures
• Verbs for describing noises people make
• Understanding language
Unit XIV: The wonders of the world
• Participle clauses
• Didn’t need to vs needn’t have
• Vocabulary: natural wonders
• Travel verbs
Unit XV: Movie magic
• Clauses of purpose: to / in order to / so as to
• Result clauses with so / such (that)
• Vocabulary: reacting to films
Unit XVI: Music in the air
• Indirect questions review
• Verbs+wh- clauses
• Making comparisons stronger
• Vocabulary: Listening to music
Programa
MODULE 3: MAKING A DIFFERENCE
Unit IX: Get involved
• Conditionals review
• Mixed conditionals
• Third conditional
• Vocabulary: Ways of getting involved
Unit X: SOS Earth
• Future continuous
• Future perfect
• Future time expressions
• Vocabulary: global issues
• Vocabulary: conserving energy
Unit XI: when stars step in
• Reduced relative clauses
• Omission of relative pronouns
• Question tags review
• Expressing opinion
• Vocabulary: fame
Unit XII: The global village
• Phrasal verbs review
• Approximate numbers
MODULE 3: ROUND THE WORLD
Unit XIII: Language
• Passive report structures
• Verbs for describing noises people make
• Understanding language
Unit XIV: The wonders of the world
• Participle clauses
• Didn’t need to vs needn’t have
• Vocabulary: natural wonders
• Travel verbs
Unit XV: Movie magic
• Clauses of purpose: to / in order to / so as to
• Result clauses with so / such (that)
• Vocabulary: reacting to films
Unit XVI: Music in the air
• Indirect questions review
• Verbs+wh- clauses
• Making comparisons stronger
• Vocabulary: Listening to music
Unit IX: Get involved
• Conditionals review
• Mixed conditionals
• Third conditional
• Vocabulary: Ways of getting involved
Unit X: SOS Earth
• Future continuous
• Future perfect
• Future time expressions
• Vocabulary: global issues
• Vocabulary: conserving energy
Unit XI: when stars step in
• Reduced relative clauses
• Omission of relative pronouns
• Question tags review
• Expressing opinion
• Vocabulary: fame
Unit XII: The global village
• Phrasal verbs review
• Approximate numbers
MODULE 3: ROUND THE WORLD
Unit XIII: Language
• Passive report structures
• Verbs for describing noises people make
• Understanding language
Unit XIV: The wonders of the world
• Participle clauses
• Didn’t need to vs needn’t have
• Vocabulary: natural wonders
• Travel verbs
Unit XV: Movie magic
• Clauses of purpose: to / in order to / so as to
• Result clauses with so / such (that)
• Vocabulary: reacting to films
Unit XVI: Music in the air
• Indirect questions review
• Verbs+wh- clauses
• Making comparisons stronger
• Vocabulary: Listening to music
Programa
UNIT I: On camera
• Present tense contrast
• State and dinamic verbs
• Describing clothes
• Compound adjectives
• Order of adjectives
• Verb + infinitive / -ing
• Expressions with LOOK
UNIT II: Memories
• Feelings
• Noun formation
• Past tense contrast
• Adjectives + prepositions
• Used to
• Explanatory sentences
• Conjunctions
UNIT III: Nine to five
• Jobs and gender
• Places of work
• Activities at work
• Describing work
• Defining and non-defining relative clauses
• Phrasal verbs
• Suffixes
UNIT IV: Body and mind
• Parts of the body: outside and inside
• Idioms with parts of the body
• Time expressions
• Past simple and present perfect contrast
• Vocabulary: legal terms
• Present perfect simple or continuous
• Vocabulary: symptoms, illnesses, aches and pains
UNIT V: Our future
• Computing vocabulary
• Zero and first conditional
• Prefixes
• Talking about the future
• Phrases for agreeing and disagreeing
• Compound nouns (1)
• Future perfect and future continuous
• Verb + noun collocations
• Future time clauses
UNIT VI: Telling tales
• House and garden vocabulary
• Must have, might have, can’t have
• Reported speech
• Say and tell
• Intransitive phrasal verbs
• Verbs with two objects
• Compound nouns (2)
UNIT VII: True love?
• Dating and relationships
• Time expressions
• Three-part phrasal verbs
• Comparative and superlative adverbs
• Less and least
• Comparatives and clauses
• Superlatives and the present perfect
• Second conditional
• I wish, if only, I’d rather
• Question tags
• In, on and at with time expressions
UNIT VIII: Travel
• Travel and transport
• The passive
• Vocabulary: tourism and travel
• Indefinite pronouns: some-, any-, no-
• Verbs + prepositions
• Indirect questions
• Introductory it
UNIT IX: Spend, spend, spend!
• Money and payment
• Prepositions + noun phrases
• Have something done
• Reflexive pronouns
• Clauses expressing purpose
• Indirect questions
UNIT X: Inspiration
• Visual and performing acts
• Participle clauses
• Determiners: all, each, every, few, little, etc.
• Compound nouns (3)
• So and such
• Nominal subject clauses
• Present tense contrast
• State and dinamic verbs
• Describing clothes
• Compound adjectives
• Order of adjectives
• Verb + infinitive / -ing
• Expressions with LOOK
UNIT II: Memories
• Feelings
• Noun formation
• Past tense contrast
• Adjectives + prepositions
• Used to
• Explanatory sentences
• Conjunctions
UNIT III: Nine to five
• Jobs and gender
• Places of work
• Activities at work
• Describing work
• Defining and non-defining relative clauses
• Phrasal verbs
• Suffixes
UNIT IV: Body and mind
• Parts of the body: outside and inside
• Idioms with parts of the body
• Time expressions
• Past simple and present perfect contrast
• Vocabulary: legal terms
• Present perfect simple or continuous
• Vocabulary: symptoms, illnesses, aches and pains
UNIT V: Our future
• Computing vocabulary
• Zero and first conditional
• Prefixes
• Talking about the future
• Phrases for agreeing and disagreeing
• Compound nouns (1)
• Future perfect and future continuous
• Verb + noun collocations
• Future time clauses
UNIT VI: Telling tales
• House and garden vocabulary
• Must have, might have, can’t have
• Reported speech
• Say and tell
• Intransitive phrasal verbs
• Verbs with two objects
• Compound nouns (2)
UNIT VII: True love?
• Dating and relationships
• Time expressions
• Three-part phrasal verbs
• Comparative and superlative adverbs
• Less and least
• Comparatives and clauses
• Superlatives and the present perfect
• Second conditional
• I wish, if only, I’d rather
• Question tags
• In, on and at with time expressions
UNIT VIII: Travel
• Travel and transport
• The passive
• Vocabulary: tourism and travel
• Indefinite pronouns: some-, any-, no-
• Verbs + prepositions
• Indirect questions
• Introductory it
UNIT IX: Spend, spend, spend!
• Money and payment
• Prepositions + noun phrases
• Have something done
• Reflexive pronouns
• Clauses expressing purpose
• Indirect questions
UNIT X: Inspiration
• Visual and performing acts
• Participle clauses
• Determiners: all, each, every, few, little, etc.
• Compound nouns (3)
• So and such
• Nominal subject clauses
Programa
UNITS I, II and III:
• Revisión de temas vistos en el ciclo anterior
• Present Simple / Continuous & Past Simple review
• Past Continuous
• Past Continuous vs. Past Simple
• When / while
• Comparative & Superlative Adjectives review
• Intensifiers with comparatives. (not) as...as
• Adverbs / comparative Adverb.
• Vocabulary: explorers and adventurers / phrases with get / famous inventions/ sports / sports people / antonyms / every day English
UNIT IV, V and VI:
• will / won’t & might / may (not) for prediction
• First conditional
• Unless
• Question tags
• Present Perfect Simple
• just / already / yet
• for vs. since
• Vocabulary: the environment / future events / forms of energy / American & British English / places to visit / verb & noun pairs / having fun
UNIT VII and VIII:
• Present Simple Passive
• let / be allowed to
• Verbs + -ing
• Verbs + infinitive
• Vocabulary: about age / describing a ceremony / special days and ceremonies/ likes / dislikes & preferences / films / film reviews / Hollywood lives
• Revisión de temas vistos en el ciclo anterior
• Present Simple / Continuous & Past Simple review
• Past Continuous
• Past Continuous vs. Past Simple
• When / while
• Comparative & Superlative Adjectives review
• Intensifiers with comparatives. (not) as...as
• Adverbs / comparative Adverb.
• Vocabulary: explorers and adventurers / phrases with get / famous inventions/ sports / sports people / antonyms / every day English
UNIT IV, V and VI:
• will / won’t & might / may (not) for prediction
• First conditional
• Unless
• Question tags
• Present Perfect Simple
• just / already / yet
• for vs. since
• Vocabulary: the environment / future events / forms of energy / American & British English / places to visit / verb & noun pairs / having fun
UNIT VII and VIII:
• Present Simple Passive
• let / be allowed to
• Verbs + -ing
• Verbs + infinitive
• Vocabulary: about age / describing a ceremony / special days and ceremonies/ likes / dislikes & preferences / films / film reviews / Hollywood lives
Programa
UNITS I, II and III:
• Comparative and superlative adjectives
• Adjectives and opposites
• Present continuous for the future
• Holidays vocabulary
• Verb patterns
• Simple future
• State verbs
• Everyday English
UNITS IV, V and VI:
• Adjectives and adverbs
• Too vs very
• The weather / weather adjectives
• Countable and uncountable nouns
• Phrasal verbs
• Adverbs
• Must / mustn’t
• Going to
• Should / shouldn’t
• What … like?
• Personality adjectives
UNITS VII and VII:
• If vs when
• Adjectives ending in –ed or –ing
• Occupations
• 1st conditional
• Present perfect simple
• Time adverbs
• Animals
• Descriptions
• Comparative and superlative adjectives
• Adjectives and opposites
• Present continuous for the future
• Holidays vocabulary
• Verb patterns
• Simple future
• State verbs
• Everyday English
UNITS IV, V and VI:
• Adjectives and adverbs
• Too vs very
• The weather / weather adjectives
• Countable and uncountable nouns
• Phrasal verbs
• Adverbs
• Must / mustn’t
• Going to
• Should / shouldn’t
• What … like?
• Personality adjectives
UNITS VII and VII:
• If vs when
• Adjectives ending in –ed or –ing
• Occupations
• 1st conditional
• Present perfect simple
• Time adverbs
• Animals
• Descriptions
miércoles, 17 de marzo de 2010
miércoles, 10 de marzo de 2010
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