Hasta Febrero!!!

   En FGP Centro de Enseñanza de Inglés nos tomamos vacaciones hasta febrero. En febrero volvemos con mucha innovaciones; acordate de ntra. página web www.fgpingles.com.ar , donde podés hacer la prueba nivelación on line, etc. y con las pilas recargadas para hacer lo que más nos gusta: enseñar, dar clases de inglés de una manera dinámica, comunicativa y motivadora. Así que si tenés ganas de aprender inglés con profesores de inglés recibidos con títulos nacionales en un ambiente cálido, ameno y motivador te esperamos a partir de febrero!!

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Prueba nivelación on line.

¿Sabés cuál es tu nivel de inglés? Averigualo haciendo la prueba nivelación en ntra. página web:www.fgpingles.com.ar. ¡Es totalmente gratuito!

CURSOS DE VERANO: COMIENZAN 6 DE FEBRERO. 

FGP les desea Feliz Navidad y Feliz Año Nuevo!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Ciclo 2016!!

   El ciclo 2016 ha llegado a su fin y FGP Centro de Enseñanza de Inglés www.fgpingles.com.ar quiere felicitar a todos sus alumnos (desde los más chiquitos hasta los más grandes) por su gran desempeño académico, y también por el compromiso, interés y motivación que demostraron en las clases durante todo el año. Ésto, como profesores, nos hace realmente feliz, porque ntra. función es dar clases que mantengan al alumno interesado, motivado por aprender ya que mientras más motivado, interesado está el alumno, más fácil y placentero resulta el aprendizaje, y el haber logrado ésto, nos indica que estamos haciendo nuestro trabajo bien. Por último, queremos desearles que disfruten de sus merecidas vacaciones, y los esperamos el año que viene!!

Christmas Quiz: How much do you know about Christmas?

- Do this quiz and find out how much you know about Christmas. (Las rtas. las encontrás después del quiz).

Merry Christmas!

Question 1:

 Where did the Christmas tree tradition originate?
a) Germany             b) England                    c) Israel

Question 2:

 When was Christmas first celebrated?
a) The year after Jesus's birth                 b) In the 4th century              c) in 1925

Question 3:

 Why was December 25th chosen as Christmas Day?
a) That´s when Jesus was born           b) That´s when it was celebrated in the bible        c) It was chosen to coincide with an established pagan holiday.

Question 4:

 St. Nicholas was born in what country?
a) Turkey           b) Holland             c) North Pole

Question 5:

Celebrating Christmas was once against the law in ....?
a) Indiana             b) Massachusetts           c) Kentucky







Answers:



1) a 2) b 3) c 4) a 5) b

Christmas Vocabulary!!!

Christmas is coming soon!! Here some vocabulary about this festival.

Practicá tu Inglés con FGP Centro de Enseñanza de Inglés!!

. INTENSIFIERS: Complete the sentences with the following words. 

La explicación de este tema la encontrás en ntra. entrada anterior del 3/12. (Las rtas están después del ejercicio).

BLIND DRUNK, CRYSTAL CLEAR, STARK NAKED, ROCK HARD, BROAD DAYLIGHT, 
BITTER END.

. And suddenly there was the window cleaner, and I was .....................................!

. I can`t understand people who celebrate things by getting ...........................

. I spent most of my holiday in Greece swimming. The sea was .....................................

. My sister was robbed in the street last week in ................................................

. This bread`s lovely when it`s fresh but next day it goes ...............................................

. I watched an awful movie last night. I should have just switched it oof but I watched it until the ............................








Rtas.:




stark naked


blind drunk


crystal clear


broad daylight


rock hard


bitter end

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. VOCABULARY

An intensifier makes an adjective stronger. Some adjectives have their own intensifiers. For example:

. It`s BOILING HOT. (picture)

. You have to shout to my grandmother. She`s STONE DEAF.

. The walls of my flat are PAPER THIN. You can hear everything.

. Be careful with that knife. It`s RAZOR SHARP.

. Who left the door WIDE OPEN? It`s freezing in here!

It`s boiling hot.

Others: BLIND DRUNK, CRYSTAL CLEAR, STARK NAKED, ROCK HARD, BROAD DAYLIGHT, BITTER END.

EN ntra. próxima entrada vamos a publicar una actividad para que practiques este tema!

Practicá tu Inglés con FGP Centro de Enseñanza de Inglés!!

Hoy practicamos  COMPARATIVES  escuchando una gran canción de Alicia Keys: GIRL ON FIRE. La explicación de este tema gramatical la encontrás en ntra. entrada del 19/11.

. Put the adjectives in the comparative form. (las rtas. las encontrás al finalizar la canción).

She's just a girl, and she's on fire
......................... (hot) than a fantasy, lonely like a highway
She's living in a world, and it's on fire
Feeling the catastrophe, but she knows she can fly away

Oh, she got both feet on the ground
And she's burning it down
Oh, she got her head in the clouds
And she's not backing down

This girl is on fire
This girl is on fire
She's walking on fire
This girl is on fire

Looks like a girl, but she's a flame
So bright, she can burn your eyes
............................... (good) look the other way
You can try but you'll never forget her name
She's on top of the world
Hottest of the hottest girls say

Oh, we got our feet on the ground
And we're burning it down
Oh, got our head in the clouds
And we're not coming down

Everybody stands, as she goes by
Cause they can see the flame that's in her eyes
Watch her when she's lighting up the night
Nobody knows that she's a lonely girl
And it's a lonely world
But she gon' let it burn, baby, burn, baby

Rta:

HOTTER

BETTER

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Hoy practicamos  COMPARATIVES  escuchando un gran clásico de U2: ONE. La explicación de este tema gramatical la encontrás en ntra. entrada anterior.

Complete with the opposite comparatives. (Las rtas están al final)

Is it getting …………………………. ( worse)?
Or do you feel the same?
Will it make it ………………………… (more difficult) on you now?
You got someone to blame
You say

One love
One life
When it's one need
In the night
One love
We get to share it
Leaves you baby if you
Don't care for it

Did I disappoint you?
Or leave a bad taste in your mouth?
You act like you never had love
And you want me to go without
Well it's
Too late
Tonight
To drag the past out into the light
We're one, but we're not the same
We get to Carry each other
Carry each other One

Have you come here for forgiveness?
Have you come to raise the dead?
Have you come here to play Jesus? To the lepers in your head

Did I ask too much?
……………….  (less)  than a lot.
You gave me nothing
Now it's all I got
We're one
But we're not the same
Well we
Hurt each other
Then we do it again
You say
Love is a temple
Love a  ……………………….. (lower) law
Love is a temple
Love the highest law
You ask me to enter
But then you make me crawl
And I can't be holding on
To what you got
When all you got is hurt

One love
One blood
One life
You got to do what you should
One life
With each other
Sisters
Brothers
One life
But we're not the same
We get to
Carry each other
Carry each other 

Rtas.

better                     easier                    more                 higher

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GRAMMAR TIP: COMPARATIVES.

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. Use comparative adjectives + than to compare 2 people, places, things.

Argentina is bigger than Chile.
The Nile is longer than the Amazon.

. HOW TO MAKE COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES.

. SHORT ADJECTIVES: adjectives + er: short adjectives are adjectives which have 1 syllable or 2 syllables ending in 'y' (in pronunciation). For example:

white  whiter                     large  larger                    friendly   friendlier

Spelling Rule: If the adjective starting from the last letter finishes in consonant, vowel, consonant, the last consonant is doubled. For example:

hot   hotter                     big    bigger

. LONG ADJECTIVES: more + adjective: long adjectives are adjectives having 2 syllables (not ending in `y`), 3 or more syllables (in pronunciation). For example:

expensive     more expensive                           comfortable    more comfortable

. IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES: They don`t follow the above-mentioned rules. For example:

good better          bad worse                 far further

En ntras. próximas entradas vamos a publicar distintas actividades para que puedas practicar este tema!

FGP where leasrning is fun-tastic!!

Practicá tu Inglés con FGP Centro de Enseñanza de Inglés!!!

. Pronunciation Rule.

BOW has two posssible pronunciation according to its meaning. How do you pronounce it in the following two sentences?

1) He was armed with bow and arrow.

2) When the play is over, actors take a bow.




Answer:



1) bow /bou/ (American English)


2) bow /bau/

Happy Halloween!!!

   FGP Centro de Enseñanza de Inglés les desea a todos sus alumnos y seguidores Happy Halloween!!!

Halloween Week

En la semana de Halloween, practicamos nuestro Inglés escuchando un gran clásico de Michael Jackson: Thriller.

Escuchá la canción y completá las palabras.

It's close to midnight and something e………………'s lurking in the dark
Under the moonlight, you see a sight that almost stops your heart
You try to scream but t………….. takes the sound before you make it
You start to freeze as h……………. looks you right between the eyes
You're paralyzed

'Cause this is thriller, thriller night
And no one's gonna save you from the beast about strike
You know it's thriller, thriller night
You're fighting for your life inside a k……………, thriller tonight

You hear the door slam and realize there's nowhere left to run
You feel the cold hand and wonder if you'll ever see the sun
You close your eyes and hope that this is just imagination, girl!
But all the while you hear the c……………………. creeping up behind
You're out of time

'Cause this is thriller, thriller night
There ain't no second chance against the thing with forty eyes, girl

Night creatures calling, the d……… start to walk in their masquerade
There's no escaping the jaws of the alien this time
(They're open wide)
This is the end of your life

They're out to get you, there's d……………. closing in on every side
They will possesss you unless you change that number on your dial
Now is the time for you and I to cuddle close together, yeah
All through the night I'll save you from the terror on the screen
I'll make you see

That this is thriller, thriller night
'Cause I can thrill you more than any g……………… would ever dare try
Thriller, thriller night
So let me hold you tight and share a
Killer, diller, chiller, thriller here tonight

Thriller, thriller night
So let me hold you tight and share a killer, thriller, ow!

(I'm gonna thrill ya tonight)
D……………….. falls across the land
The midnight hour is close at hand
C…………………….. crawl in search of blood
To terrorise y'alls neighborhood

I'm gonna thrill ya tonight, ooh baby
I'm gonna thrill ya tonight, oh darlin'
Thriller night, baby, ooh!

The foulest stench is in the air
The funk of forty thousand years
And grizzly ghouls from every tomb
Are closing in to seal your doom

And though you fight to stay alive
Your body starts to s…………………
For no mere mortal can resist
The e…………. of the thriller

Rtas:

EVIL             TERROR                 HORROR                 KILLER                     CREATURE        DEAD                 DEMON

       GHOST                    DARKNESS           CREATURES                       SHIVER                 EVIL

Halloween Quiz.

El 31 de Octubre se festeja Halloween, pero ¿Cuánto sabés sobre Halloween? Hacé este test y averigualo!! Halloween Quiz. (Las rtas. las encontrás abajo).

1) The ancient Celts began the tradtition of wearing masks and costumes on Halloween. Why?

a) To trick evil spirits
b) To honor the dead
c) To avoid being recognised

2) Which country celebrates the Day of the Dead starting at midnight Oct. 31?

a) Ireland       b) Mexico       c) China

3) According to superstition, a person born on Halloween has what particular ability?

a) They can tell the future
b) They can see and talk to spirits
c) They will be unlucky

4) The Ancient Celts used which vegetable to carve their jack o'lantern?

a) Turnips       b) Potatoes       c) Pumpkins

5) According to superstition, what does it mean if see a spider on Hallowween?

a) A dead relative is watching you over
b) You will marry within the year
c) Death will come to you in the next year








Answers:

1) a 2) b 3) b 4) a 5) a

HALLOWEEN WEEK en FGP Centro de Enseñanza de Inglés!!!

   Esta semana vamos a hacer distintas actividades: actividades comunicativas, juegos, quizzes, videos, películas, canciones, escuchar y escribir spooky stories, dramatizaciones, etc. para aprender en forma divertida y amena sobre esta celebración!!
APRENDER UN IDIOMA ES TAMBIÉN APRENDER SU CULTURA!!!

FGP where learning is fun-tastic!!!

Practicá tu Inglés con FGP Centro de Enseñanza de Inglés.

Practicamos should have + past participle escuchando una muy buena canción de Ariana Grande: Break free. (La explicación de este tema gramatical la encontrás en ntra. entrada anterior del 9/10 )

Answer this question: According to her, what didn`t she do and it was wrong? (La rta. al finalizar la canción)

If you want it, take it
I should have said it before
Tried to hide it, fake it
I can't pretend anymore

I only want to die alive
Never by the hands of a broken heart
I don't wanna hear you lie tonight
Now that I've become who I really am

This is the part when I say I don’t want it
I'm stronger than I've been before
This is the part when I break free
Cause I can't resist it no more

You were better, deeper
I was under a spell
Like a deadly fear I am, babe
On the highway to hell

This is the part when I say I don’t want it
I'm stronger than I've been before
This is the part when I break free
Cause I can't resist it no more

(Our love baby, oooh)
The thought on your body
I came alive
It was lethal
It was fatal
In my dreams it felt so right
But I woke up and pretend
Oh baby



Rta.:



She didn`t say it before    ( I should have said it before)

Happy Mother`s Day!!!

   FGP Centro de Enseñanza de Inglés www.fgpingles.com.ar les desea a todas sus alumnas que son madres, a las madres de todos nuestros alumnos y a todas las madres que nos siguen:

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!! HAVE A VERY NICE DAY!! 

Practicá tu Inglés on line con FGP Centro de Enseñanza de Inglés.

Practicamos should have + past participle escuchando una muy buena canción de Beyonce: Single ladies. (La explicación de este tema gramatical la encontrás en ntra. entrada anterior)

Answer this question: According to Beyonce, what didn`t the man do and it was wrong?

(La rta al finalizar la canción)

All the single ladies, (all the single ladies)
All the single ladies Now put your hands up

Up in the club (club), we just broke up (up), I'm doing my own little thing.
Decided to dip (dip) and now you wanna trip (trip)
'Cause another brother noticed me

I'm up on him, he up on me
Don't pay him any attention
Just cried my tears, for three good years
You can't get mad at me

'Cause if you liked it, then you should have put a ring on it
If you liked it, then you shoulda put a ring on it
Don't be mad once you see that he want it
'Cause if you liked it, then you shoulda put a ring on it
oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh x2

If you liked it, then you should have put a ring on it
If you liked it, then you t be mad once you see that he want it
Don't be mad once you see that he want it
If you liked it, then you shoulda put a ring on it

I got gloss on my lips, a man on my hips
Got me tighter in my carry-on jeans
Acting up, drink in my cup
I can't care less what you think

I need no permission, did I mention
Don't pay him any attention
'Cause you had your turn, and now you gonna learn
What it really feels like to miss me

Don't treat me to these things of the world
I'm not that kind of girl
Your love is what I prefer, what I deserve
Is a man that makes me then takes me
And delivers me to a destiny, to infinity and beyond
Pull me into your arms
Say I'm the one you want
If you don't, you'll be alone
And like a ghost I'll be gone

All the single ladies,( all the single ladies)
All the single ladies, (all the single ladies)
All the single ladies, (all the single ladies)
All the single ladies Now put your hands up
oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Rta:

He didn`t put a ring on it (You shoud have put a ring on it)

Grammar Rule

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SHOULD HAVE + PAST PARTICILPE

We use it to talk about something that happened in the past and you think it was wrong:

. You shouldn`t have gone there (= (= you went and I think it was wrong)

. You should have told me the truth (= (= You didn`t tell me the truth and I think it was wrong).

En ntras. próximas entradas vamos a publicar actividades para que practiques este tema.

Confusing adverbs and adverbial phrases

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. Put the words in the correct sentence.

in the end/ at the end

1) ................... of a movie, I always stay and watch the credits roll.

2) I didn`t want to go, but ........................ they persuaded me.

especially/ specially

3) I love most kinds of music, but ............. jazz.

4) My wedding dress was ............................. made for me by a dressmaker.

hard/hardly

5) He trains very ................; at least 3 hours a day.

6) It`s incredibly foggy. I can ..................see anything.




Answers:

1) at the end ( at the end of sth)

2) in the end ( = after a long period of time or series of events)

3) especially (= above all)

4) specially (= for a particular person, purpose, etc)

5) hard (= with great effort)

6) hardly (almost no/not/none)

Happy Student´s Day!!!

   FGP Centro de Enseñanza de Inglés www.fgpingles.com.ar les desea a todos sus alumnos y a todos los estudiantes: HAPPY STUDENT'S DAY!!! Have a very nice day!!

What`s the correct word?

You can say:

. I want to ask you a question

or

. I want to ask a question ......................... you.







Answer:





OF    You ask a person a question   or You ask a question of somebody.

Happy Teacher's Day!!!

FGP Centro de Enseñanza de Inglés (www.fgpingles.com.ar) a todos los maestros y profesores: HAPPY TEACHER'S DAY!!!

También queremos agradecer todos los saludos que hemos estado recibiendo esta semana. ¡Muchas gracias por sus cálidas palabras!

Pronunciation Rule.

How are the following words pronounced: /I/ or /ai/?

WRITE                        WRITTEN


RIDE                           RIDDEN





. Answer:



Write and ride: /ai/


Written  and   ridden: /I/    Why? Because, in pronunciation,  it's not possible to have a dipthong before double consonant.

Tené en cuanta esta regla y así mejorás tu Inglés!! 

Our Monsters.

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Los chicos de Kids I crearon sus propios monstruos y los describieron.

Objetivos: repasar en forma creativa y divertida:
. Vocabulary: partes de la cara
. Grammar: I like/ I don`t like, I've got.

Acá presentamos a algunos monstruos. Very scary!!!!

Pronunciation Rule

.What syllable are these words stressed on?

a) COMMUNICATE                                  b) NAVIGATE                           c) FABRICATE





Answer:



a) MMU                               b) NA                               c) FA


Why?

All verbs ending in '-ate' are stressed on the antipenultimate syllable.

HAPPY CHILDREN'S DAY!!

  FGP Centro de Enseñanza de Inglés www.fgpingles.com.ar les desea a todos sus alumnos, especialmente los alumnos de Kids and Teens, y a todos sus seguidores: HAPPY CHILDREN'S DAY!! 

Practicá tu Inglés con FGP Centro de Enseñanza de Inglés!!

Hoy practicamos Present Perfect escuchando un gran canción: Hello by Adele.

La explicación de este tema gramatical (present perfect) la encontrás en ntra. entrada anterior.

Complete the gaps by using the present perfect; then listen and check. (the answers are below)

Hello, it's me
I was wondering if after all these years
You'd like to meet, to go over everything. 
They say that time's supposed to heal ya
But I (not do) …………………….. much healing

Hello, can you save me?
I'm in California dreaming about who we used to be
When we were younger and free
I(forget) ……………….. how it felt before the world fell at our feet

There's such a difference between us
And a million miles

Hello from the other side
I must've called a thousand times to tell you
I'm sorry, for everything that I(do) ………………..
But when I call you never seem to be home

Hello from the outside
At least I can say that I(try) ………………. to tell you
I'm sorry, for breaking your heart
But it don't matter, it clearly doesn't tear you apart anymore

Hello, how are you?
It's so typical of me to talk about myself
I'm sorry, I hope that you're well
Did you ever make it out of that town
Where nothing ever happened?


It's no secret
That the both of us are running out of time

Answers:

ain`t done

've forgotten

've done

've tried