El verbo HEAR se puede usar con 3 preposiciones distintas. ¿Sabés cuál es la correcta preposición en estas oraciones, of, about o from? La rta con la explicación está abajo,después del dibujo.
1) I was sorry to hear ....................... your accident.
2) I haven`t heard anything ..................her for ages.
3) You say there`s a band called Youth? I've have never heard ......... them.
Rtas.:
1) about. to hear about sb/sth: to be told about sb/sth.
2) from to hear from sb: to receive an e-mail, a call, etc from sb.
3) of to hear of sb/sth: to know about sb/sth because you have been told about them.
. FOOD POISONING: an illness of the stomach caused by eating food that contains harmful bacteria: You have food poisoning. (see picture). FOOD POISONED (adjective): You`re food poisoned.
INTOXICATION: the state of being ill for having drunk to much or having taken drugs. INTOXICATED (adjective)
Hoy practicamosFalse Friends. La explicación de este vocabulario la encontrás en ntra. entrada de 18/4. Las rtas las vas a encontrar después del ejercicio.
. Complete with the right word.
Camping/ Camp-site 1) I hate going ...........................; I prefer staying at hotels.
2) Last summer I found a very good .......................... where to stay.
Shopping/ Shopping Centre or Mall 3) I usually go .............................. at the weekend.
4) A big ............................ will be opened next month in our neighbourhood.
Chauffeur/Driver 5) Any ................ about to stop, slow down or turn should clearly indicate his or her intentions to following vehicles.
6) She had her own Rolls Royce and her own .................. to drive her wherever she wanted.
FALSE FRIENDS are words that look similar to words in your own language so you can wrongly assume that the meaning is the same. ( son palabras que son muy parecidas a una palabra en castellano pero tienen otro significado).
Here we give you three examples: . Camping: theactivity of holidaying in a tent: I don`t like camping, I prefer staying at hotels . Camp-site: aplace for setting up tents: Do you know a good camp-site where I go on holidays? . Shopping: the activity of going to shops/storesand buying things: In general, men don`t like shopping. . Shopping centre (Br)/ (shopping) mall(Ame): a group of shops/stores built together: There`s a new shopping centre/mall near my house. . Chauffeur: a uniformed car-driver employed to drive others: He works as a chauffeur, driving ministers from place to place. . Driver: a person who drives a car, lorry, bus, etc.: The police stopped every vehicle on the motorway and asked the drivers to show their licence. En ntra. próxima entrada vamos a publicar un ejercicio para que practiques este vocabulario.
Hoy practicamos going to; escuchando una muy buena canción: Rockabye. La explicación de este tema gramatical la encontrás en ntra. entrada anterior (8 de abril).
Escuchá la canción y subraya oraciones con going to, y decidí cuales son planes y cuales son predicciones.
Call it love and devotion
Call it the mom's adoration (foundation)
A special bond of creation, hah
For all the single mums out there
Going through frustation
Clean Bandit, Sean-Da-Paul, Anne-marie, sing, make them hear
She works the night, by the water
She's gonna stress, so far away from her father's …..
She just wants a life for her baby
All on her own, no one will come
She's got to save him (daily struggle)
She tells him "ooh love"
No one's ever gonna hurt you, love
I'm gonna give you all of my love
Nobody matters like you (stay up there, stay up there)
She tells him "your life ain't gonna be nothing like my life (straight)
You're gonna grow and have a good life
I'm gonna do what I've got to do" (stay up there, stay up there)
So, rockabye baby, rockabye
I'm gonna rock you
Rockabye baby, don't you cry
Somebody's got you
Rockabye baby, rockabye
I'm gonna rock you
Rockabye baby, don't you cry
Rockabye, no (Rockabye-rocka-rocka-rocka-bye) (oh)
Single mom what you doing out there?
Facing the hard life without no fear
Just see and know that you really care
'Cause any obstacle come you well prepared
And no mamma you never shed tear
'Cause you haffi set things year after year
And you give the youth love beyond compare
You find the school fee and the bus fare
Hmmmm more when paps disappear
In a wrong bar can't find him nowhere
Steadily you work flow, heavily you know so you nah stop
No time no time fi a jeer
Now she gotta a six year old
Trying to keep him warm, Trying to keep all the cold
When he looks her in the eyes
He don't know he's safe when she says
Rta:
She's gonna stress PREDICTION
No one's ever gonna hurt you, love PREDICTION
I'm gonna give you all of my love PLAN
your life ain't gonna be nothing like my life PREDICTION
. Usamos be going to + verbo (infinitivo) para hablar de planes futuros y predicciones. It's very cloudy. I think it's going to rain (prediction) Next year I'm going to start university. (plan) . Cuando hablamos usamos contracciones; I´m, she's, they're, etc..
. Informalmente podemos usar GONNA en vez de going to: I'm gonna play tennis tomorrow.
. Con el verbo go, podemos decir: I´m going to go o I'm going
. Usamos los siguientes adverbios con going to: tomorrow, next week, next month, etc.
En nuestras próximas entradas vamos a publicar actividades entretenidas para que practiques GOING TO de forma divertida!!
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April Fools' Day (Día de los Inocentes)(texto en Inglés y castellano)
April Fools' Day (alternatively April Fool's Day, sometimes All Fools' Day) is celebrated on 1 April every year. April 1 is not a national holiday, but is widely recognized and celebrated in various countries as a day when people play practical jokes and hoaxes on each other called April fools. El Día de los Inocentes se celebra el 1 de abril todos los años. No es un día feriado, pero se celebra en varios paìses; la gente hace bromas a otras personas,a las cuales se las llaman "los tontos de Abril". Aprender un idioma es también aprender su cultura.
. Complete the sentences with the correct verb; You'll find the answers and the explanation in the end.
ARGUE/DISCUSS
1) I need to ........................ the problem with my boss.
2) I often ......................... with my parents about doing housework.
NOTICE/REALISE
3) I didn`t .......................you were so unhappy.
4) I didnt`t ................ that Karen had changed her hair colour.
AVOID/PREVENT
5) Jack always tries to ...................... arguing with me.
6) My dad can`t ............................ me from seeing my friends.
Answers:
1) discuss (= talk about sth; you discuss sth)
2) argue (= speak angrily with sb)
3) realise (= understand fully, become aware of sth)
4) notice (= see, observe)
5) avoid (= try not to do sth; you avoid sth; doing sth)
6) prevent (=stop; you prevent sb from doing sth)
Autumn starts in 2 days' time for us, on March 21. Did you know that in American English this season is the Fall, but this word is originally an old English one?
Hoy17 de marzo se festeja San Patricio, pero ¿qué sabés sobre este santo y día?
Aprendé un poco sobre San Patricio leyendo el siguiente texto(texto en inglés y castellano). Aprender un idioma es aprender su cultura también.
Saint Patrick's Day is a cultural and religious holiday celebrated on 17 March. It commemorates Saint Patrick (c. AD 387–461), the most commonly recognised of the patron saints of Ireland, and the arrival of Christianity in Ireland. Saint Patrick's Day was made an official feast day in the early seventeenth century, and has gradually become a celebration of Irish culture in general. The day is generally characterised by the attendance of church services wearing of green attire and the lifting of Lenten restrictions on eating, and drinking alcohol which is often proscribed during the rest of the season. Today, St. Patrick's Day is probably the most widely celebrated saint's day in the world. In Argentina, and especially in Buenos Aires, long parties are celebrated in designated streets, since the weather is comfortably warm in March. People dance and drink only beer throughout the night, many people wear something green. In Buenos Aires, the party is held in the downtown street of Reconquista, where there are several Irish pubs.
El día de San Patricio es un feriado religioso y cultural que se celebra el 17 de marzo. Conmemora al Santo Patricio, el más reconocido de los santos patronos de Irlanda, y el arribo del Cristianismo a Irlanda. A principios del siglo 17 esta fecha se transformó en un día festivo oficial, y gradualmente se ha transformado en una celebración de la cultura irlandesa en general. Este día se caracteriza por la concurrencia de la gente a las iglesias usando atuendos verdes. En Argentina, y especialmente Buenos Aires, se celebran fiestas en determinadas calles, ya que el clima es agradable en marzo. La gente toma cerveza toda la noche, y mucha gente usa algo verde. En Buenos Aires, la fiesta se celebra en la calle Reconquista, donde hay muchos pubs irlandeses.
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Hace unos pocos días que empezaron las clases. Acá tenés un crucigrama para practicar vocabulario de útiles escolares y colores. ¿Podés completar a todos?
