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Hoy practicamos 'Separable phrasal verbs' and their pronunciation (la explicación la encontrás en ntra. entrada anterior) con una muy buena canción: Cheap Thrills by Sia.

. Listen and Complete with phrasal verbs. What words are stressed?

Come on, come on, ..................... the radio ...............
It's Friday night and I won't be long
Gotta do my hair, I .................. my make up ....................
It's Friday night and I won't be long


Til I hit the dance floor
Hit the dance floor
I got all I need
No I ain't got cash
But I got you baby

Baby I don't need dollar bills to have fun tonight
(I love cheap thrills)
But I don't need no money
As long as I can feel the beat
I don't need no money
As long as I keep dancing

Come on, come on, .................... the radio ............
It's Saturday and I won't be long
Gotta paint my nails, .............. my high heels ..............
It's Saturday and I won't be long




Solución:


Turn the radio on  (turn and radio stressed)

Put my make up on (put and make stressed)

Put my high heels on (put and heels stressed)

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Pronunciation Tip: 
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. Pronunciation of Separable Phrasal Verbs.

(WORDS in CAPITAL LETTERS: stressed).

TURN down the VOLUME.

TURN the VOLUME down.

PLEASE, TURN it DOWN!

RULE: When the object is a noun, we stressed the verb and the object, but when the object is a pronoun, we stressed the verb and the particle.

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. Cursos para niños, adolescentes y adultos.

Happy Friend`s Day!!!

FGP les desea a todos sus amigos: Happy Friend's  Day!!! Have a very nice day!!!


 This is a good opportunity to learn some sayings and quotes about friends:

A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. 

Good friends are hard to find, harder to leave, impossible to forget.

A true friend is the best Possession.     Ben Franklin (1706-1790) 

Friends are God's way of taking care of us.      

There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.     

Thomas Aquinas

FOOTBALL VOCABULARY!!

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Last Sunday Germany won theConfederations Cup for the first time. (You win a match, tournament, medal or trophy)

They defeated/beat Chile 1-0 (one nil)    (You beat/defeat another team or person).

Lars Stindl scored the goal in the first half.

No players were sent off. (= no players got the red card)

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. Cursos para niños, adolescentes y adultos.

Words used to describe cold weather.

Winter starts tomorrow, so it's a good opportunity to learn vocabulary to describe cold weather.

Cold:

 used about the weather

Crisp:

 crisp weather is pleasant because it is cold and dry

Brisk 

if it is brisk, the weather is fairly cold and a fairly strong wind is blowing

Fresh: 

if the weather is fresh, it is fairly cold and the wind is blowing

Harsh;

 harsh weather is extremely cold and unpleasant

Bleak: 

bleak weather is very cold and grey

Biting: 

biting wind or cold is so cold that it makes you feel very uncomfortable

Frosty: 

cold enough to produce frost

Raw: 

raw weather is cold and unpleasant

Hard: 

a hard winter is a very cold winter

Happy Father's Day!!!

     

 FGP Les desea a todos sus alomnos que son padres, y a los padres de ntros alumnos Happy Father`s Day!! Have a very nice day!

Report Cards!!!

Esta semana estamos entragando los boletines (report cards) a los cursos KIDS  y TEENS.

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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.    

Vocabulary: Phrasal Verbs connected with illness.

. PASS OUT: faint (picture).

. THROW UP: vomit.

. GET OVER STH.: get better, recover from sth.

. COME ROUND: become conscious again.

She's just passed out.

. Exercise: complete the sentences with the above.mentioned phrasal verbs.

1) Your mother hasn`t .................... yet from the anaesthetic.

2) That horrible smell made me want to ...........................

3) Last month I had a fever and it took me a long time to ......................... it.

4) Suddenly the woman in front of me ..........................; she became unconscious.




Answers:


1) come round


2) throw up


3) get over


4) passed out

Vocabulary: Confusing Words.

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. 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)

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Practicando Inglés en forma creativa!!

   Los chicos de Kids 1 escribieron una canción.

   . Objetivo: practicar en forma creativa:
       - Vocabulary: School objects.
       - Grammar: Prepositions.

 . Songwriters: Sol; Valentina, Abigail, Joaquín, Iván.

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   Hoy practicamos False 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.





Rtas.:



1) camping
2) camp-site


3) shopping
4) Shopping centre or mall


5) driver
6) chauffeur

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 Vocabulary: False Friends

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: the activity of holidaying in a tent: I don`t like camping, I prefer staying at hotels
. Camp-site: a place 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.