Tuesday 9 April 2013

Passive voice

What is the passive voice? What do you use it for? Watch this video and find out!



ACTIVITY: Write the sentences below into passive voice and after that propose two other sentences in active voice for a partner to put them into passive voice.
1.- Those men are painting the pavement
2.- Mrs Smith will open a new bakery

Sunday 3 March 2013

Conditional sentences

TYPES

Type 1
If present, future
If present, present (universal truth)
If present, modal can/may
If present, imperative
Type 2
If past, would
Type 3
If past perfect, would have+participle

Type 1
If he doesn´t put on his coat, he will get a cold
If you heat ice, it melts
If I cook, you can do the laundry
If he comescall me at once

Type 2
If they came on time, we would go for a walk
If I were you, I would choose English instead

Type 3
If they had got up earlier, they would have caught the bus

Sunday 10 February 2013

Too/enough

Yesterday morning I wanted to make a cake but I didn´t have enough flour, so I went to the supermarket and got some. When I arrived home, I realised I didn´t have enough sugar; it was too late to go back to the supermarket, so I knocked on my neighbour´s door and he lent me a little. Once in the kitchen, while I was mixing the eggs and the flour, I dropped the sugar bowl and put too much sugar in the mixture! What a mess! I had to add more flour, but I didn´t have enough milk, so I knocked on my neighbour´s door again and he kindly gave me some. While I was going home, I tripped over a stone and I spilt the milk on the ground. Now I didn´t have enough milk to add to the mixture. I went back to my neighbour´s house. He was having a tea party with some friends and invited me to stay for a while. The tea was too hot for me to drink and asked for some cold milk. The others looked at me in amazement and said, "Is the tea not cold enough for you to drink? We always have it very hot in these meetings, it´s a tradition". I had it as fast as I could and left the room. On my way home I stopped at a bakery and bought a cake. I promised myself not to try to make a cake any more in my life.

ACTIVITY: Write sentences of your own and rephrase them as the example by using too and enough:
                    The suitcase is too heavy for me to lift
                    The suitcase is not light enough for me to lift

Tuesday 1 January 2013

New Year´s Resolutions

A resolution is a decision or plan someone has in mind in order to change habits or lifestyle. They are usually made at the beginning of a new year.
Example:     I am going to give up smoking
                    I am going to eat more vegetables

ACTIVITY: Look at  pictures and write about your own New Year´s resolutions



           steelcitycrossfit.com                                             paraestarenforma.com                    allsubstance.com



            idiva.com                                                          abcnews.go.com                                 livingfrugaltips.com