Wednesday, November 21, 2012
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Monday, October 8, 2012
STATE VERBS
When a verb describes a state and not an action we do not use the continuous tense. For example, 'play' is an action so we can say 'playing' whereas 'be' is a fixed state which does not change: 'To be, or not to be'.
Grammatically it is not correct to say "I'm loving it" even though McDonald's have made this expression famous. 'Love' is a state verb and so we should say "I love it".
State verbs generally fall into different groups:
Conditions: belong, cost, need, own, seem
Feelings: like, love, hate, want, wish
Beliefs: believe, feel, know, mean, remember, think, understand
Here are some more examples of state verbs:
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State Verbs
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| doubt | dislike | understand | suspect |
| loathe | own | belong | know |
| like | need | want | seem |
| mean | believe | forget | remember |
| prefer | hate | love | see |
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
GREETINGS IN BRITAIN
‘How do you do?’ is a greeting not a question and the correct response is to repeat ‘How do you do?' You say this when shaking hands with someone.
First person "How do you do?"
Second person " How do you do?"
'How are you?' is a question and the most common and polite response is "I am fine thank you and you?"
First person "How are you?"
Second person "I am fine thank you and you?"
Nice to meet you – Nice to meet you too. (Often said whilst shaking hands)
Delighted to meet you– Delighted to meet you too.
Pleased to meet you – Pleased to meet you too. .
Glad to meet you - Glad to meet you too
Good Morning / Good Afternoon / Good Evening
Morning / Afternoon / Evening ( We drop the word 'Good' in informal situations).
How's you? - Fine thanks. You?
For other words visit our British and American Words page.
FASHION......................
Okay, It's Decided: The Pointy, Metallic Heel Is THE Shoe of Paris Fashion Week
Sunday, September 30, 2012
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Friday, September 28, 2012
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
WELCOME EVERYONE!!!!
This blog was designed to help you share and find out more about English.
I hope that you enjoy all the information and that you come back often to check in on our news and to share yours.
Your English teacher
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
PAU TESTS
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Disney bans junk food adverts
Sunday, June 10, 2012
A News Report Valle La Luna - Group of Diana Saavedra
DANIEL PÉREZ
GUSTAVO PÉREZ
LUCÍA GARCÍA
ADRIANA VENTO
DENISE BACALLAO
ELENA CONCEPCIÓN
DIANA SAAVEDRA
SARAI CARBALLO
We are talking about our "News Report" filmed in Valle La Luna.
I hope that you like it and we love you!
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012
The Story of Love and Madness
A long time ago, before the world was created and humans set foot on it for the first time, virtues and vices floated around and were bored, not knowing what to do. One day, all the vices and virtues were gathered together and were more bored than ever.
Suddenly, Ingenious came up with an idea: "Let's play hide and seek!" All of them liked the idea and immediately Madness shouted: "I want to count, I want to count!" And since nobody was crazy enough to want to seek Madness, all the others agreed. Madness leaned against a tree and started to count: "One, two, three..."
As Madness counted, the vices and virtues went hiding. Tenderness hung itself on the horn of the moon, Treason hid in a pile of garbage. Fondness curled up between the clouds and Passion went to the centre of the earth. Lie said that it would hide under a stone, but hid at the bottom of the lake, whilst Avarice entered a sack that he ended up breaking. And Madness continued to count: "...seventy nine, eighty, eighty one..."
By this time, all the vices and virtues were already hidden - except Love. For undecided as Love is, he could not decide where to hide. And this should not surprise us, because we all know how difficult it is to hide Love.
Madness: "...ninety five, ninety six, ninety seven..." Just when Madness got to one hundred, Love jumped into a rose bush where he hid. And Madness turned around and shouted: "I'm coming, I'm coming!"
As Madness turned around, Laziness was the first to be found, because Laziness had no energy to hide. Then he spotted Tenderness in the horn of the moon, Lie at the bottom of the lake and Passion at the centre of the earth. One by one, Madness found them all - except Love. Madness was getting desperate, unable to find Love.
Envious of Love, Envy whispered to Madness: "You only need to find Love, and Love is hiding in the rose bush."
Madness grabbed a wooden pitch fork and stabbed wildly at the rose bush. Madness stabbed and stabbed until a heartbreaking cry made him stop. Love appeared from the rose bush, covering his face with his hands. Between his fingers ran two trickles of blood from his eyes. Madness, so anxious to find Love, had stabbed out Love's eyes with a pitch fork. "What have I done! What have I done!" Madness shouted. "I have left you blind! How can I repair it?"
And Love answered: "You cannot repair my eyes. But if you want to do something for me, you can be my guide." And so it came about that from that day on, Love is blind and is always accompanied by Madness.
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
FALSE FRIENDS?????
This is to help you translate better ....
Concise Oxford Spanish Dictionary © 2009 Oxford University Press:
- (de carta) writing;
(de borrador) drafting;
(de tratado) drawing-up, drafting
- (lenguaje, estilo) wording, phrasing
- (de carta) writing;
- ( Educ ) composition, essay
- ( Period )
- (acción) writing
- (equipo) editorial staff o team
- (oficina) editorial department o office
1 (acción) writing: tiene muy buena redacción, he writes very well
(de un diccionario) compilation
(de un borrador) drafting
2 (escrito) composition, essay
3 Prensa (redactores) editorial staff
departamento de redacción, editorial office
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Rome (Italy)
In Rome, there are good people through of quality life, but the city shows some weak points as air and acoustics pollution caused by they used so much private transport, municipal services... Rome is unique in having a sovereign state located entirely within its city limits, the Vatican City. The Vatican is an enclave of Rome and a sovereign possession of the Holy See, the supreme government of the Roman Catholic Church. Rome hosts foreign embassies to both Italy and the Holy See, although frequently the same ambassador is accredited to both.
Rome hosted the 1960 Summer Olympics, with great success, using many ancient sites such as the Villa Borghese and the Thermae of Caracalla as venues. For the Olympic Games many new structures were created, notably the new large Olympic Stadium (which was also enlarged and renewed to host qualification and the final match of the 1990 FIFA World Cup), the Villaggio Olympic. Rome is currently bidding to host the 2020 Summer Olympics.