Lunes, 22 de mayo

 

1.     Complete the chart with the SIMPLE PAST FORM of these irregular verbs (0’1 each)

INFINITIVE FORM	PAST FORM
Come
Drive
Go
Read
Write

2.     Fill in the gaps with the verbs in brackets. Use the PAST SIMPLE or the PAST CONTINUOUS (0’25 each)

a.     She was watching TV when he ______________(phone)

b.     While he__________________ (play) tennis he break his arm

c.     They ____________________ (not work) when I arrived

d.     What _______she__________ (cook) when you phoned

 

3.     Fill in the blanks with SOME / ANY / NO (0’25 each)

a.     I used ___________ eggs for the cake

b.     There isn’t __________ sugar in my coffee

c.     Are there __________ chairs in the class?

d.     This country is very poor. They have ______ money

 

4.     Fill in the blanks with MUCH, MANY or A LOT OF (0’25 each)

a.     I’m new in the city and I don’t have _______friends

b.     I have _________ books about History

c.     How _________ water do you drink a day?

d.     How _________ phones do you have?

 

5.     Fill in the blanks with MUST, MUSTN’T, HAVE TO or DON’T HAVE TO in the correct form (0’25 each)

a.     You _____________ visit your family more often

b.     Children ____________ use a blue pen in all the exams

c.     You ________________ pay for the concert. It’s free

d.     You _______________ drink alcohol if you are 15

 

6.     Fill int the blanks with a correct preposition AT, IN, ON, BETWEEN, UNDER, IN FRONT OF. (0’1 each)

a.     She is ill and she is _______ home

b.     The lesson starts ________ 5 o´clock

c.     I have 20 pounds _______  my wallent

d.     The cat was hidden _________ the chair

e.     The museum is __________ the park and the cathedral

Jueves, 16 de mayo

 

Re paso del SEGUNDO PARCIAL (5 puntos)

1.     Complete the chart with the SIMPLE PAST FORM of these irregular verbs (0’1 each)

INFINITIVE FORM	PAST FORM
Break
Do
Eat
See
Think

2.     Fill in the gaps with the verbs in brackets. Use the PAST SIMPLE or the PAST CONTINUOUS (0’25 each)

a.     She was watching TV when he ______________(arrive)

b.     While they __________________ (play) football it started to rain

c.     They ____________________ (not kiss) when I saw them

d.     What _______she__________ (do) when you were there?

 

3.     Fill in the blanks with SOME / ANY / NO (0’25 each)

a.     I can see ____________ bread on the table

b.     There is __________ milk in the fridge

c.     Are there __________ children in the class?

d.     She has _______ money. She can’t go on holiday

 

4.     Fill in the blanks with MUCH, MANY or A LOT OF (0’25 each)

a.     She is poor. She doesn’t have __________  money

b.     I don’thave ____________ food. I need to go shopping

c.     How _________ brothers do you have?

d.     We saw _________ exotic birds in the jungle

 

5.     Fill in the blanks with MUST, MUSTN’T, HAVE TO or DON’T HAVE TO in the correct form (0’25 each)

a.     You _____________ to wear a mask at pharmacies

b.     Children ____________ be kind to old people

c.     Celia _____________ work tomorrow. It is Sunday

d.     You _______________ sit here. It’s freshly painted

 

6.     Fill int the blanks with a correct preposition AT, IN, ON, BETWEEN, UNDER, IN FRONT OF. (0’1 each)

a.     She studies History _________ university

b.     I have a meeting ________ the 1^st of April

c.     I have a euro ________ my pocket

d.     She was sleeping __________ a tree

e.     Can you see the dog? It is __________ two trees

Lunes, 8 de mayo

  -Expresar obligación - Expressing obligation

• MUST. ("Deber") - Indica una obligación fuerte, pero de tipo moral. Es una obligación que conlleva una elección personal

I must study hard for this exam.

You must read this book. It is so good.

-Es un verbo que no añade -s en 3ª persona del singular y que no necesita verbo auxiliar para negar o preguntar.

• MUSTN'T - Indica prohibición. 

You mustn't smoke here

You mustn't step the grass

• HAVE TO - ("Tener que") - Indica una obligación que viene de una ley, una norma. Es una obligación ineludible

We have to wear masks at school

You have to be 18 to buy alcohol in Spain

-Have to sí se conjuga como un verbo normal y añade -s en 3ª persona de singular y necesita auxiliares para negar y preguntar.

• DON'T HAVE TO/DOESN'T HAVE TO. ("No tener que") - Indica que no hay obligación, ausencia de obligación.

I don't have to work today, it's Sunday.

I have tickets, she doesn't have to buy one.

Practica: must/have to,  mustn't/don' have to

Fill in the blanks with MUST / MUSTN'T / HAVE TO / DON'T HAVE TO

• We ________ wear a uniform to school
• She __________ to study for her exam
• I __________ to go to the dentist tomorrow
• They ___________ to be quiet in the library
• He ______________ eat more vegetables
• She _____________ clean her bedroom if she wants to go out
• We __________ be at the airport at 6 am
• You ___________ to worry. Everything will be fine

Jueves, 4 de mayo

  - Much / Many / A lot of.

 

·                     Much. Siempre va seguido de un nombre incontable y puede usarse en frases negativas y también en preguntas en combinación con HOW (HOW MUCH= cuánto)

I don't have much money

How much water is there in the bottle?

 

·                     Many. Siempre va seguido de un nombre contable y puede usarse en frases negativas y también en preguntas en combinación con HOW (HOW MANY = cuántos)

She doesn't have many friends

How many chairs are there in the class?

 

·                     A lot of. También significa "mucho/muchos" y sirve tanto para contables como incontables. Es el cuantificador más usado en frases afirmativas

I have a lot of books

They want a lot of sugar in their coffee

 

Practica con este ejercicio:

Fill in the blanks with much, many or a lot of:

How ___________ water do you drink every day?

I don't have ___________ money in my pocket.

There are ___________ cars on the street.

She doesn't have ___________ friends in her class.

___________ people are coming to the party.

He doesn't have ___________ experience in this field.

How _________ books are there in the library

I have ___________ work to do today.

We don't have ___________ time to waste.

___________ students are absent today.

 Aprendemos el uso de las preposiciones AT, IN y ON

• Como preposiciones de lugar. Las tres se pueden traducir en castellano por "en". La diferencia es que ON se suele usar para expresar que algo está "sobre una superficie". AT se suele usar para expresar que algo "está en un punto determinado" e IN, para expresar que algo está "dentro de un espacio"

at	in	on
En un punto	Dentro de un espacio	Sobre una superficie
at the corner	in the garden	on the wall
at the bus stop	in London	on the ceiling
at the door	in France	on the door
at the top of the page	in a box	on the cover
at the end of the road	in my pocket	on the floor
at the entrance	in my wallet	on the carpet
at the crossroads	in a building	on the menu
at the front desk	in a car	on a page

También hay que recordar que estas tres preposiciones se usan en expresiones fijas:

at	in	on
at home	in a car	on a bus
at work	in a taxi	on a train
at school	in a helicopter	on a plane
at university	in a boat	on a ship
at college	in a lift (elevator)	on a bicycle, on a motorbike
at the top	in the newspaper	on a horse, on an elephant
at the bottom	in the sky	on the radio, on television
at the side	in a row	on the left, on the right
at reception	in Oxford Street	on the way

• Como preposiciones de tiempo

At - Se usa con momentos específicos, en general

- Con las horas (At five o'clock)

- Con los periodos festivos (at Christmas)

- Con el fin de semana (At the weekend)

On - Se usa con días y fechas, en general

- On Tuesday - El martes

- On the 21st of October - El 21 de octubre

- On New Year Day - En año nuevo

In - Se usa con periodos de tiempo menos específicos.

- In May - En mayo

- In 2009 - En 2009

- In the 20th century - En el siglo XX

- In the morning, - Por la mañana

En las tareas y exámenes te encontraras este tipo de ejercicio:

 Write the prepositions of time AT / IN / ON.  Escribe las preposiciones de tiempo.  

1. Helen comes ________________  20th December

2. They get up _____________________ 6.30. 

3. I usually go swimming _______________ Summer 

4. She studies History ________________ University.

5. There is a man ____________ the bus stop.

6. Sarah goes to London________________ weekends

7. The final exams are _____________ June.

8. I meet my friends ___________ Saturdays

9. She always visits her family ___________ Christmas

Mäs preposiciones de lugar: