WORLD BOOK DAY

WORLD BOOK DAY

Book lovers are celebrating their favourite stories once again as WORLD BOOK DAY is back and marking its 20th anniversary.

The annual celebration of authors, illustrators and reading is marked in more than 100 countries around the world.

The event sees kids all over the UK dress as their favourite characters, receive precious book tokens and take part in the events that schools and community groups run to mark the wonder of reading.

Celebrities are also keen to get in on the act.

Teachers are also encouraged to don fancy dress costumes and join in with WORLD BOOK DAY 2017.

Evidence suggests that children who read for enjoyment every day not only perform better in reading tests than those who don’t, but also develop a broader vocabulary, increased general knowledge and a better understanding of other cultures.

PHRASES USED IN TELEPHONE ENGLISH

PHRASES USED IN TELEPHONE ENGLISH

INTRODUCING YOURSELF

This is Mary

Mary speaking

ASKING FOR SOMEONE

Could I speak to Mary?

Is Mary in?

Can I have extension 321?

HOW TO REPLY WHEN SOMEONE IS NOT AVAILABLE

I'm afraid Mary is not available at the moment

Mary isn't in

Mary is out at the moment

The line is busy

ASKING WHO IS ON TH LINE

Excuse me, who is this?

CONNECTING SOMEONE

I'll put you through (put through means “connect”)

TAKING A MESSAGE

Would you like to to leave a message?

CUT BACKS (RECORTES)

Me han preguntado como expresar que hay recortes de dinero.

Se utiliza la expresión "cut back" 

The goverment is thinking about cutting back benefits to unemployed.

BITCH versus BEACH Pronuntation

BITCH versus BEACH

Este video es muy divertido, pero por sobre todas las cosas es muy útil para mejorar la pronunciación de estas dos palabras

Maundy Thursday

HOLY THURSDAY

Holy Thursday also has another names such as:

Maundy Thursday

Covenant Thursday

Great Thursday

Sheer Thursday

Thursday of Mysteries

IIt is the Christian holy day, the Thursday before Easter. It commemorates the Maundy and Last Supper of Jesus with the Apostles.

EASTER VOCABULARY

EASTER VOCABULARY

Ash Wednesday	Miércoles de Ceniza
Easter	Pascua
Easter break	vacaciones de Semana Santa
Easter bunny	conejito de Pascua
Easter egg	huevo de Pascua
Easter egg hunt	búsqueda de huevos de Pascua
Easter holiday	vacaciones de Semana Santa
Easter mass	misa de Pascua
Easter Saturday	Sábado Santo, Sábado de Gloria
Easter Sunday	Domingo de Pascua, Domingo de Resurrección
basket	canasta
chocolate egg	huevo de chocolate
coloured egg	huevo de color
decorated egg	huevo decorado
Good Friday	Viernes Santo
Happy Easter	Felices Pascuas
Holy Week	Semana Santa
Lent	Cuaresma
Lenten Season	Cuaresma
Palm Sunday	Domingo de Ramos
Passion of Christ	Pasión de Cristo
Pentecost	Pentecostés
Resurrection	Resurrección
roll	rosca
Whitsun	Pentecostés

 

TONGUE TWISTER

En este trabalenguas la S se pronuncia de tres formas diferentes.

1- /s/ Es la pronunciación más parecida a la S en español

Sally

sell

sea

so

see

silver

somersaults

2- / ʃ / Este es el sonido de “mandar callar” (shhhhhhhhhhhh)

shell

shiny

shore

she

shimmering

ship

3- S La s líquida. Suena como una serpiente (sssssssss). Lo correcto es pronunciar “sssss” antes de la consonante.

Stroll

splashing

skip

ON TIME / IN TIME

Ayer en una clase apareció el tema del uso de

IN TIME

ON TIME

ON TIME

La traducción exacta es “puntual”, “a la hora fijada”

Por ejemplo:

Our flight left on time

The concert didn't begin on time.

IN TIME

Significa que algo se hace con el tiempo suficiente

They arrived home in time for lunch.

También se traduce como que algo sucede antes que sea demasiado tarde.

The police arrived just in time the criminal run away.

.

SURGERY

Me han preguntado la traducción de la palabra SURGERY varias veces porque da lugar a confusión. En realidad es simple.
SURGERY tiene dos significados:

CONSULTA MÉDICA
 OPERACIÓN (CIRUGÍA)

You go to the surgery when you don't feel well (consulta)

The surgeon carry out a surgery (operación)

VERBOS SEGUIDOS DE GERUNDIO, INFINITIVO O AMBOS

 Vani, aquí te envio unas listas con los verbos seguidos de gerundio, infinitivo o ambos.

Estudia mucho y ánimo

Verbos sólo seguidos de gerundio

ADMIT

UNDERSTAND

ANTICIPATE

TOLERATE

APPRECIATE

TAKE UP

AVOID

SUGGEST

COMPLETE

RISK

CONSIDER

RESUME

DEFEND

DELAY

RESENT

DESPISE

POSTPONE

REPORT

RECOMMEND

DETES

RECOLLECT

GET THROUGH

ENJOY

KEEP ON

DISLIKE

MISS

EXCUSE

FINISH

CAN'T HELP

MENTION

INVOLVE

GIVE UP

NOT MIND

IMAGINE

Verbos sólo seguidos de infinitivo

AGREE

YEARN

APPEAR

ASK

HAPPEN

CARE

ARRANGE

LEARN

CHOOSE

TEND

CLAIM

KNOW (HOW)

DECIDE

GET

PROMISE

DEMAND

DESERVE

FAIL

WANT

HOPE

HESITATE

EXPECT

REFUSE

WOULD LIKE

INTEND

PRETEND

MANAGE

OFFER

SEEM

WISH

Verbos seguidos de gerundio o de infinitivo

REMEMBER

FORGET

REGRET

ADVISE

ALLOW

PERMIT

FORBID

RECOMMEND

SEE

WATCH

HEAR

FEEL

TRY

MEAN

LIKE

HATE

PREFER

START

BEGIN

STOP

SORRY

 Vani, aquí te envio unas listas con los verbos seguidos de gerundio, infinitivo o ambos.

Estudia mucho y ánimo

Verbos sólo seguidos de gerundio

ADMIT

UNDERSTAND

ANTICIPATE

TOLERATE

APPRECIATE

TAKE UP

AVOID

SUGGEST

COMPLETE

RISK

CONSIDER

RESUME

DEFEND

DELAY

RESENT

DESPISE

POSTPONE

REPORT

RECOMMEND

DETES

RECOLLECT

GET THROUGH

ENJOY

KEEP ON

DISLIKE

MISS

EXCUSE

FINISH

CAN'T HELP

MENTION

INVOLVE

GIVE UP

NOT MIND

IMAGINE

Verbos sólo seguidos de infinitivo

AGREE

YEARN

APPEAR

ASK

HAPPEN

CARE

ARRANGE

LEARN

CHOOSE

TEND

CLAIM

KNOW (HOW)

DECIDE

GET

PROMISE

DEMAND

DESERVE

FAIL

WANT

HOPE

HESITATE

EXPECT

REFUSE

WOULD LIKE

INTEND

PRETEND

MANAGE

OFFER

SEEM

WISH

Verbos seguidos de gerundio o de infinitivo

REMEMBER

FORGET

REGRET

ADVISE

ALLOW

PERMIT

FORBID

RECOMMEND

SEE

WATCH

HEAR

FEEL

TRY

MEAN

LIKE

HATE

PREFER

START

BEGIN

STOP

SORRY

INFINITIVOS Y GERUNDIOS

Buenas noches Vani. Aquí te envío la explicación del uso de gerundio e infinitivo. Espero que te sea útil. 

GERUNDIOS E INFINITIVOS

Gerundios

Se escribe el verbo en gerundio después de los siguientes verbos:

Continue

Enjoy

Hate

Like

Dislike

Love

Miss

Prefer

Recommend

Suggest

Se escribe en gerundio después de las siguientes formas verbales:

Can’t stand

Can`t help

Don’t mind

Feel like

It is no use

Look forward to

Be used to

Get used to

Se escribe gerundio después de las preposiciones

At

By

O

While

Alter

Befote

For

Se escribe gerundio cuando el verbo se utiliza como sujeto, aunque en español digamos el infinitivo.

Fumar es peligroso

Smoking is dangerous

Escuchar música es relajante

Listening music is relaxing

Infinitivos

Se escribe en infinitivo detrás de los adjetivos y ciertos adverbios

No es fácil leer este informe

It is not easy to read this report

El conducía demasiado demasiado rápido para parar a tiempo

He drove too fase to stop in time

Se escribe infinitivo detrás de verbos que llevan complemento indirecto (me, you, him, her, it, us, you, them)

Advine

Help

Invite

Persuade

Teach

Tell

Warn

Se utliza el infinitivo detrás de ciertos verbos

Agree

Expect

Promise

Appear

Seem

Hope

Refuse

Choose

Learn

Want

Decide

Plan

Wish

Se escribe infinitivo sin to detrás de los verbos

Let

Make

Verbos que pueden ir seguidos de infinitivo o de gerundio

STOP

Va seguido de gerundio cuando se deja de hacer algo 

He is tired, he must stop working at weekends.

Va seguido de infinitivo con to cuando significa dejar de hacer algo para hacer otra cosa.

He stopped to have a cup of tea.

REMEMBER

Va seguido de gerundio cuando se refiere a una acción pasada.

I remember doing the test some years ago.

Va seguido de infinitivo con to cuando se refiere a una acción futura que es importante recordar.

He has to remember to take the papers.

REGRET

Va seguido de gerundio cuando se lamenta una acción pasada

I regret leaving my job

Va seguido de infinitivo con to cuando lo que se lamenta es algo que no tiene solución

I regret to tell you that the dog died.

Adjetivos seguidos de preposición

Happy with

Worried about

Good at

Afraid of

Bored with

Different from

Excited about

Insulted by

Loyal to

Please with

Proud of

Tired of

Upset with

PALM SUNDAY

PALM SUNDAY

Palm Sunday marks the day Jesus arrived in Jerusalem on a donkey, just a few days before he was betrayed by his friend Judas Iscariot, one of the 12 apostles, put on trial and sentenced to death by crucifixion.

The day is called ‘Palm Sunday’ because the people of Jerusalem threw palm leaves to the floor as a greeting when he arrived.

Nowadays Palm Sunday is commemorated by a ritual procession of people carrying palm branches, or if these are not available, branches from yew, willow and olive trees into church.

For this reason Palm Sunday is sometimes called Branch Sunday.

These palms are then blessed, and sometimes fashioned into crosses.

Palm Sunday is always the Sunday before Easter and is also the final day of lent.

                                  

TEACHER'S GUIDE (SIMPLE MACHINE)

TEACHER'S GUIDE (SIMPLE MACHINE)

PREREADING ACTIVITIES

Discussion To get students thinking about how this topic relates to their interests and lives, ask: What are the simple machines? 

Where are simple machines used in the school and home? 

How many simple machines can you identify in a bicycle? 

Concept Map Explain to students that they will be reading Simple Machines. 

What are some words related to simple machines? 

List students’ responses on the board. (See box below for some terms they may suggest.)

 After creating a list, ask students to group the words into categories, such as Lever Family and Inclined Plane Family. Create a concept map by writing Simple Machines on the board and circling it. 

Write the kinds of simple machines around the circle and draw lines between the ideas to show the connections. Then list examples and write the words from the list around the appropriate categories.

Get Set to Read (Anticipation Guide) Copy and distribute the Get Set to Read blackline master (page 3 of this Teacher’s Guide). Explain to students that this Anticipation Guide will help them find out what they know and what misconceptions they have about the topic. Get Set to Read is a list of statements—some true, some false. Ask students to write whether they think each statement is true or false in the Before Reading column. Be sure to tell students that it is not a test and they will not be graded on their answers. The activity can be completed in a variety of ways for differentiated instruction: Have students work on their own or in small groups to complete the entire page. Assign pairs of students to focus on two statements and to become “experts” on these topics. Ask students to complete the Before Reading column on their own, and then tabulate the class’s answers on the chalkboard, on an overhead transparency, or on your classroom computer. Review the statements orally with the entire class. If you predict that students will need assistance finding the answers, complete the Page Number column before copying Get Set to Read.

Preview Distribute Simple Machines and model how to preview it. Examine titles, headings, words in boldface, pictures, charts, and captions. Then have students add new information to the Concept Map. If students will only be reading a few pages at one sitting, preview only the selected pages.

PREREADING ACTIVITIES

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ADJECTIVES OR ADVERB

Carlos aquí te explico la diferencia entre los adjetivos y los adverbios

ADJECTIVES OR ADVERBS

The adverbs and the adjectives in English
Adjectives tell us something about a person or a thing. Adjectives can modify nouns (here: girl) or pronouns (here: she).
Adverbs tell us in what way someone does something. Adverbs can modify verbs (here: drive), adjectives or other adverbs.

	Mandy drives carefully.
She is very careful.	She drives carefully.

Mandy is a careful driver. This sentence is about Mandy, the driver, so use the adjective.

Mandy is a careful girl.

Mandy drives carefully. This sentence is about her way of driving, so use the adverb.

Form

Adjective + -ly

dangerous	dangerously
careful	carefully
nice	nicely
horrible	horribly
easy	easily
electronic	electronically

Irregular forms:

good	well
fast	fast
hard	hard

If the adjective ends in-y, change -y to -i. Then add -ly:

• happy – happily

but:

• shy– shyly

If the adjective ends in-le, the adverb ends in-ly:

• terrible– terribly

If the adjective ends in-e, then add-ly:

• safe– safely

► Not all words ending in -ly are adverbs:

• adjectives ending in -ly: friendly, silly, lonely, ugly
• nouns, ending in -ly: ally, bully, Italy, melancholy
• verbs, ending in -ly: apply, rely, supply

There is no adverb for an adjective ending in -ly.

Use of adverbs

to modify verbs

The handball team played badly last Saturday.

to modify adjectives

It was an extremely bad match.

to modify adverbs

The handball team played extremely badly last Wednesday.

to modify quantities

There are quite a lot of people here.

to modify sentences

Unfortunately, the flight to Dallas had been cancelled.

Types of adverbs

Adverbs of manner

• quickly
• kindly

Adverbs of degree

• very
• rather

Adverbs of frequency

• often
• sometimes

Adverbs of time

• now
• today

Adverbs of place

• here
• nowhere