sábado, 16 de marzo de 2013

SAY, TELL, TALK and SPEAK

Some of you had some problems with the verbs SAYTELL, TALK and SPEAK . I hope this notes and this short video can help you to understand them.


  
SAY / TELL / TALK / SPEAK
1) Now, listen what I’m going to say:
2) I’m going to tell you what to do next:
3) I’m talking about four verbs which are often confused.
1) You should learn to speak better English.


SAY a word, a name, a sentence
SAY that…
SAY something to somebody
He SAID, ‘………………..’
TELL somebody that…
TELL somebody to do something…
TELL the truth, lies, a story, the time, fortunes …
TELL somebody how to do something
TALK to somebody
TALK about something
SPEAK to somebody
SPEAK well/badly
SPEAK French / Japanese…

sábado, 9 de marzo de 2013

Cardinal numbers



Digits (units)

0 - zero
1 – one
2 – two
3 – three
4 – four
5 – five
6 – six
7 – seven
8 – eight
9 – nine
Numbers (10+)

10 – ten
11 – eleven
12 – twelve
13 – thirteen
14 – fourteen
15 – fifteen
16 – sixteen
17 – seventeen
18 – eighteen
19 – nineteen
Tens (20+)



20 – twenty
30 – thirty
40 – forty
50 – fifty
60 – sixty
70 – seventy
80 – eighty
90 – ninety
Composed numbers
ex : 21= 20+1 = twenty-one
22 – twenty-two
23 – twenty-three
24 – twenty-three
......
Hundreds
100 –  a hundred
       one hundred
200 – two hundred
300 – three hundred
.
Remember!

         Put a hayphen (-) between tens and units
      
         ex : 39 =30 + 9   thirty-nine

         Write and between hundreds and tens/units

        ex : 206 =200 + 6
                  two hundred and six

Thousands and more...

1,000 – a thousand
         - one thousand
2,000 – two thousand

10,000 – ten thousand
11,000 – eleven thousand 12,000 – twelve thousand
100,000 – a hundred
                thousand
1,000,000 – one million...
Some links about numbers:
-British/American differences and fractional numbers.
-Some interesting notes about cardinal numbers (downloadable document)

viernes, 8 de marzo de 2013

How to write the date in English

There are several different ways to write the date in English. There are some differences between British and American English. Have a look at this :


British: Day-Month-YearAmerican: Month-Day-Year
a.the Fourteenth of March, 2011March the Fourteenth, 2011
b.14th March 2011March 14th, 2011
c.14 March 2011March 14, 2011
d.14/3/20113/14/2011
e.14/3/113/14/11
f.14/03/1103/14/11

Note:  The longer formats, such as b or c, are more polite (they show more respect for the reader). Shorter formats, such as d. or e., are used in less formal situations, a letter between friends or an impersonal business letter. Format f. is rather official  for technical documents. Format a. is extremely formal and mainly used on printed items, for example a wedding invitation. The numerical formats may use a full stop (.) or hyphen (-) instead of a slash (/), for example: 14.3.2011 or 03-14-11

sábado, 2 de marzo de 2013

Welcome to my A2 class!!

“When one teaches, two learn.” (Robert A. Heinlein)

I am delighted to have all of you in my English class
 

Things to keep in mind for this class:  
  1. Relax and have fun. 
  2. Don't be afraid of making a mistake. 
  3. We are all here to learn together. 
  4. Practise a little everyday. 
  5. In order to improve your English, you need to spent some time outside the classroom listening and reading .  
  6. The internet and podcasts are an excellent source of information in English.
  7. Don't be afraid of technology.   
  8. Blogs and other social media tools we use in class are excellent tools that will help you accelerate your learning process. 
  9. Ask lots of questions during and after class. 
  10. This blog will help you with lots of links and explanations
Schedule
Thursday 16:00 - 19:00
Days: 7th March - 14th March - 21st March - 11th April
         18th April - 25th April - 2nd May 

1st Day - 7th March 2013