30 julio, 2012

GRAMMAR Future time clauses: if, when, etec

4A
2. finish 3. 'll text 4. finishes 5. come 6. can 7. don't phone 8. get 9. will be 10. are 11. won't be ale to 12. pass 13. meet 14. don't study 15 won't have.

28 julio, 2012

LEMON TREE




Fool's Garden - Lemon Tree lyrics

Those of you, who were ashamed to sing along in class, can sing it aloud watching the video at home. Enjoy and have a good time.
I'm sitting here in the boring room
It's just another rainy Sunday afternoon
I'm wasting my time
I got nothing to do
I'm hanging around
I'm waiting for you
But nothing ever happens and I wonder

I'm driving around in my car
I'm driving too fast
I'm driving too far
I'd like to change my point of view
I feel so lonely
I'm waiting for you
But nothing ever happens and I wonder
I wonder how
I wonder why
Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue sky
And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon-tree
I'm turning my head up and down
I'm turning turning turning turning turning around
And all that I can see is just another lemon-tree

I'm sitting here
I miss the power
I'd like to go out taking a shower
But there's a heavy cloud inside my head
I feel so tired
Put myself into bed
Well, nothing ever happens and I wonder

Isolation is not good for me
Isolation I don't want to sit on the lemon-tree

I'm steppin' around in the desert of joy
Baby anyhow I'll get another toy
And everything will happen and you wonder
I wonder how
I wonder why
Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue sky
And all that I can see is just another lemon-tree
I'm turning my head up and down
I'm turning turning turning turning turning around
And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon-tree
And I wonder, wonder
I wonder how
I wonder why
Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue sky
And all that I can see, and all that I can see, and all that I can see
Is just a yellow lemon-tree

24 julio, 2012

Grammar Bank 3 C CAN , COULD, BE ABLE TO (ability and possibility)


a 1.  haven't been able to 2. be able to 3. won't be able to 4. to be able to 5. Will you be able to 6. I'd be able to7. I'll be able to 8.  not being able to.

b 1. can't 2. could 3. to be able to 4. won't be able to 5.can 6. to be able to 7. can  8. haven't been able to.

Grammar Bank 3 B MUST, MAY, MIGHT, CAN'T (DEDUCTION)


a 2 G 3A 4D 5J 6 C 7 F 8 E 9 B 10 H.
b 1 might/may 2.can't 3. might not 4.must 5. can't 6. can't 7. must

TRIP,JOURNEY AND TRAVEL

I know you still have some problems with these words. Have a look at this link with an explanation and some exercises.

WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD



20 julio, 2012

JOB OR WORK


1. job 2. work 3. job 4. work 5. job 6. job 7. work 8. job 9. job 10. work 11. work 12. job 13. job 14. work 15. job 16. job 17. work 18. jobs 19. work 20. job 21. work 22. job 23. work 24. job

TRAVEL, TRIP, JOURNEY


Grammar 3A MUST, HAVE TO, SHOULD


a 1 both  2. mustn't 3. both 4. had to 5. both 6. don't have to
b 2. don't have to 3. must/ have to 4. should 5. mustn't 6. must/ have 7. shouldn't 8. don't have to.

Grammar bank 3A
a 1.  don't have to. 2. must 3. didn't have to 4. Do you have to 5.had to 6. Did you have to 7.shouldn't 8. mustn't.
b 1. shouldn't go 2. did they have to 3. don't have to 4. should talk 5. mustn't go/drive.

12 julio, 2012

Grammar Bank


2 A   present perfect or Past simple -key

a 1. He hasn´t arrived yet.2. We haven't seen each other 3. have you ever written'
4.She has never been to 5.I lent him €50 last week. 6. I've known them for ten years.7. when did you leave school? 8. We have already been 9. but she hasn't replied yet. 10. They have lived in that house since 1980.

b  1. have you been, started, lived, moved, have lived. 2.Has your brother found?, He's just started. 3. Have you ever been to?, went, is/was, cost.

2 Past simple or present perfect –key


What's the rule?
A 1 Helen 2. Joe
B 1. Joe  2. Helen
C  2. present perfect. which countries have yoy visited?
D 2. when did you visit Japan?
Remember
1.PP 2.PS 3. PP 4. PP
Practice exercises
1 a 2 b
2 (2) I did my first job when I (3) was 16, so I (4) have been a model... (5) have you travelled... (6) I have been to...(7) I went to... (8) have you visited ...? (9) no, I haven’t (10) Have you made...? (11) I have made... (12) I bought...
3 2 f  3 a  4 b  5d  6e
4 2 right  3has lived  4 decided  5 have visited.
5 3 I have been... for 2 years. 4 I met... a year ago. 5 She has lived.... for 3 years. 6 we bought...

11 julio, 2012

Irregular verbs chart

This is the chart that I wanted to send you, Click here Irregular verbs and you'll see the whole list.

Grammar bank 1C

a 1. I'm going to study
   2. Shall we
   3. we're going

   4. √
   5.√

   6. I'll help
   7. I'm meeting
   8. I won't do

   9.√



b 1. I'll get
   2. I'm going (to go)
   3. We're having /we're going to have
   4. I'll answer
   5. She's having/ She's going to have.

10 julio, 2012

FUTURE:GOING TO OR WILL OR PRESENT CONTINUOUS?


The rule
A 1. YES 2. a.
B  She’s going to buy a …
C 1. NO 2. It is going to rain.
D It will arrive at…
E  b.
Remember 1. d 2. c 3. b  4. a 5. e.
Exercises
  1. 1e 2. e 3. a 4. a 5. d 6. e 7. b 8. d, c.
  1. 2. I’m going to have a big party. 3. Twenty people are coming to my party. 4. I’ll wear 5. It isn’t going to rain.
  1. 2. I’m going to buy some new clothes 3. She’s working tomorrow 4. I'll phone Kate  5. we'll be in town.
  1. 2. I’m getting 3. will you be back 4. I will come back 5. I’m going to cry.

06 julio, 2012

My exam nightmare

Grammar past tenses

2.hadn't studied 3. was raining 4. arrived 5. had already started 6.couldn't answer 7.had ever given 8. was sitting 9.was writing 10. looked 11. was standing 12. wasn't  looking 13. threw 14. had already finished 15. called 16. was holding 17. had both failed 18. had written.

SPORTS

1 PEOPLE AND PLACES.
a 1. players 2. fans 3. referee 4. spectators 5. coach 6. team 7. captain 8. stadium 9. sports hall
b 1. court 2. pitch 3. pool 4. track 5. circuit 6. course 7. slope.

2 VERBS
a beat beat beaten
  win won won
  lose lost lost
  draw drew drawn
b 1. beat 2. lost 3. drew 4. won
c 1. warm up 2. train 3. get injured 4. get fit 5. score 6. go 7. play 8. do

03 julio, 2012

HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED ? VICTORIA GRANT, A 12 YEAR OLD CANADIAN GIRL TALKS ABOUT THE BANKING SYSTEM





PUBLIC BANKING INSTITUTE
Banking in the Public Interest
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All Rights Reserved
[Introduction] Source: LYBIO.net
It was 5 or 6 weeks ago that Victoria spoke to a group of 600 people at a rotary club and she’s going to be giving us the same speech to us today. And as – as I saw it, I think a week or so after it hit the web, it started going around so I quickly got on the phone talked with her dad Zane and ah invited them here. So we have a very special treat, Victoria come on up. Do your thing.
[Victoria Grant] Source: LYBIO.net
Have you ever wondered why Canada is in debt? Have you ever wondered why the government forces Canadians to pay so many taxes? Have you ever wondered why the bankers from the largest private banks are becoming wealthier, and the rest of us are not? Have you ever wondered why the gross national debt is over $800 billion dollars? Or why we are spending $160 million dollars a day on the interest of the national debt? That is $60 billion dollars a year! Have you ever wondered who receives the $60 billion dollars?
What I have discovered is the banks and the government have colluded to financially enslave the people of Canada.
I will share with you three important points of reference which will hopefully spark enough interest and concern for you to continue the research on your own and to engage your government to stop this criminal act against the people of Canada.
First, we will briefly examine the Bank of Canada.
Second, we will see how the banking system works today.
And lastly, I will offer a viable solution that we can petition our government to implement.
A very little known figure in Canadian history is Gerald Grattan McGeer. He was a lawyer, a Member of Parliament and Mayor of Vancouver. His contribution to Canada is probably one of the greatest in our history. He championed the creation of the National Bank of Canada whose sole purpose is to create and manage Canada’s money. It was formed on July 3rd, 1934 and owned by all Canadians.
Until the 1970’s, because of the Bank of Canada, Canada’s national debt was held at a constant manageable level until the government decided to implement what we now have as our modern banking system that is robbing the Canadian people. So how are they robbing us?
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Allow me to explain how our private banks and government work today: first the Canadian government borrows money from the Private Banks. They then lend the debt based money to Canada, with compounded interest. The government then continues to increase taxation of Canadians, year after year, in order to pay back the interest on the exponentially growing national debt. What results is inflation, less real money for Canadians to spend into our economy, and the real money being used to pad the pockets of the banks.
As well, the government gave the banks the ability to loan out money that doesn’t exist in the form of loans. When a bank actually gives you a mortgage, which literally means a ‘death pledge’ or a loan, the banks do not actually give you money. They click a key on a computer and generate the fake money out of thin air. They don’t actually have it in their bank vaults. Presently, the banks only have 4 billion dollars on reserve BUT they have loaned out over 1.5 Trillion dollars.
To quote Graham Towers, “Each and every time a bank makes a loan, a new bank credit is created-new deposits-brand new money. Broadly speaking, all new money comes out of a bank in the form of loans. As loans are debt, then under the present system all money is debt.”
What I find interesting is even Jesus in Matthew 21 drove out the money changers in the temple because they were manipulating the currency to steal money from the people.
The private banks are just like the money changers in Matthew 21, They are defrauding and robbing the people of Canada of their money; thus, their freedom and they need to be stopped.
How should the banking system work?
In an infamous interview Mr. McGeer asked Mr. Towers, “Can you tell me why a government with power to create money should give that power away to a private monopoly, and then borrow that which parliament can create itself, back at interest, to the point of national bankruptcy?”
Mr. Towers replied: “If parliament wants to change the form of operating the banking system, then certainly that is within the powers of Parliament.” Source: LYBIO.net
In other words, if the Canadian government needs money, they can borrow it directly from the Bank of Canada. The people would then pay fair taxes to repay the Bank of Canada; this tax money would in turn get injected back into our economic infrastructure and the debt would be wiped out. Canadians would again prosper with real money as the foundation of our economic structure and not debt money.
Regarding, the debt money that is owed the private banks such as the Royal Bank, we would simply have the Bank of Canada print the money owing, hand it over to the private banks, and then clear the debt with the Bank of Canada. And yes, we have the power and lawful right to do so.
In conclusion, it has become painfully obvious, even for me, a 12 year old Canadian, that we are being defrauded and robbed by the banking system and a complicit government.
What will we do to stop this crime? What will we do to ensure that the next generation will live free and clear of the debt based economy that enslaves them on to the bankers?
Margaret Mead said this quote and I hope that all of you remember this “Never doubt that a small group of people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” Thank you.
(applause)
Victoria Grant – The Corrupt Banking System By 12 Year Old Victoria Grant. The private banks are defrauding and robbing the people of Canada of their money; thus, their freedom and they need to be stopped. Complete Full Transcript, Dialogue, Remarks, Saying, Quotes, Words And Text.

FOOD:FUEL OR PLEASURE

B Match the questions with the answers.

ALICE FREEMAN A6, B3, C4, D2, E5, F1.
JACQUELINE FABRE A3, B5, C6, D4, E1, F2.

C WHO...?

1 BOTH, 2J, 3A, 4J,5J, 6A,7 BOTH, 8J, 9 BOTH.

D Match the words with the definitions.

1. Eat out, 2.honey, 3.portions, 4.heat up, 5.takeaway, 6.fat, 7.dishes, 8.wholemeal, 9.soup, 10.stew.

02 julio, 2012

Pronunciation

Hello,

If you want to practice with the vowels and consonants, click here

01 julio, 2012

IRREGULAR VERBS


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