TRY DOING or TRY TO DO?

                                       

                              

Gerundsvsinfitives from Marijoeber

READING ALOUD

A VISITOR TO "THE STAR"...

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/stories/visitor-star

Instructions:

• Read and listen to the story as many times as you need to get the correct pronunciation and intonation.

• Practice reading aloud (listen to yourself!!). You can even record your reading and listen to check.

Enjoy the task!

GRAMMAR REVISION 1º BACHILLERATO

SUCH A LONG WAY NOW SEEMS SO SHORT...

      

Grammar practice (standard) from Marijoeber

READ UP!

Annabel Lee

It was many and many a year ago,

In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.

I was a child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea;
But we loved with a love that was more than love-
I and my Annabel Lee;
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven
Coveted her and me.

And this was the reason that, long ago,
In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling
My beautiful Annabel Lee;
So that her highborn kinsman came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulchre
In this kingdom by the sea.

The angels, not half so happy in heaven,
Went envying her and me-
Yes!- that was the reason (as all men know,
In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud by night,
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.

But our love it was stronger by far than the love
Of those who were older than we-
Of many far wiser than we-
And neither the angels in heaven above,
Nor the demons down under the sea,
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee.

For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling- my darling- my life and my bride,
In the sepulchre there by the sea,
In her tomb by the sounding sea. 

Edgar Allan Poe

Funeral Blues (Song IX / from Two Songs for Hedli Anderson)

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone.
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.

Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead
Scribbling in the sky the message He is Dead,
Put crêpe bows round the white necks of the public doves,
Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.

He was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and my Sunday rest
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last forever, I was wrong.

The stars are not wanted now; put out every one,
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun.
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood;
For nothing now can ever come to any good.

W H Auden

O Captain! My Captain!

O CAPTAIN! my Captain! our fearful trip is done;
The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won;
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring:
But O heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.


O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up--for you the flag is flung--for you the bugle trills; 10
For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths--for you the shores a-crowding;
For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;
Here Captain! dear father!
This arm beneath your head;
It is some dream that on the deck,
You've fallen cold and dead.


My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;
My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;
The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;
From fearful trip, the victor ship, comes in with object won; 20
Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells!
But I, with mournful tread,
Walk the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead. 

Walt Whitman

ACTIVELY PASSIVE

                           

                               Passive Voice from Carmen Torres

INFINITIVE OR GERUND

A very good resource...

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/infinitive-gerund

WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

                             

                                          Conditional sentences (II, III) from Marijoeber

PAST PERFECT TENSE

                             

                                                    Past Perfect Tense from Joel Aldrich

RELATIVE CLAUSES

"Memory is a complicated thing, a relative to truth, but not its twin."

Barbara Kingsolver  

... Some theory...

                            

                            Relative clauses from Marijoeber

DESCRIPTIONS THROUGH RELATIVE CLAUSES

Some more practice...

The church of the village dates from the 13th century. It is a beautiful building.

Someone's suitcase got lost. It was Susan.

A road leads to the building. I keep all the tools there.

Our teacher lives ten miles away. She stayed home during the transport strike.

The man is my friend Tom. You met him at the party.

Diamond is a very hard substance. It can cut every other hard substances.

From here we can see the mountain. We climbed it last summer.

We spent the holiday with Henry. His brother is a Member of Parliament,

We met in 1997. 1997 was a horrible year for the business.

I have ten cousins. None of them are boys

RADIO NEWS

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1º BACHILLERATO: 2ND TERM GRAMMAR REVIEW

Mixed tenses to express FUTURE

Some more...

Going to or Present Continuous?

Past habits

Used to vs Would

Extra: Used to vs be/get used to -ing

Relative pronouns

Relative pronouns and clauses (Defining)

What or that?

Joining sentences

Enjoy!!

GRAMMAR REVIEW 2ND TERM

2º BACHILLERATO. GRAMMAR REVIEW 2ND TERM

 

Fill in a SUITABLE modal verb

“I simply ……………….. have a holiday”, said Jean. “I ……………….. have taken one last year but we were too busy.” “I thought you said you …………………. afford one this year,” Robert said. “I ……………….. have said that at the time, but I ……………….. go on like this. I ……………….. have a nervous breakdown,” Jean said. “I agree. I ……………….. work the hours that you do, no matter how interesting the job ……………….. be. If I ……………….. lend you some money, I ……………….., but you know I ……………….. hardly manage on my salary myself. I ……………….. ask for a rise.”

Rephrase the following situation using an appropriate MODAL.

It’s not possible that he’s finished already

It wasn’t necessary for you to give him a present

I advise you to stop eating chocolate

I insist that you do your homework

It was wrong of him to kick that dog

It’s possible that she’s already phoned him

I’ll take the dog out if you like

Will you let me speak to George, please?

Let’s go to a restaurant

Talking is not permitted during the test

I’m sure that he has gone home

It would be a good idea for me to give up smoking. I had…

It isn’t possible for me to come to the party tonight

Rewrite the following passage in the Passive

People from the village of Puddle held a meeting last night after somebody discovered a large object in the local park. Nobody has identified it yet. The villagers have called in experts. They’ll examine the object on Sunday. People believe that it could be a spaceship form another planet.

Turn into Passive

An expert is restoring the antique car

Steven Spielberg has directed a lot of successful films

The judge has fined him $500

A number of reporters will meet the professor at the airport

A famous designer is going to redecorate the President’s house

The Romans founded Bath in the first century AD

A nightmare woke Mary up

The Muslims celebrate Ramadan

Van Gogh painted “Sunflowers”

Astronauts are exploring the space

Someone has stolen Mike’s bicycle

They kill elephants for ivory

Journalists have reported that the President is ill. The President…

It is known that he has been in prison. He…

They give the students extra lessons (two passives)

They should have sent you a receipt. You…

A tailor made his new suit. He…

Her mum will shorten her jeans. She…

Rewrite in REPORTED SPEECH using an appropriate REPORTING VERB.

“Yes, OK. I’ll buy some more cakes,” he said

“Don’t forget to feed the cat, “  she said to him

“I’m sorry I forgot your birthday,” I said to him

“It was you who broke my tape recorder,” he said to me

“I feel tired and sick,” she said to him

“Don’t drive so fast or you’ll be killed,” he said to me

“You’re right. It’s very expensive,” she said

“No, I didn’t shoot the President”

“Did you go with your family last holidays?” she asked them

“Would you like to come to Paris with me?” he said to her

“Where have all the students gone?” the teacher said

Find the mistake and correct it

They suggested to see the film

She asked me where was I going 

Can you tell me what time is it?

He told me to not touch the parcel

I wonder why did he lie to me 

The suspect denied to murder the young woman

They accused him to have committed the crime 

She asked me, “Where the bank is?”

George Orwell's ANIMAL FARM: Questionnaire

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CHAPTERS 5-10

1. Why did the battle of the Cowshed take place?
2. What was Snowball's role in the battle?
3. What kind of relationship did Napoleon and Snowball have?
4. Why were the animals divided?
5. How did Napoleon get rid of Snowball?
6. What changes did Napoleon introduce?
7. What was Squealer's role?
8. Why was trade important?
9. Where did the pigs find a quiet place to work?
10. Who did Napoleon blame for the windmill disaster?
11. What did the hens have to do with their eggs?
12. Why were the animals executed?
13. What was Boxer' solution for the executions?
14. How did the animals feel when they sang Beast of England?
15. What was Squealer's decision for the song?
16. What happened to Frederick and his men?
17. Why was Comrade Napoleon "dying"?
18. What special treatment did the pigs get?
19. Why was Boxer taken to be slaughtered?
20. What did Clover find out about the pigs that startled him?
21. What was the commandment that took the place of the Seven Commandments?
22. What differences did the other animals find between the pigs and the humans?

Not being... PASSIVE!

Some extra work will help...

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=3339
http://mbonillo.xavierre.com/exercises/bch2/2bch2009/passrph2bch6.htm
http://www.glohima.com/BACKUPACTIVITIES/GRAMMAR/B2/PASSIVE/ThePassive.htm

CAUSATIVE STRUCTURES

Useful information

Further practice

A VIRAL STORY...

Please keep your hair on!