FINAL EXAM

TAG QUESTIONS

http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/omgrammar/tagquestions.htm
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/questions/question_tags3.htm

PASSIVE VOICE


http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive
http://www.saberingles.com.ar/curso/lesson24/04.html

MODALS IN PAST

http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/4g66-past-modals-exercise.php
http://www.eslgold.com/grammar/past_modals.html

CONDITIONALS- TYPE 1


http://www.shertonenglish.com/resources/es/conditionals/type1.php
 http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences/type-1/exercises?02

CONDITIONALS TYPE 2

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/if_type2.htm
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences/type-2/exercises
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/if_clauses/type_2_statements.htm

FINAL EXAM - TOPICS

TAG QUESTIONS

http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/omgrammar/tagquestions.htm
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/questions/question_tags3.htm

PASSIVE VOICE

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive
http://www.saberingles.com.ar/curso/lesson24/04.html

MODALS IN PAST

http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/4g66-past-modals-exercise.php
http://www.eslgold.com/grammar/past_modals.html

CONDITIONALS- TYPE 1

http://www.shertonenglish.com/resources/es/conditionals/type1.php
 http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences/type-1/exercises?02

CONDITIONALS TYPE 2

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/if_type2.htm
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences/type-2/exercises
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/if_clauses/type_2_statements.htm

MODALS IN PAST

 Past modals with have

EXPLANATION


http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/grammar-reference/modals-%E2%80%93-deduction-pasthttp://www2.cambridge.org/interchangearcade/launch.do?activityID=521&level=2&unit=15&type=Cup_sentence_ordering&stage=2
http://www.brays-ingles.com/gramatica-ingles-modals.html

Using modal verbs to talk about the past:

must / might / could / may / can't + have + past participle

• must have + past participle
• might / might not have + past participle
• could / couldn’t have + past participle
• may / may not have + past participle
• can’t have + past participle

For example:

You: Where was Julie last night?
David:

• She must have forgotten about our date.
• She might have worked late.
• She could have taken the wrong bus.
• She may have felt ill.
• She can’t have stayed at home.

Some past modals can be formed by using have + the past participle of the main verb immediately after the modal. (should have, could have, would have, etc.)
However, since modals express possibility, intention, obligation, etc., they do not always indicate a definite tense. Therefore, when using past modals with have, special meanings need to be considered.

I should go to the funeral. I should have gone to the funeral. Lex might take Karen to the airport. Lex might have taken Karen to the airport. Lex could have taken Karen to the airport. Lex would have taken Karen to the airport. Otis didn't come to work yesterday. He had to take care of his children. His children must have been sick.

(I feel an obligation to go--later.) (I didn't go. Now I regret it.) (It's a future possibility.) (He may be on his way there now.) (Most likely he didn't.) (He didn't. He had an excuse.) (past fact) (past obligation) (conjecture about the past)

TED Conference

Watch this conference:

In "The Spirit Level," Richard Wilkinson charts data that proves societies that are more equal are healthier, happier societies.

http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_wilkinson.html

If you want to use the subtitles in English, that's possibe and useful to train yourself and improve your listening comprehension.

Activity:

a. Write 3 main conclusions.
b. Write down new words and expressions.
c. What's the place of Colombia and Colombian society according to this conference?

Hope you find this interesting!

Don't forget your Digital Camera!!!

Some useful tips!

http://www.hp.com/united-states/consumer/digital_photography/take_better_photos/tips/arrange.html
http://www.hp.com/united-states/consumer/digital_photography/take_better_photos/tips/look_good.html
http://www.hp.com/united-states/consumer/digital_photography/take_better_photos/tips/cropping_mini.html
http://www.hp.com/united-states/consumer/digital_photography/take_better_photos/tips/take-facebook.html
http://www.hp.com/united-states/consumer/digital_photography/take_better_photos/tips/dp_lighting.html


Some nice examples!

http://taggalaxy.de/

NOVEMBER 10TH 2011 WE DON'T HAVE CLASS!!!!

REVIEW FOR THE SECOND EXAM - NOVEMBER 11TH 2011

THIRD CONDITIONAL

GRAMMAR:
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/if_type3.htm

PRACTICE
http://speakspeak.com/a/html/d3b10_exercise_english_grammar_third_conditional.htm
http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.con3.p.htm
http://www.impact-english.com/members/Grammar_Practice/Always/test-grammar/gr_prac_form-Cond3.htm
http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/third-conditional-exercise-1.html

CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmySylNR4tM

IF I HAD KNOWN + WOULD HAVE (VERB IN THE PAST PARTICIPLE)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gyFFolgwBo

 http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/condition3c.html

I WISH + PAST SIMPLE.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNPP9Nb8S_4&feature=related

http://www.better-english.com/grammar/wish1.htm

PINK FLOYD "I WISH YOU WERE HERE"

LYRICS

SO, SO YOU THINK YOU CAN TELL
HEAVEN FROM HELL
BLUE SKIES FROM PAIN
CAN YOU TELL A GREEN FIELD
FROM A COLD STEEL RAIL?.
A SMILE FROM A VEIL?
DO YOU THINK YOU CAN TELL?
AND DID THEY GET TOU TO TRADE
YOUR HEROS FOR GHOSTS?
HOT ASHES FOR TREES?
HOT AIR FOR A COOL BREEZE?
COLD COMFORT FOR CHANGE?
AND DID YOU EXCHANGE
A WALK FOR A PART IN THE WAR
FOR A LEAD ROLE IN A CAGE?

HOW I WISH, HOW I WISH YOU WERE HERE
WE´RE JUST TWO LOST SOULS
SWIMMING IN A FISH BOWL!
YEAR AFTER YEAR.
RUNNING OVER THE
SAME OLD GROUND.
WHAT HAVE WE FOUND?
THE SAME OLD FEARS.
WISH YOU WERE HERE.

PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

The story of The Phantom of the Opera has inspired many artists... if you like metal music you will enjoy this song played by Iron Maiden, if you don't like this kind of music you can practice English and appreciate a different perspective of the book.

Hope you enjoy it!

LYRICS:

 PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

I've been looking so long for you now you won't get away from my grasp.
You've been living so long in hiding in hiding behind that false mask.
And you know and I know that you ain't got long now to last.
Your looks and your feelings are just the remains of your past.

You're standing in the wings, there you wait for the curtain to fall.
Knowing the terror and holding you have on us all.
Yeah, I know that you're gonna scratch me, maim me and maul.
You know I'm helpless from your mesmerising cat call.

Keep your distance, walk away, don't take his bait.
Don't you stray, don't fade away.
Watch your step, he's out to get you, come what may.
Don't you stray, from the narrow way.

I'm running and hiding in my dreams you're always there.
You're the Phantom of the Opera, you're the devil, you're just out to scare.
You damaged my mind and my soul it just floats through the air.
Haunt me, you taunt me, you torture me back at your lair.

ALLAN POE'S WRITING EXERCISE

CHECK OUT THIS SHORT FILM : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmyFXxqLZX8

SOME USEFUL INFORMATION:
http://www.enotes.com/murders-rue-morgue-salem/murders-rue-morgue-0089900284

http://www.online-literature.com/poe/

http://www.poestories.com/biography.php

TRANSCRIPT - ELIEZER WIESEL

NO, I’M NOT A NAÏVE… BUT AT LEAST THOSE WHO ACCEPT EACH OTHER WILL HAVE A BETTER POSSIBILITY TO SPEAK UP AND BE HEARD.

Photography Project

Camera symbols:

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/specials/photography-specials/photo-tips/symbols-photo-tips.html

How to plan a picture:

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/specials/photography-specials/photo-tips/symbols-photo-tips.html

Check out these links:

SELECT one picture, PRINT it and prepare a PRESENTATION for your partners. You will EXPLAIN the details of the picture and the reason why you like it.

http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/climbers-french-alps/

http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/vw-bug-rio/

http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/fireworks-saranac-lake/

http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photos/patterns-landscapes/?source=fophotofeat1#/white-birch-trees_9392_600x450.jpg

LANGSTON HUGHES

I TOO

http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/singlePoem.do?poemId=1552

CROSS

My old man's a white old man

And my old mother's black.

If ever I cursed my white old man

I take my curses back.

If ever I cursed my black old mother

And wished she were in hell,

I'm sorry for that evil wish

And now I wish her well

My old man died in a fine big house.

My ma died in a shack.

I wonder were I'm going to die,

Being neither white nor black?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHTs6O8SWVQ&NR=1

JAMES MERCER LANGSTON HUGHES

He was an American poet (February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967), social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist. He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form jazz poetry. Hughes is best known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance. He famously wrote about the period that "Harlem was in vogue".

Ancestry and childhood

Both of Hughes' paternal and maternal great-grandmothers were African-American, his maternal great-grandfather was white and of Scottish descent. A paternal great-grandfather was of European Jewish descent. Hughes's maternal grandmother Mary Patterson was of African-American, French, English and Native American descent. One of the first women to attend Oberlin College, she first married Lewis Sheridan Leary, also of mixed race. Lewis Sheridan Leary subsequently joined John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry in 1859 and died from his wounds.

HALLOWEEN ACTIVITY

YOU WILL NEED ...

A. FIVE (5)"NICE" CHOCOLATES OR CANDIES (SUPERCOCO -  MORITAS - AND MENTAS ARE PROHIBITED).

B. THREE "SEDA" OR "CREPE" PAPERS IN DIFFERENT COLORS, SCISSORS, AND TAPE.

THAT'S IT!!! :D

DISCRIMINATION?

A.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isCiIp6uth8&feature=related

-WHAT'S THE MESSAGE OF THIS VIDEO?
 -IS THERE ANY SPECIFIC SENTENCE THAT YOU CAN REMEMBER? WHICH?

B. http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/assignment-discovery-shorts-racial-stereotypes.html

-  ARE STEREOTYPES IMPORTANT? WHY? WHAT FOR?
-  HOW IS IT POSSIBLE TO DISMANTLE STEREOTYPES?

C.bullying http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH6TSrkCNlo&feature=related

- WHAT'S BULLYING?
- WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?

D. TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THIS IMPORTANT INFORMATION...

Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel KBE  is a Romanian-born Jewish-American^[1] writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, and Holocaust survivor. He is the author of 57 books, including Night, a work based on his experiences as a prisoner in the Auschwitz, Buna, and Buchenwald concentration camps.^[2] Wiesel is also the Advisory Board chairman of the Algemeiner Journal newspaper.
When Wiesel was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986, the Norwegian Nobel Committee called him a "messenger to mankind", stating that through his struggle to come to terms with "his own personal experience of total humiliation and of the utter contempt for humanity shown in Hitler's death camps", as well as his "practical work in the cause of peace", Wiesel had delivered a powerful message "of peace, atonement and human dignity" to humanity.

WATCH THIS VIDEO AND ANSWER:

http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/curiosity-elie-wiesel-ending-discrimination.html

- WHAT´S ELIE WIESEL'S POINT OF VIEW ABOUT DISCRIMINATION?
-  AND YOURS?

LISTENING EXERCISES

FOLLOW THE FOLLOWING LINKS, LISTEN AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS (IN YOUR NOTEBOOK)

SEE YOU SOON!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/sixminute/2011/10/111006_6min_english_carrier_bags_page.shtml

1. What is the solution to reduce the use of plastic bags?
2. What do the government want?
3. How many plastic bags are used in a year?


http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/sixminute/2011/10/111013_6min_english_stress.shtml

1.What's causing the stress?
2.What's one of the main problems in the public sector?
3. Which are the common worries that produce stress?
4. What's a possible solution?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/sixminute/2011/10/111019_6min_english_fonts.shtml

1. What's a font?
2. Why is it important the font that you choose?
3. What's the meaning of the word Font?

HOW IMPORTANT IS BEAUTY IN OUR LIVES?

Watch the following videos and draw your own conclusion...

 

Beauty and Atractiveness:

http://science.discovery.com/videos/baby-faces/

Beauty and Business:

 

http://science.discovery.com/videos/beauty-and-business/

 

Beauty and Politics:

 

http://science.discovery.com/videos/beauty-and-business/

 

 

Artificial Intelligence

 Watch the following video... What do you think about it?
Write your answer!

http://science.discovery.com/videos/brink-package-artificial

SUPERINTERMEDIATE3: Hello!!!

SUPERINTERMEDIATE3: Hello!!!: We will start with a song: Her Morning Elegance by Oren Lavie Watch carefully the video made in the Stop Motion technique, and write a ...

Carlos Ruiz recommends ...

Here is one stop-motion that I really like, Could be quite strange but its so good! have a look of it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veMBIWv0ews

Check out this video... what's the message? Do you like it? Write a critic comment about it!

 

You can also follow this link to watch the video in HD:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOMbySJTKpg

Hello!!!

We will start with a song: Her Morning Elegance by Oren Lavie

Watch carefully the video made in the Stop Motion technique, and write a paragraph describing the situation!
What's the plot of the video? Do you like it?