lunes, 17 de marzo de 2014

SELF-ESTEEM: PAIR DICTATION


Before doing the pair dictation, make sure you understand the meaning of these words. Check also the spelling:

UNDERGO A CHANGE
COPE WITH A PROBLEM
NUMEROUS
LEAD (VERB)
WISHING
SKINNY
VICE VERSA
PUBERTY
TEMPT
MATCH THE STANDARDS
DEVELOP
PARENTAL
EXPERIENCE
APPEARANCE







domingo, 16 de marzo de 2014

ARE YOU A BULLY?

Probably your answer is "NO, OF COURSE I'M NOT A BULLY." But bullying includes common actions such as making threats, taunting, spreading rumors, attacking someone physically or verbally, and excluding someone from a group on purpose. Check the list of actions below and be sure you are not a bully. 

First, have a look at these photos and identify some common types of bullying: 








Types of Bullying 

There are three types of bullying:
  • Verbal bullying is saying or writing mean things. Verbal bullying includes:
    • Teasing
    • Name-calling
    • Inappropriate sexual comments
    • Taunting
    • Threatening to cause harm
  • Social bullying, sometimes referred to as relational bullying, involves hurting someone’s reputation or relationships. Social bullying includes:
    • Leaving someone out on purpose
    • Telling other children not to be friends with someone
    • Spreading rumors about someone
    • Embarrassing someone in public
  • Physical bullying involves hurting a person’s body or possessions. Physical bullying includes:
    • Hitting/kicking/pinching
    • Spitting
    • Tripping/pushing
    • Taking or breaking someone’s things
    • Making mean or rude hand gestures






sábado, 15 de marzo de 2014

GERUND OR INFINITIVE

INFINITIVES AND GERUNDS - EXERCISES

IN ORDER TO LEARN ABOUT THIS IMPORTANT ASPECT, CLICK HERE

FOLLOW THE LINKS TO PRACTISE. MAKE A LIST OF VERBS FOLLOWED BY GERUND, INFINITIVE OR BOTH.

1.-  INFINITIVE OR GERUND
2.-  INFINITIVE OR GERUND
3.-  INFINITVE OR GERUND
4.-  INFINITIVE OR GERUND
5.-  INFINITIVE OR GERUND
6.-  INFINITIVE OR GERUND
7.-  INFINITIVE OR GERUND
8.-  INFINITIVE OR GERUND
9.-  INFINITIVE OR GERUND
10.-INFINITIVE OR GERUND
11.-INFINITIVE OR GERUND
12.-INFINITIVE OR GERUND
13.-INFINITIVE OR GERUND
14.-INFINITIVE OR GERUND

PASSIVE SENTENCES. REVISION

TEST 1. CLICK HERE

TEST 2.

Change these sentences from active to passive. Use a personal subject wherever possible.

1 We clean the garages every day.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
2 Someone has given him a lot of money.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
3 The police arrested two hundred people.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
4 Paul wrote the words and John made the music.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
5 We check every car engine thoroughly.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
6 We export this computer to seventy different countries.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
7 We opened the factory at nine o'clock.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
8 They send two million books to America every year.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
9 Did he give you enough sugar?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
10 No-one has ever taught the pupils to do that exercise.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
11 John Hughes built the biggest sand castle in the world.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
12 They showed me the palace where the king lived.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
13 Has anyone ever asked you to tell the story?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
14 They watered the plants and swept the floor in my absence.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
15 The Scots drink more alcohol than the Irish.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………

CAUSATIVE SENTENCES

 Use in Different Tenses
1-Present Simple               causative form
He paints  his shoes........... He his shoes .
2-Present Continuous
He is mending his car.............He his car .
3-Past Simple
She watered her garden...........She  her garden .
4-Past Continuous
She  was perming her hair..........She her hair  permed.
5-Future Simple
I will repair the roof.........I the roof .
6-Present Perfect
The manager has cleaned the windows.........The manager the windows.
7-Present Perfect Continuous
She has been taking photos……………..She photos.
8-Past Perfect
You had ironed  your T-shirt....You your shirt .
9-Past Perfect Continous
He had been decorating  your house...........You  your house  .
10-Modal/Infinitive
He may send the parcel.........You  the parcel .
11-Future Continuous
I will  be cutting my hair …..I my hair  .Wink



Q1 - I'm going ............ at the new hairdresser's

Q2 - She needs to ........

Q3 - I really must get ....... the central heating

Q4 - They ought to have ........ replace the broken windows

Q5 - He ......... while he was away on holiday

Q6 - I .......... my phone repaired after I dropped it

Q7 - She didn't have time to get to the shops and .......

Q8 - It took ages to get ...........

Q9 - I'll ....... John to do it when he arrives

Q10 - She ......... on the underground last week

Q11 - He .......... tickets sent to his home address yesterday

Q12 - You should .......... a long time ago

Q13 - They couldn't .......... anyone to fix their burst pipes

Q14 - They had it ....... by the same person who decorated their old house

Q15 - After winning a fortune, she ....... her family to do everything for her

Q16 - I ......... the house redecorated if I could afford it

Q17 - He got a friend ........ him at the airport

Q18 - The teacher ...... him do all the work again

Q19 - He ....... his bags loaded onto the train by a porter

Q20 - I had my car ......... a fortnight ago

Q21 - I'm going to have them ____ it



have something done

Complete the sentences and make clear that the people don't / didn't do it themselves. (The first sentence is given as an example.)
  1. Yesterday, (I / cut / my hair) .
  2. Every Friday, (Joe / wash / his car) .
  3. Tomorrow, (she / repair / her shower) .
  4. Each Saturday, (we / deliver / a pizza)  to our home.
  5. Last year, (Bob / clean / his house)  by a charwoman.
  6. As Phil had a broken arm, (he / type / his texts)  by his secretary.
  7. (I / pick up / the goods)  tomorrow in the afternoon.
  8. (we / redecorate / our walls)  last summer.
  9. Whenever Clara is staying at this hotel, (she / carry / her bags)  into her room.
  10. (we / organise / our last party)  by professionals.

Fill the gaps with have and the verb in brackets in their correct forms.
1
We ___________ the roof ___________ last year. It cost us a packet. (repair)
2Anne ___________ her hair ___________ every Friday afternoon. (do)
3I ___________ the brakes ___________ three times a year. (check)
4The government ___________ the whole town ___________ yesterday. (evacuate)
5I ___________ my hard drive ___________ for a bigger one last week. (change)
6When did you last ___________ the airconditioning ___________ ? (service)
7You don't think Liv Tyler's beautiful?! You should ___________ your eyes ___________ . (test)
8After the plague of fleas, the boss ___________ the office ___________ . (disinfect)
9Your cat's coughing. You need to ___________ him ___________ for parasites. (treat)
10Daphne ___________ her legs ___________ once a fortnight. (do)
11I normally ___________ my suit dry ___________ before a wedding. (clean)
12The headmaster ___________ all the lockers ___________ for the missing footballs yesterday. (search)
13Have you ___________ your house ___________ ? (double-glaze)
14Have you ___________ that poster I bought you ___________ yet? (frame)
15The house is in chaos. We're ___________ a new kitchen ___________ in. (put)

IMPERSONAL SENTENCES

  1. People know that she is a good swimmer.
    → 
  2. They say that Francis is in hospital.
    → 
  3. They think that the children are in bed.
    → 
  4. People believe that the robber has worked in the bank.
    → 
  5. People believe that nuclear power stations are dangerous.
    → 
  6. His collegues thought that he was on holiday.
    → 
  7. People know that cars pollute the environment.
    → 
  8. They suppose that the new product will come out soon.
    → 
  9. They found that the mission was impossible.
    → 
  10. They believe that she will win a gold medal.
    →