Showing posts with label English. Show all posts
Showing posts with label English. Show all posts

Tuesday, 20 March 2018

ENGLISH

SELF-ASSESSMENT

In my opinion, I had improve in general. Especially, I´m better at writting, listening and vocabulary. But I still have to improve in translation.
This term, the grammar has been easier for me than the others.
In general, I thing I need to study more, but I´m happy about this months.
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ENGLISH

Cheerful: happy and optimistic.
Grumpy: bad-tempered.

PHRASAL VERBS

Cheer up: become or make somebody happier.
Slow down: start to do something less fast.
Face up: accept that a dificult situation exist.
Open up: talk about how you feel.
Feel blue: it means that you are sad.
Cut down: reduce the amount you take something.
Chill out: relax completely.
Calm down: become or make somebody quieter or more relaxed.
Work out: do physical exercise.


Thursday, 8 February 2018

UNIT 3

Grammar 

The passive -with be: Hormones are released by the brain.
                    -with get/have (have something done): I have had my hair cut (someone have cut my                             hair).
                    -it is said/known/think...that: It is said that solar powered will desapear.

Reflexive pronouns: myself, yourself, himself, hrself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves, each other/one another.

Conjunctions: either...or, neither...nor, both...and, not only...but.

Vocabulary

Technology: wireless, computer-generated, energy-saving, high-tech, sustainable.
Energy on the move: convert, store.
Verbs about the "Brain power": boost, crash, perform, release, rest.
Extra vocabulary: cogs, mad search, rush hour, rush out,ngreener, rather, tiles.


Sunday, 17 December 2017

IDIOMS AND INSTENSIFIERS

IDIOMS

  • It's a no-brainer
  • Hit the books
  • Once un a blue moon
  • Pull yourself together
  • Freakout
  • Dropped out of school
  • Shower her true colours
  • Pray truant
  • Out of the blue
  • Black and blue
  • Bookworm
  • Behind the times
  • Call it a day
  • Caught red-handed
  • Chasing rainbows
  • The apple of my eye
  • It cost an arm and a leg
  • A quick learner

INTENSIFIERS
  • Very good ----- Absolutely brilliant
  • Extremely funny ----- Totally hilarious
  • Really tired ----- Completely exhausted
  • Extremely frightened ----- Absolutely terrified
  • Very sad ----- Absolutely tragic
  •  Very unsuitable ----- Totally inappropiate
  • Extremely violent ----- Totally brutal
VOCABULARY UNIT 2

EXPRESIONS
So that, got a few hours to spare, advertis your skills, let's face, check-up, suffer of, gap year, believe or not..., magnificent promises, came up with, spilt, bright, gotta go, how on earth, by de time, tyres.

AUCTIONS AND ADVERTISMENTS
Auction, bid-bidder, good cost, spare time, fundarising, appeal, covince, recommend, inorm, exaggerate, claim, broadcast, appear, join, promote, soap operas, TV set, guerrilla marketing, slot, slogan, shocking, campaing.

SHOPPING
Bargain, brouse-browser, charge, cansume-consumer, purchase, refund, supplier, charity shop, half-price, cheaper, online, shop assistant.








Monday, 4 December 2017

Wednesday, 22 November 2017

 FUNDARAISING AUCTIONS


                                                                 ANGEL COVERS

Angel covers is an organization created by volunteers that is in charge of giving greater attention to poor children with low quality of life all over the world. This organization provides them with food, medical attention and tools to promote their education. Its goal is for these children to get out of poverty, gain independence and improve their quality of life.



Tuesday, 21 November 2017

Vocabulary and expresions: Starter unit and unit 1


  • Request, might,tasks, moped, barefoot. row, paddle, drown, riverbank, relative, illness, childish, fal out and break out, lean on, knitting, picky eater, bland food, creepy, spooky, essay, compliments, star, bystander, cheat(ed), bullies, bully-ree zone, head boy/girl, couch potato, peek.
  • Fasten your seatbelts, I want somebody to do something, be crazy about, when it comes to..., whenever I have a problem..., I was a bit upset, got caught.

  • PERSONAL ADEJECTIVES.
           Laid-back, gloomy, caring, deceitful, biased/unbiased, bigoted, narrow-minded, 
           strong-willed/resolute/strong-minded, weak-willed, diligen, idle/sluggish, 
           blight/smart, foolish.


  • COLLOCATIONS.
          Take a brake, take part take a risk take off, take it easy.
          Do well, do a volunteer job, do your hair.
          Make an impresion, ake an effort, make a deal, make a difference, make war, make the most of            it, make a sugestion.
          Get involved, get lost, get ill, get angry, get rid of, get used o, get flue, get a good mark, get                  ready, get in touble.


Saturday, 10 June 2017

VOCABULARY UNIT 6

COMPOUND NOUNS 
Trafficjam.
Contact lens. 
Generationgap.
Youthostel.
Deathpenalty.
Pedestriancrossing.
Hagfever.
Tinopener.
Windscreenwiper.

VERBS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
Destroy.
Poison.
Preserve.
Bury.
Dump.
Pollute.

FOOOD VOCABULARY
This sounds-smell-look delicious/ I don't like the sound-smell-look-taste of that.
What's that made with?
It is cooked on the grill-oven-pan.
I'm not very keen on (vegetarian food).
It tastes good.
I'm fond of trying new things.
The idea of the (vegetarian food) doesn't seem so bad.

ADJECTIVES 
Automatic/ Manual.
Convenient/ Inconvenient.
Efficient/ Inefficient.
Heavy/ Light.
High-quality/ Low-quality.
Practical/ Impractical.
Portable/ Fixed.
Reliable/ Unreliable.
Time-saving/ Time-consuming.
Useful/ Useless.


Saturday, 22 April 2017

ENGLISH

HOW CAN I BE MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY?


Here, you can see some original forms to recycle:





Sunday, 2 April 2017

SELF-ASSESSMENT:  

Now I can speak in english better than the other trimester and I'm more safer. The thing that I liked the most are the classes in general because I leant a lot of vocabulary and they are so funny. And the classes with Clarissa are so interesting too. I think I did well the listenings and the exams in general. I need to improve in readings. Outsidethe class I listenin to music in english. Sometimes I'm cofused about listenings. About culture I learnta lot about crimes and criminals. 

Sunday, 26 March 2017

Wednesday, 8 March 2017

English

UNIT 4: Vocabulary

Misunderstantings: A failure to understand.


Gesture: A moment or position of a part of your body that expresses an idea, opinion or emotion.


Shake your head: Say yes with your head.


Nod your head: Say no with your head.

Burst Out laughing: Laugh at all.

Gap: The space between two things/people..

Amusing: Causing someone to laugh or provinding amusement.

Upsetting: Tending to disturb or upset.

Annoying: Causing annoyance.

Relaxing: You feel calm and not worryed.

Motivating: You want to do it.

Worring: You feel bad.

Monday, 6 March 2017

Project: Siri Lanka 

Hi, we are Patricia and Ana from 3ºA, This is our project:

https://prezi.com/trwriqixqcxr/sri-lanka/