¿PROBLEMAS CON EL WILL, EL GOING TO Y EL PRESENT CONTINUOUS?

EN EL FUTURO…

@ Un PRESENT CONTINUOUS es:
1. Una acción futura segura, un futuro más o menos inmediato cuya decisión de realizarla fue tomada en el pasado, un plan decidido antes.

Ex: Next Monday I am flying to Paris

2. ATENCIÓN: con un sentido similar se podría utilizar la expresión “going to…”.
Ex: Next Monday I am going to fly to Paris

 

DIFERENCIAS entre “present continuous” y “going to…”:

a) El “present continuous” se prefiere en aquellas acciones que han sido ya programadas: tipo reuniones, viajes, fiestas, etc, en las que hay que poner de acuerdo a otras personas.

b) Mientras que con el “present continuous” siempre hay que mencionar el momento en el que se va a desarrollar la acción, con la expresión “going to…” a veces se puede omitir toda referencia temporal (se entiende que va a tener lugar en un futuro inmediato pero no se precisa cuando).

@ Un GOING TO es:

1. Hecho o acción que sabemos que va a ocurrir porque existe un evidencia que vemos, oímos, tocamos…es decir, indicios que apuntan a que va a ocurrir porque es un futuro inmediato.

Ex: The sky is very dark; it is going to rain

 

2. Una voluntad (intención) del emisor plenamente decidido a realizar esa acción pues hay muchas probabilidades de que se lleve a cabo.

Ex: This evening I am going to the see the match between Real Madrid and Barcelona.

 

@ Un WILL es:

1. Acción futura que ha sido decidida sobre la marcha, en el momento de hablar.

Ex: It is very cold, I will close the window

 

2. Algo de lo que no estamos seguros . Por eso expresa la opinión, decisión personal o promesa de lo que vas a hacer en el futuro.

Ex: I promise you I will win the race

 

3. Simple acción futura que el emisor considera que van a tener lugar pero que no depende de su voluntad.

Ex: This bus takes 15 minutes to the beach. We will arrive at 10 o’clock.

 

4. Muchas veces va introducido por expresiones del tipo:
I am sure / I supposse / Perhaps / Probably / Surely / Possibly…

 

5. Una acción futura menos inmediata que el “present continuous” o el “going to…”.

 

6. Un ofrecimiento:

Ex: Shall we go to the cinema?

REVISION (FROM 1st TO 4 th UNITS) for 3º AND 4º ESO

1	Make questions with have got. Use any, a or an. 0 . you / pet  ? _________________________________________________ 1 . Andy / tent  ? __________________________________________________ 2.  you / watch  ? __________________________________________________ 3.  your grandparents / computer  ? __________________________________________________ 4.  Sally / brothers or sisters  ? __________________________________________________ 5.  you / orange juice  ? __________________________________________________
2	Complete the sentences with a, an, some or any. 0. I can’t go to the cinema because I haven’t got _________money. 1 Nick’s got __________ new bike. 2 Nadia has got __________ DVDs from the library. 3 Lauren hasn’t got __________ fruit in her lunchbox. 4 Have you got __________ chocolate? I’m really hungry. 5 Mark’s got __________ umbrella but it isn’t raining.
3	Write true sentences using the words and an adverb of frequency. 0 I / do / my homework ______________________________________________________________ 1 My best friend / watch / horror films ______________________________________________________________ 2 I / go / to the cinema ______________________________________________________________ 3 My parents / get up / late ______________________________________________________________ 4 I / walk / to school ______________________________________________________________ 5 I / have / pizza for lunch ______________________________________________________________
4	Choose the right option to complete each sentence. 0 Erica is using / uses the Internet at the moment. 1 My dad is watching / watches football on TV every weekend. 2 Please be quiet. I am listening / listen to the radio. 3 My mum is working / works in a clothes shop. 4 Ashley is talking / talks to his girlfriend at the moment. 5 Nick isn’t liking / doesn’t like dogs.
5	Complete the sentences with the verbs in the past simple from the box. had   arrived   finished   went   wasn’t   bought   0 We ______________pizza for dinner last night. 1 Neil _____________ to Paris on holiday last year. 2 Sam _____________ Emily a CD for her birthday. 3 The film _____________ at midnight. It was very late. 4 Karen _____________ at school yesterday because she was ill. 5 We _____________ in New York at nine o’clock in the morning.
6	Choose the right word to complete the sentences. 0 David did / was doing  his homework when the phone rang  / was ringing. 1 When I left / was leaving school, it rained / was raining. 2 Lauren lost / was losing her mobile when she shopped / was shopping. 3 Matt and Luke ran / were running to school when Matt fell / was falling. 4 I had / was having breakfast when the postman came / was coming. 5 When we walked / were walking on the beach, we saw / were seeing a dolphin.
7	Write sentences with the past continuous and past simple. 0 David / do / his homework / the phone / ring _____________________________________________________________ 1 It / rain / I / leave / school yesterday _________________________________________________________________ 2 Lauren / lose / her mobile / she / shop _________________________________________________________________ 3 Matt and Luke / run / to school / Matt / fell _________________________________________________________________ 4 I / have/ breakfast / the postman / come _________________________________________________________________ 5 We / walk / on the beach / we / see / a dolphin _________________________________________________________________

@ A NEW STORY FOR 2º ESO

1. Copia la historia entera en forma de poema, pues es una historieta escrita en verso (verás como no deja de hacer rimas continuamente)

2. Copia y responde a estas preguntas:

1. What are Kim and Ken?

2. What is a “zookeeper”?

3. Who joins the shower on Mondays?

4. What does the fish do when they are watching TV?

5. When do they eat breakfast with the frogs?

6. What is a “chimp”?

7. What do they do on Wednesdays? With who?

8. Who gives them a push when they ride the bike?

9. What do they do on Thursdays?

10. Do they swim with the shark?

11. What do they do on Fridays?

12. Who helps them to go shopping?

13. What is a “snooze”?

14. Do they get up early on Sundays?

@ Sentences for 3ºESO (translate them!)

1. El avión del adolescente Brian Robeson se estrelló en un lago de Canadá mientras iba viajando a los Estados Unidos.

2. ¿Dónde iba Brian cuando esta aventura empezó?

3. Estaba haciendo un fuego cuando de repente un avión apareció en el cielo.

4.  Intentó pedir ayuda con la radio pero la radio no funcionaba.

5. Brian construyó un refugio para vivir y cortaba leña con su hacha.

6. Un día, mientras estaba fabricando una lanza para coger peces, oyó un ruido en el bosque: era un oso

7. Un día vió el avión en el lago mientras cazaba patos en su barca.

8. Aquel chico tranquilo de Nueva York llevaba unos pantalos viejos y unas zapatillas.

9. Su madre le regaló un hacha y él fabricó unas lanzas y un arco.

10. Un día de verano, mientras me duchaba, escuché las noticias sobre el accidente de avión de Brian.

Regalo 11.  Después de que el piloto muriera, Brian aterrizó en el lago

RIDDLES FOR 3º AND 4º ESO!

These are the riddles you have to guess. Some are difficult but very funny. Good luck!

1. What is at the end of everything? …………….
2. What starts with “t”, ends with “t” and is full of “t”?  A ………..
3. What starts with “e”, ends with “e” but only has one letter?An …………….
4. If you drop a white hat into the Red Sea, what does it become? ……….
5. Why are Saturdays and Sundays strong days?  Because the other five are …………. days

6. What is the world’s smallest mom?   The mini………..

7. What is the longest word in English?…………. Because between one ‘s’ and the other, there’s a ‘mile’.

8. What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a bed but never sleeps, has a head but never weeps?A ………….
9. Where would a cat go on holidays?  To the …………Islands. (in Spain)

10. Why did not the skeleton go to the party?  Because he had no ………… to go with.
11. What is black when it is clean and white when it is dirty?  A black……………
12. It has crown but it’s not a king. It has scales but it’s not a fish. What is it? A …………….. (fruit)

13. What is black and white, black and white and black and white?   A penguin ……………….. a hill

14. What has a neck but no head?   A ………………… (glu, glu!)
15. What can travel round the world and yet stay in a corner? A s………….. (Franco appeared on it!)
16. What is so fragile that when you name it, you break it?The ………………. (ssshhhhhhhhhh….!)

@ ORIGEN DE HALLOWEEN

Origen del Halloween

Aproximadamente trescientos años antes del nacimiento de Cristo, los Celtas vivieron en las Islas Británicas, Escandinavia, y Europa Occidental. Eran una sociedad como cualquiera de las de hoy, pero sus usos y costumbres fueron controlados por una sociedad de sacerdotes paganos llamada los druidas.

Ellos adoraban y servían a Samhain, dios de la muerte. Cada año, el 31 de octubre, los druidas celebraban la víspera del año nuevo céltico en honor de este dios.

 Los Druidas creían que en esa noche en particular los espíritus de los muertos regresaban a sus antiguos hogares para visitar a los vivos. Y si los vivos no proveían comida a estos espíritus, toda clase de cosas terribles podrían ocurrirles. Si los espíritus malignos no recibían un festín (treat), entonces ellos harían travesuras  a los vivos (trick).”

Trick-Or-Treat, Treta o Trato

Los sacerdotes druidas iban de casa en casa exigiendo alimentos  para ofrenda a su dios Samhain en el festival de la muerte. Si se los daban se hacía un trato (treat) y se iban en paz. Si la gente de la aldea no daba a los druidas el alimento  se lanzaba una maldición sobre la casa entera. Esa era la trampa o treta (trick).

Jack O Lantern

Los druidas llevaban con ellos un nabo grande, el cual habían ahuecado en el interior, con una cara tallada en el frente, para representar el espíritu demoníaco del que recibían su poder y conocimiento, el mismo que se encargaría de ejecutar toda maldición e iluminar su camino. Este espíritu se llama “espíritu familiar”. El nabo, encendido por una vela dentro, era una linterna para los druidas por la noche. Ellos llamaron “Jock” al espíritu de la linterna. Cuando estas prácticas llegaron a Norteamérica en los siglos 18 y 19, los colonizadores sustituyeron los nabos  por calabazas. Desde entonces a esta figura tan representativa del Halloween se le llamó “Jock, el que vive en la linterna” y después vino a ser “Jack-O-Lantern” o Linterna de Jack.

Origen Cristiano

Desde el siglo IV la Iglesia de Siria consagraba un día a festejar a “Todos los Mártires”. e. La fiesta en honor de Todos los Santos, inicialmente se celebraba el 13 de Mayo, pero fue el Papa Gregorio III (+741) quien la cambió de fecha al 1º de Noviembre, que era el día de la “Dedicación” de la Capilla de Todos los Santos en la Basílica de San Pedro en Roma.

Más tarde, en el año 840, el Papa Gregorio IV ordenó que la Fiesta de “Todos los Santos” se celebrara universalmente. La preparación a la Fiesta de todos los Santos, dentro de la cultura Inglesa se tradujo al inglés como: “All Hallow’s Even” (Vigilia de Todos los Santos).
Con el paso del tiempo su pronunciación fue cambiando primero a “All Hallowed Eve”, posteriormente cambio a “All Hallow Even” para terminar en la palabra que hoy conocemos “Halloween”.

QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NEW STORY (4ºESO/22th OCT.)

1. Where and when did this story start?

2. Where was Persia at that time?

3. Who invaded who?

4. How many Greek soldiers were waiting on top of a hill when Persians arrived?

5. What did the Greeks send a messenger for?

6. Complete: “The Spartans would not fight………………………………………………………..”

7. What happened next? Did the Persians wait?

8. Who won?

9. What did the Persians decide after the battle?

10. What did Pheidippides have to do this time?

11. What happened when he arrived to his destination?

12. Who won the first marathon race of the modern Olympic Games?

ENGLISH HOMEWORK FOR 4º ESO

 ENGLISH HOMEWORK FOR 4º ESO

 

1	Make present continuous questions with the words. 0 Who / Chris / talk / to  ?  Who is Chris talking to? 1 What / you / think / about  ? ______________________________________________________________ 2 Who / Dan and Neil / wait / for  ? ______________________________________________________________ 3 What / Maria / look / for  ? ______________________________________________________________ 4 What / James and Diane / argue / about  ? ______________________________________________________________
2	Write contradictions of the statements. 1 ‘You’re smaller than me.’  ‘No, I’m not.’ 2 ‘Jenny’s the most intelligent girl in the class.’ 3 ‘Nick hasn’t got any money.’  4 ‘You’ve got my calculator.’
3	Complete the sentences with someone, everyone, something, everything, somewhere or everywhere. 0 I met __________________ interesting at a party last night but I didn’t get his phone number. 1 Can you finish ____________________ today? 2 I want to go ____________________ hot for my holidays this year. 3 Brian is very lazy. He goes ____________________ by car. He never walks. 4 ____________________ in our class likes chocolate.
4	Complete the sentences with someone, everyone, something, everything, somewhere or everywhere. 1 Can you finish ………………….. today? 2 I want to go ……………. hot for my holidays this year. 3 Brian is very lazy. He goes …………….. by car. He never walks. 4 ……………….. in our class likes chocolate. 5 Can we do …………………..special for my birthday this year?
5	Write new sentences using who, that or which. 0 A dictionary is a book. It tells you the meanings of words. A dictionary is a book that tells you the meanings of words. 1 Owen’s got a motorbike. It goes very fast.    _____________________________________________________________ 2 I’ve got a cousin. She goes to university in Australia.    _____________________________________________________________ 3 Erica’s got a new digital camera. It takes great photos.    _____________________________________________________________ 4 This is a photo of my friend. He lives in Paris.    _____________________________________________________________
6	Flats and houses. Put the letters of the words in the box in the right order to complete the sentences. rofol   cabylon   rageag   flit   clokb   dragne   0          Our flat is on the fifth floor . 1           My parents leave the car in the ____________________ when they’re not using it. 2          Lauren’s flat has got a ____________________. You can see the park from it. 3          Our dog likes playing in the ____________________. 4          Sam lives in a ____________________. of flats near the river. 5          You can use the ____________________ to go to the top floor very quickly.
7	Complete the sentences. Use the present simple or the present continuous form of the verbs in the box. listen   watch   go   eat   do   talk   wait   take   cook   not like   not use   travel   0 Alice listens to the radio every morning. 00 Jared is watching TV at the moment. 1 I ___________________ for Dan. He’s really late. 2 Ben ___________________ animated films. He thinks they’re stupid. 3 My sister ___________________ around Africa at the moment. 4 I’m sorry, I can’t talk to you now because I ___________________ dinner for my parents. 5 My neighbours ___________________ to the supermarket every Saturday. 6 I usually ___________________ sandwiches to school for my lunch. 7 Be quiet! Kate ___________________ to her friend on the phone. 8 What _________ you ___________________ at the moment? 9 You can borrow my dictionary because I ___________________ it. 10 I’m in a restaurant with Michael and we ___________________ curry.
8.	Complete the sentences with a different form of the word in brackets. 0 Uncle Gerard’s really generous (generosity). He always gives people great presents. 1 Paul left home because he wanted more ________________ (independent). 2 Zoe’s not very ________________ (confidence). She’s very shy. 3 People should help other people. I don’t like ________________ (selfish). 4 She’s a very ________________ (success) writer. Children love her books. 5 ________________ (honest) is a very important quality, but it’s not always easy to tell the truth. 6 Neil’s a very ________________ (loyalty) friend. He’s always there to help when you have a problem. 7 She was famous for her ________________ (kind) to children. 8 Thank you for the flowers. It was very ________________ (thoughtfulness) of you. 9 Diane’s really ________________ (sensitivity). She understands people’s problems. 10 You need a lot of ________________ (patient) if you want to be a good teacher.