present continuous

FORM

[am/is/are + present participle]

Ex: I am watching TV.

USES

1· Actions that are happening.

Ex: We are watching a horror film.

2· Actions that are happening at present, but not necessarily at this moment.

Ex: I'm studying French at school this year.

3· Future arrangements

Ex: Saray and I are having a birthday party together next weekend.

4· Habitual actions with a negative sense

Ex: My little brother is always crying.

Where I got the information:

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/presentcontinuous

http://www.eclecticenglish.com/grammar/PresentContinuous1A.html

Will and Going to

Simple Future has two different forms in English: "will" and "be going to."

Will

FORM ---> will + verb in the infinitive

Examples:

afirmative : You will help him later.
interrogative : Will you help him later?
negative : You will not help him later.

USE

Instant decisions ---> Ok, I'll see you on Friday
Predictions based on what we think or --->Tomorrow will be sunny and hot
Promises and offers---> Don't worry, I have time, I' ll go and buy some food for you.

Be Going To

FORM---> am/is/are + going to + verb in the infinitive

Examples:

afirmative : You are going to meet Jane tonight.
interrogative : Are you going to meet Jane tonight?
negative : You are not going to meet Jane tonight.

USE

Future plans and intentions ---> I'm going to buy a new mobile phone next week.
Predictions based on what we can see at that moment ---> Look at that car! it is going to crash into the lamp post

Videogames

A video game is a game that involves interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device.

Types

advergames: Advergaming is the practice of using video games to advertise a product, organization or viewpoint.


educational games: Some people call these types of games edutainment because they combine education and entertainment. Closely related to the use of educational games is the use of what is known as Serious games.

propaganda games: (e.g. militainment)

Categories

Action, Adventure and Role Playing, Arcade, Strategy, Simulation, Driving, Puzzle and many more.

My favourite video game is super mario party for the wii.

Credits:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_game#Video_games

http://www.family.org/entertainment/A000000994.cfm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videogame

WITTMUND

On 14th of May, we travelled
to Germany to participate in the committee Europe. Every
year students from different nationalities gather around in
one country, in this case Germany, to spend some days in
family, making cooperating activities and taking advantage from
English.
We went by plane from Valencia to Dusseldorf and then we
took several trains until we arrived to Wittmund,where the families picked us up.
The next three days we spent them with our families and at
school doing workshops like: soccer, cooking, fashion and
dance. The last day, on Saturday, we made a parade
through all the town with the flags of the different countries.
Sunday morning we said goodbye to our families, we took a
train and we went to Cologne where we stayed one night
in a hostel in the city centre. There we visited several things
like the cathedral and the chocolate factory.
We had a great time, some of us have been very good with
our families (some not) and we have met lots of people
from the different schools.

Monsoon wedding

Arranged marriages

differences between Indian marriages and

spanish marriages.

Monsoon wedding

The film's central story concerns a father, Lalit Verma, who is trying to organize an enormous and expensive wedding for his daughter, for whom he has arranged a marriage with a man she has known for only a few weeks.The bride, Aditi Verma, is nervous as she has been having an affair with her married ex-boss Vikram.The groom is an Indian living in Texas, and all relatives from both families, some from distant places like Australia, come to New Delhi during the monsoon season to attend the wedding.There are four-day arrangements and celebrations of the wedding preparations, family parties and drama, dangers to the happy end of the wedding, lots of music and dance.

Arranged marriages

Arranged weddings have been an integral part of Indian society for centuries, and even today people having their marriages planned by their parents and other respected family-members. Arranged matches were made after taking into account factors such as the compatibility of the couples' horoscopes, the backgrounds of their families (wealth, social standing) and their social class, economy resources...The institution of marriage in India is considered a very important one.


differences between Indian marriages and Spanish marriages

differences: In India the weddings are very colourful and customs are not white. The weddings in India are normally celebrated in the family houses and not in a church. The wedding preparations are very important and usually take 3 or 4 days. In Spain we throw rice to the bride and the groom, in India the throw flowers.

Credits:

http://monsoonwedding.indiatimes.com/

http://www.indiaweddingplanner.com/types-indian-marriages/arranged.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arranged_marriage

Bollywood..... Indian films..... Mira Nair

Bollywood, is the informal term often used for Mumbai-based Hindi-language film industry in India. Bollywood is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the Indian film industry.

Bollywood is one of the largest film producers in the world.

The name is a mix of Bombay and Hollywood, the center of the North American film industry.

Indian Cinema, The Indian film industry is the largest in the world in terms of ticket sales and number of films produced annually (877 feature films and 1177 short films were released in the year 2003).

Some important Indian films: Monsoon Wedding, Gandhi, Gandhi, English August, Bollywood Calling, Hyderabad Blues, Mr. and Mrs. Iyer, Salaam Bombay, A Train to Pakistan, A Passage to India.

Mira Nair, born October 15, 1957 at Rourkela, India. She is an India-born, New-York based fim director. She was educated at Delhi university and Harvard University. Her debut feature film, Salaam Bombay!, won the Golden Camera award at the Cannes Film Festival and was also nominated for an Oscar.

She won many awards by "Mississippi Masala", and "Salaam Bombay" and "My Own country"."Monsoon Wedding" won a golden globe nomination for Best Foreing Language film.

Easter 08

This easter has been a little bit more boring than Fallas. My Grandmother and my cousins came from Madrid to stay in my house for one week, so I couldn't stay out as much as I stayed in Fallas because I had to spend time with my family.

I also went out with my friends. The 21st of March was my birthday! I'm 14 years old already. We made a special lunch with all my family in a restaurant and on the afternoon I went out with my friends.

I had a lot of fun that day and I received lots of presents. Another special day was the 25th of March it was my dad's birthday and also Paula's (from ESO3) birthday.

So on the afternoon we made a surprise party for her and we had lots of fun.

The only boring thing is that the school was soon and I had to do my homework, so I spend part of my time doing homework.

Fallas 08

This vacations have been very good. I went out with my friends almost every days because my mum was on holiday and my father let me stay out late. I slept in Valeria's house several times and I had lots of fun.

I didn't throw lots of "petardos because I don't like them very much.

The most interesting day was on 19 of march, the last day of fallas.

I went with Valeria to the La Canyada's town and there we met with other people. We saw "la cremà" and then I slept in Valeria's house.

I've had lots of fun this year in Fallas but I hope that next year would be better.

India

India, officially the Republic of India is a big country situated in South Asia. It is the seventh largest country by geographical area.

Economy

India's population is estimated at more than 1.1 billion and is growing at 1.3% a year. It has the world's 12th largest economy--and the third largest in Asia behind Japan and China--with total GDP of around $1 trillion ($1,000 billion). Services, industry, and agriculture account for 55%, 27%, and 18% of GDP respectively. Nearly two-thirds of the population depends on agriculture for its livelihood. 700 million Indians live on $2 per day or less, but there is a large and growing middle class of 325-350 million with disposable income for consumer goods.

Society

India has the wolrd's second largest labourd force, with 509.3 million people, 60% of whom are employed in agriculture and related industries; 28% in services and related industries; and 12% in industry.In 2006, estimated exports stood at US$112 billion and imports were around US$187.9 billion. Textiles, jewellery, engineering goods and software are major export commodities. Crude oil, machineries, fertilizers, and chemicals are major imports.

Past continous

FORM
[was/were + present participle]

Uses

-->Actions in the past that take place at a particular time.

Ex: What were you doing last evening at 8:45?

-->With the Past Simple to refer to a long action that is interrupted by a shorter one. (When or While are the habitual conjunctions)

Ex: We were talking about our last holidays when the boss came into the office and got angry .


-->Two actions developing at the same time in the past ("While" is the habitual conjunction)

Ex: While my boss was talking to me, I was dreaming of my last holidays in Cancún.

Form

Affirmative Negative Interrogative

I was dancing I wasn't dancing Was I dancing?

We were dancing We weren't dancing Were we dancing?

Credits:

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/pastcontinuous.html

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/pascon.htm

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/past-progressive

Ethiopia

Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country situated in the Horn of Africa that has been landlocked since the independence of its northern neighbor Eritrea in 1993.

Location: Apart from Eritrea to the north, Ethiopia is bordered by Sudan to the west, Kenya to the south, Djibouti to the northeast, and Somalia to the east.

Religion: Christians make up 61.6% of the country's population, Muslims 32.8%, and practitioners of traditional faiths 5.6%.

Languages: Ethiopia has eighty-four indigenous languages. English is the most widely spoken foreign language and is the medium of instruction in secondary schools. Amharic was the language of primary school instruction, but has been replaced in many areas by local languages

Regions: Ethiopia is divided into nine states and two chartered cities: Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa

Economy: Ethiopia is one of the poorest countries in the world.

Credits:

wikipedia

http://www.tourismethiopia.org/

PRESENT PERFECT

FORM

[has/have + past participle]

Examples:

You have seen that movie many times.

Have you seen that movie many times?

You have not seen that movie many times.

We use the Present Perfect to say that an action happened at an unspecified time before now. The exact time is not important. You CANNOT use the Present Perfect with specific time expressions such as: yesterday, one year ago, last week, when I was a child, when I lived in Japan, at that moment, that day, one day, etc. We CAN use the Present Perfect with unspecific expressions such as: ever, never, once, many times, several times, before, so far, already, yet, etc.

Use 1: Actions which started in the past and are still continuing

Ex: She has worked at the University since 1994.

Use 2: Actions which happened at some unknown time in the past

Ex: She has worked at the University since 1994.

Use 3: Actions which happened in the past, but have an effect in the present

Ex:
I've lost my keys. ------> I haven't found the keys yet -- they're still missing.

She's broken her arm. ------> The arm is still injured.´

Credits:

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/pperf.htm

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

PAST SIMPLE

PAST SIMPLE

WHEN DO WE USE THE PAST SIMPLE?

We use the simple past to refer to an action in the past that is finished.
EX: I lived in Paris for 1 year.
-----1 year in Paris----------- Now I live in London

How to make an affirmative sentence in the simple past:

Subject + Verb (past form) + Adverbial

EX: I went to the beach yesterday.

How to make a negative sentence in the simple past:

Subject + Auxiliary + Verb (infinitive) + Adverbial

EX: They did not (didn't) go to the beach yesterday.

How to make a question in the simple past:

Question Word + Auxiliary + Subject + Verb (infinitive) + Adverbial

Why did you go to the beach yesterday?


Examples from the past simple:

I saw a movie yesterday.
I didn't see a play yesterday.
Last year, I traveled to Japan.
Last year, I didn't travel to Korea.
Did you have dinner last night?
She washed her car.
He didn't wash his car.

Credits:

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/simplepast.html

There are many who believe that the traditional books are being phased out in favour of the computers. Perhaps in the future we'll read all our novels on a screen, perhaps not even moving our eyes to read. I am going to show you some opinions that are totally different.

"Norwegian Phoenix" will be debating on the side of computers.

"Justcallmeadam" will be debating on the side of books.

Side of computers:

Technologie that for only ten years ago seamed impossible is now an important part of the modern community. Comptuers are getting more and more advanced and it has now been built computers with 1000 gigabyte (one terabyte). An earlier problem with computers was their size and prize, they was to large and to expensive, but as time has gone they have shrinked both in size an prize. In the future we will proboly have computers with tons of terabytes, so small that you can put it in your pocket, which only cost you 5 dollars.Computers are not only more practical than books. Just think of all the trees that will be saved. Computers are the future and will be an important part in future community.

Side of books:

Computers and the Internet, both with their own great storage capacities, are threatning to "endanger" books and the written/printed word. For hundreds of years, people have sat down, read, and have been amazed by what they found in the pages of that book. Not only are books more convienent size-wise, but they're also less trouble to worry about. All this trouble is really unnecessary when you're only trying to connect to the Internet so you can read the lastest John Grisham book. I'll agree that the Internet can be helpful for most quick information but, many users find that when they enter a simple topic into a search engine they come up with 121,432,68 sites that have everything but what they were looking for. With a book, all you would need to do for that particular question is to go to the section of the library that has information and look up the answer to your question. To summarize, the Internet may be easier to access (if you're at home, that is), but sometimes it's either a bother to go to, or more frustrating than simply finding out the answer in a book.

MY OPINION

I think that technology and computers are great, they have made our lifes easiler in many ways. Internet is a world wide web plenty of information and I think is much more practical than searching for somethimg in books. But in other side I think that books are also entertainig and you can feel many things that you can't with computers.

People think that if you like reading books you can't have fun with computers, but it's not like that because there lots of people that love new technologies (like our english teacher Maria) and also read a lot!

Credits:

http://www.greenlakelibrary.org/blog/archives/000142.html

http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=6654

XMAS

I spend christmas with my family and with my friends. First I go for a week to S.Sebastián, where my family lives and I spend christmas and new year there and then I turn back to Valencia for the magical kings.

The Christmas eve I have dinner with all my mum's family in my grandmother's house. The next day at Christmas we go to my Grandma's house to open the gifts from "Papa Noel" and then we go to eat with my dad's family, and there we have more gifts.

The best day of Xmas, for me was New years eve. First I had dinner at my aunt's house with my mum's family, and after the grapes I went to the centre with some friends and I had a lot of fun. And the next day, in new year we had lunch in my grandmother's house.

The last Saturday was the magical king's night, we had dinner in my house with friends of my parents and the next day we opened the gifts.

My Gifts:

a mobile phone, clothes, a perfume, money, and some other little things...

My friends

I have many friends but my best friends are my class friends. I know them since I was three years old. We are seven girls: Carla, Elisa, Marga, Carla, Valeria, Ana and me. They are very good friends, I enjoy a lot being with them.
I get very sad when I imagine that in two years we aren't going to be together any more. I have been with them all my life I we have been through many good and bad moments but we always support eachother. Although we live in different places we are always getting around. Even though we are seven I can only talk about some of them.

In school I have some other friends of different grades like susana, sofia and marina; three girls of ESO 3, they are very friendly. I laugh a lot with them because they are always making jokes. I like going with them because I have lots of fun and I also like to get around with other people.

Valeria: She is a very good friend of mine, she's always happy so I always feel good when you are with her. She's medium high and very thin. She has blonde straight hair and blue eyes. She's very funny and she has a very funny laugh so when she laughs everybody does. She's 13 years old as all of us. She was born in 1994. She lives in La Cañada. Her birthday is the 16th of june. I know her since I was three but I have only been a really good friend of her since only a few years because she had other friends in school. I love her.

Carla Dual: In the school we call her Duala.
She is a special person because she has a very strange character, because she changes humor very easily.
She is very funny and friendly with the people whom she likes to be.
She has 13 years old and her birthday is on the 16th of January.She was born in 1994 as all of us. She lives in Paterna.She's small,she has wavy brown hair with blonde highlights and brown eyes.I enjoy a lot being with her.

Carla Vela: She is my closest friend. We now eachother since we were little and our mums are also friends. I always tell everything to her because I know seh is going to listen and understand me and won't tell anybody of it. We haev a lot of things in common and I enjoy a lot when I'm with her. She likes playing voleyball, hang out with her friends, going shopping, playing with the computer and lots of other things...
She is very tall and thin. She has straight brown hair and blue eyes. And, I don't know what else can I write, I love her!

My Family

Hi! My name's Silvia and I'm going to present you to my family.

My mum: My mum's name is Elena, she's 46 years old. She's from S. Sebastian (Pais Vasco). She's an English teacher of ESO. She's medium high, blonde hair and brown eyes. I sometimes argue with her but I know she's a good mother. She cares about me and my brothers a lot and she always tries to make us happy. She likes children a lot and she loves her work because she can work with them. She also likes to travell and to spend time with her family.
In this video I present you to my mum:

My Dad: My dad's name is Jose Luis he's 46 years old, as well and he's from Navarra. He's a Spanish professor at the university in Castellón. He's tall, he has brown eyes and brown hair. I don't have as many arguements with him as I do with my mum, so I enjoy being with him because he is always happy and he doesn't get angry never, (unless it's something really bad). He's very funny and he's always making jokes. He likes to read every tipe of books and she loves music from classical to jazz. When he was little he didn't travell anywhere so now he always wants to visit places.

My sister: My sister is called Paula, she's 10 years old and she goes to Escuela 2, like me. She is in 5th of Primary. She's medium high, she has brown eyes and brown hair. She likes to make me angry but I get well along with her. She likes watching T.V and playing with the nintedo D.S.

My brother: My brother is called Javier he's 17 years old and he is in 2nd of bachillerato. He's tall, thin, he has brown hair and green eyes. I love him, he's always trying to make me feel better when I'm sad and he's very funny. He´s a very kind person with a great sense of humour. Although sometimes he gets a little bit annoying. He loves going to parties and staying out with his friends , he also likes hip hop music and watching T.V a lot.

MY BOOK

Strange tales

I've read a book on summer that is called strange tales about Great Britain. It has lots of different stories. Some places or villages have become famous because strange things happened a long time ago and people from the village tell these stories like a legend.

I've really liked this book a lot, all the stories, but I think that the best story is,

The Loch Ness Monster so I'm going to write a little bit about it.

The Loch Ness Monster is the most famous monster in the world. The Loch Ness is in Scotland and its very famous for his monster, called Nessie by the Scotland people.

Some people believe there is a monster at the Loch (lake) but others don't.

The first time anyone saw the monster was in the year 565. Someone was walking around the lake and saw a man swimming in the water and an enormous monster behind him. Later, in 1827 and in 1930 there were people who saw the monster, but for the last time. Lots of groups of investigators have tried to locate him but they didn't find anything in the Loch.

Credits: My book

Present Simple

the present simple has three main uses: · General Truths used when mentioning: · facts of science -> example: The earth is round · facts of nature -> example: Everybody needs love (indicates permanence) · Habitual activity used when mentioning: ·habits ·skills ------------> when we talk about these we usually use frequency adverbs. ·customs Examples: I usually work 9 to 5. He often plays golf on Saturday. We always eat dinner together. Frequently, we have lunch out. We never eat breakfast together. (indicates permanence) · Stative Verbs used when talking about: · thoughts · attitudes · emotion Examples: I think you are correct. Common mistake: I am thinking that . . . I forgot your birthday! I love you. I like your top! used when talking about: ·states of "being" ·existence Examples: He is tired. He seems tired. He appears tired. used for: ·possession-> I have a car. ·ownership-> This car belongs to me. used for: · senses Examples: The skunk smells bad.(He stinks!) This soup tastes awful! I see her looking at me all the time Credits: http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/simplepresent.html http://esl.about.com/library/grammar/blpresentsimple.htm

My Enviroment

In my neighbourhood there are a lot of dogs, and I like it because I love dogs but one thing I can't stand is that when their owners take them out they don't pick up their poop so the street gets very ugly.

I think it's not that difficult to take bag, pick it up and throw it to the trash can.

I've lived in the united states for some time and there ANYONE leave their dog's poop in the streets, it's forbidden.

I think that here in Spain they could do the same and the streets would be cleaner.

In this photo I show you how my street looks like.