Tuesday, 17 November 2015

2nd Bach Revision

General Revision:

http://www.burlingtonbooks.com/Spain/Page.aspx?PageID=411



Modals:

http://www.learnenglish-online.com/grammar/modals/tests/modaltest2.html

http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-modals.php

http://webcb.blogspot.com.es/2012/10/new-modal-perfect-exercises.html

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/330-modals-advice2.htm

2nd ESO Revision.

A fabulous web to revise every unit in our coursebook.
Very useful too for those who need to pass the 2nd ESO exam.

http://www.montsemorales.com/switch2.htm

Treasure Hunt

Monday, 16 November 2015

High School Trivial Weeks 3&4

WEEKS 3 AND 4

A country and an animal share their name. Name the country and the animal.

How are the following words related to Thanksgiving?

Plymouth
James 1st
Mayflower
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Macy's
Black Friday
The day before and after Thanksgiving are remarkable for something. For what?




Wednesday, 11 November 2015

Modal verbs in songs

   MIGHT. We might as well be strangers. Keane


 MUST. The show must go on. Queen




OUGHT TO. Oughtta Know. Alanis Morrisette.


 SHOULD. Should I stay or should I go? The Clash



COULD. You could be happy. Snow Patrol




CAN. Can you meet me halfway? Black Eyed Peas




Several modal verbs. In my Place. Coldplay.





Modal perfect. It must have been love. Roxette



MUST + Inf. it must be love. Madness



Del revés

How can we say "del revés" en inglés? Here's the answer

Monday, 9 November 2015

High School Trivial

From November we will pose a question each week for the students to find out.
Let's see who finds the most answers!

WEEK 1
 Name the film where this sentence appears. Explain why.


 




WEEK 2
There is a special commemoration in November 11th. What is that commemoration? What is the flower in the pictures? Why is everybody wearing that flower?














WEEKS 3 AND 4
A country and an animal share their name. Name the country and the animal.

How are the following words related to Thanksgiving?

Plymouth
James 1st
Mayflower
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Macy's
Black Friday
The day before and after Thanksgiving are remarkable for something. For what?








Place and movement prepositions





Monday, 2 November 2015

Modals and modal perfect verbs


MODAL VERBS Los Verbos Modales


MODAL
EXAMPLES
USES
CAN
He can find any street in London. You can take a taxi.
Can you take me to Victoria Station?
Ability Suggestion Request
BE ABLE TO
He is able to find any street in London.
Ability
CAN ́T
That story can ́t be true.
Certainty that something is impossible
COULD
I could play tennis when I was younger. Could you take me to Victoria Station?. You could take a taxi.
Ability Request Suggestion
MAY
It may be quicker to travel by train. May I come in?.
Possibility Formal request
MIGHT
It might be quicker to travel by train.
Possibility
MUST
You must be back at 10 o ́clock.
Look at the snow. It
must be cold outside.
Obligation
Certainty that something is true
HAVE TO
You have to be back at 10 o ́clock.
Obligation
NEED TO
You need to study a lot.
Obligation
NEEDN ́T
You needn ́t have a university degree.
Lack of obligation
MUSTN ́T
You mustn ́t drive without a licence.
Prohibition
DON ́T HAVE TO
You don ́t have to call a taxi.
Lack of obligation
SHOULD
You should drive more carefully
Opinion / Advice
OUGHT TO
You ought to drive more carefully
Opinion / Advice

CARACTERÍSTICAS DE ESTOS VERBOS:
No llevan -s en la tercera persona del singular del presente simple.
No necesitan
-do o -does para formar la negativa ni la interrogativa.
Nunca llevan infinitivo con
to detrás, excepto be able to, need to, have to y ought to.. No tienen infinitivo, participio ni tiempos compuestos.
NOTA: Los verbos have to y need to también se consideran “verbos semimodales” porque no cumplen todas las características propias de los verbos modales.


CAN / BE ABLE TO
CAN se auxilia de be able to en los tiempos de que carece, y tiene muchos usos:
a) Para expresar habilidad o capacidad: “saber”, “poder”.
b) Con acciones que empiezan en el pasado pero todavía tienen continuidad en el presente. c) Para hacer peticiones, dar y pedir permiso de manera informal.
d) Para indicar posibilidad:
We can do that later. (Podemos hacer eso luego). En negativa tiene, además de estos, otros dos usos:
e) Para expresar deducción. f ) Para indicar prohibición.
You can ́t smoke here. (No puedes fumar aquí).
BE ABLE TO también indica habilidad y posibilidad como can, pero en los tiempos que le faltan
a este verbo modal.
Will you be able to do it before six o ́clock?. (¿Podrás hacerlo antes de las 6?)
COULD
a) Se usa para expresar habilidad y capacidad en el pasado.
b) Para hacer peticiones o pedir un favor de manera más formal que con can.
c) Para hacer sugerencias.
d) Para indicar posibilidad, pero dando a entender que es más remota que si usamos can.
We could go on friday afternoon.. (Podríamos ir el viernes por la tarde).
MAY / MIGHT
a) Ambos verbos expresan la posibilidad de que algo ocurra en el presente o en el futuro, sin ser seguro. Como hemos visto antes, can también expresa posibilidad pero denota que las circunstancias reales lo permiten.
b) May también se utiliza para pedir y dar permiso de una forma más educada que con can

MUST / HAVE TO
Must sólo tiene presente, así que para el resto de los tiempos se usa have to.
a) Los dos verbos expresan necesidad y obligación, pero con must la necesidad es más fuerte.
Cuando queremos suavizar la frase utilizamos have to.
You must take a decision as soon as possible. (Debes tomar una decisión lo antes posible) She has to work tomorrow. (Tiene que trabajar mañana)
b) Must sirve para expresar una conclusión lógica.
NEED TO / NEEDN ́T
a) Need to expresa obligación o necesidad.
b) Needn ́t indica ausencia de obligación o necesidad.
MUSTN ́T / DON ́T HAVE TO
a) Mustn ́t indica prohibición.
b) Don ́t have to tiene un valor totalmente distinto pues significa ausencia de necesidad, igual
que needn ́t.
You don ́t have to wash the dishes. (No tienes por qué lavar los platos / no es necesario).
SHOULD / OUGHT TO
a) Se pueden utilizar indistintamente para dar consejos y hacer recomendaciones, aunque should es mucho más frecuente. Ought to apenas se usa en negativa e interrogativa.

        MODAL PERFECTS
Los Verbos Modales Perfectos
MODAL
EXAMPLES
USES 
MUST HAVE
The driver must have lost his way.
A certainty or logical conclusion about an event in the past.

MIGHT / MAY HAVE
She might / may have bought a new car.
A guess about something which happened in the past.
COULD HAVE
You could have avoided that accident.
The ability to do something in the past, but which in the end was not done.
COULDN ́T HAVE
He couldn ́t have known about the problem.
A certainty that something did not happen.
SHOULD HAVE
He should have listened to me.
They
should have won the competition.
Advice which was not followed in the past.
Expectations which were not fulfilled in the past.
SHOULDN ́T HAVE
You shouldn ́t have gone on foot.
Criticism that was given after an event.
Must have + participio
Se usa para expresar certeza o una conclusión lógica sobre un hecho pasado.
Might / May have + participio
Se usa para hacer una predicción sobre algo pasado.
Could have + participio
Indica que hubo la posibilidad de haber hecho algo en el pasado pero que finalmente no se hizo.
Couldn ́t have + participio
En negativa expresa la imposibilidad de que el hecho enunciado se realizara.
Should have + participio
Se usa para lamentar que algo no ocurriera en el pasado y que no se haya cumplido lo que esperábamos.
Shouldn ́t have + participio
Con este modal expresamos nuestra opinión crítica sobre un hecho pasado indicando que no debería haber ocurrido. 



And now, a couple of pageswith lots of exercises to practise:

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/modal-verbs-exercises.html

http://www.englishpage.com/modals/modalforms.html