Reality

TV SHOWS

  

                                     Cartoon            Reality Show

 

      The news                       Documentary             Game show

    

                                               Sitcom                     Talk Show

What sort of Reality Show do you think are those paragraphs?

Paragraph One.

RACH:-" Wow, this is so cool, you guys. The entire city is blacked out! ".

MONICA: -"Mom says it's all of Manhattan, parts of Brooklyn and Queens, and they have no idea when it's coming back on".

RACH: -" Wow, you guys, this is big".

MONICA: [into phone] -"Pants and a sweater? Why, mom? Who am I gonna meet in a blackout? Power company guys? Eligible looters? Could we talk about this later? OK." [hangs up]

PHOE: -"Can I borrow the phone? I want to call my apartment and check on my grandma. [to Monica] What's my number?"

It's a S _ _ _ _ m 

Paragraph Two.

Tuffy:-" Hey, Jerry, we got a letter from overseas!".

Jerry: -"Really? Maybe it´s from HIM!".

jerry:-" It is from him, TUFFY! He’s coming!".

Tuffy:-"Hooray!".

Tom: -"He? Him? I don’t recall knowing anyone by that name!".

It's a C _ _ _ _ _ n.

Paragraph Three.

Since the 1970s, hundreds of tombs and thousands of ossuaries (limestone bone boxes) have been discovered in the Jerusalem area. These ossuaries served as coffins in first-century Jerusalem.

One of these tombs was found to contain ten ossuaries. Six of the ossuaries in this tomb have inscriptions on them. As it

turns out, every inscription in this particular tomb relates to the Gospels.

It's a D _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ l.

Paragraph Four.

An official in the Iraqi president's office says the president will officially ask incumbent Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to form the next government. The long-awaited announcement, which is expected on Thursday, is part of a deal to end an eight-month deadlock over who would lead the country following the inconclusive March 7...

Are the N _ _ s.

Parts of Body.

Vocabulary



Practice the parts of body with that poem...

"My body"
I have two little hands
With ten little fingers.
I have two little feet
With ten little toes.
I have two little eyes,
A mouth that smiles,
And I have two little ears
And a little, little nose.
Source: http://www.saberingles.com.ar

Exercises...
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=659

Too & Enough

Too Spanish equivalent to "demasiado". We use too before adjectives and too many/much before nouns.

I’m too tired (Adjective).

I’ve got too much work (Noun).

There are too many problems (Noun).

Enough Spanish equivalent to "Lo suficiente." You use enough after adjectives and before nouns.

It’s not big (adjective) enough.

I haven’t got enough money (noun).

Have you got enough room? (noun).

Exercises:

http://www.saberingles.com.ar/curso/lesson17/05.html

Superlatives and comparatives 2

Irregular Comparisons

A few of the comparatives and superlatives in English do not follow the usual pattern. Here is a list of common exceptions.

Positive	Comparative	Superlative
far(distance)	farther	farthest
far(extent)	further	furthest
good	better	best
bad	worse	worst
late	later	latest or last
less	lesser	least
little(amount)	less	least
many	more	most
much	more	most
well	better	best

 

 

 

 

Comparatives & Superlatives

By now you should know what an adjectives is: words like tall, big or  intelligent. These words can have what grammarians name degrees of modification. The degrees of modification can be the positive the comparative and the superlative forms. In fact only comparative and superlatives show degrees in practice

We use the comparative degree for comparing two things and the superlative for comparing three or more things. Take a look at the example below...Then we will introduce you to the rules of formation of comparatives and superlatives

Here you have some rules you will have to follow for the formation of comparative and superlative forms

All one-syllable and some two-syllable adjectives.

1.-adjectives ending in a consonant or “e”.

Old-older than-the oldest

Nice-nicer than-the nicest

2.-adjectives ending in a single vowel followed by a single consonant.

Big-bigger than-the biggest

3.-adjectives ending in “y”

Happy-happier than- the happiest

 

4.-Adjectives that have two or more syllable.

Interesting-more interesting-the most interesting

Expensive-more expensive than-the most expensive

Talking about dreams...

 Check the next video. 
Identify the future forms that they used.

 
 

  

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                               Answer the next questions:

Wich future form has used Roger to talk about his dream?

What is the Cindy's dream?

Their dreams, are similars?

  Do you think both dreams will be come true?

Now, you can share us your dream(s).

Post it in this entry! We would like to read it. ;) 

Future Forms

Future forms

Want to, ‘d (would) like to, hope to.

You use these structures to talk about your dreams or desires for the future.

Examples:

"We want to visit India next year".

"One day, I’d like to climb Mount Fuji in Japan".

"My sister hopes to continue her studies in the USA".

(Be) going to.

You use (be) going to to talk about your future plans and intentions. 

Examples:

"I’m going to have a big party for all my friends".

"We aren’t going to stay for a long time".

 

"Are you going to visit to your parents this weekend?".

Exercises.

Complete los recuadros con el verbo entre paréntesis conjugado en futuro con 'going to'.

1. Sylvie (play)______________ tennis.

2. It (rain) _______________!

3. Paul (travel)_____________ around the world.

4. I (spend)________________ a week in Paris. 

5. Peter and Lucy (have)__________dinner at a restaurant.

6. You (buy)______________ a new house.

7. We (see)_______________ a film on Saturday.

Clothes

Look at the image to learn the vocabulary about clothes. Then, do the activities at the end. 

 

Did you study enough? 

Go to the next Web Site to practice this topic:  http://www.saberingles.com.ar/games/hangman/01.html

It's easy and funny :) Check it out!

*To remember: Print the next image, look and find clothes :)

We hope you liked it!

Frequency Expressions

Frequency Expressions

 Indicates how often an event occurs

Not very frequent 

                                                      ↕                                                        

Every ten years

Every year

Twice year

Every four months

Once a month

Every two weeks

Twice a week

Four time a week

Once a day

Three times a day

 ↕

     Very frequent

Write questions and answer about the graphic.

Example:: How often do people eat vegetables? People eat vegetables four times at week.