viernes, 28 de diciembre de 2012

2º TERM READER (1º BACHILLERATO)

El reader para la 2ª evaluación es  The Big Sleep. Raymond Chandler. Adaptada por Rosalie Kerr.
Oxford Bookworms Library. Stage 4

martes, 11 de diciembre de 2012

Reported Speech

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REPORTED SPEECH:  En el "estilo indirecto"  (Reported Speech)le contamos a una persona lo que dijo alguien en un momento anterior. Ejemplo:
Estilo directo:  " Iré a ver a mi abuela mañana" dijo Antonio.
Estilo indirecto: Antonio dijo que iría a ver a su abuela al día siguiente.
En inglés el estilo indirecto (reported speech) es muy similar pero hay diferencias en ciertas estructuras.  Aquí tenéis un resumen.
1 STATEMENTS
  • Reporting verbs: say / tell (+object) “they told me…
  • Estructura: Regla del “one tense back”: Cuando pasamos a estilo indirecto el tiempo del verbo cambia al tiempo pasado anterior:
DIRECT SPEECH.................................REPORTED/INDIRECT SPEECH 

present simple
“I play football every day”
past simple
he said (that) he played football every day
present continuous
"we are playing computer games now"
past continuous 
he said (that) he was playing computer games then
past simple
"My sister  bought a camera yesterday”
past perfect
he said (that) his sister had bought a camera the day before.
present perfect .
" They have seen John"

past perfect
She said (that) they had seen John
past perfect
. "They had forgiven him”

past perfect
Lisa told me (that) they had forgiven him"
Future “will”
“It will rain this evening”
Conditional “would”
She said that it would rain this evening
VERBOS MODALES
*la mayoría de los modales NO cambian
“He should go home “ ------- he said that he should go home

PERO: : can---------------could
           will ...................would 
           have to-----------had to
            must …..............had to

2 QUESTIONS
  • Reporting verb: ask
  • Estructura : One-tense-back rule./ La pregunta sigue la estructura de claúsula afirmativa, no interrogativa 
1 EX: “Where are you going”?------------------- he asked where I was going.
What do you want? ---- she asked what I wanted
2 “Do you like music?” ---------- she asked him if / whether he liked music

3 ORDER, REQUESTS, ADVICE
  • Reporting verbs: Order, tell, ask, advise, encourage, remind, warn
  • Estructura :Subject +reporting verb + subject + “to infinive”
Ex: “get the information”, she said------ she asked me to get the information
She advised us to get the information
  • En negativas se usa “not” delante del infinitivo
    • She asked me not to sell the car
4 SUGGESTIONS
  • Reporting Verb : suggest
  • Estructuras:
    • 1 he suggested that …
    • 2 he suggested + ing-verb
Ex: “let’s go to the cinema”----- She suggested that we (should) go to the cinema
She suggested going to the cinema 

OTHER CHANGES 
Time and place expressions
Now …………………………………then
today / tonight………………………that day / that night
yesterday……………………………the day before, the previous day
tomorrow…………………………….the next / following day,
next week / month………………… the following week / month
last week / month……………….… the previous week / month, the week / month before
a week / month ago …………….…the week / month before
here …………………………………there


Demonstratives
This……………..that
these …………..those

domingo, 9 de diciembre de 2012

Easy text 6



Camila and Karen

Camila and Karen are good friends. Camila is fifteen and
Karen is fourteen.
"We are different, but we are also similar. That is why we
are good friends!" says Karen.
The girls really are different! Camila is short. l-ler hair is
short and black and straight and her eyes are black.
Karen is tall. l—ler hair is long and blonde and curly and
her eyes are blue. Camila and her family are from Brazil.
Karen and her parents are from England.
Camila and Karen are also similar. They are good
students. They |il
Camila is a basketball player and Karen is a tennis player.


2. Tick.
(Pon un tick)                                 Camila             Karen

1.  I am fifteen.                                 X
2. I am fourteen.
3. I am tall
4. My hair is short
5. My eyes are blue.
6. I am from Brazil.
7. My family is from England.
8. I am a good student.
9. I like music.
IO. I play tennis.

3. Complete the sentences with these words.
(Completa las frases con estas palabras.)

black     friXends    basketball    Brazil   father

1. Camila and Karen are friends
2. Camila’s hair and eyes are  ……………………..
3. Camila is from ………………………….
4. Karen's mother and ……………………… are from England.
5. Camila plays …………………

Workbook Answer Key (Unit 2)


WK Answer Key Unit 2 (3)


WB Answer Key Unit 2 (1)