ENGLISH DAY: SONG HUMANITY- SCORPIONS

ENGLISH DAY: SONG HUMANITY- SCORPIONS

 

CONDITIONAL: ZERO AND FIRST

The Zero Conditional:

This conditional is used when the result will always happen.

Este condicional refiere a una situación que es siempre verdadera (verdades universales).

 

(if + present simple, ... present simple)

 

EXAMPLES:
 
If you freeze water, it turns into ice. Si congelas el agua, se convierte en hielo.   

If I work too much, I get tired.
Si trabajo demasiado, me canso.

If I have time, I usually go to the movies.
Si tengo tiempo, generalmente voy al cine.

If she eats hamburgers, she gets an allergy.
Si ella come hamburguesas, le da alergia.

If they come here, they always bring a present.
Si ellos vienen aquí, siempre traen un regalo.

If she doesn't know the answer, she keeps silent.
Si ella no sabe la respuesta, se mantiene en silencio.

If we don't go out on Saturdays, we rent a video and stay home.
Si no salimos los sábados, alquilamos un video y nos quedamos en casa.

VIDEO: ZERO CONDITIONAL 

The First Conditional:

It's used to talk about things which might happen in the future.

Se emplea cuando una situación es real o posible:

(if + present simple, ... will + infinitive)

 

           EXAMPLES:

If it rains today, I'll stay at home. Si llueve hoy, me quedaré en casa.

If he is busy now, I will come back tomorrow.
Si está ocupado ahora, regresaré mañana.

If I have time, I'll visit my parents this afternoon.
Si tengo tiempo, visitaré a mis padres esta tarde.

If it is warm tomorrow, we'll go to the beach.
Si está caluroso mañana, iremos a la playa.

If it is cold, you must wear warm clothes.
Si está frío, debes usar ropa abrigada.

If he doesn't do his homework, he can not go to the party.
Si él no hace su tarea, no puede ir a la fiesta.

If she doesn't call you, you can call her.
Si ella no te llama, tú puedes llamarla.

If you work hard, you may become a millonaire someday.
Si trabajas duro, puede que te conviertas en un millonario algún día.

 

VIDEO: FIRST CONDITIONAL

EXERCISES:

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/support-files/conditionals_zero_form.pdf

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/first-conditional-exercise-1.HTML

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/1cond1.htm

 

PREPOSITIONS OF TIME

Prepositions of place and time : IN / ON / AT

Use IN before:

– Countries and cities :Colombia, Bogota (Paises y ciudades)
– Buildings: a shop, a museum (Edificios)
– Months: February, June (Meses)
– Seasons: winter, summer (Estaciones del año)
– Years: 1998, 2003 (Años)
– Times of the day: morning, afternoon, evening – NOT night (Partes del día)

Use ON before:

– Transport: a bike, a bus, train, plane, a ship – NOT car (Transporte)
– A surface: the floor, a table, a shelf, the balcony, the roof, the wall (Superficies)
– Dates: March 1st (Fechas)
– Days: Tuesday, New Year’s Day, Valentine’s Day (Dias)

Use AT before:

– The following words: school, home, work, university, the airport, the station, a bus stop, a party, the door, night, the weekend
– Times: 6 o’clock, half past five, 4:45 pm (Hora)
– Festival periods: Christmas, Easter (Festivales)

More Prepositions of time (colaboración englisch-hilfe.com) Mas preposiciones en inglés

Exercise link

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/prepositions/exercises?02

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

http://www.englishpage.com/prepositions/time_prepositions_1.htm

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/structures/prepositions_at_in_on_time.htmhttp://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/time-prepositions-exercise-1.html

Future simple (Going to vs Will)

Ir al siguiente link y repasa cuando utilizar Will or Going to:


http://curso-gratis-ingles.euroresidentes.com/2013/11/futuro-con-will-y-be-going-to.HTML


Realiza los siguientes ejercicios:


http://www.better-english.com/grammar/willgo.htm


http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs18.htm

Who is Enki Bello? DOCUMENTARY - (Quién es Enki Bello Documental) EPK

EXERCISES PAST: CONTINUOUS AND SIMPLE

Ingresar a los siguientes links y desarrollar las actividades:



http://www.aulafacil.com/cursos/l22536/idiomas/ingles/ingles-repaso-de-gramatica/ejercicios-past-simple-vs-past-continuous


http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/simple_past_progressive2.htm


http://www.blueblocnotes.com/activities/grammar/past-tenses/past-simple-and-past-continuous



Escucha y practica pronunciación en los siguientes links


http://www.curso-ingles.com/gramatica-inglesa/pasado.php

http://www.shertonenglish.com/resources/es/irregular-verbs.php

PAST: CONTINUOUS AND SIMPLE

Simple Past	Past Progressive
irregular verbs: see 2nd column of irregular verbs I spoke regular verbs: verb + ed I worked	past form of 'be' + ing form of verb I was speaking you were speaking he / she / it was speaking we were speaking they were speaking
Exceptions
Exceptions when adding 'ed' : when the final letter is e, only add d. Example: love - loved after a short, stressed vowel, the final consonant is doubled Example: admit - admitted final l is always doubled in British English (not in American English) Example: travel - travelled after a consonant, final y becomes i. (but: not after a vowel) Example: worry - he worried but: play - he played	Exceptions when adding 'ing' : silent e is dropped (but: does not apply for -ee) Example: come - coming but: agree - agreeing after a short, stressed vowel, the final consonant is doubled Example: sit - sitting final l is always doubled in British English (not in American English) Example: travel - travelling final ie becomes y. Example: lie - lying

See also explanations on Simple Past and Past Progressive

 

Simple Past	Past Progressive
after another She came home, switched on the computer and checked her e-mails.	at the same time Simon was playing on the computer while his brother was watching TV.

 

Simple Past	Past Progressive
new action My mobile rang (when I was sitting in a meeting.)	action already in progress While I was sitting in a meeting, (my mobile suddenly rang.)

 

Simple Past	Past Progressive
just mentioning Colin played football yesterday.	emphasising progress Yesterday at six o'clock, Colin was playing football.