VIDEO DE LOS ALUMNOS DE ALEMAN.

Hola a tod@s:

les dejo el enlace de un vídeo realizado en la EOI Puerto de la Cruz por alumnos de Nivel Intermedio 2. Es para un concurso internacional de la Editorial Cornelsen. 

http://youtu.be/VtZOfTCO2KA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtZOfTCO2KA

A los alumnos les ha costado mucho hacerlo y están muy ilusionados con ganar el concurso.

 

Les ruego que lo vean y les voten haciendo click en "Me gusta" (les pedirá que pongan su email antes, para que no puedan votar más veces). 

A ver si les podemos hacer el favor y lo pasamos a otros amigos y alumnos que les puedan votar. 

Gracias,

 

Alberto Hernández.

PREPOSITIONS 3. VERB WITH PREPOSITIONS.

VERBS WITH PREPOSITIONS

1. Many verbs that are used without an object are normally followed by a prepositional phrase. Some verbs take a particular preposition:

belong to, consist of, happen to, hint at, hope for, insist on, lead to, listen to, pay for, qualify for, refer to, relate to, sympathize with.

2. With other verbs that are used without an object, the choice of a different preposition may alter the meaning of the clause:

agree on/with, apologize for/to, appeal to/for, care about/of, complain to somebody about/of, conform to/with, remind about/of, result from/in, suffer from/with, think about/of.

3. With verbs that are used without an object, different prepositions are used to introduce different types of information:

a. ‘about’ indicates the subject matter:

care, complain, do, dream, explain, hear, know, speak, talk, think, write

b. ‘at’ indicates direction:

glance, glare, grin, laugh, look, point, shoot, shout, smile, stare

c. ‘for’ indicates purpose or reason:

apologize, apply, ask, leave, look, search, wait

d. ‘into’ indicates the object involved in a collision:

bump, crash, drive, run

e. ‘of’ indicates facts of information:

hear, know, speak, talk, think

f. ‘on’ indicates confidence or certainty:

congratulate, count, depend, plan, rely

g. ‘to’ indicates the listener or reader:

complain, explain, listen, say, speak, talk, write

h. ‘with’ indicates someone whose opinion is the same or different:

agree, argue, disagree, side

4. Some verbs have an object, but are also followed by a preposition.

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

PREPOSITIONS 2. WITH ADJECTIVE.

Prepositions with Adjective.

1. List of common adjectives and the prepositions that normally follow them
accustomed to	afraid of	answerable to	attached to
aware of	capable of	dependent on	different to
doubtful about	enthusiastic about	excited about	famous for
fond of	guilty of	interested in	keen on
opposed to	pleased with	popular with	proud of
related to	rich in	satisfied with	serious about
similar to	suitable for	suspicious of	used to (= accustomed to)

2. Some adjectives can be followed by either of two or more prepositions

annoyed about something The Ministry was annoyed about criticism in the paper
annoyed with someone They were. annoyed with us for charging them
good/bad at something I’m very bad at mathematics.
good/bad for something The expected cut in interest will be good for industry.
good/bad with something She should be in Marketing. She’s very good with customers.
responsible to someone The Export Manager is responsible to the Sales Director.
responsible for something He is responsible for preparing handouts.
sorry about something I am sorry about the job. It’s a shame you didn’t get it.
sorry for doing something He said he was sorry for keeping me waiting.
(feel) sorry for someone I feel very sorry for Peter. He has been fired.

3. These combinations of adjectives with prepositions may be followed by noun or noun phrase.
The students were very excited about the results of the experiment.

4. When followed by a verb, the -ing form must be used.
Please let me know whether you would be interested in arranging a meeting.

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

EXERCISE 3

PREPOSITIONS 1. TIME & PLACE.

Prepositions: In, On, and At (with specific times and places):

The prepositions in, on, and at can be used to indicate time and place. Notice how they are used in the following situations: Preposition Time Place In Year, Month, In 1999, In December Country, State, City In Japan, In Utah, InTaipei On Day, Date On Saturday, On May 1 Street On Main Street, On 1st Ave. At Time At 8:00, At 7:30 Address At 815 East Main Street In many languages, there is only one preposition for the above situations. In English there are three. Just remember that in usually indicates the "largest" time or place, and at usually indicates the "smallest" time or place. Examples: A: Where's your office? B: In Taipei, Taiwan. A: Really? What part of Taipei? B: It's on Chung Shan North Road. A: I know that area. Where exactly is it? B: It's at 105 Chung Shan North Road, next to the bookstore. C: When is the wedding? D: It's in June. C: What day? D: It's on Saturday, the 25th. C: What time? D: It starts at 6:00.

Prepositions with articles and locations

When talking about locations, use at to indicate the general vicinity or area, and in to indicate inside the building, enclosed area, etc. For example: 

at the swimming pool (on site)		in the swimming pool (in the pool itself i.e. in the water)
at the post office/bank (general)		in the post office/bank (inside the building)
at the zoo (visitors, general area)		in the zoo (animals in their cages)
at school		in the classroom

Sample sentences:

I met my wife at the theater. (while watching a movie)
I spilled my drink in the theater (on the floor of the building)
She works at the library on Wednesdays.
She found a rare coin in the library (building).
Dr. Jones works at the hospital every day.
John was in the hospital for a week with a broken leg.
For school, prison, and church, the is used to indicate the building. No article indicates the general situation. Note the following: 

"practice"/situation		building
in school (studying, listening to teacher, etc.)		in the school (building)
in jail/prison (staying there as a criminal)		in the jail/prison (temporary)
in church (praying, listening to a sermon, etc.)		in the church (building)

Where's Dad?

in church (attending services)		in the church (fixing the windows)
at church		at the church
in prison (He committed a crime.) EXERCISE ONE EXERCISE TWO EXERCISE THREE		at the prison (visiting his friend)

DEFINITE & INDEFINITE ARTICLES

 

Articles in English are very important, as we use them all the time. The three articles in English are a, an, and the. Here are some basic rules for understanding how to use these articles:
The is the definite article. It is used before singular or plural nouns that are specific or particular. Here are some examples:
"The girl who lives next door to me is really cute." This refers to a particular girl: the girl who lives next door.
"The president is a busy man." There is only one president, so we are referring to a specific noun here.
"I love the books you gave me." Again, we're talking about particular books, the ones you gave me.
A/an are the indefinite articles. We use a/an before general, non-specific nouns or to indicate membership in a group. A/an can only be used with countable, singular nouns. Here are some examples of how to use a/an:
"Let's go see a movie tonight." Here we aren't talking about a specific movie, as we haven't said which movie we want to see.
"Cassie is an interpreter." Here, Cassie belongs to a group: interpreters. We use "an" instead of "a" because "interpreter" begins with a vowell.
"I hope I get a car for my birthday." This refers to any car. We don't know which car yet because we haven't gotten the car.
Finally, all articles in English are invariable, meaning that they do not change if the noun is singular or plural, male or female. There are no other forms of the, an, or a.
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EXERCISE 1
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EXERCISE 3

INTERNATIONAL WORKING WOMEN´S DAY.

CLICK ON THE ABOVE PIC TO WATCH THE VIDEO AND READ THE LYRICS 

OF THE SONG "SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEY".

USED TO ..... KNOW

            SOMEBODY I USED TO KNOW.

Now and then I think of when we were together like when you said you felt so happy you could die told myself that you were right for me, but felt so lonley in your company but that was love and it´s an ache I still remember You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness like resignation to the end always the end So when we found that we could not make sense well you said that we would still be friends but I´ll admit that I was glad that it was over But you didn´t have to cut me off make out like it never happend and that we were nothing and I don´t even need your love but you treat me like a streanger and that feels so rough You didn´t have to stoop so low have your friends collect your records and then change your numbers I guess that I don´t need that tough now you´re just somebody that I used to know now you´re just somebody that I used to know now you´re just somebody that I used to know Now and then I think of all the times you screwed me over but had me believing it was always something that I´d done And I don´t wanna live that way Reading into every word you say you said that you could let it go and I wouldn´t catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know... But you didn´t have to cut me off make out like it never happend and that we were nothing and I don´t even need your love but you treat me like a streanger and that feels so rough You didn´t have to stoop so low have your friends collect your records and then change your numbers I guess that I don´t need that tough now you´re just somebody that I used to know Somebody (I used to know) Now you´re just somebody that I used to know

Fuente: musica.com

 

QUANTIFIERS

We use quantifiers when we want to give someone information about the number of something: how much or how many.
Sometimes we use a quantifier in the place of a determiner:

Most children start school at the age of five.
We ate some bread and butter.
We saw lots of birds.

We use these quantifiers with both count and uncount nouns:

all	any	enough	less	a lot of	lots of
more	most	no	none of	some

and some more colloquial forms:

plenty of

heaps of

a load of

loads of

tons of

etc.

Some quantifiers can be used only with count nouns:

both

each

either

(a) few

fewer

neither

several

and some more colloquial forms:

a couple of

hundreds of

thousands of

etc.

Some quantifiers can be used only with uncount nouns:

a little

(not) much

a bit of

And, particularly with abstract nouns such as time, money, trouble, etc:, we often use:

a great deal of

a good deal of

Members of groups

You can put a noun after a quantifier when you are talking about members of a group in general…

Few snakes are dangerous. Both brothers work with their father.
I never have enough money.

…but if you are talking about a specific group of people or things, use of the … as well

Few of the snakes are dangerous. All of the children live at home.
He has spent all of his money.

Note that, if we are talking about two people or things we use the quantifiers both, either and neither:

One supermarket	Two supermarkets*	More than two supermarkets
The supermarket was closed The supermarket wasn't open I don’t think the supermarket was open.	Both the supermarkets were closed. Neither of the supermarkets was open. I don’t think either of the supermarkets was open.	All the supermarkets were closed None of the supermarkets were open I don't think any of the supermarkets were open

*Nouns with either and neither have a singular verb.

Singular quantifiers:

We use every or each with a singular noun to mean all:

There was a party in every street.	=	There were parties in all the streets.
Every shop was decorated with flowers.	=	All the shops were decorated with flowers.
Each child was given a prize.	=	All the children were given a prize.
There was a prize in each competition.	=	There were prizes in all the competitions.

We often use every to talk about times like days, weeks and years:

When we were children we had holidays at our grandmother’s every year.
When we stayed at my grandmother’s house we went to the beach every day.
We visit our daughter every Christmas.

BUT: We do not use a determiner with every and each. We do not say:

The every shop was decorated with flowers. The each child was given a prize.

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EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

EXERCISE 3

AVISO:

MARTES DÍA 5 DE MARZO SE REANUDAN LAS ACTIVIDADES LECTIVAS (CLASES).