Thursday 15 June 2017

1º BTO Reported Speech

 These are the keys to the exercises that I gave you in class to revise Reported Speech.

KEYS TO REPORTED SPEECH EXERCISES
1.
1.She added that the telephone bill had to be paid that month.
2. The teacher said that their school hadn´t been closed the
    previous morning/ the morning before.
3. She said he hadn´t arrived on time once the previous week / the week before.
4. The boy wanted to know how far my house was from the centre of town.
5. Sarah asked Peter where the Grand Canyon was/is.(it continues being in the same place)
6. I enquired whose book that was. / whose that book was.
7. Mrs Jones asked how much a day return to Bath cost.
8. We wondered whether/if people still played croquet.
9. The teacher told the student to go and take his/her things to him/her.
10. The solicitor told Mrs Pitt not to worry about anything.

      2. Specific Reporting Verbs:

       1. She asked him not to smoke there.  (REQUEST)
       2. He invited me to have lunch with him the following Sunday. (INVITATION)
           She accepted the invitation.// She said she would love to.
       3. The boss reminded me (not to forget) to take the/those letters to the post.
       4. He advised me to try to get a room with sea views. (ADVICE)
       5. I offered Susan to open the tin for her.  (OFFERING)
       6. Ricardo´s friend suggested that he (should)revise/ advised him to revise the phrasal
           verbs for the exam.  He said it was boring and suggested going
           to Bruno´ pool instead.  (SUGGESTION)
       7. The girl begged her mum to let her stay / to stay a bit more and watch
           Master Chef.  (STRONG REQUEST)
           She explained that she wanted to see if Miri passed/ would pass the final.
       8. The guard warned the children to be careful (because) there were
           open wires there.  (WARNING)

Wednesday 7 June 2017

Causative Passive

 



We use a causative verb when we want to talk about something
that someone else did for us or for another person.
 It means that the subject caused the action to happen, 
but didn't do it themselves.
Maybe they paid, or asked, or persuaded the other person 
to do it. For example, we can say:


I cleaned my house. (This means I cleaned it myself).
If I paid someone to clean it, of course I
A cleaner cleaned my house.
But, another way is to use a causative construction. So I can also say:


                                                       I had my house cleaned.

In a sense, using a causative verb is similar to using a passive.
The important thing is that the house is now clean. We don't focus on who did the cleaning 

TRY THIS EXERCISE:

Tuesday 6 June 2017

The Simple Past: Biographies

  

Choose either Rafa Nadal or Amancio Ortega and write his biography in your notebook.
 Use the notes below and some other words
that you may need.
 
RAFAEL NADAL

 

-          be born – 3rd June 1986 – Manacor.
-          Coach: his uncle.
-          4 years old: play tennis 2 hours/day
-          child: love playing football
-          leave school when he finish secondary school
-          2001 (15 years old): join professional tennis association
-          2002: play first professional match.
-          2003: play Roland Garros but injury.
-          2004: win Roland Garros. (youngest tennis player).
-          2005: defeat number 1: Roger Federer in Roland Garros.
-          Become most famous sports person in Spain (F. Alonso before).
-          win many tennis awards.
-          sign contract with Nike.
-          2008: won best tennis player in the world.
-          Like: fishing, computer games, formula 1, music.



AMANCIO ORTEGA GAONA
 


-          be born – 1936 – Busdongo de Arbas, León.
-          13 years old: leave school
-          move to Galicia with his family
-          14 years old: work in two famous clothes shop in La Coruña
-          found dressing gown company: Confecciones GOA. Export to Europe.
-          marry – 2 children
-          1975: open first Zara shop in La Coruña.
-          1976: open Zara shops in different regions in Spain.
-          1985: create Inditex group.
-          1990: open shops in Europe, America, Asia and North of Africa.
-          buy Massimo Dutti and Stradivarius.
-          2001: marry Flora Pérez – one daughter.
-          2011: abandon the position of manager of the company.
-          Richest man in Europe – 3rd in the world
-          Ambitious, very observant and perfeccionist.