viernes, 8 de enero de 2016

at, in, on (Prepositions of Place)

Prepositions of Place: at, in, on

In general, we use:
  • at for a POINT
  • in for an ENCLOSED SPACE
  • on for a SURFACE
at
POINT
in
ENCLOSED SPACE
on
SURFACE
at the corner in the garden on the wall
at the bus stop in London on the ceiling
at the door in France on the door
at the top of the page in a box on the cover
at the end of the road in my pocket on the floor
at the entrance in my wallet on the carpet
at the crossroads in a building on the menu
at the front desk in a car on a page
Look at these examples:
  • Jane is waiting for you at the bus stop.
  • The shop is at the end of the street.
  • My plane stopped at Dubai and Hanoi and arrived in Bangkok two hours late.
  • When will you arrive at the office?
  • Do you work in an office?
  • I have a meeting in New York.
  • Do you live in Japan?
  • Jupiter is in the Solar System.
  • The author's name is on the cover of the book.
  • There are no prices on this menu.
  • You are standing on my foot.
  • There was a "no smoking" sign on the wall.
  • I live on the 7th floor at 21 Oxford Street in London.
Notice the use of the prepositions of place at, in and on in these standard expressions:
at in on
at home in a car on a bus
at work in a taxi on a train
at school in a helicopter on a plane
at university in a boat on a ship
at college in a lift (elevator) on a bicycle, on a motorbike
at the top in the newspaper on a horse, on an elephant
at the bottom in the sky on the radio, on television
at the side in a row on the left, on the right
at reception in Oxford Street on the way

AT-IN-ON (time)


viernes, 6 de noviembre de 2015

Present continuous structure

Recordad que debéis dominar bien el verbo to be en presente simple, pues es necesario para poder conjugar el presente continuo.


lunes, 12 de octubre de 2015

quiz presente vs presente continuo

Haz este cuestionario de 10 preguntas sobre presente simple y presente continuo. En el encabezado puedes ver una explicación de los usos de ambos tiempos verbales. Al acabar las 10 preguntas podrás ver tu puntuación. Good luck!

http://esl.about.com/library/beginner/bl_bgpresorcont.htm

do the QUIZ

miércoles, 8 de enero de 2014

The monster Why.

Once upon a time there was a monster called Why. Why was the only word that he could say. He always said Why when he was asked by someone.
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Nobody understood anything. It was so difficult understanding him , very difficult.Why had a friend called Pepe who Why liked to run with. Pepe was the only one that could understand Why, so Pepe was the one who was always translating him.
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They were very good friends, they went running together, livetogether and cook together. They were best friends since they were babies. One day they saw a dog running in a park and the monster asked to himself why he was always  answering Why. Then Pepe said: 
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-Try to say a word.

-Hell... hell... HELLO!
-You've got it.
Since that day the monster why knows to talk.

END

Adaptación del texto original

" El monstruo porque" por Óscar López