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RETAKE PROCESS DAY 4

iN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE TASKS ASSIGNED FOR THE WORKBOOK, HERE YOU ARE THE PAGES DUE TO TOMORROW: 55 - 56 - 60 - 61 - 64 - 65 - 74 - 75 - 78 - 96  Moreover, revise the following exercises on word formation.  Put the correct form of the word in brackets into the blank.  1. In the future the public will have a wider __________________ of television programs. (CHOOSE)  2. Looking after the health of 700 children is heavy ______________________ . (RESPONSIBLE) 3. The town spent more money on __________________ and health than ever before (HOUSE)  4. Do you have any particular __________________ where we sit? (PREFER)  5. There’s a __________________ contrast between what he does and what he says. (STRIKE) 6. The party turned out to be a huge ______________________ (DISAPPOINT)  7. He was fined and __________________ for reckless driving (QUALIFY).  8. Is it possible to remove the smell from the books that have been in _______________ for such a long time? (STORE) 

RETAKE PROCESS DAY 3

AS WE ARE WORKING WITH DIFFERENT MATERIALS IN CLASS, YOUR TASK FOR HOMEWORK IS TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE CONTENTS AND ASSESSING STRATEGIES WE USED ALL OVER THE YEAR. SO DEVELOP THE NEXT PAGES OF THE WORKBOOK FOR TOMORROW'S SESSION: 38 - 39 - 70 - 71 - 102 - 103 As well as the second reading project in the platform MyON, which is due for next Friday 25th 7:00 a.m. In order to reinforce the topics seen during the year, PLEASE, take a look to this blog older entries, they contain all the possible and most simple explanations that you might use as reference for your self-study.  For further practice use the links given in the entries as well as those presented in the different tabs below the blog's presentation according to what you want to reinforce.

RETAKE PROCESS DAY 2

These are the links to the teory necessary as a starting point of your self-study work: GRAMMAR BASICS PREZI  (With links to videos to refresh and reinforce about verbs, modals, active/passive voice and reported speech). ALL TENSES GRAMMAR  (With links to specific tenses' description and contrast, as vell as to interactive exrcises. AS WE ARE WORKING WITH DIFFERENT MATERIALS IN CLASS, YOUR TASK FOR HOMEWORK IS TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE CONTENTS AND ASSESSING STRATEGIES WE USED ALL OVER THE YEAR. SO DEVELOP THE NEXT PAGES OF THE WORKBOOK FOR TOMORROW'S SESSION: 14 - 15 - 22 - 24 - 32 - 33 - 44 - 45 - 46 - 50 - 51 and  52

LEVELING PROCESS DAY 1

IN ORDER TO REVIEW TOPICS SEEN, USE THE FOLLOWING LINKS TO DEVELOP EXERCISES WHICH YOU WILL BRING TO CLASS PRINTED AND HAND WRITTEN ANSWERED VERBAL TENSE VERBAL TENSES 2 VERBAL TENSES 3 MODAL VERBS MODAL VERBS 2 Don't forget to work on the reading platform MyOn with the retaking project.

IDIOMS FOR EMOTIONS 2

open/reopen old wounds If you  open or reopen old wounds  you revive memories of an unpleasant event, situation or dispute that took place in the past. He carefully avoided the subject so as not to open old wounds. pour your heart out If you  pour your heart out  to someone, you express your feelings freely. When she needs to pour her heart out to someone, Elsa goes to visit her grandmother . proud as a peacock A person who is as  proud as a peacock  is extremely proud. When his son won first prize, Bill was as proud as a peacock. proud/pleased as punch Someone who is as  proud or pleased as punch  is delighted or feels very satisfied about something. Dad was as proud as punch when he won the tennis match. put foot in mouth If you  put your foot in your mouth,  you say something that offends, upsets or embarrasses someone. She really put her foot in her mouth when she mentioned the housewarming party - Andy hadn't been invited. reduce to tears If your behaviour or attitude ma

IDIOMS FOR EMOTIONS!!

IF YOU FEEL sensible or sensitive.... be emotional and learn these idiomatic expressions that replace the emotion words. Feelings - Emotions - Reactions (idioms, page 1 : bare your heart  → deep down ) bare your heart (or soul) to someone If you  bare you heart  (or  soul ) to someone, you reveal your innermost thoughts and feelings to them. Mike couldn't keep things to himself any longer. He decided to bare his soul to his best friend. bear the brunt A person who  bears the brunt  of something is the one who suffers the most when something bad or unpleasant happens. When things go wrong, his assistant always has to bear the brunt of his anger. bent out of shape If you get  bent out of shape , you become annoyed or upset about something that is usually not that important or cannot be avoided. Don't get bent out of shape if you're delayed.  We'll wait for you. beside yourself (with emotion) If you are  beside yourself  (with an emotion), you lose your self-con

BLOOPER!!

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THIS IS THE TIME FOR........ Just take a look to the following videos to get to know more about bloopers. And much more!!!

ACTIVE TO PASSIVE TENSE CHANGES

When trying to use passive voice or even transform active sentence into passive, you should follow the following rules: PASSIVE VOICE FOR ALL TENSES RULES The  places  of subject and object in sentence are inter-changed in  passive voice . 3rd form of verb (past participle) will be used only (as main verb) in passive voice. Auxiliary verbs for each tense are given below in the table. Present Simple  Tense (passive Voice) Auxiliary verb in passive voice: am/is/are Active voice : He  sings  a song. He does not sing a song.Does he sing a song? Passive voice: A song  is   sung  by him. A song  is  not sung by him. Is  a  song sung  by him? Present Continuous Tense (passive Voice) Auxiliary verb in passive voice: am being/is being/are being Active voice: I am writing a  letter I am not writing a letter. Am I writing a letter? Passive voice: A letter  is being  written by me. A letter  is not being  written by me. Is  a letter  being  written by

ACTIVE TO PASSIVE TENSE CHANGES

When trying to use passive voice or even transform active sentence into passive, you should follow the following rules: PASSIVE VOICE FOR ALL TENSES RULES The  places  of subject and object in sentence are inter-changed in  passive voice . 3rd form of verb (past participle) will be used only (as main verb) in passive voice. Auxiliary verbs for each tense are given below in the table. Present Simple  Tense (passive Voice) Auxiliary verb in passive voice: am/is/are Active voice : He  sings  a song. He does not sing a song.Does he sing a song? Passive voice: A song  is   sung  by him. A song  is  not sung by him. Is  a  song sung  by him? Present Continuous Tense (passive Voice) Auxiliary verb in passive voice: am being/is being/are being Active voice: I am writing a  letter I am not writing a letter. Am I writing a letter? Passive voice: A letter  is being  written by me. A letter  is not being  written by me. Is  a letter  being  written by me?

NORMAS APA 6° EDICIÓN

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As a help for the future, I have chosen some documents you can use to learn, review and even check step by step if you are correctly using normas APA. If you want to follow the rules... MANUAL NORMAS APA 6 http://normasapa.net/normas-apa-2016/ DESCARGAR FORMATO APA: La plantilla en Microsoft word con estas configuraciones la encontrará en: Normas APA en Word NORMAS APA

MODAL PERFECTS

The following is a very useful and comprehensible information about MODAL PERFECTS. Take a deep look at it and improve what we learned in class preparing for the mid-term evaluation next friday 5th August,2016. All modal perfect auxiliary verbs refer to the past. FORM : Modal + Have (Infinitive) + Past Participle 1. must have done = we are almost sure something happened in the past Jane wasn't feeling well yesterday. She must have caught a cold. Bill didn't answer the phone when I called him. He must have fallen asleep. 2. can't have done = we are almost sure something did not happen in the past She can't have forgotten to send you an invitation. I gave her your address. They can't have gone to bed late. They were very tired. 3. may / might / could have done = it is possible that something happened in the past but we aren't sure. Laura hasn't arrived yet. She may/might/could have missed the bus. I didn't see Paul at work. He may/mig