Tuesday 12 December 2017

SELF-ASSESSMENT

This term have been good. I love the Project of the videoclip and I hope that the next two terms we make more like it!! But some things were a bit bad, a didn't like so much Michael's lessons, sometimes his classes are a bit boring, but I have learnt some pronuntiation. Also I have learnt a lot of vocabulary!

Friday 8 December 2017

VOCABULARY UNIT 2

Auction
Bid
Got a few hours to spare?
Spare time = free time
The higher bidder = the person who offers the most money
Fundraising auction
The money raised = all the money that you get
Advertise ypur skills
Appeal = attract
Volunteering
Claim = say something is true althogh you might not be able to prove it
Broadcast = the TV is there
Appear = perform or speka where you are seen by a lot of people
Convince = succeed in making somebody believe something
Promote = tell people about a service or product to make it popular
Let's face it!!
Play truant = get away form school = skip clases
Spoonful of medicine
Soap operas
TV set = the piece of furniture
How on Earth...!!!



Thursday 7 December 2017

IDIOMS

You are the apple of my eyes!!
You are a quick learner!! = you learn very fast
It's time to hit the books! = study very hard
Once in  a blue moon = very rarely
Pull yourself together = calm down and behave normally
Showed her true colors = she reveal one's true nature
Out of the blue = appear out of nowhere without warning
It's just like me 
Let's call it a day!! = quit work and go home
It was caught red-handed = catch someone commiting a crime
Chase rainbows!!

HEAL THE WORLD!!!!

Really proud of this great Project!!







Friday 24 November 2017

ADVERTISING

I found some famous slogans that everybody have seen once in their lives!!









Thursday 16 November 2017

FUNDRAISING AUCTIONS

I found some interesting foundraising auctions that happened in Salamanca and all of them had different charity objectives, for example helping the family of a Little boy that has a really strange illness, the ductaion of por people in India, to help spanish families that have a very low social condition and to colaborate with lots of ongs, like UNICEF.

https://www.tribunasalamanca.com/noticias/la-casa-christie-subasta-articulos-de-bond-en-su-50-aniversario/1352828916
http://salamancartvaldia.es/not/24414/alvaro-bautista-dona-unas-botas-firmadas-para-la-causa-de-adrian
https://fundacionesperanzayalegria.org/mercadillo-solidario-de-la-fundacion-en-salamanca/

(Here you can go to the websites that talk about this auctions, they are in spanish because in Salamanca we speak spanish)


And also I found a really interesting website where you can find lots of foundraising auctions in USA of every thing that you can imagine.

https://www.biddingforgood.com/auction/biddingforgood.action






Tuesday 14 November 2017

VOCABULARY UNIT 0 & 1

Lightly: softly.
Unlike: you don't like it.
Something is available.
Barefoot: without shoes
Moped: a kind of motorbike.
Drowns: sink but for people .
Eager: really wanting to do something.
Bitter: a person that can't forget sometihng bad that happen with other person.
Fun-loving: a person who loves party and having fun.
Couch potatoe: a person that loves sitting on the sofá.
Compliment: say good things to a person
Encourage: motivate, cheer

Get used to
Have got used to

MICHAEL'S VOCABULARY

Relatives: your family
Ill: when you don't feel well because you are sick
Childish: inmature
Fall out: have an argument with someone
Break up: when a couple is'nt together anymore
Face to face: you talk seeing the others face
Picky eater: a person that eat very few food beacause he doesn't like anything.
Wrestle: take part in a fight
Bland: insipid (food)

Knitting                                                  face to face


COLOCATIONS

TAKE              DO                             MAKE               GET
advantage        a job                           the bed               an idea
a break            excercise                     a cake                angry
a decisiĂłn        volunteer job              a deal                lost
a risk              well                              Friends             on/off
your time       your hair                      a mistake          rid of
off                  the dishes                     money              in trouble
part                                                     plans                 ill
it easy                                               a promess           divorced
                                                         a phonecall           flu
                                                       war/love/peace

Monday 30 October 2017

NEW EXPRESSIONS

Looking forward to...
Fasten your seat belts.
When did you last??
I last...
It hasn't rained for ages.
Have you ever...?
To be crazy about something.
Do I have to think about everything around here?
Is only ever cruel to be kind.
I can't help it!!
He's lots of fun!
Whenever I have  aproblem I know I can talk to them.
Don't be a bystander!!
Be eager to be nice.

HALLOWEEN VOCABULARY

Chilly: cold.
Bonfire: very big fore for celebrations.
Peek: look for a short period of time.
Yell: shout.
Scream: shout.
Shriek:shout.
Pumpkin patch: field where there are lots of pumpkins.
Graveyard: cementery.
Warehouse: a place where you store things.
Toadstools: similar to mushroom but they are poisons.
Dusk: day is changing into night.
Dawn: night is starting to get light.

  hay-ride
 wand


 twilight
 chains
          cauldron                    



Tuesday 20 June 2017

VOCABULARY UNIT 8

ADJECTIVES
-A competitive person always wants to win.
-A generous person likes giving people things.
-A jealous person feels angry because they want what someone else has.
-A lazy person doesn't like working hard.
-A loyal person doesn't change their friendships and always supports their friends.
-A charmig person has a nice personality and is pleasant to be with.
-A selfish person only thinks about themselves.
-A proud person doesn't want to lose the respect of other people.
-A stubborn person doesn't want to do things that others want them to do.
-A vain person thinks about their physical appearance too much.
-A sensible person is well-behaved and always does the right thing.
-A talkactive person loves chatting.
-A sensitive person cares about other people's feelings.
-A impredictable person doesn't behave in a way that is expected.
-A strong person doesn't upset easily.
-A thoughful person thinks about wha other people want or need.

That was very thoughful of you!!!
It's sensible of you!!!


PHRASAL VERBS
      Fall out

  • Get on with
  • Look up to
  • Make up
  • Pick on
  • Put up with
  • Tell off
  • Turn to
  • SELF-ASSESMENT

    I think that this term I have learnt new things and new gramar and vocabulary taht will be really useful. I enjoy a lot this months and I like a lot the clases with Clarisa. In general I improve but I have to participate and spek more in class.

    Monday 19 June 2017

    GRAMMAR UNIT 8

    CONDITIONAL SENTENCES





    GRAMMAR UNIT 6

     PASSIVE VOICE



    USED TO



    VOCABULARY UNIT 6

    VOCABULARY
    Bury:to put in the ground and cover with earth.
    Dump:to drop or let fall in.


    ADJECTIVES
    Automatic - manual
    Convenient - inconvenient
    Efficient - inefficient
    Fixed - portable
    Heavy - light
    High-quality - bad-quality
    Practical - impractical
    Reliable - unreliable
    Time saving - time consuming
    Useful - useless

    COMPOUND NOUNS
    traffic jam                                golf courrse                         junk food
    carpark                                     heart attack                         pocket money 
    mobile phone                           art gallery                           geneation gap
    alarm clock                               blood doner                       death penalty
    washing machine                     contact lens                        mother tongue
    computer chip                          windscreen wiper              science fiction
    pop star                                    youth hostel                       pedestrian crossing

    TALKING ABOUT FOOD
    Idon't like the sound of that!
    It sounds delicious!
    What's that made with?
    I'm not very keen on...
    I'm fond of...