Friday, June 15, 2012

The seventh...Lover

I've always been interested in dealing with amazing stories as part of my job. My boss asked me to follow a woman who seems to have done something terrible. She's been married six times and I have to find out if she has really killed her last husband. I must come here to the chocolate cupcake bar to see what happens ..

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Night story at the bar



 

  • In groups of four (as far as possible), sit together and decide what story the painting above tells... Who are these people? Do they know each other? What have they done/are they about to do?
  • Decide on a title for your story
  • Then, individually, in a new post here on our blog, write the story from the point of view of one of the characters (ie. in the first person), in exactly 50 words. Note that each of your has to be a different character!
  • Post your work here on our blog, with the title you agreed on as the post title, and "Creative writing projects" as the label
  • Check with the other people in your group that the story is consistent (ie. there are no contradictions) and coherent (ie. that we understand it)
  • Read what they are writing, and see how the story could be improved (i.e. talk about it!)
  • Hyperlink to the other versions of your story (ie. what the other characters say)
  • For decoration, add the appropriate image for your character to your post (from the shared folder), making it "Large", "Right" when you upload.

Saturday, May 19, 2012

Pronunciation: the -ed suffix


Hello everyone!
I believe is easy to know the regular verbs, but sometimes we don't know the correct pronunciation. For this reason, I decided talk about it.


Pronunciation of the past
If the verb ends sounds such as: /s/, /f/, /k/, /ʃ /, /tʃ /, /p/ the '-ed' is pronounced as…
/ t /
If the ends in vowel sounds or in sounds as: /z/, /m/, /l/, /r/, /n/ the ‘-ed’ is pronounced as…
 / d /

If the verb ends in /d/ or in /t/ the ‘-ed’ is pronounced as…
/ id /
Pass
Ask
Work
Laugh
Like
Finish
Passed
Asked
Worked
Laughed
Liked
Finished
Try
Prepare
Propose
Call
Deliver
Phone
Tried
Prepared
Proposed
Called
Delivered
Phoned
End
Attend
Recommend
Rent
Interrupt
Want
Ended
Attended
Recommended
Rented
Interrupted
Wanted

Friday, April 13, 2012

Negative prefixes


PREFIX
PREFIX MEANING
PRECEDES
EXAMPLES
MEANING IN SPANISH
dis-
the opposite of, not
adjectives,
verbs,
nouns
disagreement
desacuerdo
il-
(before l)
the opposite of, not
adjectives
illegal
ilegal
im-
(before p)
the opposite of, not
adjectives
immature
inmaduro
in-
the opposite of, not
adjectives
inevitable
inevitable
ir-
(before r)
the opposite of, not
adjectives
irresponsible
irresponsable
non-
not
nouns,
adjectives
nonsense
disparate
un-
the opposite of, the absence of, not
adjectives,
participles,
nouns
unfair
unpredictable
injusto
imprevisible

Sunday, April 8, 2012

Adjective suffixes

SUFFIX

NOUN

ADJECTIVE

-ful

Pain

Success

Use

Painful

Successful

Useful

-less

Pain

Use

Painless

Useless

-al

Logic

Politics

Logical

Political

-y

Luck

Wealth

Lucky

Wealthy

SUFFIX

VERB

ADJECTIVE

-ive

Create

Effect

Creative

Effective

-able

Avail

Predict

Suit

Available

Predictable

Suitable

-ible

Access

Accessible

Phrasal verbs with three parts


PHRASAL VERBS
EXEMPLE
SPANISH
Come up with
They need to come up with a solution to this problem
Proponer
Face up to
He has to face up to this problems
Afrontar, hacer frente a
Look forward to
She was looking forward to her friend’s birthday party
Tener ganas de
Put up with
She won’t put up with bad behaviour in her English class
Soportar a alguien