Notes, summaries, assignments, exams, and problems for English

Assorted English Sentences

43. Despite being over seventy, Orson continued to cycle to work every day.
44. It is eight years since I read a play by George Bernard Shaw.
45. Sharon’s mother recommended going out in the afternoon.
46. The fireman was able to rescue the child from the burning house.
47. The suspects aren’t obliged to say anything by the police.
48. How old is your grandfather?
49. It is years since she enjoyed herself so much.
50. I’m really looking forward to going to the theatre tomorrow.
51. She’s having the windows mended.
52. It’s not as good as I thought it would be.
53. She told us not to be late.
54. If she had studied hard for the exam, she wouldn’t have made a lot of mistakes.
55. His jokes are better than hers.
56. We may be together soon.
57. English is spoken all over the world.

Unit 1: Media and Appearances

Public Appearances and Media

Appearance: An occasion when someone appears in public.

Broadcast: To send out a program on television or radio.

Piece: An example of artistic, musical, or written work.

Stream: To listen to/watch something on a computer, smartphone, etc., directly from the internet.

Creative Professionals

Comedian: Someone who entertains people by telling jokes.

Editor: A person who corrects or changes text, film, etc., or who is in charge of a newspaper/magazine.

Novelist: A person who writes books about imaginary people and events.

Programmer: Someone who writes computer programs as a job.

Media Terminology

• Bestseller
• Cast
• The Charts
• Classic
• Series
• Shoot
• Track
• Critic
• Producer
• TV Presenter

Unit 3: Personal Qualities and

MODAL VERBS

He must be in love/ She could be working too hard/ He may not earn very much/ That must be very hard/ That can't be Claire's grandfather/ He must have sold his business for a lot of money/ They can't have had another argument/ we might have met before/ she can't have had a happy childhood/ She may have thought I'd be angry.

I might be able to give you a lift but../ I wasn't able to swim till last year/ I can see Sarah../ I've made the main course for dinner.. so I haven't been able to make the dessert yet/ When I was 14, I was able to run from my home../ Will you be able to speak Chinese../ I was able to go to last Saturday's../ my brother can usually fix the computer

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Cave Diving

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Put the sentences into Passive Voice:

Analysis of the Heart and the Salamander

Fahrenheit 451 is currently Bradbury's most famous written work of social criticism. It deals with serious problems of control of the masses by the media, the banning of books, and the suppression of the mind (with censorship). The novel examines a few pivotal days of a man's life, a man who is a burner of books and, therefore, an instrument of suppression. This man (Montag) lives in a world where the past has been destroyed by kerosene-spewing hoses and government brainwashing methods. In a few short days, this man is transformed from a narrow-minded and prejudiced conformist into a dynamic individual committed to social change and to a life of saving books rather than destroying them.

Before you begin... Continue reading "Analysis of Fahrenheit 451: Themes and Characters" »

Cry Freedom is a story based on the life of the black people who lived in South Africa. The story begins with a journalist named Donald Woods, from the Daily Dispatch, who often writes about the hard life of the blacks. Moments later, a black doctor, named Mamphela (a woman), enters his office to talk to him about an article he had published about Biko's Black Consciousness. She tells Woods to go talk to Biko (a black boy who wanted to end race inequality), since he is confined. Then Donald Woods goes to talk to Biko, and they agree that Biko will show him how black people live. One of the places that Biko shows Woods is a poor area of South Africa where life is not life, and makes a comparison with the lives of white people. Woods decides... Continue reading "Cry Freedom: The Story of Black Struggle in South Africa" »

Aolverbs of manner

slowly, clearly, carefully, easyly,teribly. 

Goog-well, foot-fast,Hand-hard, earl-eanly.Late-late 

 Present continous 

mai es fica: 

sensacion/presepcions  

to feel  to hear 

to hear  to see

to smell

Emociones/Deseos 

to envy, to fear, to dislike. To hate .To hope. To like. To love. To mind. 

to prefer. To regret. To want. To wish.

opinion 

to assume, to believe, to consider. To doubt, to feel (= pensar). To find (= considerar), to suppose, to think

Medidas

to contain to cost to hold to measure to weight

Estados mentales   

to forget, to imagine, to know, to mean, to notice, to recognise. To remember, to understand

Thursday the 4th of August

was the last working day for Inspector Salahadin El Nur in the heat of Cairo. Leila will take over his place when he is in London for three weeks. Salahadin’s job is to stop people who want to take ancient things along to another country.

Saturday at 15:00

he arrived at a small hotel in Gower Street, nearby a British museum. A friend of Salahadin works in that museum, and Salahadin was going to help his friend during his vacation. He was walking when it was still raining. He arrived at a bookshop and he bought a card for Leila and a book about Queen Axtarte. He went to a snackbar and after that he went to the cinema. Back in the hotel he went to sleep when it was late.

The following morning at breakfast

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The Debate on Video Games and Adolescent Development

Many people think that video games have negative effects on adolescents and they should be limited. They say that video games are a distraction from their chores. However, others think they are necessary. The question is, should parents limit the time of play video games or ban it?

Positive Effects of Video Games

On the one hand, others believe that video games are essential in this time, as they help develop qualities such as improving English skills, playing in other languages, and increasing mental speed. Video games also act as a communication bridge with other countries and cultures, as well as a form of entertainment.

Negative Effects of Video Games

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