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Passives

Get Away: Escape of a Lifetime

That you may only experience once.

Hiking Trails: Paths to Walk Along

Unspoilt, natural, breathtaking scenery: beautiful natural landscapes on a tight budget (with little money to spend).

Seaside

1.)Prevent crimes    be damaged            fatal

   Manure heap         disgusted                auction

   Pain                       chatterbox               reliable

   Pujar                      universidad            gratificar

  Objetivo                  cosas                      personal

2.) Not to –so that-in order

3.) Despite  Having a huge  adversiting Compaing, campaing,  their product failed Sell.

     The film was quite boring. Furthermore it Was too long.

     The climb was extremely difficult, Nevertheless we managed  to reach the Top.

      People find it hard to learn

THE MOUSE

Genres of Literature

Genres: action, terror, comedy, mystery.

Parts of a book: front cover, back cover, author, synopsis, title, publishing house, biography, year, place, published.

Usage of Connectors

Connectors join sentences to complement each other or state a cause or conclusion.

Connectors: addition (and), adversative (but), comparative (as), conclusive (finally).

Sequency connectors are used to describe processes step by step and give specific instructions.

Comic: sequential narration through still images.

Elements of a comic: bullet points, illustrations, text ball, onomatopoeias.

Adjectives

Adjectives are elements used to give characteristics to things.

Types of adjectives: descriptive, bad, numeral, possessive.

Present Tenses

• Present Simple: 3rd person -s (canto; usually, always, every... daily actions)
• Present Continuous: to be + vb-ing (estoy cantando; now, tonight, tomorrow, at the moment... actions in progress)
• Present Perfect: have/has + 3rd column (he ido; already, yet, just, never, ever...)
• Present Perfect Continuous: have/has + been + vb-ing (he estado comiendo)

Past Tenses

• Past Simple: -ed, 2nd column (canté; last week, yesterday, ago...)
• Past Continuous: was/were + vb-ing (estuve cantando; yesterday)
• Past Perfect: had + 3rd column (había comido)
• Past Perfect Continuous: had + been + vb-ing (había estado comiendo)

Future Tenses

• Future Simple: will + vb infinitive (comeré; future predictions, spontaneous decisions, promises)
• Be Going To: be + going

Hello Maria!

How are you? It's been a long time since we met and I've come up with an idea. Would you like to come and spend a weekend at my house? We'll be alone, my parents leave and not be alone, that you seem to like, you probably say that if I know you too! We will spend a few good days, we can go to visit different places in Valladolid, such as:

• The Big Field

  It is a place of beautiful nature located in the center. You can see different species of birds, peacocks, and there is also a pond where you can ride in the boat and see the ducks.

• Beach of the Moreras

  There we could take photos that I know you like a lot. At sunset, it is a beautiful place, you'll see.

Well, I hope your answer soon, we do not have much time!

Summary: Chapter 38

During a storm, Mr. and Mrs. Bumble travel to a sordid section of town near a swollen river to meet Monks in a decaying building. While Mr. Bumble shivers in fear, Mrs. Bumble coolly bargains with Monks. They settle on a price of twenty-five pounds for her information. Mrs. Bumble relates how Old Sally robbed Oliver’s mother. Mrs. Bumble says she discovered a ragged pawnbroker’s receipt in Old Sally’s dead hands and that she redeemed it for the gold locket, which she then hands to Monks. Inside, he finds a wedding ring and two locks of hair. The name “Agnes” is engraved on the ring, along with a blank for the surname. Monks ties the locket to a weight and drops it into the river.

Summary: Chapter 39

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Exercise 1: Choose the Correct Past Tense

1. had hidden
2. found out
3. had written
4. searched
5. called
6. had happened
7. drove
8. had saved up

Exercise 2: Question Formation

1. Who did you see yesterday?
2. When did you last see Damion?
3. Where does your sister work?
4. Are you having a good time in London?
5. What are you going to do tomorrow?
6. How long have you been studying at university?

Exercise 3: Reported Speech

1. The boy denied that he had stolen the money.
2. Finn suggested checking online.
3. Mr. Harris recommended Sam to apologize immediately.
4. Clara reminded Lisa to buy some milk.
5. Manuel admitted to Sue that he had copied her answers in the text.
6. Oscar congratulated Alex on scoring the goal.

Exercise 4: Defining (D) and Non-defining (ND) Relative Clauses

1. ND - My old brother, who's at college in

Protecting the Environment

One of the things that worries people most nowadays is the environment. In the last few decades, humans have been polluting way too much, which has had a negative effect on the environment. For this reason, we must protect it from now on.

The 3 Rs: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle

First, we ought to start paying attention to the 3 Rs: reduce, reuse, and recycle.

By doing so, we will reduce the quantity of rubbish, we will not throw away so many things, and we will be able to recycle most of our waste.

Sustainable Transportation

Second, a very good idea is to stop using cars so much and start cycling or walking a little more. For example, instead of commuting by car, we can try to do it on foot or by bike.

Environmental Education

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