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Showing posts with label essay. Show all posts
Showing posts with label essay. Show all posts

Thursday, 7 June 2018

Let's write an essay

Choose one of these topics:
  • My favourite invention
  • Internet: good and bad aspects
Write a three-part text:
  • Introdution: short, introduction to the topic. Just one or two sentences.
  • Body: Defend your ideas. Give arguments for and against. 
    • In my opinion, personally...
    • A variety of tenses and rich vocabulary
    • Connectors of additions and/or contrast: besides, moreover, however, although...
  • Conclusion: Summaries the ideas mentioned and back your opinion.



Monday, 14 May 2018

4ºESO review for the exam

1. Tenses:
  1. present simple (go/goes)
  2. present continuous (am/is/are going)
  3. present pefect (have/has gone)
  4. past simple (went)
  5. past continuous (was/were going)
  6. past perfect (have/has gone)
  7. simple conditional (would go)
  8. perfect conditional (would have gone)
  9. future simple (will go)
  10. going to


2. Infintives and gerunds
3. Reported speech


Friday, 2 February 2018

Description of a process

HOW TO MAKE A SANDWICH
Image by Ricardo Martins -  cc-by-2.0.
by Antía Vázquez
First, the red ham and lettuce and tomato are bought. Then these ingredients are cut. Later, two slices of bread are taken. Then the ingredients are put on a slice of bread. Finally the sandwich is eaten.


SPANISH OMELETTE
by Patricia García
First the potatoes are cut thin. After that they are fried in a frying pan with a lot of oil. While the potatoes are fried, some eggs are mixed. Then all the ingredients are mixed together including some onion and "chorizo". Later they are put in the frying pan and after a few minutes it is turned over. Finally it is put on a tray and served.


SPANISH OMELETTE (second version)
by Silvia Méndez
First, big potatoes are chosen. Then the potatoes are peeled and sliced.  Later, the potatoes are fried; then the eggs and the potatoes are mixed. After that, turn it over and let it fry. Finally, it is served and eaten.

Sunday, 26 November 2017

Main mistakes in your exams

3º ESO:

  • She is deportist.  She is a sportswoman.
  • She is a very pretty. ⇨ She is very pretty.
  • In the last month.  ⇨ Last month.
  • Then went to had lunch.  Then we went to have lunch.
  • A movie horror.  A horror movie.
  • He has about 50 years old.  He is about 50 years old.
  • After he works.  After that he works.
  • He went to home.  He went home.
  • your family  his family / her family / their family
  • She is wearing black T-shirt.  She is wearing a black T-shirt.
  • His about 20.   He is about 20. / He's about 20.
  • He is slept. ⇨ He goes to bed. / He goes to sleep.
  • wrong spellings: an (=and), puppys, old (=all), hear (=hair), an (=and), sleeped
  • false friends: bland, stamped, periodic

4º ESO:

  • She's wearing a blue trousers and brown.  She's wearing blue and brown trousers.
  • Next Christmas probably I'll be travelling...  Next Christmas I'll probably travel to...
  • In next Christmas  next Christmas
  • He has a brown eyes. He has got brown eyes. / He has brown eyes.
  • He has where a brown jacket.  He is wearing a brown jacket.
  • Is fantastic.  It's fantastic.
  • She is young women.  She is a young woman.
  • He does homework.  He does his homework.
  • He goes to home.  He goes home.
  • He wears.  He gets dressed.
  • She is lunch in the school.  She has lunch at (in the) school.
  • (I) is goint to be a London whit my family.  I'm going to be in London with my family.
  • wrong spellings: ecsam, old (=all), famou, pail
  • false friends: suspend

Friday, 10 November 2017

Biography project

This term you will have to write a biography of a person you admire. It should have two parts, the biography of the persona and then the reasons why you admire him/her.
This is just an example of what is expected from you:


Friday, 29 September 2017

How to write an essay in English




Here you are some advice to help you write your essays for EFL classes:




and you can choose your topics from this list