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Pronunciation: clock/o/ – horse /o:/
horse /ho:rs/ clock / klok/ phone /fəʊn/ Check exercise 1 to distinguish how to pronounce words with the sounds /o/, as in clock and /o:/, as in horse and exercise 2 to distinguish among the sounds /o/, as in … Continue reading
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Pronunciation: cat /æ/, up /ʌ/, car /a:/
In Spanish, we only have one a sound . English has three different sounds. Let’s study them: En español, sólo tenemos una letra para la a. el inglés tiene tres sonidos diferentes. Vamos a estudiarlos: /æ/ as in cat is a new difficult sound for Spanish students. Make you … Continue reading
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Adjectives
Adjectives are words that describe a person, a place or a thing. 1- The adjective in English goes before the noun: – It is a big house – She is a tall woman – I am a fat man … Continue reading
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Colours
This is a typical rainbow. It’s made of different colours: these are the names of the colours in English. Black White Red Yellow Blue Green Orange Purple Brown Grey Pink Colours, like all adjectives, don’t take plurals or gender (feminine or masculine). See these examples: The Union Jack is red, … Continue reading
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Articles: a/an, the, Ø
When do we use “A, An or The”? a = indefinite article + consonants but an+ vowels (not a specific object, one in general) She has a dog, I work in a factory BUT Can I have an apple?, She … Continue reading
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Plurals
Rule: In general, the plural is formed by adding an -s to the end of the word: Regla: En general, el plural se forma añadiendo una -s al final de la palabra: singular plural a car two cars a cassette two cassettes a … Continue reading
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Possession 2: possessive ‘s
2) Possessive ‘s – genitivo sajón When we want to show that something belongs to somebody or something, we usually add ‘s to a singular noun and an apostrophe ‘ to a plural noun, for example: the boy’s ball (one … Continue reading
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Possession 1: possessive adjectives
We have two possibilities when mentioning who has what: Hay dos posibilidades para decir que alguien tiene algo: 1) Possessive adjectives – Adjetivos posesivos There is one possessive adjective for each subject pronoun. Watch out! The possessive adjective to be used depends on who has what … Continue reading
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The Family
Families can be endless but English has a very easy system to learn the words for family members: you just need to learn the basics and add prefixes to form new relations. Las familias pueden ser interminables pero el inglés tiene un sistema bien sencillo para aprender el vocabulario de … Continue reading
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Elementary 1 