Stage 7

Stage 6 Stage 7 Stage 8 Hoy os presentamos los false friends, esas palabras que en inglés y español tienen una fonética muy similar. El desconocimiento de estas palabras puede provocar que nos encontremos ante situaciones jocosas o, en ocasiones, problemáticas porque tienen una etimología muy similar aunque su sentido sea totalmente diferente.   Download …

Stage 5 Stage 6 Stage 7 Las preposiciones son una de las asignaturas pendientes para cualquier estudiante que está aprendiendo inglés. Aunque existen unas pautas para aprender a utilizarlas, generalmente se consiguen asimilar practicándolas y usándolas con frecuencia; una de las pautas para conseguir recordarlas correctamente es separarlas por categorías. Hoy, en nuestro blog de …

Stage 6 Stage 7 Stage 8 Hoy abordaremos la diferencia entre las expresiones de cantidad ‘(a) few’ y ‘(a) little’. Ambas expresiones en inglés indican poca cantidad y se diferencian porque ‘(a) few’ se utiliza con sustantivos contables y ‘(a) little’ se usa con sustantivos incontables.   Download Exercise   This week’s blog post concerns …

Stage 7 Stage 8 Stage 9   Cuando aprendemos inglés hay muchas palabras con significados parecidos que a menudo se usan de manera muy diferente y sin embargo, las confundimos porque su pronunciación u ortografía son similares. Hoy trabajaremos con algunas de estas palabras y os enseñaremos su uso correcto en inglés.   Download Exercise …

Stage 7 Stage 8 Stage 9 There are times when somebody says something, and we want to reply that the same situation is true for us. Imagine that your friend says to you, “I would love to visit China some day.” And you have the same desire to visit China!   Download Exercise   Of …

Stage 7 Stage 8 Conjunctions are words that we use to join two clauses together to make longer sentences. There are many words that we use for this purpose. However, the three most common are ‘and’, or ‘and’ but.   Download Exercise   We use the word ‘and’ to link two ideas together. These can …

Stage 7 Stage 8 Remember that the words “also”, “as well” and “too” mean the same thing. The only difference is how we use them in a sentence: “as well” and “too” go at the end, and “also” goes after the first auxiliary verb, or before the main verb. But an important feature of these …

Stage 7 Stage 8 Stage 9 As we are in Christmas mode at the moment, I thought it would be a great time to look at some Christmas and Christmas inspired idioms that are in common use. Not all of these are only for use around Christmas time, but some of them can be used …

Stage 7 Stage 8 This week we are going to look at two very common types of dependent clauses. But first, let´s just revise what a clause is. A clause is any group of words with a subject and a main verb. We have two types of clauses – Main clauses and Dependent clauses. A …

Stage 5 Stage 6 Stage 7 Stage 8 The present simple is most commonly used for regular actions – habits; things we do often. For example: ~ I drink coffee every day. ~ Mark plays football at weekends. ~ We study English on Mondays and Wednesdays. It isn’t necessary to state the frequency of the …