Computers vocabulary

Do the next exercise to practice on computers vocabulary
You can also try the next one if you want

Computers

Click on COMPUTERS to translate any words you don't understand when using THE INTERNET

First conditional

Practice the first conditional by listening and watching THE VIDEO

UNSCRAMBLE means ORDENAR, ORGANIZAR

CAN COULD MIGHT

Click on MODALS to practice what we've learnt in the class

The States of The USA

Do you know how many states there are in THE USA.
You can find it out on this map

SELECTIVIDAD "mobiles and drink-driving"

This is the next exam you have to do at home

The passive voice

Here you are some entertaining exercises to practice the passive voice

RECYCLING

Look at the video and see how English people recicle their rubbish, then try to make a summary and give it to me in class

UMBRELLA: song with lyrics and exercises

1. Listen to the first verse of this song and complete the gaps with the right words. What do all these words have in common?

rain, precipitation, clouds, storms, rainy, sunshine, weather

You can do it as an online exercise, too.

Jay-z:
(Uhhu, uhhu) ch-yeah
(Uhhu, uhhu) rihanna
good girl gone bad
(Uhhu, uhhu) take three, action
(Uhhu, uhhu) hov

Jay-z:
No ............... in my .................
Let it rain, I hydroplane into fame (rihanna: ey, ey, ey)
Coming down with the dow jones
When the ............... come we gone
We roc-a-fella (rihanna: eh, eh, eh)
We fly higher than .............and g5's are better
You know me, an anticipation for ................
Stacks chips for the ..............day (rihanna: ey, ey, ey)
Jay-y-y
.................. man is back with little miss ............
Rihanna where you at



2. Listen to the third verse and complete the gaps.

heart, cars, worlds, always, magazines



You have my ______
And we'll never be ________ apart
Maybe in ___________, but you'll still be my star
Baby 'cause in the dark you can't see shiny ______
And that's when you need me there
With you I'll _______ share

because

3. Listen to the chorus and try to match the two parts of each sentence. You can do it as an online exercise, too.

Then, translate the whole verse and explain what it means.

When the sun shines I'm-a stick it out 'til the end
Told you be your friend
Said I'll always I'll be here forever
Took an oath, we'll shine together
Now that it's raining have each other
Know that we'll still under my umbrella
You can stand more then ever



4. Listen to this verse and choose the right word for each gap. Click here to do it online.

These clumsy/fancy things
Will never come in between
You're apart/far of my entity/infinity
Here for entity/infinity
When the war/world has dealt its card/part
When the war/world has dealt its card/part
If the hand is heart/hard
Together we'll mend your heart/hard because

5. Listen to this final verse and complete the gaps (the first letter and the number of letters are indicated in each gap).

Then, translate the verse.

You can r_ _into my arms
It's okay, don't be alarmed
Come into m_
There's no d_ _ _ _ _ _ _ in between our l_ _ _
So go on and l_ _ the rain pour
I'll be all you n _ _ _ and more
because


THE LYRICS OF UMBRELLA


[Jay-Z]
Aham... aham...
Yeah Rihanna,
aham... aham...
Good girl gone bad
Aham... aham...
Take three... Action,
No clouds in my storms
Let it rain,
I hydroplane in the game,
Coming down with the Dow Jones
When the clouds come we gone,
We Rockafella
We fly higher than weather,
And she rocks it better
You know me,
In anticipation,
for precipitation
Stack chips for the rainy day,
Jay, Rain Man is back
With little Ms. Sunshine,
Rihanna where you at?

[Rihanna]
You have my heart
And we'll never be worlds apart
Maybe in magazines, But you'll still be my star
Baby cause in the dark, You can't see shiny cars
And that's when you need me there
With you I'll always share, because...

[Chorus]
When the sun shines, we'll shine together
Told you I'll be here forever
Said I'll always be a friend
Took an oath I'mma stick it out 'till the end
Now that it's raining more than ever
Know that we still have each other
You can stand under my umbrella
You can stand under my umbrella (Ella ella eh eh eh)
Under my umbrella (Ella ella eh eh eh) Under my umbrella
(Ella ella eh eh eh) Under my umbrella (Ella ella eh eh eh)

Cause everything
Will never come in between
You're part of my entity
Here for Infinity
When the war has took its part
When the world has dealt its cards
If the hand is hard, together we'll mend your heart
Because

[Chorus]
When the sun shines, we'll shine together
Told you I'll be here forever
Said I'll always be a friend
Took an oath I'mma stick it out 'till the end
Now that it's raining more than ever
Know that we still have each other
You can stand under my umbrella
You can stand under my umbrella
(Ella ella eh eh eh)
Under my umbrella
(Ella ella eh eh eh)
Under my umbrella
(Ella ella eh eh eh)
Under my umbrella
(Ella ella eh eh eh eh eh eh)

You can run into my arms
It's ok don't be alarmed
Come into me
There's no distance in between our love
So gonna let the rain pour
I'll be all you need and more
Because

[Chorus]
When the sun shines, we'll shine together
Told you I'll be here forever
Said I'll always be a friend
Took an oath I'mma stick it out 'til the end
Now that it's raining more than ever
Know that we still have each other
You can stand under my umbrella
You can stand under my umbrella
(Ella ella eh eh eh)
Under my umbrella
(Ella ella eh eh eh)
Under my umbrella
(Ella ella eh eh eh)
Under my umbrella
(Ella ella eh eh eh eh eh eh)

It's raining (raining), Ooh baby it's raining (raining)
Baby come into me, Come into me
It's raining (raining), Oh baby it's raining (raining)
You can always come back to me, baby come back to me

SINCE and FOR

If you need more practice on Present Perfect and the prepositions Since and FOR do the following exercises

2º examen de selectividad

John Maxwell Coetzee was born in Cape Town, South Africa, on 9 February 1940, the elder of two children. His mother was a primary school teacher. His father was trained as an attorney, but practiced as such only intermittently; during the years 1941–45 he served with the South African forces in North Africa and Italy. Though Coetzee's parents were not of British descent, the language spoken at home was English.

Coetzee received his primary schooling in Cape Town and in the nearby town of Worcester. For his secondary education he attended a school in Cape Town run by a Catholic order, the Marist Brothers. He matriculated in 1956.

Coetzee entered the University of Cape Town in 1957, and in 1960 and 1961 graduated successively with honours degrees in English and mathematics. He spent the years 1962–65 in England, working as a computer programmer while doing research for a thesis on the English novelist Ford Madox Ford.

In 1963 he married Philippa Jubber (1939–1991). They had two children, Nicolas (1966–1989) and Gisela (b. 1968).

In 1965 Coetzee entered the graduate school of the University of Texas at Austin, and in 1968 graduated with a PhD in English, linguistics, and Germanic languages. His doctoral dissertation was on the early fiction of Samuel Beckett.

For three years (1968–71) Coetzee was assistant professor of English at the State University of New York in Buffalo. After an application for permanent residence in the United States was denied, he returned to South Africa. From 1972 until 2000 he held a series of positions at the University of Cape Town, the last of them as Distinguished Professor of Literature.

Between 1984 and 2003 he also taught frequently in the United States: at the State University of New York, Johns Hopkins University, Harvard University, Stanford University, and the University of Chicago, where for six years he was a member of the Committee on Social Thought.

Coetzee began writing fiction in 1969. His first book, Dusklands, was published in South Africa in 1974. In the Heart of the Country (1977) won South Africa's then principal literary award, the CNA Prize, and was published in Britain and the USA. Waiting for the Barbarians (1980) received international notice. His reputation was confirmed by Life & Times of Michael K (1983), which won Britain's Booker Prize. It was followed by Foe (1986), Age of Iron (1990), The Master of Petersburg (1994), and Disgrace (1999), which again won the Booker Prize.

To see his speech click on:

John M. Coetzee

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