Veamos a continuación una tabla con algunas nacionalidades, para que comiences a incorporar en tus oraciones y diálogos.
Country/País-Nationality/Nacionalidad
-Spain/España/Spaniard/español/a
-Canada/Canadá /Canadian/canadiense
-The United States/Los Estados Unidos/American/americano/a
-England/Inglaterra/Englishman, Englishwoman/inglés, inglesa
-France/Francia/Frenchman, Frenchwoman/francés, francesa
-Italy/Italia/Italian/italiano/a
-Portugal/Portugal/Portuguese/portugués-portuguesa
-Germany/Alemania/German/alemán-alemana
-Russia/Rusia/Russian/ruso/a
-Brazil/Brasil/Brazilian/brasileño/a
-Puerto Rico/Puerto Rico/Puerto Rican/puertorriqueño/a
Un poco de gramática
Los adjetivos gentilicios refieren la nacionalidad. En inglés, tanto los nombres de países como la nacionalidad (France, French) se escriben con mayúsculas. Sus formas principales son:
1. El nombre del país: Germany (Alemania)
2. Su adjetivo, el idioma: English (Inglés)
3. La nacionalidad: Argentinian (Argentino)
4. El nombre colectivo: the Chileans (Chilenos)
Generalmente, la palabra para definir la nacionalidad es la misma que el adjetivo gentilicio y el nombre colectivo se corresponde con el plural.
Italy (Italia) Italian, an Italian (Italiano) the Italians (Italianos)
Oraciones para aplicar
1-Venice is in China.(Italy)
Venice is not in China.It is in Italy .
2-Tom Cruise is German.(American)
3-I am American.(French)
4-Osaka and Kyoto are in China.(Japan)
5-They are Russian.(Mexican)
Observa los errores en estas oraciones:
1-I am Frenchese.
2-She is Russiaan.
3-We ar from China .
4-She is Argentinian.
5-We are Chinese.
Preguntas frecuentes
¿De dónde eres?/Where are you from?
I'm (I come) from Argentina.
Soy de Argentina
¿Cuál es tu nacionalidad?/What's your nationality?
Soy argentino/a.
I'm Argentinian.
My geography is (isn't) very good.Mis conocimientos de Geografía son (no son) buenos.
Los mejores recursos para mejorar tu nivel de inglés de forma natural y progresiva.
miércoles, 25 de diciembre de 2013
martes, 17 de diciembre de 2013
Aprendiendo vocabulario
Con ejercicios es posible fijar palabras que nos servirán para emplear en una conversación.
Veamos a continuación los ejercicios y las palabras que tendrán que elegir en cada oración:
meals holiday board deck spend slot
meet kind pool food watch cruise
1. I'm sure they will have a wonderful ________.
2. They are going on a _______ to the Caribbean.
3. If the weather is fine, they can sit on the _____ or go to the enormous swimming pool .
4. If it rains, they can ______ a dance show at the theatre, or try their luck on one of the numerous ______ machines in the casino.
5. They will _____ a lot of different people on board .
6. All _____ are already included and many assorted styles of _____ are offered.
7. They will ______ two weeks there.
8. They really love this _____ of holidays.
Respuestas
1) holiday
2) cruise
3) deck - pool
4) watch- slot
5) meet- board
6) meals-food
7) spend
8) kind
bathrooms warm prevent soap food door seconds
hands destroys study money eyes
This is the VOA Special English Health Report.
1) Hand washing is a powerful way to ______ the spread of disease.
2) The World Bank, the United Nations and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine did a ______ to urge hand washing around the world. They found that one million lives could be saved each year if people washed their hands with ________ often. They said that programs to increase hand washing with soap could be among the most effective ways to reduce infectious disease.
Doctors say many diseases can be prevented from spreading by hand washing. These include pinworms, influenza, the common cold, hepatitis A, meningitis and infectious diarrhea.
3) Hand washing _______ germs from other people, animals or objects a person has touched. When people get bacteria on their hands, they can infect themselves by touching their _____ , nose or mouth. Then these people can infect other people.
4) The experts say the easiest way to catch a cold is to touch your nose or eyes after someone nearby has sneezed or coughed. Another way to become sick is to eat ________ prepared by someone whose hands were not clean.
Respuestas:
1) prevent
2) study-soap
3) destroys- eyes
4) food
Veamos a continuación los ejercicios y las palabras que tendrán que elegir en cada oración:
meals holiday board deck spend slot
meet kind pool food watch cruise
1. I'm sure they will have a wonderful ________.
2. They are going on a _______ to the Caribbean.
3. If the weather is fine, they can sit on the _____ or go to the enormous swimming pool .
4. If it rains, they can ______ a dance show at the theatre, or try their luck on one of the numerous ______ machines in the casino.
5. They will _____ a lot of different people on board .
6. All _____ are already included and many assorted styles of _____ are offered.
7. They will ______ two weeks there.
8. They really love this _____ of holidays.
Respuestas
1) holiday
2) cruise
3) deck - pool
4) watch- slot
5) meet- board
6) meals-food
7) spend
8) kind
bathrooms warm prevent soap food door seconds
hands destroys study money eyes
This is the VOA Special English Health Report.
1) Hand washing is a powerful way to ______ the spread of disease.
2) The World Bank, the United Nations and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine did a ______ to urge hand washing around the world. They found that one million lives could be saved each year if people washed their hands with ________ often. They said that programs to increase hand washing with soap could be among the most effective ways to reduce infectious disease.
Doctors say many diseases can be prevented from spreading by hand washing. These include pinworms, influenza, the common cold, hepatitis A, meningitis and infectious diarrhea.
3) Hand washing _______ germs from other people, animals or objects a person has touched. When people get bacteria on their hands, they can infect themselves by touching their _____ , nose or mouth. Then these people can infect other people.
4) The experts say the easiest way to catch a cold is to touch your nose or eyes after someone nearby has sneezed or coughed. Another way to become sick is to eat ________ prepared by someone whose hands were not clean.
Respuestas:
1) prevent
2) study-soap
3) destroys- eyes
4) food
miércoles, 11 de diciembre de 2013
La hora en inglés
Para quienes recién comienzan con la práctica en el idioma inglés, y necesitan aprender algunas cuestiones básicas sobre la hora, les brindamos algunos consejos para tener en cuenta.
La hora con IT'S
Siempre que dices la hora, debes comenzar la oración con it's (pronombre it + verbo is). En castellano equivale a son las.
Por ejemplo:
It's five o'clock.
Son las cinco en punto
Estructura de la oración
It's + hora completa
¿Qué sucede con la primera media hora?
Para la primera media hora hay que utilizar la parabra past.
Estructura de la oración
It's + minutos + past + la hora
Por ejemplo:
9:10 - ten past nine
11:29 - twenty-nine past eleven
2:03 - three past two
¿Qué sucede con la segunda media hora?
Para la segunda media hora de cada hora hay que emplear la preposición to.
Estructura de la oración
It's + minutos + to + la hora siguiente.
Por ejemplo:
3:50 - It's ten to tour
11:42 - It's seventeen to eleven
2:35 - It's twenty-five to three
Como habrán podido apreciar, en español si son las 3:50 decimos que faltan diez para las cuatro, y en inglés se lo puede decir de la siguiente manera: It's ten to four.
O'CLOCK, la hora en punto
Decimos o'clock para hablar de una hora en punto.
Estructura de la oración
It's + hora + o'clock
Por ejemplo:
3:00 - It's three o'clock
11:00 - It's eleven o'clock
7:00 - It's seven o'clock
QUARTER PAST (_ _:15)
Quarter past quiere decir que son "y cuarto" y se usa sólo cuando el reloj marca y cuarto dentro de la primera media hora.
Estructura:
It's + quarter past + hora
Por ejemplo:
• 3:15 - It's quarter past three
• 7:15 - It's quarter past seven
• 11:15 - It's quarter past eleven
QUARTER TO o quince para
Se usa esta expresión sólo cuando el reloj marca y cuarenta y cinco dentro de la segunda media hora.
Estructura de la oración:
It's + quarter to + hora siguiente
Por ejemplo:
3:45 - It's quarter to four
7:45 - It's quarter to eight
11:45 - It's quarter to twelve
Imagen: Gisela Casuso.
La hora con IT'S
Siempre que dices la hora, debes comenzar la oración con it's (pronombre it + verbo is). En castellano equivale a son las.
Por ejemplo:
It's five o'clock.
Son las cinco en punto
Estructura de la oración
It's + hora completa
¿Qué sucede con la primera media hora?
Para la primera media hora hay que utilizar la parabra past.
Estructura de la oración
It's + minutos + past + la hora
Por ejemplo:
9:10 - ten past nine
11:29 - twenty-nine past eleven
2:03 - three past two
¿Qué sucede con la segunda media hora?
Para la segunda media hora de cada hora hay que emplear la preposición to.
Estructura de la oración
It's + minutos + to + la hora siguiente.
Por ejemplo:
3:50 - It's ten to tour
11:42 - It's seventeen to eleven
2:35 - It's twenty-five to three
Como habrán podido apreciar, en español si son las 3:50 decimos que faltan diez para las cuatro, y en inglés se lo puede decir de la siguiente manera: It's ten to four.
O'CLOCK, la hora en punto
Decimos o'clock para hablar de una hora en punto.
Estructura de la oración
It's + hora + o'clock
Por ejemplo:
3:00 - It's three o'clock
11:00 - It's eleven o'clock
7:00 - It's seven o'clock
QUARTER PAST (_ _:15)
Quarter past quiere decir que son "y cuarto" y se usa sólo cuando el reloj marca y cuarto dentro de la primera media hora.
Estructura:
It's + quarter past + hora
Por ejemplo:
• 3:15 - It's quarter past three
• 7:15 - It's quarter past seven
• 11:15 - It's quarter past eleven
QUARTER TO o quince para
Se usa esta expresión sólo cuando el reloj marca y cuarenta y cinco dentro de la segunda media hora.
Estructura de la oración:
It's + quarter to + hora siguiente
Por ejemplo:
3:45 - It's quarter to four
7:45 - It's quarter to eight
11:45 - It's quarter to twelve
Imagen: Gisela Casuso.
lunes, 2 de diciembre de 2013
¿Say o tell? Diferencias gramaticales y ejercicios
Veamos a continuación los diferentes usos de say y tell, para tener en cuenta a la hora de expresar ideas en inglés:
SAY
Se utiliza para hablar en estilo directo e indirecto. En el estilo indirecto, cuando contamos lo que otra persona dijo, se utiliza say.
Cuando contamos lo que alguien nos dijo, siempre debemos añadir to: He said to me.
TELL
Se utiliza para hablar en estilo directo e indirecto.
Utilizamos tell para contar lo que alguien nos dijo: He told me.
Oraciones para ejercitar
1. The teacher told the class to open the books.
2. Laura told her friends that she was going to have a party on Saturday.
3. Bob and Carol said they had already had dinner.
4. My father said I was doing very well at school.
5. My friends told me to have a good time on my holiday.
6. Her parents told Susan that she had forgotten her bag.
7. Lisa said she was happy with the presents we gave her.
8. They said they loved the Swiss Alps.
9. I told my dog to sit.
10. We told John that this time it was his turn to clean up.
11. Did I tell my brother that the plane was arriving at 5?
12. Our neighbours said they were moving away at the end of the month.
13. The children said Ellen was the student of the year.
14. The children said to Ellen that she was the best student of the year.
15. The children told Ellen that she was the best student of the year.
SAY
Se utiliza para hablar en estilo directo e indirecto. En el estilo indirecto, cuando contamos lo que otra persona dijo, se utiliza say.
Cuando contamos lo que alguien nos dijo, siempre debemos añadir to: He said to me.
TELL
Se utiliza para hablar en estilo directo e indirecto.
Utilizamos tell para contar lo que alguien nos dijo: He told me.
Oraciones para ejercitar
1. The teacher told the class to open the books.
2. Laura told her friends that she was going to have a party on Saturday.
3. Bob and Carol said they had already had dinner.
4. My father said I was doing very well at school.
5. My friends told me to have a good time on my holiday.
6. Her parents told Susan that she had forgotten her bag.
7. Lisa said she was happy with the presents we gave her.
8. They said they loved the Swiss Alps.
9. I told my dog to sit.
10. We told John that this time it was his turn to clean up.
11. Did I tell my brother that the plane was arriving at 5?
12. Our neighbours said they were moving away at the end of the month.
13. The children said Ellen was the student of the year.
14. The children said to Ellen that she was the best student of the year.
15. The children told Ellen that she was the best student of the year.
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