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Seizure First Aid Training Video

Longer video and listening comprehension questions, under " Homework" (up above).

Grammar Tip # 3: Present Perfect Simple vs. Continuous

Present Perfect Tense	Present Perfect Continuous Tense
Grammar rules for the present prefect tense:Subject + Auxiliary verb (has/have) + Auxiliary verb (been) + Main verb (past participle) The main verb uses the verb form past participle/V3. Negative sentences - "not" is added between the Auxiliary Verb and the main verb Questions - the auxiliary verb comes before the subject.	Grammar rules for the present prefect continuous tense:Subject + Auxiliary verb (has/have) + Auxiliary verb (been) + Main verb-ing The auxiliary verb "to be" always stays in the V3/past participle form (been). - ing to added to the base form the main verb. Negative statements - add "not" between the auxiliary verb "have" and the the auxiliary verb "been". Questions - the order is change the order the auxiliary verb "have" comes before the subject.
The result is more important than the activity itself e.g. I have walked the dog.	The activity is more important than the result. e.g. I have been walking the dog.
To state the amount of times an action took place e.g. She has won this competition every year since 1999.	To state the length of time or to state "how long" the action took place. e.g. I have been walking the dog all morning.
Used for actions that are naturally instant e.g. Oh no! I’ve broken a glass.	Used for actions that naturally have a duration e.g. I have been walking the dog all morning.
Used for past actions that happened recently and are still in the news e.g. She has won a medal.	Used for actions that continue into the present e.g. I have been walking the dog all morning.
Used to emphasize completion of an action e.g. I have walked the dog.	Used to emphasize the action, not the completion e.g. I have been walking the dog.
Used to express that an action is completed or to emphasize the result. e.g. I have walked the dog.	Used to emphasize the duration or continuous course of an action. e.g. I have been walking the dog all morning.

Exercises for further practice:
Englishpage exercises
Autoenglish exercises
Englishgrammarsecrets exercises

Enjoy!

Health & Present Perfect Tenses

Hi all,
As I mentioned the other day, I'm posting what we covered in class last Wednesday:

1. LISTENING COMPREHENSION:

http://esl-lab.com/sick1/sick1.htm#top


2. PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE + CONTINUOUS PPT:

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3.  STATIVE VERBS LIST:

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/stative-verbs.html


4. One of VOA (Voice of America) English Health Reports FYI:




5. Mr. Duncan HEALTH  & EXERCISE lesson:



Plus this last video.
Even though we didn't watch it in class, it refers to the subject matter...

And a few more links that might be interesting for you to work on this:
Picture Stories for Adult ESL Health Literacy
ESL Lessons for (public) Health Literacy
Health Vocab. in Pictures


Stay cool,

Inma.

Shared Talk

Hi there!
Prof. Nacho just shared this great site. You can have a real time conversation with speakers of other languages all over the world. And it's actually a serious one, no other purpose than just practising language oral skills...
 http://www.sharedtalk.com/

Have a nice weekend :)
Inma.

Agree or Disagree?

So let's start the thread...

Oscar Wilde once said:
 -" I live in fear of not being misunderstood"
-So do I.
-" I can't resist anything but temptation"
-Neither can I.

So do I, Neither do I

Here's a video with fragments of different series (Big Bang Theory, Star Trek, etc...) for you to see REAL conversations with So/Neither...
Enjoy!

Halloween History

I'm posting this for those who didn't have the chance to finish watching this video and completing the listening comprehension, after the sound device failed in class. Sorry again about those inconveniences...Unfortunately, this is the situation at the moment, but we're hoping for it to change soon, and  we're doing our best for it!

Cheers and happy listening :)

HALLOWEEN VIDEO (NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC)

 LISTENING COMPREHENSION

1. Halloween tradition started in Ireland with the Celts…how long ago?

a. 1000 years ago
b. 2000 years ago
c. 200 years ago

2. October 31st was when the Celts celebrated…

a. The end of the harvest season
b. The end of the year, a magical time when the ghost of the dead walked the Earth.
c. Both (a&b) are correct

3. In order to avoid pagan celebrations, the Catholic Church established "All Saints Day" on November 1st, which century?

a. 7th century
b. 11th century
c. 15th century

4. Irish immigrants brought this tradition to America, together with their costumes and pranks (playing tricks to neighbors). Why did this become a problem with time?

a. Because they removed gates in the front of houses
b. Because they wore masks not to be recognized
c. Because over the years these tricks grew into vandalism

5. How did the traditional "Trick or Treating" start?

a. To entertain children
b. To celebrate a feast
c. As an alternative to avoid vandalism and extortion



*Answers on "Homework" (page up above)

Grammar Tip# 2: Word Formation

The following list does not include the adjectives derived from participle forms of verbs e.g.(verb) interest (adjective) interesting /interested nor does the list include the adverbs derived by adding suffix "-ly" at the end of adjectives. eg.(adjective) deep (adverb) deeply.

Notice that this chart shows word formation starting with the letter "A". If you click on the following link, the chart will continue alphabetically WORD FORMATION CHARTS.


                                           -A-

VERBS	NOUN	ADJECTIVE	ADVERB
enable	ability	able unable	ably
	absence absentee	absent
	accident	accidental
accommodate	accommodation
acknowledge	acknowledgement
act	action activity activist actress actor	active inactive
activate	activation
add	addition additive	additional additive
	adequacy inadequacy	adequate inadequate
admire	admiration	admirable	admirably
	advantage disadvantage	advantageous disadvantageous
advertise	advertisement advertiser
admit	admission admittance
adopt	adoption
advise	advice advisability	advisable inadvisable	advisably inadvisably
	affection	affectionate unaffectionate
affect	effect	effective ineffective
agree disagree	agreement disagreement	agreeable disagreeable	agreeably disagreeably
	alcohol	alcoholic	alcoholically
allow	allowance
	ambition	ambitious
amuse	amusement
annoy	annoyance
excite	excitement
	anxiety	anxious
apologize	apology	apologetic	apologetically
appear disappear	appearance disappearance	apparent	apparently
applaud	applause applauder
apply	application applicant	applicable	applicably
appoint	appointment
appreciate	appreciation	appreciative
approve disapprove	approval disapproval
argue	argument argumentation	arguable argumentative	arguably
arrange	arrangement
arrive	arrival
assist	assistance
associate	association
assume	assumption
astonish	astonishment
attend	attendance
	attention	attentive
attract	attraction attractiveness unattractiveness	attractive unattractive
avoid	avoidance	avoidable unavoidable	avoidably unavoidably

Source: http://www.bedavaingilizce.com/advanced/index.php Good site.

These links below are great reading about Word Formation:
-BRIGHTHUB_Back Formation and Derivation. Also Conversion, Compounding, Clipping and Blending.
-Assets.cambridge.org Pdf. Article by Ingo Plag on Word Formation.
-WORD BUILDING LIST. Compiled by Tomasz Szczégola, Poland.


EXERCISES TO PRACTISE
Flo-Joe.co.ukflo-joe.co.uk
Englishexercises.org
International House, Bristol

Have a good week,
Inma.

This Is Halloween (lyrics) Tim Burton's Nightmare before Xmas

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