Saturday, 6 May 2017

A mysterious story

For my English class I wrote with my partner Katia a story. The story was free, but the last sentence must have been "If I only hadn't boarded that bus. So this is our story, enjoy it!


Thursday, 4 May 2017

The Conditionals

Zero Conditional
General truths and general habits.
  • If + present simple, present simple.
Example: If you touch a fire, you get burned.

First Conditional
Possible or likely things in the future.
  •  If + present simple, will + infinitive.
Example: If I study, I will pass the exam.

Second Conditional
Impossible things in the present / unlikely things in the future.
  • If + past simple, would + infinitive.
Example: If I studied, I would pass the exam.

Third Conditional
Things tha did' that happen in the past and their imaginary results.
  • If + past perfect, would + have + past participle
Example: If I had studied, I would have passed the exam.

Thursday, 27 April 2017

The SAT Exam

The SAT Exam is designed for College Board and is an important exam for the Junior and Senior High School students who want to enter the University. The exam have three sections: reading, mathematics and writing

In my English class I had the opportunity to take the reading part of this exam. I've admit that the first part of the test was essay, but then the difficulty was increase, so the last questions were very complicated. I hope if I continue to practice, I can improve in the future.

Monday, 24 April 2017

'There Is A Light That Never Goes Out' Explain

This song is from the British band The Smiths. It was featured on their third album The Queen Is Dead in 1986

In the song he begged that she took him out of that place, because he wanted to explore new music, people and life, and he refused that they returned to his home. Finally he confirmed if they die, he would privilege to die with her.


Sunday, 26 March 2017

Reported speech questions

WH Questions:
When we tell the question to someone else, it isn't a question any more. So we need to change the grammar to a normal positive sentence.
  • Direct: "Where does Peter live?"
  • Indirect: She asked him where Peter lived.
Yes/No Questions (ask + if/whether + proposition):
  • Direct: "Is it raining?"
  • Indirect: She asked if it was raining.
Interrogative pronouns (ask + interrogative pronoun + proposition):
  • Direct: The policeman said to the boy, "Where do you live?"
  • Indirect: The policeman asked the boy where he lived.

Thursday, 23 March 2017

Results of my second Quiz


My main mistakes were words missing, re-phrase, and the spelling of some words.

Thursday, 16 March 2017

How to write an essay?

Exist many kins of essays, but I'll focus on one: Compare and contrast Essay.
A comparative essay asks that you compare at least two (possibly more) items. These items will differ depending on the assignment. You might be asked to compare
  • Positions on an issue (e.g., responses to midwifery in Canada and the United States)
  • Theories (e.g., capitalism and communism)
  • Figures (e.g., GDP in the United States and Britain)
  • Texts (e.g., Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Macbeth)
  • Events (e.g., the Great Depression and the global financial crisis of 2008–9)
You can organize the essay in this way: