!Mira que luna! Look at that moon! Resources for learning English
Fernando Olivera: El rapto.- TEXT FROM THE NOVEL The goldfinch by Donna Tartt (...) One night we were in San Antonio, and I was having a bit of a melt-down, wanting my own room, you know, my dog, my own bed, and Daddy lifted me up on the fairgrounds and told me to look at the moon. When "you feel homesick", he said, just look up. Because the moon is the same wherever you go". So after he died, and I had to go to Aunt Bess -I mean, even now, in the city, when I see a full moon, it's like he's telling me not to look back or feel sad about things, that home is wherever I am. She kissed me on the nose. Or where you are, puppy. The center of my earth is you". The goldfinch Donna Tartt 4441 English edition
Showing posts with label 01 Proficiency. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 01 Proficiency. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
Saturday, December 14, 2013
PROFICIENCY ENGLISH: WORD FORMATION.
Complete the following grid, paying particular
attention to whether the required word is
grammatically
positive (+) or negative (-). See the examples
provided.
1 efficient (adj +) efficiency (noun +)
2 respond (verb +) irresponsible (adj -)
3 benefit (noun +) (adj +)
4 complex (adj +) (noun +)
5 intellect (noun +) (adj +)
6 conceive (verb +) (noun -)
7 deceive (verb +) (adj +)
8 anxious (adj +) (noun +)
9 honesty (noun +) (adj-)
10 explain (verb +) (noun +)
11 photograph
(noun +) (adj +)
12 attend
(verb +) (adj-)
13 psychology
(noun +) (adj +)
14 invest
(verb +) (noun +)
15 appear (verb +) (noun-)
Source: Focus in Advanced English Grammar Practice. Longman.
Picture source: http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=3586
Picture source: http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=3586
Monday, December 9, 2013
PROFICIENCY ENGLISH EXPRESSIONS
How to express being popular for a brief period:
§ fleeting (adjective) momentáneo, breve, fugaz.
motifake.com
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§ to be a short-lived craze moda, "manía" efímera.
desmotivaciones.es
desmotivaciones.es
Monday, November 18, 2013
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
TOMAHAWK
You may click the highlighted and italics word to hear its pronunciation and additional information: tomahawk
to bury the tomahawk: envainar la espada, echar pelillos a la mar.
The word tomahawk in context: Alongside them will be three attack submarines each carrying 24 weapons, including Tomahawk and Harpoon missiles as well as the Mark-48 torpedo.
to bury the tomahawk: envainar la espada, echar pelillos a la mar.
The word tomahawk in context: Alongside them will be three attack submarines each carrying 24 weapons, including Tomahawk and Harpoon missiles as well as the Mark-48 torpedo.
- tom‧a‧hawk [countable]
- a light axe used by Native Americans
- Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Slang with pictures: fix
fix (1)
PICTURE SOURCE: preschoolers.about.com
Meaning: to influence the result of a contest, a vote, or a race by illegal or unethical means
For example:
- The result of the football game was fixed by a group of gamblers who bribed the referee to make decisions that favoured one team.
- The fixing of matches, or match-fixing, has been a problem in sports such as boxing and soccer.
Quick Quiz:
The judges who were involved in fixing the boxing match were
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Thursday, July 18, 2013
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Monday, June 11, 2012
Friday, April 20, 2012
PROFICIENCY GRAMMAR
http://www.examenglish.com/cpe/CPE_grammar.htm
http://www.examenglish.com/cpe/index.php
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His grandfather often dozes _______ in front of the TV
after dinner.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Saturday, April 14, 2012
21-03-2011. PROFICIENCY AND ADVANCED LEARNERS. WORD FORMATION.
For questions 1-7, read the two texts below. Use the
words in the boxes to form one word that fits in the
same numbered spaces in the texts. The exercise begins
with an example (0)
.Graphology
Graphology is the study of aspects of people's
(0) handwriting to reveal their (personality1) .
A graphologist would claim to be able to
(categorise2) you by looking at such things as
how you cross your 't's or dot your 'i's or whether
your words slope backwards or forwards. Decreasing
margins indicate (insecurity3) or subordination,
whereas increasing margins show (generosity4) .
Angular joins between letters are said to show strong
WI"11 power and a certamin (inhability5) to adapt.
Many people are, of course, quite (unability6) of
graphology and its claims to 'read' people's
characters. When compared with the results of
established psychologists' tests, graphology has been
shown to be generally (unreliability7) and a poor
indicator of true character.
o WRITE
1 PERSON
2 CATEGORY
3 SECURE
4 GENEROUS
5 ABLE
6 DISMISS
7 RELY
Friday, March 30, 2012
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Monday, January 30, 2012
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Discord
Picture source: reproduction-gallery.com
1.-http://www.vocabahead.com/GRESATVocabularyVideos/TabId/59/VideoId/962/Discord.aspx
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
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