Prensa británica

Los periódicos en el Reino Unido se dividen en “quality papers”, periódicos en formato “sábana” (del tamaño que tenía antes el Diario de Cádiz) más serios, y “tabloids” (de tamaño más pequeño), que son una mezcla de periódico serio con revista del corazón, ya que incluyen secciones de cotilleos, curiosidades...
Los “quality papers” más populares son “The Times” y “The Guardian”. Tradicionalmente se asociaba al Times con los Tories (partido conservador), y al Guardian con los Labour (partido laborista, más de izquierdas), aunque hoy en día no se nota tanto la ideología en sus publicaciones.
Los “tabloids” más populares son “The Mirror” y “The Sun”.
Todos tienen aplicaciones para el móvil, así que podéis bajar las que queráis. Yo os recomiendo las del “Guardian” y sobre todo la del “Mirror”, ya que sin suscribirse da acceso a todo el periódico.
Hay noticias españolas que no salen en los telediarios y que he leído aquí, por ejemplo esta de ayer:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/28/spanish-official-apologises-for-spraying-beach-with-bleach-coronavirus?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Os dejo enlaces aquí también por si los queréis ver en el ordenador:

https://www.theguardian.com

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/

https://www.mirror.co.uk

https://www.thesun.co.uk/

Páginas web para hacer ejercicios online

Os paso unos enlaces para que practiquéis online.
Hay ejercicios de todo tipo, sobre todo de gramática y vocabulario.
Está por niveles, elegís vuestro curso (1º, 2º, 3º, 4º y Upper-secondary para bachillerato) y luego lo que queráis repasar.

ACTIVIDADES ONLINE OXFORD

Estas son específicamente para 1º de bachillerato: REACH UP 1º BACH
Y estas para 2º de bachillerato: REACH UP 2º BACH

Writing - For and against essays

Aquí os dejo la explicación para que hagáis bien el writing, que este tema es el “for and against essay” (dar opiniones a favor y en contra sobre un tema determinado).
Os dejo el enlace al video explicativo:
VIDEO

Other / Others / The Other / Another

Other, others, the other or another? 

OTHER
Other means ‘additional or extra’, or ‘alternative’, or ‘different types of’.

Other as a determiner
We can use other with singular uncountable nouns and with plural nouns:
-The embassy website has general information about visas.
-Other travel information can be obtained by calling the freephone number. (additional or extra information)
-Some music calms people; other music has the opposite effect. (different types of music)
-What other books by Charles Dickens have you read, apart from ‘Oliver Twist’? (additional or extra books)
-This one’s too big. Do you have it in other sizes? (alternative sizes)

If we use other before a singular countable noun, we must use another determiner before it:
-I don’t like the red one. I prefer the other colour.
Not: I prefer other colour.
-Jeremy is at university; our other son is still at school.
He got 100% in the final examination. No other student has ever achieved that.
There’s one other thing we need to discuss before we finish.

Other as a determiner does not have a plural form:
-Mandy and Charlotte stayed behind. The other girls went home.
Not: The others girls …

Other as a pronoun
We can use other as a pronoun. As a pronoun, other has a plural form, others:
-We have to solve this problem, more than any other, today.
-I’ll attach two photos to this email and I’ll send others tomorrow.


THE OTHER
The other as a determiner
The other with a singular noun means the second of two things or people, or the opposite of a set of two:
-This computer here is new. The other computer is about five years old.
-A:Do you know the Indian restaurant in Palmer Street?
B:Yes.
A:Well, the gift shop is on the other side of the street, directly opposite. (the opposite side)

The other with a plural noun means the remaining people or things in a group or set:
-Joel and Karen are here, but where are the other kids? (the remaining people in a group)
-Where are the other two dinner plates? I can only find four. (the remaining things in a set – here six plates)

The other as a pronoun
We can use the other as a pronoun, especially to refer back to something which has been mentioned already in the sentence:
-He had his hat in one hand and a bunch of flowers in the other.
-She has two kittens, one is black and the other is all white.


ANOTHER
When we use the indefinite article an before other, we write it as one word: another. Another means ‘one more’ or ‘an additional or extra’, or ‘an alternative or different’.

Another as a determiner
We use another with singular nouns:
-Would you like another cup of coffee?
-You’ve met Linda, but I have another sister who you haven’t met, called Margaret.
-I don’t like this place. Is there another café around here we could go to? (alternative or different)

Another as a pronoun
We can use another as a pronoun:
The applications are examined by one committee, then passed on to another.


Other, others, the other or another: typical errors.
    *When other is a determiner, it does not have a plural form:
These boxes are for books. The other boxes are for clothes.Not: The others boxes …
    *When other as a pronoun refers to more than one person or thing, it takes the plural form, others:
-Some scientists think we should reduce the number of flights to prevent global warming; others disagree. (not: … other disagree.)
    *Other must have a determiner before it when it comes in front of a singular countable noun. If the noun is indefinite (e.g. a book, a woman, an idea), we use another:
-I’ve posted the first package. What shall I do with that other package? (not: What shall I do with other package?)
-After a month in Bolivia, I was ready to move to another country. (not: … to move to other country)
    *We write another as one word:
There is another car park a little further down the same street. (not: There is an other car park …)
    *Another is singular. We don’t use it with plural nouns:
-Other interesting places to visit include the old harbour and the castle. (not: Another interesting places to visit …)

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ESPA - Lengua: Palabras léxicas y gramaticales

Palabras Léxicas y Gramaticales: 

Son palabras léxicas:

• Sustantivos: María, perro, piano, esperanza, libertad, alegría...
• Verbos: amar, cantar, bailar, beber, comer, caer, vivir, sentir, reir...
• Adverbios: temprano, primero, bien, despacio, mucho...
• Adjetivos: blanco, azul, cansado, dulce, alto, rápido...

Son palabras gramaticales:

• Preposiciones: a, para, por, sobre, bajo, cabe, de, entre...
• Conjunciones: y, o, ni, pero, mas, que...
• Artículos: el, la, los, las, un, una, unos, unas...
• Pronombres: yo, tú, él, ella, nosotros, vosotras, ellos...
• Determinantes: mi, algún, aquel...

English: Irregular Verbs

Infinitive	Past Simple	Past Participle	Translation
be	was/were	been	ser, estar
become	became	become	convertirse en, volverse
begin	began	begun	empezar
bend	bent	bent	doblar
blow	blew	blown	soplar
break	broke	broken	romper(se)
bring	brought	brought	traer, llevar
build	built	built	construir
buy	bought	bought	comprar
can	could	-	poder, saber
catch	caught	caught	coger
choose	chose	chosen	elegir
come	came	come	venir
cost	cost	cost	costar
cut	cut	cut	cortar
do	did	done	hacer
draw	drew	drawn	dibujar
dream	dreamt	dreamt	soñar
drink	drank	drunk	beber
drive	drove	driven	conducir
eat	ate	eaten	comer
fall	fell	fallen	caerse
feel	felt	felt	sentir
find	found	found	encontrar
fly	flew	flown	volar
forget	forgot	forgotten	olvidar
get	got	got	conseguir
get up	got up	got up	levantarse
give	gave	given	dar
go	went	gone	ir(se)
grow	grew	grown	crecer
have	had	had	haber, tener
hear	heard	heard	oír
hit	hit	hit	golpear, chocar con
keep	kept	kept	guardar, mantener(se)
know	knew	known	saber, conocer
learn	learnt	learnt	aprender
leave	left	left	salir, marcharse (de), dejar
lose	lost	lost	perder
make	made	made	hacer
mean	meant	meant	significar, querer decir
meet	met	met	conocer, encontrarse (con), quedar
pay	paid	paid	pagar
put	put	put	poner
read	read	read	leer
ride	rode	ridden	montar, cabalgar
run	ran	run	correr
say	said	said	decir
see	saw	seen	ver
sell	sold	sold	vender
send	sent	sent	enviar
shoot	shot	shot	disparar, chutar
sing	sang	sung	cantar
sit (down)	sat (down)	sat (down)	sentarse
sleep	slept	slept	dormir
speak	spoke	spoken	hablar
spell	spelt	spelt	deletrear
spend	spent	spent	gastar, pasar (tiempo)
stand up	stood up	stood up	ponerse de pie
steal	stole	stolen	robar
swim	swam	swum	nadar
take	took	taken	coger, tomar
teach	taught	taught	enseñar
tell	told	told	decir, contar
think	thought	thought	pensar
throw	threw	thrown	tirar, lanzar
understand	understood	understood	entender, comprender
wake up	woke up	woken up	despertar(se)
wear	wore	worn	llevar puesto
win	won	won	ganar
write	wrote	written	escribir