miércoles, 28 de febrero de 2018

Body idioms and inversions


  • Idioms with parts of the body:


-(have) egg on your face: you've said or done something wrong, and it's made you feel embarrassed or stupid.

-(your) hands are tied: you're prevented from doing something that you'd normally have the power or the authority to do.

-(your) hand goes out to (someone): you feel great sympathy for someone.

-a bad hair day: everything seems to be going wrong for you.

-a kick in the teeth: something bad happens to you or you feel that you've been treated poorly.



  • Webs of explanations for inversions:


https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/word-order-and-focus/inversion

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/inversion.html

https://www.learn-english-today.com/lessons/lesson_contents/verbs/inversion.html




jueves, 22 de febrero de 2018

Infinitive and a trending

Here we have some links with explanation about infinitive:

http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/infinitive.htm
https://www.ef.com.es/recursos-aprender-ingles/gramatica-inglesa/infinitivo/
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/es/english-grammar/verbs/infinitive

If I have to talk about a trending topic, I must mention the lack of liberty of expression which we have been suffering in Spain for the last month. In less than one week, two rappers have been judged. One of them, Hasel, is still in process but is facing two years in prison. The other one, Valtonyc, is going to be enclosed for three years and a half. It is a shame for the Spanish state the fact that people were condemned for expressing their ideals in song while there still permitted meetings where fascists sing Franco’s anthem and express a strong hate against the rights of people. 

jueves, 15 de febrero de 2018

Essay

Here we have some nets of labs of essay writings:

- Essay writing lab
Essay lab
Emedia

In general, I find essay as one of the most easy writings that I have practiced since I can express my own ideas and feelings, I mean, I am given a topic and I only have to write about it following a few rules depending on the kind of essay. I suppose that what I find most difficult in essays is to maintain a high level, though it is not a real problem but mine.


The same last week,this week I have been reinforcing my English studying every day in the library, reading books and making some typical exercises of C1 exams.


jueves, 1 de febrero de 2018

Language

Resultado de imagen de languages talking in the world map

All languages talking in the world are located in the map above. Between them, now I talk Spanish as my mother tongue and English in a middle-high level as part of my studies. In high school I studied French, but now I have forgotten most of vocabulary and grammar. I wish I could take it up soon and improve my level. I also studied German but with a low level and I am not sure if I would like to learn more about it. However, I do not want to stop here my route through languages because I still have a lot of life ahead of me. Italian is the language I would like to learn the most. I am in love with the accent they have, and of course, with the country. Between the rest of the languages, Arabian is another which, for me, stands out.

By other hand, this week I have been reinforcing my English studying every day in the library, reading books and making some typical exercises of C1 exams.

Persuasion

This week I have been doing a work of 1500 words about the subculture of motorcycles (working class people). Expressions to persuade:...