Aulaglobal es el lugar donde aprender inglés de forma práctica y divertida en Lorca, con profesores nativos anglosajones y españoles, todos ellos con titulación Universitaria.
Nuestros alumnos pueden comenzar su aventura de aprendizaje a los 4 años en nuesro Little Club y continuar hasta la obtención del nivel C1 de Inglés según el MCERL.
Centro preparador oficial de exámenes de Cambridge y preparador y examinador de Trinity. Nos encanta el inglés y disfrutamos impartiéndolo.
For today’s fun grammar tip we are going to look at PHRASAL VERBS with the verb TO GET.
Today’s phrasal verbs with TO GET are:
- to get away
- to get over
- to get along with
- to get on/off
The first one, “to get away”, means to escape from someone or to take a holiday. Let’s look a couple of examples:
•John managed to get away from the police.
•I really feel I need to get away; I work too much.
In the next examples “to get over” means that you feel better after something has happened or that you have overcome something:
•I hope you get over your cold soon!
•Max needs to get over his fear of heights before we go hiking.
“to get along with” means that you have a good relationship with someone. For example,
•I get along with my sister very well.
•I didn’t use to get along with Jack but now he’s my best friend.
“to get on” and its opposite, “to get off”, are normally used for all forms of transport except for cars and taxis. With cars and taxis we use the phrasal verbs “to get in” and “to get out”.
•Be careful when you get off the bus!
•As I got on the plane, I remembered I had forgotten my passport!
Remember that most phrasal verbs have more than just one meaning so start just learning the basic ones first and work your way up
Nuestros alumnos de Primaria están estudiando en Natural Science los distintos reinos animales en los que se agrupan los seres vivos.
Siempre les recomendamos que estudien haciendo esquemas porque un esquema sobre cualquier texto sirve para poder entender las ideas y conceptos principales con las menores palabras posibles, que estarán relacionadas entre sí mediante flechas, cuadros o cualquier tipo de diseño. Los esquemas deberían ser la última parte de estudio de cualquier texto que tengamos que estudiar.
Así que ha llegado el momento de hacer esquemas porque la unidad ya la hemos trabajado en Aulaglobal.
Aquí os dejemos ejemplos de esquemas del Animal kingdom que os pueden servir de repaso y ayudaros a hacer vuestros propios esquemas:
DENIP: School Day of Non-violence and Peace 1. The "School Day of Non-violence and Peace" (DENIP), founded in 1964 and also known as World or International Day of Non-violence and Peace, is a pioneering, non-state, non-governmental, non-official, independent, free and voluntary initiative of Non-violent and Pacifying Education, which is now practised in schools all over the world and in which centres of education, teachers and students of all levels and from all countries are invited to take part.
2. It advocates a permanent education in and for harmony, tolerance, solidarity, respect for human rights, non-violence and peace.
3. It is observed on January 30 or thereabouts every year, on the anniversary of the death of Mahatma Gandhi. In countries with a Southern Hemisphere school calendar, it can be observed on March 30 or thereabouts.
4. Its basic message is: "Universal Love, Non-violence and Peace. Universal Love is better than egoism, Non-violence is better than violence, amd Peace is better than war".
5. The method of teaching this activity of education in values should be one of experiences and it can be freely applied in each centre of education according to its own teaching style.
6. Friends of DENIP are those persons who, by accepting the spiritual, individual and social supremacy of universal love, non-violence, tolerance, solidarity, respect for human rights and peace above their opposites, advocate the diffusion of the principles which inspired the day.
Llorenç Vidal Founder of DENP English translation by the "Majorca Daily Bulletin" (Majorca). Now I encourage you to watch, read and listen to this song: Heal the world: http://youtu.be/VGwo6ZdEYMs
"Heal the World" is a song featured on Michael Jackson's hit album, Dangerous, released in 1991. The music video features children living in countries suffering from unrest. In a 2001 Internet chat with fans, Jackson said "Heal the World" is the song he is most proud to have created. He also created the Heal the World Foundation, a charitable organization which was designed to improve the lives of children. The organization was also meant to teach said children about how to help others.
There are some general rules for this, but mainly you need to remember lots of fixed expressions, the famous collocations
Look at the information in the table and try to study it by heart.
make
do
have
take
a mistake
a profit/loss
money/millions
a fortune
friends
war
a noise/sound
a mess
fun of someone
a phone call
progress
a difference
an effort
food
breakfast
lunch
dinner
a choice
a decision
a suggestion
your bed
ajourney
a look
dinner
a headache
a party
a picnic
a barbecue
an appointment
fun
trouble
sth in common
a photo
advantage of sb
care of sb
place
sth into account
your time
time
no notice of sth
part in sth
the opportun
Make is also used with most nouns for ways of speaking/planning. For example, you make a complaint, a promise, an offer, a threat, a speech, an apology, a point, a confession, an accusation, a suggestion, an arrangement, a decision, a plan, an appointment.
But, have is used with most nouns which involve a two-way discussion. For example, you have a conversation, a chat, a discussion, an argument, a fight, a row, a meeting, an interview.
We also often use have + a + verb (where the verb and the noun are the same). For example, have a look, a rest, a sleep, a drink, a walk, a go.
Os recomiendo que al estudiar estas collocations hagáis un mind map agrupando los diferentes usos. Os dejamos un ejemplo para que lo completéis vosotros:
Aulaglobal tu centro de inglés en Lorca: Desde infantil hasta Bachillerato. Preparación :Centro preparador de PET/FCE de Cambridge ( Cambridge Eglish Exam Preparation Centre
Blue Monday is a special day, for people to focus on doing good for each other. Not necessarily presents and cards, just little acts of kindness (or big ones, if you like).
It comes at a time when people might need a bit of cheering up: the gloomy, post-Christmas, back-to-work-and-school month of January. And of course, it had to be a Monday.
Blue Monday occurs on the 3rd Monday of January each year. In 2016, this will be Monday 18 January.
A couple of years ago the organisers of the day had a thought. Wouldn’t it be good to start a new tradition that encouraged people to do nice things for each other? This inspiration then lead to the formulation of a wider day of happiness, and so Blue Monday was born.
Blue Monday ideas should benefit others (a person, an organisation or even internationally) and will probably be something you wouldn’t normally do (but might do regularly from now on), voluntary (compulsory kindness doesn’t really count), thought up by those involved (there’s no formula or template) and fun and creative (for everyone involved).
As long as your event is safe and doesn’t put anyone at risk of physical danger or emotional upset, then you’re on the right track!
Many Blue Monday events are on a small scale and are quite personal. If you want to do something bigger then that’s great, but don’t forget to find out what you need to do in terms of risk assessments, insurance and any other important factors. The only limit to your event or activity is your imagination!
Hoy dedicaremos un rato a esos errores que más corregimos cuando nuestros alumnos escriben. Algun@ lo reconocerá como propio, lo importante es dejar de escribirlos 😉
1. People is - People en inglés es plural. Por tanto, se dice “people are” (aunque pienses "la gente es)
2.The people are - El “the” se elimina en nombres genéricos como people o cuando generalizamos. Por ejemplo:
Peple are intelligent (La gente es inteligente) / Men are tall (los hombres son altos)
3. Much (mucho/a para incontables) / Many (muchos/as para contables, reordar nuestro truco: la mano) / Very (muy).
Ejemplos: much water / many tables / she is very intelligent.
4. Los adjetivos van delante del nombre. Por ejemplo
Coche nuevo - new car (sería incorrecto decir “car new”)
5. Después de like, love y hate el verbo se escribe en gerundio, excepto si “love, like y hate” van en condicional. Por ejemplo:
I like singing (Me gusta cantar) / I would like to sing (me gustaría cantar).
6. Los verbos en ingles siempre llevan sujeto, aunque en español pueda quitarse porque se omita, en inglés no ( excepto las órdenes) Por ejemplo:
(Ellos) trabajan duro (they work hard) En español “ellos” puede quitarse, en inglés nunca.
7. Las fechas en inglés se dicen con la preposición “on”, al igual que los días de la semana. Por ejemplo:
El 5 de septiembre - On 5th September
El lunes / martes - On Monday / Tuesday.
8. Después de preposición el verbo en inglés se escribe en gerundio: prep +vb. Ing. Por ejemplo:
I earn money for eating (Gano dinero para comer).
9. “En casa” o “en mi casa” en inglés se dice “at home”. Por ejemplo:
I like eating at home (me gusta comer en casa / en mi casa)
10. Los adjetivos en inglés son invariables. No llevan plural. Por ejemplo:
They are very intelligent (nunca se podría decir intelligents).
11. Un deporte después del verbo “go” se expresa en – ing. Por ejemplo:
We usually go walking / They sometimes go running.
12. El comparativo de superioridad se puede formar añadiendo “–er” a los adjetivos cortos o escribiendo “more” antes de los adjetivos largos. Por ejemplo:
John is taller than James (nunca podríamos decir “more tall”)
John is more intelligent than James (nunca podría ser intelligenter)
13. El verbo “esperar” en ingles se expresa de varias formas:
- Tener esperanza (I hope you to win- espero que ganes)
- Esperar a algo o alguien (I am waiting for you- te estoy esperando)
- Esperar algo de alguien (I expect you to pass- espero que apruebes)
14. “Meet” significa “quedar” o “quedar con” y no es necesario añadir “with”(con). Por ejemplo:
I usually meet my friends at night (normalmente quedo con mis amigos de noche).
15.New year -año nuevo / Christmas EveàNoche Buena / New Year’s Eve - noche vieja
Y cuando estoy errores estén superados...corregiremos otros.
El inglés en Lorca es fácil si vienes a Aulaglobal: Inglés desde Primaria a Bachillerato. PET ( B1), FIRST(B2) de Cambridge.
Edinburgh’s Hogmanay celebrations begin with a massive torchlight parade. (
For most of the world December 31 is New Year’s Eve, but in Scotland it’s something much more important: Hogmanay.
So what is it, and why does it make Aberdonians set fire to stuff?
Hogmanay is a very big deal in Scotland. It’s the biggest day in the festive calendar, a celebration that makes Christmas Day seem very small indeed – and it’s like nothing else on Earth.
What is Hogmanay?
Hogmanay is what the Scots call their New Year’s Eve celebrations. The origins of the word are unclear – some say it’s a corruption of the Greek words for ‘holy month’, others that it’s of French origin – but the celebrations themselves go back centuries.
Where did Hogmanay come from?
Hogmanay’s origins are viking. Norse invaders celebrated the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, with wild parties in late December.
Those parties began to incorporate elements from the Gaelic Samhain winter festival, which celebrates the beginning of winter, and Yule, whose celebrations were known as ‘daft days’ in Scotland.
Like many annual celebrations, the end result is a mix of its various influences.
(Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Why is it such a big deal?
Because until very recently, Scots didn’t do Christmas. The party-loving Protestant Reformation effectively banned Christmas for 400 years, and Christmas Day didn’t even become a public holiday in Scotland until 1958 and Boxing Day didn’t become a holiday until 1974.
So while the rest of the world celebrated Christmas, Scots toiled. Their family get-togethers happened at Hogmanay instead.
How is it different from other New Year’s Eve celebrations?
It’s longer. Hogmanay starts on New Year’s Eve but continues throughout New Year’s Day and into January 2, which is a public holiday in Scotland.
While the rest of the UK is generally getting back to work on the 2nd, Scotland looks like that bit at the beginning of 28 Days Later when the streets are deserted.
How do Scots celebrate Hogmanay?
Most Scots party, but they also observe a number of traditions.
The most popular one is first-footing, where the first person to enter the house after midnight – ideally a tall, dark man – brings gifts such as food or coal. First-footing is supposed to affect the household’s fortunes for the coming year, so if your first visitor is a small blonde woman you’re stuffed.
Other traditions include cleaning the house before Hogmanay arrives, watching terrible TV programmes before the bells chime and singing Robert Burns’ poem, Auld Lang Syne.
That singing is accompanied by a mass linking of arms, and those arms are supposed to then cross each singer’s chest for the final verse. While most people know the first verse, the lusty singing tends to tail off in the second as people realise they don’t know most of the words.
Hogmanay in Edinburgh (Picture: Chris Watt)
What about big events?
Edinburgh’s Hogmanay is the biggie: it starts with a massive torchlit parade on the December 30, includes a huge fireworks display, has performances from musicians ranging from up-and-coming acts to pop stars and the odd superannuated rock group, and pulls a crowd from more than 60 different countries.
Other Scottish cities have big parties too, but Edinburgh’s one is the biggest. In 1996, it attracted more than 400,000 people, although subsequent years have been restricted to smaller (but still big) crowds for safety reasons.
Late December in Scotland. Isn’t that a terrible time to have an outdoor party?
Yes. Severe weather stopped the parties in 2003 and 2006.
This year’s forecast looks positively balmy by Hogmanay standards, though: it’s going to rain, but the rain shouldn’t be too cold.
Are there any weird traditions around Hogmanay?
In Stonehaven near Aberdeen the locals make balls of chicken wire, paper and rags, set them on fire and swing them around.
In South Queensferry, the ‘Loony Dook’ sees hungover Scots hurling themselves into the icy sea to raise money for charity.
And in Kirkwall, the ‘Ba Game’ is an enormous game of street football that can last anything from four minutes to five hours and feature as many as 350 players.
Loony Dook (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
How can I celebrate Hogmanay properly?
There’s no right way or wrong way to celebrate Hogmanay, but if you want to do what many Scots do you’ll have a nice meal with family and/or friends, plenty to drink – including whisky, of course – to toast the new year, and a steak pie for dinner the following day when you finally emerge from your bed.
Don’t forget a bottle of Irn Bru, too – Scots swear by it as a hangover
