Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Prepositions of place and time: AT, IN & ON (reminder)


In general, we use AT, IN and ON as preposition of place as following:
  • at for a POINT
  • in for an ENCLOSED SPACE
  • on for a SURFACE
ATINON
POINTENCLOSED SPACESURFACE
at the cornerin the gardenon the wall
at the bus stopin Londonon the ceiling
at the doorin Franceon the door
at the top of the pagein a boxon the cover
at the end of the roadin my pocketon the floor
at the entrancein my walleton the carpet
at the crossroadsin a buildingon the menu
at the front deskin a caron a page

Look at these examples:
  • Jane is waiting for you at the bus stop.
  • The shop is at the end of the street.
  • My plane stopped at Dubai and Hanoi and arrived in Bangkok two hours late.
  • Jupiter is in the Solar System.
  • There was a "no smoking" sign on the wall.
  • I live on the 7th floor at 21 Oxford Street in London.
Notice the use of the prepositions of place atin and on in these standard expressions:

ATINON
at homein a caron a bus
at workin a taxion a train
at schoolin a helicopteron a plane
at universityin a boaton a ship
at collegein a lift (elevator)on a bicycle, on a motorbike
at the topin the newspaperon a horse, on an elephant
at the bottomin the skyon the radio, on television
at the sidein a rowon the left, on the right
at receptionin Oxford Streeton the way


Moreover, we use AT, IN and ON as preposition of time as following:
  • at for a PRECISE TIME
  • in for MONTHS, YEARS, CENTURIES and LONG PERIODS
  • on for DAYS and DATES
AT
IN
ON
PRECISE TIMEMONTHS, YEARS, CENTURIES and LONG PERIODSDAYS and DATES
at 3 o'clockin Mayon Sunday
at 10.30amin summeron Tuesdays
at noonin the summeron 6 March
at dinnertimein 1990on 25 Dec. 2010
at bedtimein the 1990son Christmas Day
at sunrisein the next centuryon Independence Day
at sunsetin the Ice Ageon my birthday
at the momentin the past/futureon New Year's Eve


Look at these examples:
  • I have a meeting at 9am.
  • Jane went home at lunchtime.
  • In England, it often snows in December.
  • Do you work on Mondays?
  • Her birthday is on 20 November.
  • Where will you be on New Year's Day?
Notice the use of the preposition of time at in the following standard expressions:

ExpressionExample
at nightThe stars shine at night.
at the weekend*I don't usually work at the weekend.
at Christmas*/EasterI stay with my family at Christmas.
at the same timeWe finished the test at the same time.
at presentHe's not home at present. Try later.


Notice the use of the prepositions of time in and on in these common expressions:


INON
in the morningon Tuesday morning
in the morningson Saturday mornings
in the afternoon(s)on Sunday afternoons
in the evening(s)on Monday evening


When we say last, next, every, this we do not also use at, in, on.
  • I went to London last June. (not in last June)
  • He's coming back next Tuesday. (not on next Tuesday)
  • I go home every Easter. (not at every Easter)
  • We'll call you this evening. (not in this evening)

*Note that in some varieties of English people say "on the weekend" and "on Christmas".



English Prepositions Listed

For a full list of 150 prepositions, including one-word and complex prepositions, with 370 example sentences, download the this free e-book English Prepositions Listed.

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Wednesday, December 05, 2012

Describing images and sceneries.


Today some partners have been describing some images and sceneries, these kind of activities are useful to train you for your speaking exam.



Bad Manners-List

Today we have been speaking about bad manners, you can download here the activity.


You can know more about bad habits here, too.

Tuesday, December 04, 2012

Information that can be found in our writings

Remember information that can be found in our writings

Gr - Grammar mistake 
P - Punctuation 
WO - Wrong order 
WW - Wrong word 
Sp - Spelling mistake 
T - Wrong tense
/ - Not necessary

Monday, December 03, 2012

"Modal Verbs" and "Comparatives and Superlatives"

Today Lola has teached us the use of some modal verbs and use of comparatives and superlatives.

Concretly, we have learned use of "have to", "must", "should" and "ought to", but we must know the use of modals related to lower levels and according to our level.

We have this homework about use of "must", "have to" and "should", and the use of "comparatives and superlatives" for wednesday.


Homework assignment

Conjuctions

I think this link about conjunctions might be interesting for all us.


Monday, November 26, 2012

Guide for candidates to the certification exams

Os dejo varios enlaces a documentos importantes a la hora de enfrentarse al examen de certificación y los de evaluación continua, espero que sean útiles para todos:


En ésta última orden aparecen los siguientes temas de comunicación e intercambios conversacionales en diversas situaciones:
  1. En la clase
  2. En un centro educativo
  3. En un restaurante, cafetería, etc.
  4. En una tienda, supermercado, etc.
  5. Transporte y viajes
  6. En la agencia de viajes
  7. Visitando la ciudad
  8. En un hotel
  9. En la oficina de correos
  10. Hablar por teléfono
  1. En el médico o el hospital
  2. En la comisaría de policía
  3. En el banco
  4. De visita y recibiendo invitados
  5. En el cine, teatro, etc
  6. Buscando alojamiento
  7. En la farmacia
  8. En la oficina
  9. El vehículo privado (I): en la gasolinera y el taller de reparaciones
  10. El vehículo privado (II): circulando y orientándose
Además os dejo el enlace al reglamento de organización y funcionamiento de la EOI por si a alguien le interesara:
Y recordad que existe un blog del departamento de actividades extraescolares y complementarias en éste enlace.

Todos ellos están accesibles en la página de la EOI de Huelva.


Por último comentaros que quien quiera conocer algo más sobre las equivalencias entre las certificaciones y los niveles marcados por el MCRE podéis consultarlo en éste enlace.

Un saludo.

Rob or Steal?


ROB OR STEAL?

Key


  • To rob a place or a person (of things)
  • To steal objects (from a place or person)


To rob a place or a person (of things) - rob (robbed, robbed)
El verbo to rob va seguido de un lugar o una persona.
Para nombrar el objeto robado se agrega of + el objeto.


They have robbed me.
They robbed the bank.
I was robbed of my cheque-book.


To steal objects (from a place or person) - steal (stole, stolen)
El verbo to steal va seguido del objeto robado.
Para nombrar de dónde o a quién se roba se agrega from + el lugar o la persona.

Someone has stolen my watch.
They stole plenty of money from us.

Related words


Thursday, November 15, 2012

Reading Book - The Lady in White

During this first term, I have read the book "The Lady in White" and I would recomend it to all my partners, It was a entertaining, thrilling and frightening story with a happy ending.


Wednesday, November 14, 2012

The Mistress of Spices

Some classmates have been watching this film and maybe we see it again in class another day because of most of classmates have been on strike today.


Monday, November 12, 2012

Tuesday, November 06, 2012

Tenses for the future

Today we have learnt the use of the tenses for the future, you can review them in the following links:
Lola has given us a summary about this, you can download it here

Homework assignment
We must do the exercises related to each unit (English Grammar in Use - Units 19 to 24).