Reported Speech

What did the teacher say?
(Reported Speech)

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1. Mr. Smith: "Are you a student?"
   "What did Mr. Smith say?"
   Answer"He asked if I was a student."

2. Ms. Washington: "What is your name?"
   "What did Ms. Washington say?"
   Answer"She asked me what my name was."

3. Teacher: "Stand up, please, Maurice!"
   "What did the teacher say?"
   Answer"The teacher told Maurice to stand up."

4. Mr. Brown: "Don't speak now, Melissa!"
   "What did Mr. Brown say?"
   Answer"He told Melissa not to speak."

5. Miss Claymore: "One month ago, I warned you to study for that test!"
   "What did the Miss Claymore say?"
   Answer"She said she warned us to study for that test."

6. Mr. Jones: "I will teach you how to do research on the Web."
   "What did the Mr. Jones say?"
   Answer"He said she he teach us how to do research on the Web."

Copyright 1998 by Luciana Mello

B or V?

B and V? - Minimal Pair Quiz

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1. The workmen piled all of the furniture into the moving ___.
   a. ban
   b. van
   Answerb
2. A ___ is a kind of wager or staking of money on the outcome of an event.
   a. bet
   b. vet
   Answera
3. We wish you a ___ merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
   a. berry
   b. very
   Answerb
4. Dracula transforms from a human being to a ___.
   a. bat
   b. vat
   Answera
5. A ___ in England is underwear but in Canada it is worn over a shirt.
   a. best
   b. vest
   Answerb
6. He lifted the Bride's ___ to giver her a kiss.
   a. bail
   b. veil
   Answerb
7. Don't rock the ___ if you don't want to get wet.
   a. boat
   b. vote
   Answera
8. It is possible to tell the wind direction by looking at the weather ___ on the roof of the house.
   a. vain
   b. vein
   c. vane
   d. bane
   Answerc
9. The area between two mountains is called a ___.
   a. valley
   b. Bali
   Answera
10. Most kitchen fans are attached to an air ___ that directs the smoke outside.
    a. vent
    b. bent
    Answera
11. As I ___ over, my pants split in the seat.
    a. vent
    b. bent
    Answerb
12. It is customary to ___ deeply to show respect in Japan.
    a. bow
    b. vow
    Answera
13. Dust ___ the surface of the coffee table.
    a. covered
    b. cupboard
    Answera
14. A feminist is not always a "women's ___".
    a. liver
    b. libber
    Answerb
15. ___ war was declared and the streets ran with blood.
    a. Civil
    b. Cybill
    Answera
16. Batman's ___ was the Joker.
    a. rival
    b. libel
    Answera
17. The road will ___ to the right and then go straight through the park.
    a. curve
    b. curb
    Answera
18. A ___ is more than a friend.
    a. lover
    b. lubber
    Answera
19. The symbol of peace is the ___.
    a. dove
    b. dub
    Answera

(C) 1998 Donna Tatsuki

Verbos irregulares

Hola,
han comenzado en sus cursos a analizar tiempos perfectos, y con ellos han llegados los verbos irregulares. Les acercamos un ejercicio para ver cuánto recuerdan de las 3 columnas de algunos de esos verbos. Suerte!
Prof. Mariano Ignacio
Centro Univ. de Idiomas

Irregular Verbs

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go	went	gone
Answersit	Answersat	sat
sleep	Answerslept	Answerslept
Answerspeak	spoke	Answerspoken
Answerspeed	Answersped	sped
spend	Answerspent	Answerspent
Answerspread	spread	Answerspread
Answerstand	Answerstood	stood
steal	Answerstole	Answerstolen
Answerstrike	struck	Answerstruck
Answersweep	Answerswept	swept
swim	Answerswam	Answerswum
Answerswing	swung	Answerswung
Answertake	Answertook	taken
teach	Answertaught	Answertaught
Answertell	told	Answertold
Answerthink	Answerthought	thought
throw	Answerthrew	Answerthrown
Answerunderstand	understood	Answerunderstood
Answerwear	Answerwore	worn
write	Answerwrote	Answerwritten

(C) 1997 Charles Kelly

All miners are saved

One by one the miners who had been trapped underground for more than two months in Chile ascended to the surface, ending their subterranean captivity. The world watched, their nation cheered, their families wept.

Today, we invite you to watch this CNN 10-minute report on the rescued miners.

Enjoy, and celebrate life!

Transcription to the report.

Prof. Mariano Ignacio

Centro Univ. de Idiomas

Quiz - Fill in the blanks with the best of your English!

Montgomery Bus Boycott

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Rosa Parks worked as a ___seamstress. Like all Negroes in 1955, she was supposed to ride in the ___back of the bus. One day, she refused to get out of her seat to let a ___white man sit down in her row. She was arrested by a policeman and taken to ___jail. As a result, the Montgomery Bus ___Boycott began. People got to work, not by riding the bus, but by walking, riding mules, or by riding in ___pools. Martin Luther King helped to ___organize the boycott. He believed in ___non-violence. Rosa Parks was simply ___tired of being treated badly because of the color of her skin. Rosa ___Parks is still alive today and is 86 years old. Today it is illegal to have ___segregated buses.

Helado de Dulce de Leche according to The New York Times

Spring days are coming ahead, and with them the helado de dulce de leche pops back in our lives.

Read what The New York Times thinks of of Argentina's favourite flavours when it comes to ice cream!

Buenos Aires: National Treasure in a Cone

Saludos,
and let's go to your favourite ice cream parlor to grab a cucurucho filled with creamy dulce de leche!
Prof. Mariano Ignacio

Conjunctions

Hola a todos!

una conjunción es una palabra o un conjunto de palabras que enlazan oraciones o sub-oraciones.

Podemos agrupar las conjunciones en COORDINATIVAS y SUBORDINATIVAS, entendiendo por coordinativas aquéllas que unen palabras u oraciones de la misma categoría y subordinativas, las que unen una oración principal y una subordinada.

CONJUNCIONES COORDINATIVAS

and, y /now, ahora bien /but, pero /still, no obstante /yet, sin embargo /only, sólo que /
while, mientras / so, así que / so then, por tanto / for, pues / either... or..., o... o... / neither... nor..., ni... ni... / however, no obstante / therefore, por lo tanto / nevertheless, sin embargo

CONJUNCIONES SUBORDINATIVAS

that, que / because of, debido a / since, ya que, puesto que / as, pues, como / so that, a fin de que /
lest, para (que) no / if, si / unless, a menos que although, though, aunque / while, en tanto que /
until, hasta que / as if, as though, como si / when, cuando / why, por que /
in order that, para, a fin de que / whether... or, si... o

Y después de un poco de TEORÍA... manos a la obra!

Conjunctions

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1. Do you think this is something ___ can be learned?
   a. who
   b. that
   c. X (the conjunction can be omitted)
   Answerb
2. Don't go out ___ you've finished your work.
   a. as
   b. while
   c. until
   Answerc
3. Make sure you close all the windows ___ it starts to rain.
   a. after
   b. before
   c. for
   Answerb
4. I think I know ___ he left the job.
   a. why
   b. until
   c. where
   Answera
5. ___ I had known how much I would disappoint him, I woudn't have done it.
   a. Whether
   b. When
   c. If
   Answerc
6. ___ you see me, get in the car.
   a. As soon as
   b. While
   c. Whether
   Answera
7. My friend John, ___ lives in California, has a car with a New York license.
   a. whose
   b. who
   c. that
   Answerb
8. It's usually quite simple to cross the border between the USA and Canada ___ these two countries have friendly relations.
   a. yet
   b. and
   c. because
   Answerc
9. ___ a university professor returns from a sabbatical leave, he should be better qualified.
   a. Until
   b. When
   c. Even though
   Answerb
10. She's ___ a snobbish person ___ nobody likes to be with her.
    a. such...that
    b. such...as
    c. so...that