WORLD BOOK DAY

World Book Day or International Day of the Book is a yearly event on April the 23rd, organized by the UNESCO to promote reading, publishing and copyright. World Book Day was celebrated for the first time on April 1995.

The connection between 23 April and books was first made in 1923 by booksellers in Catalonia, Spain. The original idea was of the Valencian writer Vicente Clavel Andrés as a way to honour the author Miguel de Cervantes who died on this date. In 1995 UNESCO decided that the World Book and Copyright Day would be celebrated on 23 April, as the date is also the anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, as well as that of the birth or death of several other prominent authors (in a historical coincidence, Shakespeare and Cervantes died on the same date -23 April 1616- but not on the same day, as at the time, Spain used the Gregorian calendar and England used the Julian calendar; Cervantes actually died ten days before Shakespeare did)

For celebrating the Book Day we would like to share with you a poem written by the author Walt Whitman:

O Me! O Life!

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BY WALT WHITMAN

Oh me! Oh life! of the questions of these recurring,

Of the endless trains of the faithless, of cities fill’d with the foolish,

Of myself forever reproaching myself, (for who more foolish than I, and who more faithless?)

Of eyes that vainly crave the light, of the objects mean, of the struggle ever renew’d,

Of the poor results of all, of the plodding and sordid crowds I see around me,

Of the empty and useless years of the rest, with the rest me intertwined,

The question, O me! so sad, recurring—What good amid these, O me, O life?

                                       Answer.

That you are here—that life exists and identity,

That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.

ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY

Utilizamos los adverbios de frecuencia para referirnos a las veces que realizamos algo.

Los adverbios generalmente se colocan después del pronombre y antes del verbo:

• I always go shopping on saturdays
• We never travel alone

Si el tiempo verbal se construye con un auxiliar, el adverbio se colocará entre el auxiliar y el verbo:

• She is always spending money
• They will never win the match

COMPARATIVES AND USEFUL VOCABULARY

En este mes, vais a aprender los comparativos, y vocabulario útil para describir a personas, Primero, vamos a repasar los comparativos:

In this month, you are going to learn about the compartatives and some useful vocabulary to describe people. First, we are going to review the compartives:

The rules/ las reglas:

Let's practice! / a practicar!

Now, here you can see some basic vocabulary about people/ Ahora, aquí podéis ver vocabulario básico para describir a las personas:

IRREGULAR VERBS AND PAST CONTINUOUS.

In this month, you are going to study past continuous. However, we want you to learn some irregular verbs which are useful for the past tenses.

En este mes, vais a aprender el pasado continuo pero, antes de ver el tiempo verbal os dejamos esta lista de verbos irregulares muy útil para los tiempos verbales en pasado.

PAST CONTINUOUS:

Lo usamos / We use it:

La estructura / The structure

Algunos ejercicios/ Some exercises to practice:

PAST SIMPLE

Ahora que habéis repasado el presente simple y el presente continuo, vamos a aprender el pasado simple.

Now that you have reviewed the present simple and continuous we are going to learn about the past: Past Simple.

Lo usamos para /We use it:

The structure/ La estructura:

A trabajar!!!/ Let's practice!

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Seguimos aprendiendo, esta vez ampliamos la gramática con el presente continuo. Vamos a ver cuando usamos el presente continuo.

We keep on learning, we are going to learn present continuous. First step is to know when we have to use it:

The structure / La estructura:

Important!! The verb finishes in ing. / Importante! el verbo termina en ing.

Let's practice! Vamos a practicar.

PRESENT SIMPLE

Una vez que ya hemos perdido el miedo a la lengua inglesa, vamos a empezar a profundizar en ella. En esa ocasión, vamos a empezar con un verbo básico como es el verbo to be (ser o estar).

Now that we aren't afraid of english, we are going to stary with the grammar. The first step is learning the verb to be.

Now, we are going to practice it/ Vamos a practicarlo.

Ahora que ya conocemos el verbo to be, vamos a empezar a estudiar el primer tiempo verbal el presente simple. Now that we have learnt the verb to be, we are going to start with the first tense present simple.

Usamos el presente simple para hablar de hábitos y costumbres, para de un hecho verdadero o parar hablar de hechos que están programados en el futuro. We use it in these situations:

El presente simple tiene la siguiente estructura/ the structure of the present simple

Be careful with the third person!!!/ ¡Cuidado con la tercera persona!

Para añadir la -s al verbo hay que aprenderse las siguientes reglar/ To add and -s at the end of the verb you have to know this:

Practicamos lo aprendido /Practicing the theory!!!

More exercises/ Más ejercicios.

USEFUL VOCABULARY

 Ya estamos de vuelta, y tras las vacaciones navideñas toca volver a empezar con el inglés. En esta ocasión, vais a aprender vocabulary útil: números, colores, días de la semana y meses del año. Además, os dejamos algunos ejercicios relacionados con estos temas.

A trabajar!


We are here again! After Christmas holidays you have to start studying english. In this moment, you are going to learn useful vocabulary: colours, numbers, days of the week, months of the year. Also, here you can see some exercises about it.

Enjoy!!


1. Numbers / Números:

 

2. Colours/ Colores:

 

3. Days of the week / Días de la semana: 

4. Months of the year / Meses del año:

GREETINGS

La mejor forma de empezar a hablar es perder la vergüenza y hablar. Comenzamos con los saludos.

The best way to learn a language is speaking, don't be shy and let's start with Greetings.

(Haz click en la imagen y escucha los saludos)