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Dear Mr. Smith,

I am writing to enquire about the house which you advertised in "El Pais" newspaper, 12th June.

I was wondering if the house is still available. I would also like to have some more information about the rent. I would be grateful if you could also tell me whether bills are included.With regard to bed-lining and dishes, could you tell me if they are provided?

Finally, I would like to know if pets are allowed, as I have a.............as a pet.
I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely
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* There is a mistake in the hand-out I gave you for the formal letter. At the end, it should say Yours sincerely, as the addressee is "Mr. .........." You write Yours faithfully when the addressee is "Sir/Madam".

lunes, 30 de mayo de 2011

Formal letter (4º C)

Copy the formal letter (first letter) in your notebook and underline the formal expressions.

http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/sites/teacheng/files/email-writing-worksheets.pdf

martes, 3 de mayo de 2011

Reported Speech

Direct Speech. Peter said: "I am travelling with my parents to London tomorrow"
Reported Speech. Peter said (that) he was travelling with his parents to London the following day.

Slideshare exercises

Explanations in Spanish

Exercises

Statements.

Changes in verb tenses

exercise 1

Changes in verb tenses, pronouns, time and place

exercise 1

exercise 2

exercise 3

Questions

Exercise 1

Commands / Orders / Requests (Imperative)

Exercise 1

Reporting verbs (He said..., He asked.... They advised...)

Advanced exercise

Have you finished? Tell your teacher!!

viernes, 15 de abril de 2011

passive voice

For practice on passive voice, you can do the following exercises:
(Basic level)
Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Interrogative (Word order)
(Active or Passive?)
Exercise 1
(Passive into Active)
Exercise 1
(Upper level)
Exercise 1; exercise 2

Passive with two objects
You will find the explanations of this type of Passive Voice in the following links.

Passive with two objects
Try the following site in Spanish.

For practice on this special type of passive voice, you can try the following exercises:
; Exercise 1; Exercise 2

martes, 1 de marzo de 2011

Conditional Clauses

Have a look at the following grammar explanations (In Spanish!)

Explanaitions in Spanish

Explanations

· Conditional Sentence Type 0

General truths. (Siempre que haces esto, ocurre esto otro)

Form: If + Simple Present, Simple Present

Example: If you heat the air in a balloon, it becomes bigger.

Exercises
Exercise on Zero Conditional

· Conditional Sentence Type 1

It is possible and also very likely (probable) that the condition will be fulfilled.

Form: if + Simple Present, will-Future

Example: If I find her address, I’ll send her an invitation.

Exercises

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Unless: A no ser que… (Remember it goes with the verb in the affirmative)

Example: I won’t call you if it is not necessary.= I won’t call you unless it it necessary.

Exercises
Unless

· Conditional Sentence Type 2

1. It is possible but very unlikely (improbable), that the condition will be fulfilled.

Form: if + Simple Past, Conditional I (= would + Infinitive)

Example: If I found her address, I would send her an invitation.
Si encontrase su dirección (veo difícil que ocurra), enviaría una invitación.
(I can't find her address so I can't send her an invitation. I might not find it.)

2. Hypothetical situations. (Situaciones hipotéticas)

Example: What would you do if you were a millionaire?

3. Advice. (Consejos)

Example: If I were* you, I wouldn’t go out tonight.

Exercises
Exercise 1
Exercise 2

· Conditional Sentence Type 3

Form: if + Past Perfect, Conditional II (= would + have + Past Participle)

It is impossible that the condition will be fulfilled because it refers to the past.

Example:"If I had found her address, I would have sent her an invitation".

Si hubiese encontrado su dirección, habría enviado una invitación.
(Es algo que ya no tiene solución, puesto que ya ha ocurrido.)
(I didn't find her address so I didn't send her an invitation)

It is also used for regrets. (lamentaciones o arrepentimientos)

Example:"If I had studied harder, I wouln´t have failed the test".

Exercises
Exercise 1

CHART

	If Clause	Main Clause
Zero Conditional	PRESENT SIMPLE	PRESENT SIMPLE
First Conditional	PRESENT SIMPLE	WILL + INFINITIVE CAN/MUST + INFINITIVE IMPERATIVE
Second Conditional	PAST SIMPLE	WOULD + INFINITIVE COULD/MIGHT + INF
Third Conditional	PAST PERFECT	WOULD + HAVE + P.P.