Conditionals (3) made up by students

Hi, Guys!,

Last Thursday, I asked you to make up some sentences, or better said, the beginnings of these sentences using the Conditionals. I think it is a positive exercise because now, you and all your classmates have to make up endings for these using the correct condional. Let's see your sentences!

1. If we eat a lot, .................................. (Mary G.)

2. If I practised any sport, ........................ (Juanma M.)

3. If I were a millionnaire, ....................... (Marta M.)

4. If you don't have enough money, ............ (Emilio)

5. As soon as you come to the party, ........... (Miguel)

6. You would have lent me your book .......... (Andrea)

7. If you lend me 50$, ............................ (Javier Q.)

8. If you go to school late, ....................... (Marina)

9. If you had purple eyes, ........................ (Helen E.)

10. If they had some money, .................... (Manuel N.)

Possible key answers:

1. we can't train later.

2. I would be on fit.

3. I would buy a new car.

4. you can't go to London next summer.

5. I'll introduce you Jimmy.

6. I had written the essay.

7. I'll buy mum a birthday present.

8. you'll be in trouble.

9. you would be an alien.

10. they could go to Paris next summer.

FRIENDS, funniest moments

Hi, Guys!,

As you already know, I love Friends TV serie, and once again, I invite you all to watch these fantastic moments. Have fun watching this video!

I hope you'll improve your English watching and listening to American TV series such as these ones! It's going to be easier to understand these episodes since these are subtitled in Spanish.

How I Met Your Mother... TV serie

Hi, Guys!,

Do you really want to have fun? Well, I can invite you all to watch some moments taken from the American serie "How I Met Your Mother". As many other American sitcoms are set in New York city. Besides, I can find some common aspects between FRIENDS and HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, since there is a bar called McGee's where the characters chat, spend most of their time like Central Perk in "Friends". Let's see and listen to this video! If you are a fan of this TV sitcom, you can visit this fantastic webpage: http://www.cbs.com/primetime/how_i_met_your_mother/

I WISH ..., IF ONLY... (I)

Hi, Guys!,

Today, we are going to deal with how to express WISHES in English!!!

1. To express WISHES in FUTURE.

We use WOULD when we want something or someone to change or when we want sb to do sth :

Subj. + WISH + Subj. + WOULD + Infinitive

Ex. I wish it would stop raining.

2. To express WISHES in PRESENT.

We use the Past S. or Past Cont., when we talk about a regret we have about a Present situation.

If ONLY+ Subj.+ Past Simple or

Subj. WISH + Subj. + Past Simple Ex. I wish you were here with me now.

3. To express WISHES in PAST:

We use the Past Perf. when we talk about a reget we have about soth that happened or didn't happen in the past.

If ONLY + Subj.+Past Perfect or

Subj.+ WISH + Subj. + Past Perfect Ex. I wish he had inivted Jason to the party.

A. Write sentences.
1. I wish / my friends / tell / me / where to meet next Saturday
- I wish my friends would tell me where...
2. If only / Oliver / be / with me now
- If only Oliver was here with me now.

3. I wish / I / tell / Natalie / the truth yesterday
- I wish I had told Natalie the truth yesterday.
4. If only / I / not get / angry with Mum yesterday evening
- If only I hadn't got angry with Mum yesterday evening.
5. I wish / Tara / phone / me next Monday
- I wish Tara would phone me next Monday.
6. If only / you / not go / to the party last night
- If only you hadn't gone to the party last night.

B. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs.
1. I wish I _______________ (know) Katy’s phone number. I want to phone her now. (knew)
2. If only we _______________ (meet) a few months ago.(had met)
3. I wish I _________________ (go) out last Friday night. (had gone)
4. If only she _________________ (not live) so far away. (didn't live)
5. I wish I _________________ (be) on holiday with my friends. They must be having a great time. (was)
6. If only he _________________ (not go) away to university. I miss him so much. (hadn't gone)
7. I wish Mark _________________ (write) to me earlier. (would write)

C. Rewrite the sentences.
Eg ‘I’m sorry I forgot to invite Emma to my party’
‘If only I hadn’t forgotten to invite Emma to my party’
1. It’s a pity that you can’t drive a car.
I wish you could drive a car
2. I’d love to be a few years older.
If only I were a few years older.
3. I regret telling Flair my secrets.
I wish I hadn't told Flair my secrets.

4. Unfortunately we arrived at the theatre late.
I wish we hadn't arrived ...
5. I'm sorry I can't go to the cinema with you.

I wish I could go to ...
6. It’s a pity that you don’t invite Ella.
If only you had invited Ella.
7. I regret not bringing more money with me.
I wish I had brought more money with me.
8. Unfortunately Max didn’t buy Claire a birthday present.
If only Max had bought Claire a birthday present.

SO, SUCH / TOO, ENOUGH (I)

Hi, Guys!,

Do you remember SO,SUCH / TOO, ENOUGH? Anyway! Let's do the following exercises and we can review them. But before doing these activities, please, pay attention to this chart or schedule.

Such + a/an + adjective + singular noun
 It was such a beautiful day yesterday

Such + adjective + plural / uncountable noun
 They are such good friends
* It is such expensive furniture

So + adjective / adverb + that ….
 It was so cold that we stayed in
* He ran so fast that he won

So much + uncountable noun + that
 There was so much noise that I couldn’t hear him

So many + countable noun + that
 So many people came that we needed more chairs

too + adjective / adverb (+ to-infinitive)
 It’s too hot (to work)
too + adjective / adverb + a/an + noun (+ to-inf.)
 He is too weak a person (to fight)
(as a person, he is too weak to fight)


enough + plural / uncountable noun
 There is enough soup

adjective / adverb + enough
 The soup is hot enough
He ran fast enough (to win)

Fill the gaps with the suitable form: so / such / too / enough

1. He’s __________ excellent worker! he deserves to get promoted
2. mmm… This pizza is _________ tasty. I think I’ll have another piece.
3. That wall is _________ high for me to climb. I need a ladder.
4. They had __________ terrible weather in England that they came back in two days.
5. I was __________ hot coffee that I couldn’t drink it.
6. You don’t need to hurry up, we have __________ time to finish this exercise
7. It was __________ small a car for all of us, so we had to go in two cars.
8. Alonso didn’t drive fast __________ to overtake Schumacher in the last race.
9. Don’t worry about her. She is clever _________ to realise what she has to do
10. She didn’t speak loudly __________ for the audience to hear her.

KEY ANSWER:

1. SUCH A
2. SO / TOO
3. TOO
4. SUCH
5. SUCH A
6. ENOUGH
7. TOO
8. ENOUGH
9. ENOUGH
10. ENOUGH

Rewrite the following sentences using SO, SUCH, TOO and ENOUGH:
1. He was too old to apply for the job. He wasn't young enough to talk because the music was so loud.
2. We couldn't talk because the music was so loud. It was such loud music that we couldn't talk.
3. The queue for petrol was so long that we had to wait two hours.It was such a long queue for petrol that we had to wait two hours.
4. The bridge was so low that the bus couldn't go under it. It was such a low bridge that the bus couldn't go under it.
5. The food was so delicious that I could have eaten the same again! It was such delicious food that I could have eaten the same again.
6. The shelf was so high that I couldn't reach it. It was such high shelf that I couldn't reach it.
7. Unfortunately, I wasn't early enough to get a good seat. Unfortunately, I was too late to get a good seat.
8. It wasn't safe enough to ski on the soft melting snow. It was too dangerous to ski on the soft melting snow.
9. I didn't know what to buy; there were such a lot of bargains. ... there were too many bargains.

10. Seville is such a wonderful city that we'dl ike to visit! Seville was so colourful that we'd...


http://www.saberingles.com.ar/curso/lesson17/05.html
http://www.esoeonline.org/main-index/index-exercises/grammarexs/int/intsosuchtooenough.htm
http://www.autoenglish.org/gr.too.i.htm

AVATAR, the film

Hi, Guys!,

Once again, I encourage you to listen and watch a video in English, of course!!!

It's convenient if you really want to learn and improve your English, don't you think so? Because of that, why don't you see these videos taken from one of the most well-known interesting movies these days: AVATAR ?

How many Oscars is James Cameron going to get?

ENGLISH PHONETICS

Hi, Guys!,

When you start learning a language, not only you have to study Vocabulary and Grammar, but also, Pronunciation and Intonation, because they are going to help you to improve your Speaking, Listening,... I mean everything! So, let's pay attention to the following videos!