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Curso de inglés gratis en línea – PRONUNCIACION ACTIVIDAD #2 – Pronunciation activity #2  Present Simple: Pronunciation in questions  Today is our second pronunciation activity and the first one with AUDIO. We are going to talk about the pronunciation of questions in the present simple. Please remember to practice after the activity. Before we start be sure to know how to form the present simple – si no saben como formar el present simple favor de ir a los siguientes links  Present simple  – verb to be – verb to be question words   – other verbs – other verbs questions – uses and structure   As we said in the past article, many students have problems understanding English conversations or listening activities because they do not practice listening to word that are linked or joined together (word linking). Today we are going to practice how native speakers joining words together in the present simple.  To be pronunciation in questions (QW) + {to be + SUBJECT}+ (Complement) Listen carefully and repeat the following questions.  Are you married?  Is she from Argentina?  Is he your friend  Are they sick?  Notice how the verb to be is linked with the subject and how it is pronounced. Look at the other ways of pronouncing questions with the verb to be but this time with question words (what, how, where, who etc)     Where are you from?  Where is she from?  Who is he?  You may also use contractions where possible:  Where are you from?  Where’s she from?  Who’s he?  *** Noten como de unen en sonido (word linking) el verbo to be con el pronombre o el Question word con el verbo. Traten de practicarlo ya que muchas veces uno no entiende preguntas debido a la union de palabras.  Pronunciation with other verbs (QW) +{ Do/Does + SUBJECT+ Verb} + (Complement) Listen carefully and repeat the following questions.  Do you smoke?  Does she study English?  Does he live in New York?  Do they like apples?  Notice how the auxiliaries (do/does) is linked with the subject and how it is pronounced. Look at the other ways of pronouncing questions with the OTHER VERBS but this time with question words.  Where do you live?  What music does she like?  How often does he travel?  *** con otros verbos (verbos que no son ser o estar “to be”) la union se da muchas veces entre los auxiliares (do/does) y el sujeto (I, You, He etc)       Practice pronouncing the following questions: 1) What time does he wake up?  2) Where does she study?  3) Where is she?  4) How often does he go shopping?  5) How old is she?  6) Why do you study English?  7) Does she smoke?  8) Where does he live?  9) What do they do?  10) How long does he spend in the shower?  11) What music does he like?  12) What kind of movies does she like?  13) Is he married?  14) Why is she sad? 

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Curso de inglés en línea gratuito – “Interview using the present simple” CONVERSATION / SPEAKING #7 Para bajar el audio hacer click en “download” o click derecho y guardar vínculo como Hi, Today we have a short interview in English that uses the present simple tense. Marisu interviews your virtual teacher at the beach. Hoy les traemos una entrevista hecha por nuestra profesora Marisu a Carlos. Escuchen y vean como usan el present simple y de allí repitan algunas frases importantes. Before doing these activities remember to review the present simple if you have doubts. (Antes de continuar con la actividad, asegurense de saber como usar el “present simple“) Links to review Present Simple: Lesson 10a, Lesson 10b, Lesson 27  A few days ago my wife and I went to San Bartolo beach near the coast of Lima, Peru. We stayed in a hotel very close to the ocean and spent only two days. We sunbathed and rested at the beach and at night we went the the disco “Bach”.  We also ate cebiche and seafood. During our stay, I asked Marisu to interview me focusing on using the Present Simple. The following is the transcript of the conversation. Conversation Transcript: (First listen without reading) M: Hi, what’s your name? C: I’m, Carlos M: Where are you from? C: I’m from Peru, actually, I’m from Chosica (a town near Lima) M:Chosica. What’s your nationality? C: I’m Peruvian. M: Great. I’m Peruvian too. How old are you? C: I’m thirty one years old,  I’m old. M: Oh, I’m twenty seven. C: Yeah right. M: Hahaha, and, are you single? C: No, I’m not. I’m married. M: Oh, and, what do you do? C: I’m a teacher and also I’m an administrator, like a manager, and as you all know, I’m a blogger. M: Where do you work? C: Well, I work on the Internet and then I teach at different locations but the main office is in Miraflores. M: Miraflores, nice place. And, where do you live? C: I live in Surco, Santiago de Surco. M: Who do you live with? C: I live with of course my wife Marisu, my sister and mother-in-law, and also my wife’s grandmother. M: OK, Tell me about your wife. C: Well, my wife is a teacher too. She works at centre de Idiomas San Martin de Porres and she’s very beautiful. M: And, what’s she like? (question about description) C: Well um, she’s smart. She’s tall. She has brown hair and she’s a great person; she’s very easygoing. M: Great and, what do you like doing in your free time? C: Well, I like going to the movies. M: Ok. How often do you go to the movies? C: I go… well before, we used to (solíamos) go every week but now we go maybe once or twice a month. M:What kind of movies do you like? C: I would say that we like horror and dramas. M: Ok. And, do you like eating out? C: Oh yes. We love eating out. M: What kind of restaurants do you like? C: Well, we love seafood so we usually go to “cebicherias”. It’s very common here, it’s a very common dish here “el cebiche peruano” and every week we go out and.. eighty percent of the time we have cebiche. M: Here in Lima we have some nice restaurants, right?

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Curso de inglés en línea gratuito – “Como hablar por teléfono en inglés” CONVERSATION / SPEAKING #6 Welcome! CLICK EN ICONO DE PLAY PARA ESCUCHAR LA CLASE Today we are going to show you how to speak on the phone in english. We will review the most common phrases and suggest you ways to communicating better when you speak on the phone in English. Hoy hablaremos de como hablar inglés por teléfono. Vamos a repasasar las frases mas comunes usadas y sugerir formas do como comunicarse mejor en inglés a la hora de realizar llamadas telefónicas Talking on the phone Answering the phone (Table #1) – Responder el teléfono Formal Less Formal Hello, Carlos speaking Hi Good morning, how may I help you? Hello  Making contact / asking to talk to someone (Table #2) – Pedir hablar con alguien Formal Less Formal Could I speak to Carlos / Mr. Villanueva? Can I speak to Gustavo? I’d like to speak to Carlos. Is Gustavo there?  Identifying yourself on the phone (Table #3) – Decir quien esta hablando Formal Less Formal My  name (this) is Brian This is Brian Brian speaking ————————————————————-  Stating your purpose / the reason of calling – La razon de la llamada This section is wide open.  Here are some common sentences: Less formal: –          I want to go to the mall. –          Do you want to go to the cinema? –          What are you doing? Let’s hang out. –          There is a concert tonight. Do you want to go? –          What are you going to do later? –          I wanted to talk to you about the party. –          Did you hear about what happened to Laura? –          I heard you were sick. Are you feeling better? Formal –          I’m calling about (the meeting next Monday morning) –          The reason I’m calling is about (the purchase of the house Other options –  otras opciones Saying someone is not in / negative answers – decir que algien no esta When we want to say that someone is not in his office or home we use the following phrase: – I’m afraid (I’m sorry)he/she isn’t in his office (in a meeting/home/available/here/out) Asking someone to leave a message – pedir a alguien que deje un mensaje o pedir dejar un mensaje – Can I take (give him/her) a message? (tomar un mensaje) ——– Can I leave a message? (dejar un mensaje) – Would you like to leave a message? (tomar mensaje) Asking someone to wait a moment – pedir a alguien que espere – Can/Could you hold?   Closing a conversation (Table #4) Cerrar una conversación Formal Less Formal Good, so I’ll see you on the 8th I’ll talk to you later That’s great. Goodbye I have to go, Take care It was a pleasure. Have a good day Ok, keep in touch. Bye bye CONVERSATION TRANSCRIPT – CONVERSACION ESCRITA (Actividad de “listening” al final del audio) A)     Can I speak to Peter, please? This is John Griffiths. B)      I’m sorry, he’s out at the moment. Can I take a message? Yes, please.

Clase en linea con audio – Nivel PRE-INTERMEDIO lección 27 Grammar Present simple – USES and Structure Today we are going to focus on the present simple tense. Please, if this is your first time learning the present simple tense please go to the Basic Level Lesson (Lesson 10a / Lesson 10b). We are going to focus on the USES of the present simple tense and check on the common errors. Present Simple USES – (¿Cuándo utilizamos el “present simple”?) Do you know when to use the present simple tense? If you answer this question clearly then you are relating it to a context or situation. This means that you can USE the tense more naturally and this will help your fluency. If you have problems then it is important to discuss the uses of the present simple tense in detail. ***Para aprender inglés ustedes tienen que dejar de ver la gramática como una formula o estructura. Necesitan saber en que situaciones usarla ya que esto es el objetivo final. De nada sirve saber las reglas gramaticales sin saber cuáles son sus usos comunicativos. Veamos entonces en que contextos usamos el “present simple”. We use the present simple in the following situations: 1) General truths and current information. (Hechos e Información actual) * When we want to talk about something that is always true then we can use the present simple. Let’s look at these examples: –          Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius. –          Peru is in South America. –          Two plus two equals four. * These actions are always true. The information does not vary. We can also use the present simple for current information. The verb to be is very useful to express these situations. –          I am thirty one years old. –          My brother is a Dentist –          Sheila has three children. 2) Routines and habits Whenever you want to express something that you usually do please remember to use the present simple. We use this tense to express actions that form part of a routine. –          Miguel gets up at about 6:00am. (This happens constantly) –          Pedro doesn’t have breakfast. (It is not part of his routine) –          I smoke about ten cigarrttes a day. (It is a habit) We can use the Adverbs of Frequency to help up emphasis a routine. (IR A LECCION 13 BASICO) –          How often do you go dancing? – I sometimes go dancing. Remember: DO NOT USE THE PRESENT SIMPLE TO DESCRIBE AN ACTION THAT IS HAPPENING NOW Structure: Look at the following table: TABLE #1: Verb to be Other verbs She is my friend She works for IBM They are married They  live in Miami I’m a teacher I play tennis Pedro isn’t sad Pedro doesn’t like playing tennis. They aren’t brothers They don’t live together Are they single? Do they play guitar? Is he your friend? Does he study English? Can you find the differences between the first and second column? Why do we use the auxiliaries do, does, don’t and doesn’t in the second column? When do we use them? We use the auxiliaries with the verbs that are NOT to be in the present simples in NEGATIVE and QUESTIO...

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Curso de ingles gratuito en línea –  CONVERSATION / SPEAKING #5 — ¿Que significa el verbo GET? Welcome to InglesTotal Para descargar el archivo de audio hacer click en download y para escuchar pinchar el ícono de play Canción :”crying” (AeroSmith) Today we are going to talk about the general meaning of the verb “TO GET” and how we can use it and uderstand it in our conversations. Hoy hablaremos del verbo “to get” y de como usarlo correctamente a la hora de hablar inglés. Verémos los puntos básicos de los significados de este importante verbo. Understanding the verb TO GET We are going to do an introduction to the verb get. There are many more meanings of get but we are going to look at the most common uses of it. *** Vamos a mostrar una introducción al verbo get y a ver los significados mas comunes. Recuerden que es get tiene muchos usos mas que los que vamos a ver. 1) GET something/somebody When you GET something or somebody the meaning of get can be : recieve/buy/fetch/find Look at these examples: – Did you get the email? (= recieve) – I like your shirt. Where did you get it? (= buy) – Hello, can I speak to Lisa, please? One moment. I’ll get her. (=fetch) – Is it difficult to get a job in your country? (=find) 2)GET + Adjective When we want to form an action from an adjective we can add the verb GET before the adjective. This “transforms” the adjective into a verb. (get cold, get hungry, get better, get angry, get nervous, get married, get lost etc) tired (Adjective) – to get tired (verb) Present: – I usually get tired when I play tennis. — She usually gets tired when she plays tennis Present continuous – Wow, this race is very long. I am getting tired. Past: – Julio got tired of waiting and he went home. Future (going to) – If you run too fast, you’re going to get married. More Examples: – Drink your coffee. It’s getting cold. – If you don’t eat, you get hungry. – I’m sorry he’s ill. I hope he gets better soon. – Linda and Frank are going to get married. – It was a big city and I got lost. 3)GET to a place get to work / get to London / get home etc. = arrive – I usually get to work before 8:30 (arrive at work) – We got to Madrid very late. – Can you tell me how to get to the city center? – What time did you get home last night?   Exercises / Ejercicios (gracias a basic grammar in use) ANSWERS / RESPUESTAS: Link / Enlace para ver respuestas: http://www.inglestotal.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/conversation5.doc

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Curso de inglés por internet gratis – CONVERSATION SPEAKING #4 Hi, Para escuchar la clase hacer CLICK en el ícono de play. Para bajar hacer click en download. Today we are going to talk about possessions. We are going to talk about the structure TO HAVE and HAVE GOT. Thank you for your comments and your support. Hoy hablaremos de como expresar posesión usando la  estructura TO HAVE y HAVE GOT. Esta sección se a renombrado de Communicative activity a Conversation and Speaking y esta es la entrada o lecciion #4. Talking about possessions I) Present simple: TO HAVE We can use the verb TO HAVE to talk about possessions. Remember to use correctly the structure of the present simple. (+) I have a dog / My friend has a car / We have a computer in our room (Leccíon 10a PRESENT SIMPLE SIMPLE positivo) (-) I don’t have a cat / She doesn’t have a brother / They don’t have any money (Leccion 10b PRESENT SIMPLE positivo y preguntas) (?) Do you have any pets? / Does Mike have a bike? / Do they have any friends? As we see, we use has or have in the positive form. He/she/it has and I/we/you/they have. Remember that the negative form is formed by placing the auxiliary don’t and doesn’t before the verb. II) Present perfect structure HAVE GOT To express possession we can also use the structure HAVE GOT. We have to use the present perfect structure. (+) I have got a dog / My friend has got a car / We have got a computer (Lección 26 PRESENT PERFECT – estructura) WITH CONTRACTIONS: (+) I’ve got a dog / My friend’s got a car / We’ve got a computer. (-) I haven’t got a cat / She hasn’t got a brother / We haven’t got any money (?) Have you got any pets? / Has Mike got a bike? / Have they got any friends? To use correctly the HAVE GOT we need to use the present perfect structure (click here to go to the present perfect class) but remember that we use HAVE GOT for POSSESSIONS. This means that the Auxiliaries are have and has and we DO NOT USE don’t and doesn’t. Common mistakes (errors communes) – I haven’t any sisters: The structure is INCORRECT. Remember to use the present simple structure or the present perfect structure. Correct: I haven’t got any sisters – OR—I don’t have any sisters – I got a Playstation 3: This is very used in the USA but it is a colloquial phrase and is grammatically incorrect. Correct: I haven’t got a Playstation 3 – OR—I don’t have a Playstation 3. – Do you got a car? / Have you a car? : It is important that you do not get confused with the structures. Correct: Do you have a car? / Have you got a car? *** Como vemos podemos hablar de possessions con el verbo TO HAVE o con la estructura HAVE GOT. Viene a ser lo mismo y se entiende como TENER. En el inglés Británico es mas común el HAVE GOT pero ambos son usados comúnmente. LISTENING ACTIVITY (Practicing HAVE GOT) You will hear two persons talking about family (Vocabulario LECCION ) First listen without reading and pay attention to the use of HAVE GOT. *** La forma HAVE GOT muchas veces causa dificultades a la hora de escuchar ya que estamos mas acostumbrados al verbo TO HAVE debido a mayor influencia de USA en nuestros países. Sin embargo es importante saber como entender ambas formas. Escuchen la actividad primero antes de leer. Transcript / Transcripción de la actividad de “listening” (

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Aprendiendo en Internet/ El Present Perfecto – LECCION 26 GRAMATICA / GRAMMAR Estudiar y practicar inglés en línea con audio Inglés-Español Hi, Hacer click en el ícono de play para escuchar la lección. Today is the last grammar lesson of the basic/elementary course. We are going to study the present perfect  tense. Remember that it is very important to practice and to review. ¿Como se forma el present perfect?¿Cuando utilizamos el present perfect?Hoy es nuestra última lección gramatical del curso básico/elemental. Vamos a presentar la lección de present perfect en inglés. Recuerden que es importante practicar y repasar así que recomiendo que sigan la clase en audio y hagan los ejercicios al final de la lección Before we start with this lesson where you are going to read the Present Perfect tense. Let’s remember the tenses that we have studied up to this point: The Present Simple and Present Continuous We have studied these two tenses before. These refer to the present tense but in different ways. The present simple is used to talk about actions that “usually” happen. These actions describe routines or habits. The present continuous is used to describe actions that are happening at the moment in which they are spoken. Present Simple: For routines, habits and current information – I usually get up at 6:00 am. – Tom goes to the gym at weekends. – Sarah has two children. Present Continuous: for actions happening at the moment – We are studying English at InglesTotal. – I am not watching TV at the moment ** Como vimos estos 2 tiempos gramaticales que hemos estudiado antes (Present tense :LECCION 10 y Present Continuous:LECCION 8) Usan el nombre present ya que tienen una relacion con ella pero de manera distinta. El present tense se usa para describir una acción que sucede usualmente como una rutina en cambio el present continuous es utilizado para describir acciones que suceden en el momento en que se esta hablando. RECUERDEN QUE NO ES LO MISMO EN ESPAÑOL Y POR ELLO ES NECESARIO RESPETAR LAS REGLAS GRAMATICALES DEL IDIOMA QUE UNO APRENDE. Leccion de Present Perfect Tense en INGLES This tense has the name “Present” but it has many uses and it is sometimes confusing. Today we are going to study the first use which is for ‘EXPERIENCES”. The Past Participle form of the verbs To form the present perfect tense we need to learn a new form of the verb. This is called the past participle. Regular verbs When you want to form the past participle of regular verbs, it is the same as the past tense “played”where we add “ed” to the base form. Examples: CHART #1 Verb Past form Past Particple Work Worked Worked Talk Talked Talked Study Studied Studied Stay Stayed Stayed Watch Watched

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