Remember you have homework, you have to write an informal email to thank your British friends with whom you stayed for a week last month and to tell them what you have been doing recently.
These are some tips to help you with your writing. If you want to get a document with some useful expressions, go to 'Writing' to see, download and/or print it.
1. Apologize for not writing before
2. Thank them for your stay and say how much you enjoyed it
3. Talk about the nice things that happened while you were with them.
4. Talk about what you have been doing recently.
5. Promise to send some photos
6. Thank them again and invite them to stay.
Like every year our school is holding a second-hand charity market before Christmas. This year's market will take place on December 10, 11 and 12 from 17.00 to 20.00. but, how does it work?
You, the students, bring anything you have at home but you no longer need, from books to jewellery, decorations, gadgets, accesories, ... anything that is sellable EXCEPT clothes! provided that it is in good conditions, and we sell it at the market at no fixed price, which means we can pay whatever we want for them. So, we bring our stuff to be sold and we buy other's stuff. And now the question is, what do we do with the money we raise?
All the money we raise is given to an organization to help those in need. This year the organization is Proyecto Juntos, the organization that struggles to improve quality of life of children hospitalised, in Can Misses in our case.
Do you want more information about this organization? Have a look at their site - proyecto juntos
You seem to have some problems using for, since or ago. Ok, not a problem anymore! This is an explanation on how to use them.
You can also go to "Grammar" to download it as a document. Below the explanation you will find some exercises to practise.
For, sinceand ago are used to talk about time.
FOR
For is used to indicate a period of time.
How long are staying in London? I'm
staying for a week.
For is often used with the Present Perfect.
I have been waiting at the bus stop for
10 minutes.
I have lived in this country for 5
years.
For can be used with other verb tenses :
Present : I go on holidays for two
weeks every summer.
Past : When I was sixteen, I stayed in
London for two months.
Future :While I am in the USA , I will
be in New York for two days.
SINCE
Since is used to refer to the starting point of
actions or situations.
It is generally used with the Present Perfect.
I have been waiting for the bus since 8
o'clock.
I live in Tokyo. I have lived in Tokyo
since January 2010.
I have been learning English since the
beginning of the year.
AGO
Ago is used to say when past events happened,
going back from today towards the past. The verb is in the Past Tense.
Let's get used to the Present Perfect and stories are a good way to learn English. Why don't you watch the video below and listen to the story "The Little Girl and the Biscuit" to practise the present perfect? You can follow the story either through the subtitles (you have to activate them) or through the images on the video. Also, at the end of the video, you have a list of irregular verbs which are read aloud. This is good practice since you learn vocabulary as well as you improve your listening skills and this leads to better speaking skills!
We have been studying when to use the 'Present Perfect Continuous' of verbs. If you still have problems, go to 'Grammar' to see, download and/or print a document with a more extensive explanation.
TENSE
USE
EXAMPLE
Present Perfect Simple
-
when the result of the action is important
I’ve written a play
Present Perfect Continuous
1
to describe how somebody or something has been occupying his/her or its time
I have been writing a play
2
for repeated actions and actions of a continuous nature
